Finally reading through this topic and very pleased to see mentions of Paul
Curreri and Joe Henry. My favorite Joe Henry album (actually the only one I truly
love) is an early one and may be out of print: Shuffletown. Produced by T-Bone
Burnett. Wonderful songs, masterful arrangements.
Paul Curreri is a treasure. I doubt he'll ever have a hit, but he's a unique,
original, and wonderful singer-songwriter. Catch him live if you can. I'm on his
email list and his communications with the fan base are warm, humble, funny,
and read like his songs.
Some really peculiar suggestions in this thread, including the two artists I
discuss above (Joe Henry has one or two albums that I'd call Country
Rock),which goes to show I guess that we agree on what Country-Rock is about
as well as we agree on what "musical" means.