Rock Grab Bag VIII

By the early ‘70s- just before my birth- rock had gone as far is it could go while still maintaining some semblance of dignity and yet people continued making and demanding more of it and thus began rock’s period of unbridled excess and eventual implosion. Rock crawled on through the barren ‘80s searching for dignity, and tried to stand up in the ‘90s, beaten and humbled, and despite some late century bright spots in the adult alternative scene we all knew it was over. And yet it’s 2020 and no one has officially declared rock dead (Charlie Daniels just died; Ringo Starr turned 80). Here are some of my favorite rock songs including folk-rock, Southern rock, classic rock, jam rock, blues & boogie rock, singer-songwriter, lite rock, and adult alternative. It’s the summer rock grab bag. Enjoy- and rock on!

The Beatles

01. The Byrds – “All the Things” (1970)
02. The Charlie Daniels Band – “Quinn the Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn)” (2014)
03. The Beatles – “In My Life” (1965)
04. The Byrds – “Time Between” (1967)
05. Crosby & Nash – “Where Will I Be?” (1972)
06. The Beatles – “Nowhere Man” (1965)
07. Jim Croce – “Photographs and Memories” (1972)
08. Joan Osborne – “You’re Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go” (2017)
09. Jim Croce – “You Don’t Mess Around with Jim” (1972)
10. Grateful Dead – “Ripple” (1970)
11. The New Seekers – “I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing” (1971)
12. Susan Tedeschi – “Lord Protect My Child” (2005)
13. Jack Savoretti – ‘Nobody ‘Cept You” (2015)

14. Sting – “Girl from the North Country” (2012)
15. The Lovin’ Spoonful – “Summer in the City” (1966)
16. John Phillips – “Topanga Canyon” (1970)
17. Bread – “If” (1971)
18. The Beatles – “Let It Be” (1970)
19. The Wallflowers – “The Difference” (1996)
20. Counting Crows – “Hangingaround” (1999)

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The Beatles – “In My Life”