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September 28, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 243

Bettye LaVette, The Scene of the Crime (2007) I saw Bettye LaVette in concert close to 20 years ago – she was a nobody in a way, she’d had the first phase of her career and hadn’t yet had the mighty comeback. But shit she was good! It was obvious she was a ferocious talent. […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 2007, Bettye LaVette, Drive-By Truckers, Eddie Hinton, Elton John, John Hiatt, LP, Record, Somebody Pick Up My Pieces, Spooner Oldham, The Scene of the Crime, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 243, Vinyl, Willie Nelson ·

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February 16, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 434

Drive-By Truckers, Kinky Hypocrite [Single] (2016) This “one-sided single” is part of the packaging with the vinyl edition of the last Truckers album, my favourite record of 2016. A masterpiece. Maybe the best album by Drive-By Truckers, a band that’s never really made a bad album – and has in fact made all kinds of great albums. […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 2016), American Band, Drive-By Truckers, EP, Kinky Hypocrite, LP, One-Sided Single, Record, Single, The Vinyl Countdown # 434, Vinyl, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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May 19, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Five Songs For Friday: # 13 – Evening Mope

The weekend is here, I’m late with the five songs so this one can be an evening edition, songs for your Friday night rather than for your Friday – it’s been a great week, mostly. Lots of good podcast stuff happening, gathering interviews, lining up a few more, interviewing and editing…all very good. And then […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 13, Bob Dylan, Chris Cornell, Daddy Needs A Drink, Drive-By Truckers, Evening, Evening Mope, Five Songs, Five Songs For Friday, Five Songs For Friday: # 13, Five Songs For Friday: # 13 – Evening Edition, Five Songs For Friday: # 13 – Evening Mope, Friday, John Martyn, Paul Buchanan, Small Hours, Wedding Party, Went To See The Gypsy, When I'm Down ·

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February 1, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast: Episode 48 – James Robinson

Welcome to episode 48 of Sweetman Podcast brought to you by Phantom Billstickers. A chat with Kiwi-born, American-based writer James Robinson. He had a blog on Stuff.co.nz – which he turned into a book. The blog – and then the book – looked at life in America and perceptions of America; the way we, as […]
Posted in Blog, Podcasts · Tagged America, Author, Beer, Blog, Blogger, Brother-in-Law, Bruce Springsteen, Chat, Converastion, Donald Trump, Drive-By Truckers, Editor, Election, Family, Freelance Journalist, Geography, Interview, James Robinson, Journalism, Journalist, L'affare, Phantom Billstickers, Podcast, Politics, PR, Salient, Simon Sweetman, Sweetman Podcast, Sweetman Podcast: Episode 48 – James Robinson, Travel, Voyages In America, Writer, Writing, Yeastie Boys ·

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November 10, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Five Songs For Friday: # 2 – The ‘We’ve Been Trumped!’ Edition

My first Friday in a while without Oscar – his first Friday at school. Strange week this week, very strange…lots of cool things happening (I met Robert Forster, new podcast up with Charlotte Yates, got a bit of reading done – tomorrow I’m the MC at one of the LitCrawl events, one showcasing some of […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Aimee Mann, Drive-By Truckers, Five Songs For Friday: # 2, Five Songs For Friday: # 2 – The 'We've Been Trumped!' Edition, R.E.M., Randy Newman, Robert Forster, The 'We've Been Trumped!' Edition ·

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October 15, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 615

Warpaint, The Fool (2010) For me with Warpaint it really all started here – yes, the EP before this debut album is great (and I got to that after) but it was The Fool that sold me on the sound of the band after the promise of some of the early, vital/viral YouTube clips. Such […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 2010, 2xLP, double-album, Drive-By Truckers, Heads Up, LP, Record, The Fool, The Roots, The Vinyl Countdown # 615, Undertow, Vinyl, Warpaint ·

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August 13, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Drive-By Truckers: It’s Great To Be Alive!

Drive-By Truckers It’s Great To Be Alive! ATO Records Near the end of 2014 Drive-By Truckers ran a three-night-stand at San Francisco’s Fillmore and this is the triple-disc set that captures the best of their efforts there. It’s a wondrous thing – utterly raw and beautifully ugly. That songwriters Mike Cooley and Patterson Hood both […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 3-CD, Album Review, Drive-By Truckers, English Oceans, It's Great To Be Alive, Live, Live Album, Mike Cooley, Patterson Hood, San Francisco, Triple Album ·

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October 28, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Radio Nowhere by Michael Ross: # 7 – Cities Where Stuff Happened

Something different today, before regular Radio Nowhere service finally resumes… People travel for a lot of fairly obvious reasons – to eat, drink, see the sights, visit friends, and so on. Me? I mainly travel so I’ll have a good excuse for repeatedly missing blog deadlines, and also because there’s a part of me that’s […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Bonnie Raitt, Cities Where Stuff Happened, Drive-By Truckers, Guest Blog, Guest Post, Hejira, Jane's Addiction, Jimi Hendrix, Joni Mitchell, Mavis Staples, Michael Ross, Mike Ross, Mother Love Bone, Nirvana, Radio Nowhere, Radio Nowhere # 7, Radio Nowhere by Michael Ross: # 7 – Cities Where Stuff Happened, Subpop, Treme, Trombone Shorty ·

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April 15, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Mel Parsons: Drylands

Mel Parsons Drylands M. Parsons Mel Parsons has always had the right approach and enough of the right sound. Tour, tour, tour, write, write, write – lovely voice and these soft, malleable song-shapes. All correct, present, accounted for – but there are so many people vying for that space, New  Zealand seems/seemed to be running […]
Posted in Reviews · Tagged Aaron Stewart, Album Review, Anika Moa, Craig Terris, Drive-By Truckers, Drylands, Ed Zuccollo, Gerry Paul, Mel Parsons, Ron Sexsmith, Suzanne Vega ·

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December 5, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Drive-By Truckers: Alabama Ass-Whuppin’

Drive-By Truckers Alabama Ass Whuppin’ Caroline It was long out of print, the live document of the band’s early years – specifically the 1999 Pizza Deliverance Tour around various Georgia clubs – and now it’s been reissued, a chance to hear the 2000-released version of the band in 2013/14. It features songs that have gone […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Alabama Ass-Whuppin', Album Review, Drive-By Truckers, Live, Reissue ·

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July 23, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Drive-By Truckers: Dragon Pants (ep)

Drive-By Truckers Dragon Pants Ato Culled from the sessions for the excellent English Oceans album Drive-By Truckers offered up Dragon Pants as a special 10” vinyl EP for Record Store Day. There’s something magic in the loping first take of Natural Light – which here closes off the EP, it’s actually got a strength that […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 10", Album Review, Dragon Pants, Drive-By Truckers, EP, Record Store Day, Vinyl ·

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May 2, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Hard Working Americans: Hard Working Americans

Hard Working Americans Hard Working Americans Melvin Records Hard Working Americans is a group of talented players – a super session crew-styled union with singer/songwriter Todd Snider fronting for bassist Dave Schools (Widespread Panic), keyboardist Chad Staehly (Great American Taxi), guitarist/vocalist Neal Casal (Chris Robinson Brotherhood/The Cardinals) and drummer Duane Trucks (younger brother of Derek […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Allman Brothers, Chad Staehly, Dave Schools, Drive-By Truckers, Duane Trucks, Grateful Dead, Hard Working Americans, Los Lobos, Neal Casal, Randy Newman, Ry Cooder, Todd Snider ·
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