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My first purchase CD was Kenny Fuckin’ G. Sigh. Still, some pretty melodies I guess, and that’s not all bad.
Started improving right away by moving on to a lot of John Williams soundtracks and Weird Al. Then a lot of Classic Rock “best of” albums, including some Southern and Southern-inflected ones (CCR!). Start to fold in some folk music from the British Isles and sellout former college-rock bands (Crash Test Dummies’ first two major-label albums are actually good. Fight me!).
Add one English degree from a southern university and a move to Texas after a leftward political swing during law school (seriously you guys, nothing like seeing how the sausage is made to understand that while important and not without a certain rigor, the law is fucked up and EVERY judge is an activist judge, so you just need to do the right thing), and blammo, you get a dude who is way more into artsy fartsy “Americana” alt-country than your average Lemmy user. Now I want to listen to some Isbell before I go to bed. Good night y’all.
I love the Crash Test Dummies. Give Yourself a Hand is probably my favorite album but I also really like A Worm's Life. Their records are all so different from each other too, which is nice because their sound evolved but remained recognizable.
I'm pretty basic. I liked The Ghosts That Haunt Me and God Shuffled His Feet the best, and unironically enjoy almost every single track on both albums. Once they started drifting away from that wry and/or jaunty folk-pop-rock, I wasn't as interested, but I can appreciate that Brad in particular wanted to explore other ground and give his lyrical notions more space to breathe.
Oh I also enjoy both of those albums a lot, especially Here I Stand Before Me and Comin' Back Soon.