Jay Farrar

Dub Trinity and Burning Hell for rock
Creemore for alcohol

If any song could be my number 1, it would be left a slide. Also it's framed by two other great songs.... just love the opening tracks on that album.

Dr. Zapatos wrote:

trousersnakeandlarry wrote:

sdrury wrote:I just updated my blog with a post about Jay/Son Volt.

I dont give a shit what you want either. It's not my fault I was born Magnum P.I. and you were born Ralph Firley. Go buy a cat, fruitloop!

I am also Magnum P.I.

Moi aussi!

I listen to this more often than Trace sometimes. As a lot of people have said, there's a lot of really memorable songs. I'm very partial to Hanging Blue Side.

Straightaways
WST
Trace
ACD
Okemah
Search

Sometimes Trace and WST switch places, same for Okemah and Search, but this is the truth today. I listen to a few tracks on ACD regularly - there's a big gap between it and whatever comes in fifth and sixth.

Carnival of Sorts... yum!

new to the forum and had a question. i love the production of all the son volt albums except the search. i know jay was using the studio to experiment with new sounds ect., including lo-fi, if i remember correctly. so, was it intentional to have the album sound flat and compressed. that's how it co...

Thanks, great song

Dent County

Damn shame

megaballs1 wrote:I hate to say it but ACD would be flawless without Cocaine and Sultana IMO

I actually like Cocaine and Ashes, but have always felt ho hum about Sultana. The song I skip (and I'm not usually a big skipper) is Down to the Wire. Dull to my ears, maybe it's a musician's song or something.

Dynamite
No Turning Back
Dust of Daylight

It's the nature of the modern world. Instant gratification, infinite distraction, easy access to everything. Even things that are built to last these days get abandoned quickly, in favor of the latest thing that's built to last. Really, an album's merits are best viewed a little farther down the ro...

I like the riddles. Here's one:

TATP: Combien du temps?
A sweet and characteristic line I love from the boys in their early days.

camaroheadus wrote:come on trellis give a brotha some credit, i knew it was the buddha. i was only recanting my psychadelic vision of jay not liking to be in the spotlight.

It was Bozeman who pointed out the thing about the buddha. I like your interpretation and the concept - just not for an album cover!