“Well I got this guitar                                   
        And I learned how to make it talk”
   ( B R U C E   S P R I N G S T E E N,   T H U N D E R   R O A D )

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Welcome to the music page. There isn’t much here yet, but you can find out about some great bands by following the links below.

• NEW! 100 Greatest Songs of the Rock Era
• My music trading page, where you can trade for bootlegs by Springsteen and various other artists.
• The 50 Best Songs You’ve Never Heard Before
• My review of a concert by Marah
• Separated at birth: Jeff Tweedy and Michael J. Pollard.
• The best piece of music criticism I’ve ever read is Greil Marcus’ review of Born to Run, published in Rolling Stone on October 9, 1975.

Great musicians you should discover, if you haven’t already:
(title link will take you to each band’s official site)

Marah
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
A rollicking, Springsteen-influenced group who play the most energetic rock and roll in America today, featuring dazzling stream-of-consciousness lyrics and master banjo playing by the Bielanko brothers. 
Recommended album: Kids In Philly (find it at Amazon.com)

Joe Grushecky and the Houserockers
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
An undeservedly obscure blue-collar rock-and-roller who has written some of the most poignant and thought-provoking rock lyrics of the last 20 years.
Recommended albums: Coming Home and Have a Good Time (But Get Out Alive) (find them at Amazon.com)

Joe Ely
Austin, Texas
A lone star troubador whose folk/rock/country songs perfectly capture the richness and adventure of life in the West Texas desert. Think Cormac McCarthy with a guitar.
Recommended album: Letter to Laredo (find it at Amazon.com)

Kelly Willis and Bruce Robison
Austin, Texas
A husband-and-wife pair who, working both together and individually, have written some of the most beautiful country/folk songs of the past decade. The ultimate in Austin music.
Recommended albums: Wrapped and What I Deserve (find them at Amazon.com)

Bill and Bonnie Hearne
Santa Fé, New Mexico
Another husband-and-wife duo, Bill and Bonnie (who are both blind) have spent the last 40 years traveling through the desert and singing about what they’ve experienced. Their self-released tapes, extraordinary word-of-mouth, and Bill’s evocative voice have made them underground legends in Western folk music circles. 
Recommended album: The I-10 Chronicles (find it at Amazon.com)

Alejandro Escovedo
Austin, Texas
Inventor of the Cowpunk genre, an innovative blend of punk and country. Escovedo combines beautifully crafted music with a Raza consciousness, and one writer has called him “perhaps the finest rock and roll songwriter since Bruce Springsteen.” High praise indeed.
Recommended album: With These Hands (find it at Amazon.com)

Bruce Springsteen
Asbury Park, New Jersey
No explanation necessary.
Recommended albums: Nebraska and Darkness on the Edge of Town (find them at Amazon.com)

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