During these X-mas days I am, like many other people and many artists, looking back at 2024. I decided to go through the long list of songs I gave a ‘like’ on my music streaming service. I distilled from it 24 older songs which I would like to share with you as a list below but also via a special Spotify playlist.
These are songs published more than 10 years ago, but I had not heard them yet and so I discovered them only in 2024. In this first edition of this series you will encounter a blend of songs from 1965 until 2014. Spanning almost 5 decades of music and mixing songs from singer-songwriters with influences from diverse music genres like folk, rock, blues, pop, country and soul. These 24 songs will attempt to keep your attention with their superb guitar and vocal melodies and with the compelling poetry and wisdom of life in their lyrics.
The crown in volume 1 is definitely for Bob Dylan with 6 songs in the list, but he’s surrounded by other big names like Neil Young, Robert Plant and Iggy Pop. Also they have been living already a very long musical career of multiple decades and still perform live and create new songs. It was a musical pleasure to try to give these 4 big names of the folk & rock genre the company of many other interesting artists, who have convinced me through the years or only recently of their qualities.
Playlist order
1. Tom Odell – Heal
2. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young – Find The Cost Of Freedom
3. Iggy Pop – Sixteen
4. Bob Dylan – Slow Train
5. Jim White – That Girl From Brownsville Texas
6. Bob Dylan – Dirge
7. Hiss Golden Messenger – Blue Country Mystic
8. 16 Horsepower – Heel On The Shovel
9. The Black Crowes – Soul Singing
10. Robert Plant, Allison Krauss – Rich Woman
11. Big Star – Thirteen
12. Jakob Dylan – Lend A Hand
13. Hiss Golden Messenger – Call Him Daylight
14. Terry Reid – Seed Of Memory
15. Bob Dylan – Man In The Long Coat
16. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young – Almost Cut My Hair
17. Ben Howard – She Treats Me Well
18. Howe Gelb and a Band of Gypsies – 4 Door Maverick
19. Eagles – Witchy Woman
20. Vic Chesnutt – Supernatural
21. Bob Dylan – Wedding Song
22. Bob Dylan – ‘Cross The Green Mountain
23. Bob Dylan – Ballad Of A Thin Man
24. Matt Watts – Black Mountain Pass
In chronological order (year of publishing)
1. Bob Dylan – Ballad Of A Thin Man (1965)
2. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young – Almost Cut My Hair (1970)
3. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young – Find The Cost Of Freedom (1971)
4. Big Star – Thirteen (1972)
5. Eagles – Witchy Woman (1972)
6. Bob Dylan – Dirge (1974)
7. Bob Dylan – Wedding Song (1974)
8. Terry Reid – Seed Of Memory (1976)
9. Iggy Pop – Sixteen (1977)
10. Bob Dylan – Slow Train (1979)
11. Bob Dylan – Man In The Long Coat (1989)
12. Vic Chesnutt – Supernatural (1993)
13. 16 Horsepower – Heel On The Shovel (1996)
14. The Black Crowes – Soul Singing (2001)
15. Bob Dylan – ‘Cross The Green Mountain (2003)
16. Jim White – That Girl From Brownsville Texas (2004)
17. Robert Plant, Allison Krauss – Rich Woman (2007)
18. Jakob Dylan – Lend A Hand (2010)
19. Hiss Golden Messenger – Call Him Daylight (2010)
20. Hiss Golden Messenger – Blue Country Mystic (2011)
21. Howe Gelb and a Band of Gypsies – 4 Door Maverick (2012)
22. Tom Odell – Heal (2013)
23. Matt Watts – Black Mountain Pass (2013)
24. Ben Howard – She Treats Me Well (2014)
