For anyone new visiting this blog, I love music, even though I have a vocal range of four notes from ribbit to croak, and can't even play a kazoo, nor a comb wrapped with waxed paper. My talents lie elsewhere, but there's nothing wrong with my hearing, and I can recognize good music when I hear it. Sure, I listen to the normal commercial stuff if I like it, but I also love playing music from artists who are really fantastic, but don't get much in the way of airplay.

• Deni Bonet (no pic--visit here)
  

• Bud Buckley (no pic--visit here)

• Pete Droge

• Pete Yorn

It's funny how the blogosphere works. I ran into Deni via another blogger last year, and loved her music, bought her CDs, and followed up with a visit to see her in concert at last Summer's Clearwater Festival, staying all day to see both of her shows, and finally getting to introduce myself to her at the end of the day. Then through Deni, I ran into Bud, and loved his music, and bought it, too.

I bought some Thorns a few months ago, because I loved it, and it had Pete Droge as one of the three guys. Bud likes Thorns too, but found them via the Matthew Sweet route. So I went back and bought some old Matthew Sweet, and loved it.

I wish I knew what Mr. L's bass strings sound like, but I'm sure it's fantastic.

I'm now listening to a Pete Yorn live album from a small venue in Morristown, NJ, that was recorded in 2003. I have several albums of his that are older than this one, but this is my favorite.

~ Froggie