Essential:
1) Jayhawks - Hollywood Town Hall
2) Wilco - Being There
3) Ryan Adams - Heart Breaker
Recommended:
1) Uncle Tupelo - Anodyne
2) Lucinda Williams - Car Wheels on a Gravel Road
3) Calexico - Feast of Wire
For the Connoisseur:
1) Drive By Truckers - Southern Rock Opera
2) Neko Case - Cyclone
Defining track: Jayhawks - waiting for the sun