The Top 10 Songs of 2008 from Earshot Presents are not downloadable from this page, but are hyperlinked either to the iTunes Music Store or their source. Little Kingdom – Citay Little Kingdom the song is representative of Little Kingdom the album is representative of Citay, a bitchin’ psych-rock outfit from San Francisco. Little Kingdom…
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Bottle Do Your Thing
David Rogers had 37 hits on the country charts, and two that made the top ten. Was “Bottle Do Your Thing” one of them? Not sure, but it’s a damn good country song. This digital recording was made from a 45rpm found among the mountain of bullshit at The Thing in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.
The End of the Line
Transcription of George Harrison, from opening of “The True Story of the Traveling Wilburys“: “The thing happened just by magic. Just by circumstances. Maybe there was a fun moon that night or something like that. It was quite a magical little thing, really. I had dinner with Roy Orbison and Jeff (ed. Jeff Lynne). And…
Sh-Boom (Life Could Be a Dream)
They don’t make ’em like they used to. Why hasn’t there been a gang of hipsters from Williamsburg to throw us back to a sound like this? Or maybe the better question is why haven’t we heard about it? Sh-Boom’s a classic. Here is the Crew Cuts version: sh-boom1.mp3 …which is a more polished version…
Diamond Dave’s acapella Runnin With the Devil
Weird and really funny vocal-only audio from David Lee Roth. Diamond Dave was (and still is) a total kook. This was borrowed from Justin’s blog, which borrowed it from WFMU. [sounds:http://earshotpresents.com/sounds/runnin_with_the_devil.mp3]