On the iPod this morning...
....is Dave Alvin's "West Of The West" which seemed to suit the sunny
weather. There's almost a heat haze over St Pauls as I write this.
Every Alvin solo album I've ever heard has been terrific and this is
the best of all. It's all songs from or about California. He does John
Stewart's "California Bloodlines" without that hammy tremolo that
makes Stewart a bit over-ripe. He does Jackson Browne's "Redneck
Friend" (wasn't that supposed to be about Greg Allman?). He does Brian
Wilson's "Surfer Girl". He's great. Must get an actual copy of this. I
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