Tune of the Day

"As If We Would Never Love Again" on Jim Lauderdale’s Onward Through It All album. A great, great song (chord progressions, melody) from a "perfect" album (not a single bad song. Jim is a master songwriter, his songs having been recorded and made hits by a LOT of other singers. Look him up!), played by some of the best musicians in the world (none of whom you’ve heard of ;-) as a shuffle with a subtle swing feel, complete with walking bass, a favorite of mine.

I dig how the drummer switches from playing cross-stick on the snare drum on the first verse, to the tip of the stick on the drumhead on the second verse. Taste and class! Superb pedal steel playing, lead guitar parts and tone to die for (in the mold of James Burton), acoustic piano played honky-tonk style, nice harmony parts to compliment Jim’s great singing of the melody. What’s not to love? For those of you raised on Rock but now drawn to some Americana or Alt-Country artists or bands, this is how the music is played by men, rather than boys ;-) .