Jim Patton's 11 Favorite Albums Featuring
The Players Who Played On "Mystery Ride":

• Loco Gringo's Lament - Ray Wylie Hubbard
  (Lloyd Maines: producer, steel guitar; Paul Pearcy, drums)
• Big Daddy - John Mellencamp
  (David Grissom: guitar)
• Live Shots - Joe Ely
  (Lloyd Maines: steel guitar)
• Where'd You Hide The Body? - James McMurtry
  (David Grissom: lead guitar; Lloyd Maines: steel guitar)
• Chris Knight - Chris Knight
  (David Grissom: lead guitar)
• Trouble No More - Darden Smith
  (Paul Pearcy: drums & percussion)
• Anodyne - Uncle Tupelo
  (Lloyd Maines: steel guitar)
• Wilory Farm - Terri Hendrix
  (Lloyd Maines: producer, lead guitar, steel guitar; Paul Pearcy: drums &percussion; Glenn Fukunaga: bass)
• Tornado in Slo Mo - Darcie Deaville
  (Darcie Deaville: guitar, fiddle, octoblaster, vocals; Paul Pearcy: drums & percussion) (also includes Marvin Dykhuis: co-producer, lead guitar; and Glenn Kawamoto: bass; both from our current live band)
• Own and Own - Butch Hancock
  (Lloyd Maines: steel guitar)
• Fair And Square - Jimmie Dale Gilmore
  (Lloyd Maines: steel guitar, dobro)
  

Jim Patton's 11 Favorite Songs Featuring
The Players Who Played On "Mystery Ride":

• Where's Johnny - James McMurtry
  (David Grissom: lead guitar) from Candyland
• Series of Dreams - Bob Dylan
  (Glenn Fukunaga: bass) from The Bootleg Series, Vol I
• Midnight Train - Darden Smith
  (Paul Pearcy: drums & percussion) from Trouble No More
• What If I Came Knockin' - John Mellencamp
  (David Grissom: lead guitar) from Human Wheels
• Levelland - James McMurtry
  (David Grissom: lead guitar; Lloyd Maines: steel guitar)
  from Where'd You Hide The Body?
• Wanna Rock And Roll - Ray Wylie Hubbard
  (Lloyd Maines: producer, steel guitar; Paul Pearcy: drums & percussion)
  from Loco Gringo's Lament
• Ain't Easy Bein' Me - Chris Knight
  (David Grissom: electric guitar) from Chris Knight
• Conversation With The Devil - Ray Wylie Hubbard
  (Lloyd Maines: acoustic guitar) from Crusades of the Restless Knights
• Rollin' Valentine - Michael Elwood & Beth Galiger
  (Paul Pearcy: producer, drums & percussion) from Rollin' Valentine
• Icy Barrel of a Loaded Gun - Darcie Deaville
  (Darcie Deaville: vocals, guitar, etc) from Tornado in Slo Mo
• Two Sisters - Terri Hendrix
  (Lloyd Maines: producer, guitar) from Wilory Farm

(Editor's Note: These songs and albums are listed in no particular order. The list of Favorite Albums contains only one album apiece from James McMurtry and Ray Wylie Hubbard, who each have at least 3 albums I couldn't live without.)

10 Albums That Changed My Life

(these albums are not necessarily my favorites or even the best albums by these bands, but they are albums that affected me so profoundly that I can actually remember thinking differently before and after I heard them. Listed roughly in the order they came to my attention)

• the Beatles - Rubber Soul
• the Beatles -Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
• Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits, Vol 1
• the Rolling Stones - High Tide and Green Grass
• The Byrds Greatest Hits
• John Lennon - Plastic Ono Band
• Van Morrison - Astral Weeks
• Neil Young - Young Man's Fancy (live bootleg)
• Elliott Murphy - Aquashow
• Bruce Springsteen - Winterland (live bootleg)

Should Be Household Names

• Dave Alvin - King of California, Blackjack David
• Bill Morrissey - North, Standing 8
• Butch Hancock - No 2 Alike
• Jon Dee Graham - Escape From Monster Island
• Jimmy LaFave - Austin Skyline
• Bill Mallonee & the Vigilantes of Love - Jugular, Blister Soul
• Richard Thompson - Across A Crowded Room, Shoot Out The Lights

Still Going Strong

• Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers - Echo (1999)
• Steve Earle - Transcendental Blues (2000) ,

Great Albums You May Never Have Heard

• Ian Hunter - Welcome to the Club, YUI ORTA
• Steve Van Zandt - Men Without Women, Voice of America
• Marshall Crenshaw - Downtown, Life's Too Short
• Graham Parker - The Mona Lisa's Sister, Burning Questions
• David Johansen - Live It Up
• Long Ryders - State of Our Union
• Joe Grushecky - American Babylon
• Dream Syndicate - Out of the Grey
• Lucinda Williams - Sweet Old World
• Nanci Griffith - One Fair Summer Evening
• The Blasters - Non Fiction

ESSENTIALS

• Chuck Berry - The Great 28
• Elvis - The Sun Sessions
• Ray Charles - The Birth of Soul
• Big Joe Turner's Greatest Hits
• T-Bone Walker - T-Bone's Blues
• Aretha Franklin's 30 Greatest Hits
• The Howlin' Wolf Box Set
• Velvet Underground Live
  Jefferson Airplane - Surrealistic Pillow
• Creedence - Chronicle
• The Who - Meaty, Beaty, Big, & Bouncy
• Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited
• the Grateful Dead - Europe '72
• The Pretenders - Learning to Crawl
• Hank Williams' 24 Greatest Hits
• John Coltrane - Afro Blue Impressions (esp. "My Favorite Things")
• The Ultimate Otis Redding
• The Buddy Holly Collection
• Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
• Bob Marley - Legend
• The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
• The Band
  

Some Favorite Links

Bob Rose

is the thinking man's vocal coach. Now based in the San Francisco area, we both worked with him in Austin and we use his tips every day of our lives.

Larry Monroe

is one of the last great free form DJs, whose music, like the music we like best, knows no classification or boundaries.

John Conquest's 3rd COAST MUSIC

is our favorite music magazine in Texas. Basically a one man operation, John's magazine is witty, irreverent, and to the point. Always entertaining, he is a tireless champion of artists like Butch Hancock, Ray Wylie Hubbard, and Terri Hendrix. Though it's free in the Austin area, we subscribe to be sure we never miss an issue.

Damian Einstein

is the East Coast's equivalent of Larry Monroe, a great free form DJ with an encyclopedic love and knowledge of music.