Category: A’s Track of the Day

The Student Prince being a guitar, of course. This slidefest is from Leo’s 1974 LP Ice Water.

In which RT namechecks some of his main influences and plays in their style. Fascinating. From 2015’s Still album.

From their classic 1979 LP Fear of Music. Tina Weymouth on bass is as excellent as you would expect.

This was the title track of ‘Eggy’ Yoakam’s debut album in 1986.

Live version of the 1993 album’s title track. The ace on the axe is Michael Ward, from the band School of Fish.

From that strange 1970 collection Weasels Ripped My Flesh. Brilliant cover art by Neon Park, who did so well so often for Little Feat.

Continuing our ‘guitar’ season, a plaintive clip from the 1999 album 69 Love Songs.

I thought it might be fun to have a short season of songs about guitars. We kick off with old Loud’s sad little ditty from 1972 about getting drunk and … Continue readingLoudon Wainwright III: Red Guitar

A demo taken from the exhaustive box set Hard Luck Stories, released last year.

Paul Westerberg and Co with a heartfelt tribute to their great inspiration, the big star of Big Star, on their 1987 album Pleased to Meet Me. Alex himself actually plays … Continue readingThe Replacements: Alex Chilton