-- Mike Curb and Davie Allan, "Blues' Theme", performed by Davie Allan And The Arrows from The Wild Angels: Music From The Soundtrack Of The Motion Picture, 1966.
Before there was Easy Rider, there was Peter Fonda in The Wild Angels, and this instrumental features all the fuzz and fury one can fit into two minutes and ten seconds. This cool little number also features as the very last song on the last disc of the first Nuggets box set.
"Soon I will take you far away from where the night threatens the day,"
-- Terry Taylor, "When Worlds Collide" from Daniel Amos' Vox Humana, 1984.
Fueled by synths forged in the furnace of the 80s, this track from the third installment of the Alarma Chronicles is a reassuring balm for a bleak day.
"Am I the only one who thinks that I'm the only one waiting for something that is never going to come, wondering if that makes me patient or does that just make me dumb?"
-- Brett Nelson, "Some Sad Song" from The Suffocation Keep's John Hughes Was Never So Wrong, 2002.
The title is apt so you might need some tissues handy, or possibly a sleeve ... or even a shoulder if you're really lucky.
"When I'm trying to love you the best I can, I don't hold nothing back,"
-- Larry Norman, "Somewhere Out There" from Home At Last, 1989.
Emotionally authentic, but in no way saccharine, song from a rather uneven album, written as a father attempts to express difficult ideas to his young son.
"You wait for something that'll make the waiting worth the wait,"
-- Built To Spill, "The Wait" from You In Reverse, 2006.
Melancholia gives way to beauty even in a life where satisfaction never quite seems to be within grasp. The sound of a heartbeat at the song's conclusion suggests good things come ...
"Everytime you make it through, it's another little victory,"
-- Bob Seger, "Little Victories" from Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band's The Distance, 1982.
Though "Shame On The Moon" was the big hit from this album, kept from #1 only by the "Billie Jean" juggernaut, this particular Seger cut is a reminder that one's true character is often forged imperceptibly and exhibited with no audience.
"Anything good that you see in my heart was an accident or an act of God,"
-- Phil Madeira, "The Better Part" from 3 Horse Shoes, 1999.
Currently a member of Emmylou Harris' Red Dirt Boys, the multi-talented Madeira has worked with artists as varied as Buddy Miller, Solomon Burke and Phil Keaggy.