Well for most of the evening I’ve been ranking Steve Earle songs — man that guy can belt them out — but before I sign off I’ll offer another 20 random songs from my Windows Media Player 5 Star List (which by the way now stands at an even 7,400 5 star rated tracks). So many songs, so little time to rate.
1. Free Fallin’, Fleetwood Mac, Relics (bootleg)
2. Moving Furniture Around, The Handsome Family, Live at Schuba’s Tavern
3. Rockaway the Days, Bruce Springsteen, Tracks (disc 3)
4. Hard Road, Mary Lou Lord, Mary Lou Lord / Sean Na Na Split EP
5. The Way (Acoustic), Fastball, This is Alice Music 97.3 FM, Volume 2
6. Donna, Clem Snide, Your Favorite Music
7. The Dark End of the Street, Greg Allman, No Stranger to the Dark, The Best of Greg Allman
8. If I Had a Boat (live), Lyle Lovett, Sessions at West 54th (bootleg)
9. Lousiana 1927, Marcia Ball, Let Me Play With Your Poodle
10. And It Stoned Me, Widespread Panic, Hempilation Freedom is NORML
11. It’s Called a Heart, Depeche Mode, Catching Up With Depeche Mode
12. God’s Comic, Elvis Costello, Spike
13. Tempted (live), Squeeze, KFOG Live From the Archives, Volume 7
14. Asking for It, Hole, Live Through This
15. Godzila Flick, The Flaming Lips, Finally, The Punk Rockers Are Taking Acid (disc 1)
16. Medley: Blue Rock Mountain/Red Headed Stranger, Willie Nelson, Red Headed Stranger
17. My Name is Jonas, Weezer, Weezer
18. ‘Cause Cheap is How I Feel, The Cowboy Junkies, The Caution Horses
19. The Christian Life, The Louvin Brothers, Satan is Real
20. New Dehli Freight Train, Terry Allen, Lubbock (On Everything)