For Your Listening Pleasure

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I am currently located in Rio Grande Do Sur, the southernmost state of Brazil, till the 12th of September. Although I have numerous hilarious stories, quips, anecdotes, etc. to inform you of, I would like to take a brief interlude at this time and simply provide a tid-bit of listening pleasures. As I was partaking in one of the numerous long drives today, I realized what an amazing gift the Lord has given to us in the form of music. So I decided to make a quick playlist of numerous straight-ballin songs!

1. “Por Ti Volare” by Andrea Bocelli
a. This song contains all the adjectives for emotions that a thesaurus contains. Will Ferrell at his best http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6dE0DckMHY

2. Anything from Ray LaMontagne and The Pariah Dogs new albumn esp. “Devil’s in The Jukebox”

3. “Dougherty County” by The Lost Trailers

4. “Rise” Josh Rouse

5. “Brigade” Oakhurst

6. All and every Avett Brothers Albumns

7. “Somewhere Over The Rainbow” Judy Garland or IZ (the Hawaiian dude)

8. “21 Days” Cory Morrow

9. “Living in the Background” Baltimora

10. “Father and Son” Cat Stevens

11. “Soul Man” Sam and Dave

12. Any solid Pearl Jam song: “Yellow Ledbetter” or “Last Kiss”will suffice

13. “Green Grass and High Tides” The Outlaws

14. Any song from the new Mumford & Sons album but especially “Awake My Soul,” “Dust Bowl Dance,” or “Little Lion Man”

15. Any song by the Hill & Wood, this is a shameless plug for Sam Bush but his band worth it

16. “Bottoms Up” Keke Palmer

17. “Dayspring” High Street Hymns

18. “Let Me Clear My Throat” Biz Markee

19. “Pocketful of Sunshine” Natasha Bedtingfield because it is impossible to not to smile or smirk if you heat this song

20. “Take Me Home” Cast Iron Filter

21. “Chip on a Star” Chattum County Line

22. “Just A Friend” Biz Markee because it is a great song to lead a chorus made up of Waffle
House diners at 2AM

23. “Don’t Break The Needle”by J Roddy Walston and the Business

24. “Toes” Zack Brown Band

25. “Midnight Train to Georgia” Gladdys Night and the Pips

26. “Wake Up” Arcade Fire

27. “Two” Ryan Adams

28. “Lovin’ In My Baby’s Eyes” Taj Mahal

29. “Tighten Up” The Black Keys

30. “Human” Killers

31. “Chan Chan” Buena Vista Social Club

32. Any U2 song

33. “Real Thing” Jupiter Coyote

34. The entire collection of Otis Redding especially “Direct Me”

35. “Big Country” Bela Fleck

36. Elton John “Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters”

37. “Skinny Love” Bon Iver

38. The Soundtrack from the film “The Mission”