When the sun is out and the light streams through the window and it's Sunday afternoon well that's when I reach for my copy of the Golden smog album. Or the Jayhawks. Or any number of country rock albums. Love the strumming guitar acoustic guitar in a rock setting. Melody and harmony.
Bought this album in 1998 when I was living in Elwood. They were a kind of alternative country rock band type supergroup with members of the Jayhawks and Wilco and Soul Asylum. At the time I wasn't that keen on the whole country thing but I had picked up some best of country album and maybe it was the time of the year but it just clicked. Or maybe it was the time of life. Sitting out on the decking drinking Coronas suited me for a time.
This was my favourite song on the album. I just drove up to Castlemaine to visit a friend for his daughter's 18th birthday. It was the first day of Spring after a terribly cold winter. This was on the playlist with Teenage Fanclub and sundry other sunshine delights. And the sun just pored in.
No comments:
Post a Comment