Shuffled Wednesday - The Ides of January

Had a cold start to Wednesday here, so let's see what kind of warmth the Blue iPod Touch has to offer.

Let's...Hit...Shuffle!

Steve Earle - Someday

Neko Case & Her Boyfriends - Guided By Wire

Carrie Newcomer - The Season Of Mercy

The Dave Brubeck Quartet - The Way You Look Tonight

Del Amitri - Don't Come Home Too Soon

The Dukes Of Stratosphear - The Mole From The Ministry

Steve Earle - N.Y.C.

Los Lobos - River Of Fools (Live)

The Beatles - Let It Be (Album Version - 2021 Mix)

SlipJig - St. Anne's Reel/The Musical Priest

Bonus 11

The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Wait Until Tomorrow

We begin with Steve Earle from his debut and later, a rocker from the excellent "El Corazon" album. Neko Case's barroom twang leads into Carrie Newcomer's Midwestern folk. The Brubeck is from the "Jazz at Oberlin" album, when college students were being bitten by the jazz bug, recorded in Finney Chapel (designed by MN capitol architect Cass Gilbert #LocalAngle). We were in that room several times while the younger son was attending there. Picked up a Del Amitri Best of recently and boy, can they deliver the tuneful rock. The Dukes are the cool XTC psychedelic-rock side-project, Los Lobos--the Greatest American Rock 'n Roll Band--check in with a live cut from a Best of collection. Sir Paul and the boys sing about Mother Mary, and we get one from a friend's fine fiddle/guitar duo album. 

Jimi's the bonus, from an album that was released ON THIS VERY DAY in 1968.

We now return you to This Week's Discussion Question ("How many gin & tonics constitute a healthy breakfast?"), already in progress.