A 2011 Guardian article discusses the release of the 1988 Johnny Cash tribute album, "Til Things are Brighter" by many British performers and the career difficulties faced by Cash at ...
http://rightsideofagoodthing.blogspot.com/2024/03/more-80s-torch-and-twang.html
A couple of years ago, I happened to be watching both Halt and Catch Fire as well as Red Oaks, two shows set in the 1980s. I generally liked the vast majority of musical choices, b...
http://rightsideofagoodthing.blogspot.com/2024/02/your-roots-are-showing-immersed-in-80s.html
If I was a fella prone to conspiracy theories, I would probably believe it if someone said that Stevie Wonder was much older than his official birth date. Like, I know, he was first Littl...
http://rightsideofagoodthing.blogspot.com/2024/02/the-wonder-of-it-all-stevie-wonder.html
Apologies for the delay in posting, but I had a few technical issues. It was another great year for music, with Al Green's sublime cover of Lou Reed's "Perfect Day" being a personal highligh...
http://rightsideofagoodthing.blogspot.com/2024/01/on-right-side-of-2023.html
Is it just me or does Christmas music lack the stigma it used to have? It's hard to think of many artists who haven't recorded at least one Christmas song - though that could be more a fu...
http://rightsideofagoodthing.blogspot.com/2023/11/on-right-side-of-christmas-2023.html
I'm not quite sure how I came up with the idea to pair Carla Thomas and Carla Morrison. I'd been listening to the 1960s Stax box set a lot - in particular, Carla Thomas - and may have jus...
http://rightsideofagoodthing.blogspot.com/2023/10/ooh-carlas-carla-thomas-and-carla.html
I’ve loved Angel Olsen’s music ever since I heard Burn Your Fire for No Witness nearly ten years ago. However, if someone had told me that her 2022 release “Big Time” wa...
http://rightsideofagoodthing.blogspot.com/2023/09/i-hear-angel-singing-obscurantist-guide.html
I was listening to several Joy Lynn White and Derailers albums recently and was curious if their albums were still available on streaming. I was quite surprised when I found out ...
http://rightsideofagoodthing.blogspot.com/2023/09/the-derailers-reverb-deluxe-and-joy.html
I hope it's not overkill, but I thought it was necessary to have a different cover of Satisfaction in each volume, especially as I just couldn't see leaving either the Devo or Otis Reddi...
http://rightsideofagoodthing.blogspot.com/2023/07/more-covers-of-rolling-stones.html
Mick Jagger and Keith Richards are both turning 80 this year (July 26 and December 18, respectively) so I thought it only appropriate to put together a Rolling Stones tribute. Perhaps...
http://rightsideofagoodthing.blogspot.com/2023/07/leave-no-stones-song-uncovered-tribute.html
I'm taking a break from the Texas Legends Series (they're all still available to download), though I do anticipate doing a few more in the future. I'm can't precisely remember w...
http://rightsideofagoodthing.blogspot.com/2023/05/countryfolk-legends-kris-kristofferson.html
Every time I listen to "Let's Do It Again", I'm always a little surprised that the Staples Singers decided to record it. Maybe because it is just such a great song. And it's still...
http://rightsideofagoodthing.blogspot.com/2023/05/sucking-in-70s-volume-10.html
Even before the pandemic started, my visits to bars were pretty rare. I know it wouldn't be nearly as much fun as it was it in days of past, especially since I'm pretty foggy after ...
http://rightsideofagoodthing.blogspot.com/2023/04/and-ashtrays-have-retired-paeans-to-bars.html
It's hard to believe that Mazzy Star's breakthrough album So Tonight That I Might See came almost 30 years ago (it was released in September, 1993). The album and the single ...
http://rightsideofagoodthing.blogspot.com/2023/03/the-audacity-of-hope-hope-sandoval.html
The one and only Nina Simone would be turning 90 on February 21 so I thought it only proper to honor her with a little homage. To be clear, she only formally "wrote" about half of t...
http://rightsideofagoodthing.blogspot.com/2023/01/the-singular-miss-simone-homage-to-nina.html
It's the end of another year and, alas, I'm mostly filled with unfocused thoughts about the past year and the future. But it's been another grand year for music and I'd particularly recommend ...
http://rightsideofagoodthing.blogspot.com/2022/12/on-right-side-of-2022.html
I apologize for the delay, but this last week has been a bear (and I was still recovering from a cold up until 2 days ago). Anyway, I don't know if people really need another one, but there'...
http://rightsideofagoodthing.blogspot.com/2022/12/on-right-side-of-christmas.html
I've never quite understood why Mandy Barnett didn't become a huge star, especially after her amazing sophomore release I've Got a Right to Cry , but, as Mae West famously declaimed, go...
http://rightsideofagoodthing.blogspot.com/2022/10/mandy-barnett-voice-of-generation.html
I've been extremely dismayed about the Dobbs Supreme Court decision allowing states to ban abortion without any exceptions. And since I don't know of any charity albums centered around the iss...
http://rightsideofagoodthing.blogspot.com/2022/09/sally-timms-it-says-here-and-to-land-of.html
I've always loved the scene in 24 Hour Party People where Tony Wilson gets very high and imagines that he meets God (who looks exactly like Tony Wilson) . God reassures him about the...
http://rightsideofagoodthing.blogspot.com/2022/08/good-music-to-chill-out-to-steve-gunn.html
Isaac Hayes would have turned 80 on August 20 (and died on August 10, 2008) so I thought I though it appropriate to post both a retrospective of his solo work as well as a set of covers ...
http://rightsideofagoodthing.blogspot.com/2022/08/isaac-hayes-tribute-and-retrospective.html
I know this was a rather obvious choice for the Texas Legends series, but that doesn't mean it isn't sorely needed (especially when I discovered that most of Butch Hancock's solo stuff is out ...
http://rightsideofagoodthing.blogspot.com/2022/06/the-texas-legends-series-volume-6-joe.html
In putting together this Los Angeles themed compilation, I decided to exclude songs that were really songs about California or were primarily focused on Hollywood related themes. ...
http://rightsideofagoodthing.blogspot.com/2022/06/thirty-odes-to-los-angeles.html
I've made a point of not repeating any artists in the Sucking in the '70s series, but this latest volume does include Valerie Carter's version of Ooh Child despite my inclusion of The Five Stair...
http://rightsideofagoodthing.blogspot.com/2022/04/sucking-in-70s-volume-9.html
As promised, here is the third Volume of my Ray Charles compilation. As I noted last month, I tried to focus solely on his lesser known material, but I couldn't resist starting this volume with...
http://rightsideofagoodthing.blogspot.com/2022/03/aint-that-fine-ray-charles-collection.html