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Lost Gem: "Highway 17" - Rodney Crowell (2001)

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" I'm the perfect sample of a bad example gone forever from their graces ." --> Rodney Crowell <-- Since 1972, Rodney Crowell has been writing and performing great songs, yet somehow has always been one of Americana music's best-kept secrets . (His rebellious nature at the direction mainstream country was taking probably had a lot to do with it.) After signing with an indie label... Rodney made jaws drop and eyes raise with his brilliant release... "The Houston Kid" (2001) . Quite simply, from beginning to end... RC ...hangs the laundry out in the wind for all to see. The songs feel real...and personal. Fact or fiction? I imagine a little bit of both. LOST GEM:--> "Highway 17" ...This raw acoustic story song is filled with raw memories of bad people, bad deeds...and bad luck .  His chilling delivery is  like a festering wound... and rides shotgun with the best. Have you heard this gem? I put away fifteen grand doing

Lost Gem: "Damaged" - Blue Oyster Cult (1998)

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"But I'm a howler monkey.   Moreau's half & half-man." --> Blue Oyster Cult <-- I've always been a fan of Blue Oyster Cul t . But sometime in the eighties, BOC sorta fell off my rocknroll radar after back-to-back (to back)...dud releases. It was only by lucky accident , I stumbled upon their "Heaven Forbid" (1998) CD and was able to take it with me on a 3 hour Tulsa road-trip.   Surprise ! Blue Oyster Cult are swinging their scythes again. Original members... Eric Bloom and Buck Dharma ...have unburied the coffin. LOST GEM--> "Damaged" <-- is classic Buck Dharma with an agenda. Bruising churn & burn riffs quickly push a left-of-center intro out of the way. Hey, I admit it. I thought this band was over the hill. But these cemetery chord bangers are fit...and don't they know it. Have you heard this gem? Wish I was a better person With more control Turn the other cheek When the punch comes, r