This week’s 20 random songs

You know the rules: Shuffle your entire music collection, click Play, and report the first 20 tracks, no matter what. This week’s list is formatted as artist, song title, and album (in italics):

1. Beneath the Southern Cross, Patti Smith, Live in Bethlehem, PA, 1995 (bootleg)
2. Dry My Tears and Move On, Richard Thompson, Mock Tudor
3. Mali Dje, Ali Farka Toure, Niafunke
4. Tonight’s the Night, Neil Young & Crazy Horse, Weld (Disc 2)
5. Dante’s Prayer, Loreena McKennitt, Book of Secrets
6. Bears, Lyle Lovett, Mile Marker 383 (compilation)
7. Back Street Affair, Allison Moorer, Caught in the Webb: A Tribute to the Legendary Webb Pierce (compilation)
8. Livin’ On Dreams, Little Feat, Shake Me Up
9. Rainy Day Women #12 & 35, Bob Dylan, Live in Bethlehem, PA, 1995 (bootleg)
10. Gramma: Maudabawn Chapel/Frank’s Reel, Natalie McMaster, In My Hands
11. Redneck Wonderland, Midnight Oil, Redneck Wonderland
12. Magdelina, Big Head Todd & the Monsters, Strategem
13. Noche de Tangier, Willie and Lobo, Caliente
14. I Want to Be Your Girlfriend, Mary Chapin Carpenter, A Place in the World
15. Smoke Signal, The Band, Academy of Outtakes (bootleg)
16. I’ll Never Smile Again, The Platters, The Magic Touch, An Anthology (Disc 2)
17. Aicha, Khaled, africaffe (compilation)
18. Time to Move On, Tom Petty, Wildflowers
19. Telegraph Road [Live, Remix], Dire Straits, Money for Nothing
20. Let the Good Times Roll, B.B. King , How Blue Can You Get? Classic Live Performances 1964-1994 (Disc 2)

I really enjoyed hearing some of these tracks that I hadn’t listened to for a while. If you like honky-tonk roadhouse music, I enthusiastically recommend the Caught in the Webb compilation. It positively smokes from start to finish and is ideal for blasting down the open highway.