A couple of Blues Rock songs to go with Born under a Bad Sign:
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Big Mama’s Hound Dog is a good one. I have a short playlist of Blues & Soul music that has Hound Dog, the Blues Rock songs that I posted above, Born Under a Bad Sign, plus it includes the following:
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Strangely, three times I have crossed paths this week with I Am the Cosmos by Chris Bell. It’s a more obscure piece of music with some elements that I like, but I find it to be a little too raw sounding for inclusion on any of my playlists.
I Am the Cosmos is somewhat hard to define genre-wise as it gets labeled as Power Pop, Punk, New Wave, or even as County Rock. The most interesting thing about the song is that it was recorded in the 70’s, but it was not released until 1992, posthumously.
I do like encountering old forgotten music or obscure songs that are good—ones that were never really mainstream enough to become super popular.
I like Psychedelic and Neo-Psychedelia music, and I was recently trying to put together a modern playlist of such music, when I came across a niche band called Dope Lemon. Ironically, Dope Lemon does not usually get defined as Psychedelic, but some of their music has enough such elements that it’s ends up on Psychedelic playlists, regardless.
Here are two random songs that I listened to this week that were fun to reencounter:
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Listening to some Colter Wall today. For anyone who does not know he is:
Colter Wall is known for his deep, gruff, baritone voice, which if you hear his voice first, you will be later be shocked to learn that he is Canadian and only in his late twenties.
Others songs that go well on a playlist with Colter Wall:
If you like any the above and want to hear some more music that goes well with the above, I would be happy to link some more songs or artists. 
Ever see the film Drive? Great flick, which turned me on to this song.
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Here’s what came up on the random playlist when I began my gaming today.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnOF44auRIw
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You and Me by Lifehouse is not bad, but it’s also something that I do not want to listen to often. As Post-Grunge music goes, I actually prefer Hanging by a Moment by Lifehouse:
Some other great examples of Post-Grunge:
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You got a couple bangers here but one stands out… I like all of them a lot but one in particular…
The Verve Pipe came from my town and played at parties in the area back in the day. I was unfortunately a bit too young to catch them then but I knew people who talked about them. They were known as an underground party band locally for awhile. They had a lot of friends in my town.
Great band, great song.
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A sample mix of what I have been listening to today:
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Here is a commercial band. They were nobody made up to be something and never really got going. It happens a lot.
But of all commercial made bands, this one had a great song.
What do you think?
I adore Dusty and her Memphis sessions.
What a sound from a White girl.
Here is my fave, and it hits close to home as both of my parents were sharecroppers as kids.
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One Man Band is a likable, decent song with music and vocals that are good enough to have put the song high on the Contemporary Country charts, but it’s a bit lacking in something, which keeps it from being memorable or long lasting.
The songs’ lyrical, metaphorical use of “one man band” for a man who no longer wants to be single, because he now desires to be in a committed relationship hits a little shallow—more could have been done lyrically to strengthen the song as a love song. The song needs more of a “wooing” vibe and less of a “I am tired of being the road” vibe to it to make it a better love song.
I have to yet make a playlist with a lot of Contemporary Country love songs on it, but I have a country playlist with these two songs:
I have always liked this Country Rock song about a man dealing with the aftermath of a breakup:
For every Dad.
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