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3 videos by Dave Moore

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I am currently in the middle of writing reviews of two records by Iowa’s Dave Moore (not to be confused with the Texas Christian music bloke of the same name) to post them on here. In the meantime, here are three videos recorded back in 2006 at an outdoor Festival in Iowa City to give you a taste of his excellent work. Keep your eyes open for the reviews to follow in the next few days.

Sharks Don’t Sleep (originally from his 1999 album Breaking Down To 3)

Coralville (not available on record as far as I’m aware) but it’s a great, humorous Folk-Blues number

Down To The River (also from Breaking Down To 3)

JJ Cale : Miss Ol’ St. Louie

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Being new to JJ Cale’s work (I know Cocaine and After Midnight naturally, but didn’t dig any deeper) watching a documentary on TV yesterday made want to get to know his stuff a bit better. Miss Ol’ St. Louie was the track he played in the documentary that I liked best. It’ s just him and his guitar, without any (of the other rather too many for my taste), instruments that he seemed to have with him on stage most of the time.

R.I.P: JJ Cale

Slaid Cleaves : Rust Belt Fields

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Ever the songwriter for thoughtful songs about people who possibly don’t quite get what they deserve, but try hard one way or the other nevertheless, Slaid Cleaves has written yet another of his beautiful, melancholic songs.

It also shows that , even in 2011 (or 2013 for that matter), you don’t need anything else than an acoustic guitar if your songs are good.

Old Crow Medicine Show : Half Mile Down

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In preparation for the review of  Carry Me Back I am currently working on, here’s one of the many excellent songs from that album.  The review will follow in the next few days.

I can also very much recommend the very good Old Crow Medicine Show entry on Wikipedia – filling in a lot of holes in their background for me with many fascinating stories. A lot of my favorite artists are mentioned on there too, such as Bob Dylan, Gillian Welch (&Dave Rawlings) and Woody Guthrie to name only a few. I love the chapter about the early history of the band best, especially the one about the busking and hoboing experiences. So good to know that people are doing things like that nowadays, I have to admit that I would never have the nerve to even try hoboing. Read more here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Crow_Medicine_Show