Everly Louvin

I love this version of the Everly Brothers doing Lay Lady Lay by Bob Dylan. The Everlys remind me a lot of the Louvin Brothers, so here's a track from them as well -- I'll be All Smiles Tonight.

James Blood Ulmer

I picked this incredible record up on a trip to Texas last month. It was recorded in 1981. A very strange year. Ask any honest person who remembers it. I went to computer camp at Louisiana Tech that year. I was twelve. I still have a piece of pencil lead in my hand from that weird week in Ruston back in '81. I've said enough about that...

I've read that Ulmer was the only person since Hendrix to evolve the guitar. I won't argue. Here's my current fave: Where Did All the Girls Come From.