Listen to the songs and Chris Pandolfi’s discussion of why they matter to him.
1. Fear of the South
by Tin Hat Trio
from Rodeo Eroded
2. (Nice Dream)
by Radiohead
from The Bends
3. The Notwist
Chris Pandolfi plays banjo with the Infamous Stringdusters and released a solo album, entitled Looking Glass, on Sugar Hill Records in May 2009.
Listen to the songsand Darren Beachley‘s discussion of why they matter to him.
1. Sarah Smile
Hall and Oates
from The Very Best of Daryl Hall & John Oates
Darren likes “the way they sparcely put stuff in, when you don’t even expect it, here comes something with the harmony.”
2. The Gatlin Brothers
Darren appreciates “the intensity of the harmonies, really their idea’s. Sometimes they’ll sing two over [or] one under, one over, you know it’s all over the place.”
3. The Police
“I just love to hear Sting sing.”
Darren Beachley and the Legends of the Potomac have recorded a new EP, to be released by Patuxent Music this Summer.
Listen to the songs and Tim Surrett’s discussion of why they matter to him.
1. So What
Miles Davis with Paul Chambers on Bass
from the album “Kind of Blue”
Listen to the songs and Leigh Gibson‘s discussion of why they matter to him.
1. Thirteen Women (and Only One Man in Town)
Bill Haley and His Comets
2. Ray Charles
Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music
Photo by Joan Kornblith
Listen to the songs and Wayne Taylor‘s discussion of why they matter to him.
1. Choices
George Jones
from the album Cold Hard Truth
Wayne calls it “a tremendous song that gave me cold chills and not many songs have done that.”
2. Dirt Roads
Wayne Taylor and Appaloosa
from the self-titled album
Wayne says, “there’s still some old folks around that remember how things used to be… [Dirt Roads] mentions Ralph and Carter and the way they used to sing and the way it must have felt to be there in the audience and hear the rafters ring.”
