leave it to joe to give the two cents you want outta him, and another buck eighty five you don\'t!
Roy Buchannan - either his self titled album or \'that\'s what i am here for\'. raw, ripping blues
Tom Waits~ Swordfish Trombones. my personal favorite waits album. a little more avant garde than some of his other stuff, but the tune franks wild years is worth it, alone. (\'rain dogs\' may be a better choice if you\'re not already too familiar with him)
Capt Beefheart~ Trout Mask Replica. weird, avant, tripped out, only borderline music some would say, but if you don\'t need a verse>chorus>verse structure with typical instrumentation, then this is the album for you!
The Pogues- Rum, Sodomy and the Lash. the single greatest irish music cd of all time. i dare you to try not to drink while listening to this album! i also dare you to try not to be haunted and moved by most of the lyrics!
Billy Joe Shaver~ any of his 70\'s albums or any of his \'99+ albums. you probably know a shitload of his songs, but don\'t know that he wrote them. johnny cash had his brother and billy joe writing for him, for one, and waylon jennings\' entire \'honky tonk heroes\' album, for another. there are many more (panic covers his \'chunk of coal\', for instance) because he is a humorous, soulful and solid song writer.
Merle Saunders & the Rainforest Band~ Blues from the Rainforest. environments are created in this album, transporting you fully to the headspace from whence this album came. for the most part its not your typical dance-y merle, especially of the title track. oh yeah, and some garcia guy plays on it. (for the tour and subsequent live album \'save the planet so we have someplace to boogie\', steve kimock took over jerry\'s spot)
there\'s some, but if you wanna narrow down the genres a bit, i can come up with some more, i\'m sure!
