I need to check out that Dave Mason he was the best part of Traffic

how's that Procol Harum? Salty Dog wasnt really hitting last year

surprised you got Deja Vu

that Procol Harum album is pretty mid honestly but I got it out of the bargain bin for like a dollar

you think i dont like csny? that was one i got from my aunt tho didnt seek it out or anything

not as lush/transcendent as Astral Weeks but this goes just as deep

idk they seem a little basic to your Grateful Dead Soft Machine ass. dont hear you talk about Neil much.

speaking of Neil he had another incredible year

You think id ignore Garcia's sublime pedal steel on Teach Your Children? not to mention the Deads 2 albums this year being being similar to csn

"This time tomorrow, where will we be?"

I'll be in The Kinks hometown

yeah I already revisited Workingman, it grew on me a little. Garcias unsteady, wavering warble

Uncle John's Band on there is definitely among their best studio songs

did you ever like American Beauty? still dont think its a masterpiece or anything but they took another step up to have basically half an album full of all time classic dead ballads. plus Weir's signature song Sugar Magnolia and their classic crowd pleasing "hit" Truckin

gonna have to get a good 1970 Dead post going, contender for their most important year. the year when they established themselves as key part of the americana music traditions

speaking of Dead, @Elric apparently Dylan is such a big stan he's even covering late career Bob Weir solo songs now

I dont remember it really but looking forward to revisit. ill have time to listen to some long ass Dead jams over the next few weeks so make a playlist.

didnt we already talk about how much we love fanboy Dylan?

always wanted to collaborate with Townes, heaped praise on Doug Sahm, visited Neil and Lennons childhood homes

maybe youll enjoy some of the shorter ones because this is a year they incorporated acoustic sets into their show. mix of traditional songs and their new originals

i think they combined all american music this year in an unprecedented way. cant think of anyone else navigating between rock, blues, jazz, r&b, folk, country, and even gospel like they did. even the mighty Band didn't go that wide because they didnt have as much jazz. (Band still win quality wise in the americana realm through the supreme glory of their first 2 though)

The Byrds did in a more elementary/proto form

I Believe In You is incredible

What about this @HeyFella

Holy s*** this gave me chills. The ending minute or so was so overwhelming that I wanted to cry. Amazing find.

Where's Desertshore

Knew it would whallop you as well

Tried to show you this one from last year too this Mike Pinder dude comes up with some pulverizing melodies

Just landed in Munich so somewhere around here I reckon

Yeah you showed me that one. I hated how it was broken up into 3 tracks on the actual album.

Same I found a merged version off YouTube to replace the album version lol