Charlie Louvin, one of the great pioneers of country music (and, with his brother, members of the pre-eminent country gospel outfit of the past six decades) died this week. One of my favorite Louvin songs (and surely one of their most famous) shows up as the bonus. My shuffle favors recently played tunes, and I’ve been hearing a lot of country-infused stuff lately. Colvin nails the Carter Family classic with #1, and #9 is a lovely song from an outfit that never got their deserved fame on this side of the Atlantic.
The second bonus track is my favorite song from what was, in January 1986, the album I was listening to most often. And if you’re over 30, you remember what happened 25 years ago this morning.
1. “Single Girl, Married Girl”, Shawn Colvin with Earl and Randy Scruggs
2. “Give it One More Chance”, The Bois d’Arcs
3. “A Hard Rain’s Gonna Fall”, Bob Dylan
4. “How Will You Shine”, The Gourds
5. “Nobody’s Diary”, Yaz
6. “January Wedding”, Avett Brothers
7. “29 Palms”, Robert Plant
8. “Here You Are”, Greencards
9. “Prettiest Eyes”, The Beautiful South
10. “Calling All Angels”, The Wailin’ Jennys
Bonus Track: “Knoxville Girl”, The Louvin Brothers
Bonus Track 2: “The Sun Always Shines on TV”, A-Ha