MUSIC SUSTAINS THE SOUL

Hardly could I properly pay tribute to the musical artists who have contributed so much to my life.  In the highest moments, they have given expressive form to the feelings I cannot properly describe.  They have let me know that I am not alone in my feelings.  They have provided accompaniment to my greatest joys and comfort for my deepest pains.  Here are a few words in tribute to some of the greatest.

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FEATURED ARTISTS

ROY ACUFF

DAVE "STRINGBEAN" AKEMAN

TORI AMOS

ASYLUM STREET SPANKERS

CHET ATKINS

THE BAND

THE BEACH BOYS

THE BEATLES

CHUCK BERRY

JAMES BLUNT

BORN AGAIN FLOOZIES

DAVID BOWIE

JAMES BROWN

JUNIOR BROWN

CAB CALLOWAY

JUNE CARTER AND JOHNNY CASH

PETER CASE

RAY CHARLES  1930-2004

CHEAP TRICK

THE CLASH

ALICE COOPER

ELVIS COSTELLO

TERENCE TRENT D'ARBY

LITTLE JIMMY DICKENS

ANTOINE "FATS" DOMINO

DR DEMENTO

DR JOHN

BOB DYLAN

EMINEM

FLAMING LIPS

ARETHA FRANKLIN

MACY GRAY

GUNS N ROSES

MERLE HAGGARD

TOM T HALL

BUDDY HOLLY

LENA HORNE

BILLY JOEL

ROBERT JOHNSON Download all his songs

GRANDPA JONES

RICKIE LEE JONES

THE KINGSTON TRIO

THE KINKS

KD LANG

CYNDI LAUPER

JERRY LEE LEWIS

LITTLE FEAT

NICK LOWE

LORETTA LYNN

LYNYRD SKYNYRD

MADONNA

JOHN MELLENCAMP

JONI MITCHELL

VAN MORRISON

WILLIE NELSON

THE NEGRO PROBLEM

SINEAD O'CONNOR

BUCK OWENS

PARLIAMENT - GEORGE CLINTON - FUNKADELIC

DOLLY PARTON

LITTLE RICHARD PENNIMAN

TOM PETTY

PINK FLOYD

ELVIS PRESLEY

PRINCE

OTIS REDDING

REM

JONATHAN RICHMAN AND THE MODERN LOVERS

RODGERS AND HAMMERSTEIN

THE ROLLING STONES

SHEL SILVERSTEIN

PAUL SIMON

NINA SIMONE

FRANK SINATRA

SNOOP DOGG

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN

STORMY WEATHER 1943 musical

THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS

RICHARD THOMPSON

TANYA TUCKER

TINA TURNER

CONWAY TWITTY

U2

FRANKIE VALLI

VAN HALEN

PORTER WAGONER

FATS WALLER

WAR

WHITE STRIPES

FRANKIE VALLI

KANYE WEST

THE WHO

JACKIE WILSON

NEIL YOUNG

FRANK ZAPPA

WARREN ZEVON

Music is profound- whatever that means...

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 "What's Going On" by Marvin Gaye is the stupidest protest song ever.

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REVIEW: Mariah Carey emancipates the benjamins with The Emancipation of Mimi

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REVIEW: Blackalicious utterly fails to master The Craft

REVIEW: Unleash the Fury  by  Yngwie Malmsteen  

REVIEW: Pixel Revolt by John Vanderslice

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REVIEW:  Rosary by Ampline, and Andrew Collberg

REVIEW: Paid tha Cost to Be da Bo$$ by Snoop Dogg

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Black Sabbath is a joke  a reader defends Black Sabbath

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Halloween Country Murder Song CD Mix

Al's Musical Obsessions, March 2006  Mini-reviews of Charles Mingus, Pink, Buck Owens, and more

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Stringbean "There'll Be Moonshine in Them Old Kentucky Hills"  Download the official MoreThings.com theme song

Mitch and Mickey "A Kiss at the End of the Rainbow"

Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings "What If We All Stopped Paying Taxes?/ This Land Is Your Land"

Queen "We Will Rock You / We Are the Champions"

Otis Redding  "I've Been Loving You Too Long"

Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers  "Hospital"

Cheap Trick  "Auf Wiedersehen"

Grandpa Jones "The Air, the Sunshine & the Rain"

Led Zeppelin  "Stairway to Heaven"

Charlie Daniels  "Uneasy Rider"

Nirvana  "Smells Like Teen Spirit"

Johnny Horton "Honky Tonk Man"

Lynyrd Skynyrd  "Free Bird"

REM   "Driver 8"

Coolio   "Gangsta's Paradise"

Gwen Stefani "Wind It Up"

Violent Femmes "Country Death Song"

Sgt Barry Sadler  The Ballad of the Green Berets

The Byrds   "Mr. Tambourine Man"

Jerry Reed  "When You're Hot, You're Hot"

MORETHINGS MP3 STASH

Independents, comedy, and out-of-print rarities by Stringbean, Grandpa Jones, Bram Tchaikovsky, Ray Charles and more

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Libby Cudmore, Retro Music Chick

Cahl's Juke Joint

Neal Hamilton paintings

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