2:28
by Pete
A lot can be accomplished musically in two minutes and twenty eight seconds. What brought this to mind was a Little Feat tune I heard on my way to work recently: “Feats Don’t Fail Me Now”. It funks and it rocks & rolls and grooves…makes me wanna strut down a crowded street with a sweet hat and some big fat shades – a grin on my face. “GIT the hell outta my way people, I’m coming THROUGH!”
I sorted my iTunes by Time, and found 37 tunes in my online collection that clock in at 2:28 (three of ‘em by Jim Croce, go figure). Here’s that sweet-ass Little Feat tune and eight other nuggets of under 2:28 goodness…
If you’ve got a spare 22:12, listen to ‘em all now…
Little Feat – Feats Don’t Fail Me Now (mp3) – from Feats Don’t Fail Me Now
Steve Earle – South Nashville Blues (mp3) – from I Feel Alright
Reverend Horton Heat – Baddest of the Bad (mp3) – from Liquor in the Front
Creedence Clearwater Revival – Who’ll Stop the Rain (mp3) – from Cosmo’s Factory
Old 97’s – Coahuila (mp3) – from Drag It Up
The Byrds - I’ll Feel a Whole Lot Better (mp3) – from Mr. Tambourine Man
Calexico – Sunken Waltz (mp3) – from Feast of Wire
Jim Croce – Time in a Bottle (mp3) – from The Definitive Collection
Paul Weller – Spring (At Last) [mp3] – from Illumination [Limited Edition w/ Bonus DVD]
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January 27, 2010 - 10:07 pm
Tags: Del McCoury Band, Steve Earle
Posted in Bluegrass | 5 comments
I still have a bad taste in my mouth from this week’s Radio Daze piece, so I’ve been doing my best to reverse the damage with – ya know – real music. And it gets no more genuine than Steve Earle. I finally dug out this CD a couple of months ago after a few [...]
Pete’s Favorite Albums of the 00’s
December 31, 2009 - 7:56 am
Tags: Arcade Fire, band of horses, bruce springsteen, Grandaddy, M.I.A., Marah, Prince, Steve Earle, The Boss, Wilco
Posted in Ickmusic Faves | 6 comments
Quick Note: I didn’t want to bombard my Top 10 with Springsteen and Prince albums, so I chose my favorites of theirs from the 00’s. Did I spend more time with M.I.A.’s Arular than with Bruce’s Magic or Prince’s Musicology? No way. Just so you know, I limited my picks to one album per artist.
And [...]
Video: Steve Earle at Amoeba Records
November 25, 2009 - 9:18 pm
Tags: Amoeba Records, Steve Earle
Posted in Folk, Video | 1 comment
I knew I subscribed to Amoeba’s video RSS feed for a reason! Once in a while, they post a gem. Case in point today: Steve Earle.
Here’s Steve’s 45 minute in-store performance from back in May. But be sure to check out the insightful 13 minute interview too, where he discusses his early years as a [...]
Ick’s Pick (Week XIX): Steve Earle – ‘Townes’
May 14, 2009 - 10:32 pm
Tags: Steve Earle, Townes Van Zandt
Posted in Ick's Pick | 1 comment
I’m sitting down to write this after the improbable occurrence of just seeing Steve Earle in the 30 Rock season finale. Oh my, what an ending! It’s a kidney benefit for Jack’s dad, and a We Are the World-esque gathering of talent comes together – Steve Earle, Elvis Costello, the Beastie Boys, Rhett Miller, Sheryl [...]
Steve Earle reads for the Poetry Project
May 3, 2009 - 9:29 am
Tags: Steve Earle
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Steve Earle reads a short piece of poetry about the passing of his father:
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Steve Earle. Letterman. Friday.
September 4, 2008 - 11:04 pm
Tags: letterman, reckless kelly, Steve Earle, zevon
Posted in Uncategorized | 2 comments
Hey Steve Earle fans, watch Letterman tomorrow night (Friday, Sept. 5th). Steve will perform a Warren Zevon tune, “Reconsider Me”, in tribute to the late great Zevon who passed away 5 years ago (Sept. 7th, 2003).
I didn’t know it until tonight, but Earle recorded the song (hear it on YouTube) with Texas band Reckless Kelly [...]
Steve Earle at the Newport Folk Festival
August 13, 2008 - 10:10 pm
Tags: newport, Steve Earle
Posted in Folk | No comments
For fellow Steve fans, NPR has a podcast of Steve’s set at the Newport Folk Festival available for free.
Get it from their site, or download from iTunes.
While you’re there, grab Jim James’s set, and Tom Waits’s entire Atlanta show. Free.
Thank you NPR.
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A Good Week for Tunes in Telluride: Steve Earle, Allison Moorer, Junior Brown, and Jonny Lang
July 10, 2008 - 10:07 pm
Tags: Jonny Lang, Junior Brown, Steve Earle, telluride
Posted in Blues, Funk, Rock | No comments
Top Left: Steve Earle works his dobro hard for the Sheridan Opera House crowd.
Top Right: Jonny Lang brings the blues in Mountain Village.
Bottom Left: Junior Brown rocks his guitar / lap-steel hybrid in Mountain Village.
Bottom Right: I ponder life’s great questions with a Franziskaner in hand.
Yes, folks, life was sweet last week. My wife and [...]
Tunes in Telluride
July 1, 2008 - 9:05 pm
Tags: Steve Earle, telluride
Posted in Miscellaneous | 1 comment
It’s summer time in Arizona, which means it’s high time to hightail it out of town. This week finds me back in one of my favorite places on God’s green earth – Telluride, Colorado. I snapped the pic above this afternoon near the Nelly Mine, up in the San Juan Mountains at about 11,200 feet. [...]
Steve Earle performs Copperhead Road on Letterman (1988)
March 25, 2008 - 8:09 pm
Tags: Steve Earle
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Steve Earle performing “Copperhead Road” on Late Night, 1988. I miss Letterman in the old NBC studio (now Conan’s). Look, Paul Shaffer with hair (sort of)!
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October 30, 2009 - 9:21 am
I’ve got 129 songs at 2:28. here are some of them.
Animals: Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood
The Jam – It’s Too Bad
The Who – Sensation
Elvis Presley – Viva Las Vegas
The Crystals – He’s A Rebel
Dean Martin – Everybody Loves Somebody
Wilson Pickett – Land of 1,000 Dances
The Kinks – Do You Remember Walter
Rufus Thomas – Can Your Monkey Do The Dog?
October 30, 2009 - 9:02 pm
classics, all of ‘em!
October 30, 2009 - 9:36 am
I was amazed at how many tracks came up!
The Beach Boys – Surfin’ USA
Discovery – Slang Tang
Raphael Saadiq – Let’s Take a Walk
Slipknot – Wait and Bleed
The Beatles – Boys
The Beatles – I Want to Tell You
Coldplay – Now My Feet Won’t Touch the Ground
Prince – Extraordinary
Frank Sinatra – Fly Me to the Moon
Ben Webster – The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi
October 30, 2009 - 9:02 pm
More classics from the golden age… “Surfin’ USA”, “Fly Me To The Moon”, “i Want To Tell You”…
And Dave, 129 songs at 2:28? Good God, man, how many tunes are in your library?
October 31, 2009 - 3:10 pm
Over 30,000. About 10% of that is Bruce bootlegs, though.
November 1, 2009 - 12:38 pm
Great songs! Here are some of mine:
Louis Armstrong – Hello Dolly
Count Basie – Shout and Feel It
Sam Cooke – Good Times
Howlin’ Wolf – The Red Rooster
The Beatles – Drive My Car
The Who – Boris the Spider
Beach Boys – Surfer Girl
The Pogues – The White City (Live)
Hank Williams – Lonesome Whistle
Dudley Moore and Peter Cook – Bedazzled
An almost endless source for blog themes!
January 18, 2010 - 3:17 pm
at first glance at the 58 tracks I have, the Kinks’ Big Black Smoke and Kinky Freidman’s Asshole from El Paso, Break My Mind by Jerry Lee, Sam Cooke’s Good Times and communication breakdown by Led Zep