Category Archives: deep dive

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Song of the Day #5,743: ‘Another Day, Another Town’ – Jim & Ingrid Croce

After receiving positive feedback on his debut album, Jim Croce hit the road with wife Ingrid, playing folk covers as a duo across the northeast. They also wrote a batch of their own songs and recorded demos that were eventually attached to Jim’s posthumous releases.

The pair’s one official release was 1969’s Jim & Ingrid Croce, a collection of 11 folk songs, all but two of which were originals. This record is a step up from Croce’s debut, production-wise, and it’s a treat to hear his early compositions.

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Song of the Day #5,742: ‘Texas Rodeo’ – Jim Croce

The deep dives I’ve done so far have covered artists with long careers and extensive catalogs. This one is different.

Earlier this year, a Throwback Weekend post about Jim Croce’s ‘Time in a Bottle’ got me thinking that I’m not very familiar with the singer-songwriter’s footprint outside of a handful of hits. And given that his whole recording career spans just five albums, that’s easily remedied. So this week I’ll feature a song from each of those releases.

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Song of the Day #5,578: ‘Angry’ – The Rolling Stones

When I first decided to do a deep dive on The Rolling Stones, I figured it was safe to assume the band had released its last album. What were the odds that these guys would keep recording rock-n-roll albums as octogenarians?

I found out early on that the band indeed intended to do exactly that, releasing their first album of original material in 18 years — Hackney Diamonds — a week from today. But rather than shift my schedule around to fit the new record in, I decided to give it an honorable mention today.

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Song of the Day #5,577: ‘Dead Flowers’ – The Rolling Stones

Well, that was an epic journey. Twenty-three studio albums, 52 years, and one legendary band.

The Rolling Stones have put their unmistakable stamp on blues, R&B, rock, pop, psychedelic, disco, and country songs, churning out album after album with humor, passion and pathos. Not everything they did worked, but they worked at everything they did. And their discography is remarkably strong — I’d definitely recommend 18 of these 23 releases.

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Song of the Day #5,576: ‘Ride ‘Em on Down’ – The Rolling Stones

The torrid pace of new studio releases by The Rolling Stones early in their career was a distant memory as they settled into the new millennium. Eleven years passed between A Bigger Bang and the band’s next release, 2016’s Blue & Lonesome.

They spent that time capitalizing on their impressive legacy by touring extensively, releasing live albums, and producing a retrospective documentary titled Crossfire Hurricane that commemorated their 50th anniversary.

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