Jim James - My Life In Music

[dragonboy]

UNCUT magazine has a great article each month called My Life In Music where artists talk about music that has had an impact on their life.

"Jim James on the records that still move him"

The First Song I Remember: Dan Fogelberg - Leader Of The Band

The Record That Decided My Destiny: Dinosaur Jr - Fossils

My Comfort Album: John Prine - ST

My Unlikely Influence: James - Laid

The Song I Want Played @ My Funeral: Sam Cooke With The Soul Stirrers - The Last Miles Of The Way (overdubbed 1970)

My Favourite Concept Album: Eels - Electro Shock Blues

Record With The Best Reverb Ever: Louvin Brothers - Satan Is Real

Record That Reminds Me Of Home: Grandpa Jones - 8 More Miles To Louisville

Record That Got Me Into Funk Synths: Marvin Gaye - Trouble Man

My Latest Discovery: John Callahan - Purple Winos In Rain

In the article Jim comments on how & why these records have affected him.

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[Kory]

Awesome find db, I hope we can read about the choices soon. Is UNCUT online? I'll scout around...

[whothrewthecake]

TROUBLE MAN IS THE BEST SONG EVER CREATED

[mjkoehler]

Awesome. Glad to see he likes James. Laid is such a great album.

[dragonboy]

Awesome find db, I hope we can read about the choices soon. Is UNCUT online? I'll scout around...

Cheers Kory. Yeah I love articles like this!

I'll give people a few days to find the article/magazine if they want to/can & then I'll post some of Jim's comments  :)

[dragonboy]

TROUBLE MAN IS THE BEST SONG EVER CREATED

I f**king love T Plays It Cool!!!

[dragonboy]

I was looking @ Trouble Man on DVD & came across this!!!



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[whothrewthecake]

everything is perfect about this thread.

[Dorothy_Mantooth]

i feel like the world is a better place because of that reference to James' Laid. it's good to see someone acknowledging a sometimes overlooked band. That's one of those albums that, when I want to hear it, nothing else will do.

[Mr. T.]

Wow, great thread Dragonboy!!

I guess I need to check out James' Laid.

[rob]

My Latest Discovery: John Callahan - Purple Winos In The Rain

This is a great album.

http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/johncallahan

Unfortunately, John Callahan passed away July 24th due to complications stemming from his quadraplegic state. He was only 59.

R.I.P. John

[ynwa]

nice find Db!  further proof of just how cool jim is.

i loved that james album & still listen to it sometimes.  thought i was the only one...

[SaraBananaBear]

Cool find, hope it comes online soonish :)

[manicfanatic]

Jim has some great tastes when it comes to music.  And yes, Laid is a great album.  Actually, James has a couple of good ones.  Millionaires would be another one.