"Can't Come Down" Sam Phillips
Wowie wow wow! My first non-Beyonce inspiration in weeks! Heard about Sam Phillips on My Old Kentucky Blog, but apparently she's singer/songwriter extraordinaire, been around for ages. I'm not a huge "lady with a guitar" fan, but this sound is fulfilling; it makes me forget. We've got a booming bass drum, a hand-clapping toe-tapping head-shaking tempo, and a fun mixture of major and minor tones, all with a few instruments. Her voice is solid. Just solid. This is two minutes of pure musical enjoyment (sounds much better in Bose headphones on my iTunes then in this link, btw).
When to play it: When drinking a beer and smoking a cigarette by candlelight on your dark porch on a summer night.
How you'll move: Relaxed eye-closed toe-tap or aggressive finger-snap head bob.
Side note: Although this track is from '08, Sam Phillips' latest "thing" is "The Long Play," a year-long subscription program offering five EPs and a full-length album release, only available on her Web site. The latest release is "Solid State." I highly suggest you lend your ear to the streaming tracks on the site. Listen to "Throw Yourself Away" and "When I'm A Camera." I'm THIS close to buying the latest album in its entirety! THIS CLOSE!
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