20 Songs That Make Me Happy

Many of you have probably seen the “Name 20 songs that make you happy” thing going around the social medias. Well, I took the time to make a quick playlist of 20 songs that make me happy. Listen/stream/download below.

Hope you enjoy.

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1. Manchester by Kishi Bashi

2. I Know There’s Gonna Be (Good Time) by Jaimie xx

3. Funky Kingston by Toots and the Maytals

4. Love, Love, Love 2 (Reprise) by Akron/Family

5. Mustt Mustt (Extended) by Kiran Ahluwalia

6. Konkon by Oki Dub Ainu Band

7. Scenario by A Tribe Called Quest

8. Baba O’Riley by the Who

9. Here Comes Sunshine by Grateful Dead

10. Sweet Jane by the Velvet Underground

11. Sun Hands by Local Natives

12. Reality Used to be a Friend by P.M. Dawn

13. Swerve . . . The reeping . . . by Shabazz Palaces

14. Bam Bam by Sister Nancy

15. Lalo Schifrin by Blue Scholars

16. I Heard It Through the Grapevine by Creedence Clearwater Revival

17. Baby Baby by the Vibrators

18. Love of My Life Worldwide by Erykah Badu

19. Boogie on Reggae Woman by Stevie Wonder

20. Ooh La La by Faces

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A Sliver Of The Whole :: A Holiday At The Sea Playlist

This was originally a mix that was supposed to just feature some live Grateful Dead and live Velvet Underground cuts. That mix is still in the works, by the way, but this one morphed out of that project and features several other bands from the 1968-1971 sliver of time. Don’t ask me how it ended up being that, the mix made itself, man.

What we ended up with is a mix that features MC5, the Beatles, the Velvet Underground, Creedence Clearwater Revival, the Rolling Stones, the Grateful Dead, and the Stooges (and then kept going until I whittled it back down to these tracks). This is a mix I regularly play around the house, so, I hope you enjoy it; because this mix has been getting lots of Sonos time around here, whether the kids like it or not.

Setlist:

1. Kick Out The Jams by MC5

2. Get Back by the Beatles

3. Sweet Jane by the Velvet Underground

4. Commotion by Creedence Clearwater Revival

5. Parachute Woman by the Rolling Stones

6. St. Stephen by the Grateful Dead

7. The Eleven by the Grateful Dead

8. Rock & Roll by the Velvet Underground

9. Shakin’ Street by MC5

10. Down On the Street by the Stooges

11. Dig A Pony by the Beatles

12. Bootleg by Creedence Clearwater Revival

13. The American Ruse by MC5

14. Street Fighting Man by the Rolling Stones

15. I’ve Got A Feeling by the Beatles

16. Real Cool Time by the Stooges

17. Graveyard Train by Creedence Clearwater Revival

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• Visit the Beatles’ official site

• Purchase the Beatles’ music at Amazon

• Follow Creedence Clearwater Revival at Facebook

• Purchase Creedence Clearwater Revival’s music at Amazon

• Visit the Grateful Dead’s official website

• Follow the Grateful Dead on Facebook

• Follow Grateful Dead on Twitter

• Purchase Grateful Dead music on Amazon

• Purchase MC5’s music at Amazon

• Visit the official page for the Stooges

• Purchase the Stooges’ music at Amazon

• Visit the Velvet Underground’s official site

• Purchase the Velvet Underground’s music at Amazon

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Creedence Clearwater Revival Live At Woodstock

Creedence Cleawater Revival live at Woodstock.

You know you want to.

Choogle on.

Setlist:

1. Born on the Bayou

2. Keep On Chooglin

3. Bad Moon Rising

4. I Put a Spell on You

5. Keep On Chooglin'

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• Follow Creedence Clearwater Revival at Facebook

• Purchase Creedence Clearwater Revival’s music at Amazon

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Daily Driver Summer 2019 (Trailer)

Back in August as Summer was closing out, I posted a personal music mix that I had been listening to during the heat of the sunbaked Phoenix Summer. I called it “Daily Driver Summer 2019”. I know, not the most creative title, but, as I said at the time, I hadn’t really planned on posting it. It was just something I made for myself to listen to on my daily commute. What I neglected to tell you at the time, my dear readers is that there are actually two volumes. So I figured why not share the sequel as well. Please don’t hold it against me. I really didn’t mean to keep anything from you. Please enjoy now.

Download the jewel case art as a PDF file.

Tracklisting:

1. “Suzie Q” by Creedence Clearwater Revival

2. “Suena” by Ondatrópica

3. “Mustt Mustt (Extended)” by Kiran Ahluwalia

4. “Kukuchi” by Letta Mbulu

5. “Kogarashi” by Kikagaku Moyo

6. “On the Road Again” by Canned Heat

7. “Turn On Your Love Light” by the Grateful Dead

8. “I Like It (I Like It Like That)” by Pete Rodriguez

9. “Three Little Birds” by Bob Marley and the Wailers

10. “Golden Clouds” by The Orb Featuring Lee "Scratch" Perry

11. “Hey Ya!” by OutKast

12. “Boogie On” by Rob (Funky Rob Way)

13. “Hymn of the Big Wheel” by Massive Attack

• Listen to/download the previous mix for yourself.