http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005-2006 by the authors Sat, 2 Dec 2006 15:57:17 EST http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/06/17/023819.php#comment-490584 I first heard the music of John Hiatt on the Bring the Family alblum. I have been a die hard fan ever sense 490584@blogcritics.org Sat, 2 Dec 2006 15:57:17 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/06/17/023819.php#comment-11283 "Your Dad Did" is the song that makes this album for me. I guess my daughter was about a year old when this came out. Besides Hiatt and Cooder, Nick Lowe and Jim Keltner make this the precursor to "Little Village". A pity that album's material was not as strong as this one. (Perhaps Rockpile had the same problem with their record, heightened expectations?) 11283@blogcritics.org Tue, 17 Jun 2003 10:47:22 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/06/17/023819.php#comment-11276 I bought Bring the Family because it had the original version of Thing Called Love which had been remade by Bonnie Raitt. I was blown away by the entire album after the first listen. I love the first song Memphis in the Meantime. It pretty sums up my feeling on Country Music: "One more heath-felt steal guitar chord, girl, is gonna do me in" and "Right now I need a Telecaster through a Vibralux turned up to ten." Slide Guitar god Ry Cooder plays over the entire album and is fantastic throughout. 11276@blogcritics.org Tue, 17 Jun 2003 08:11:58 EDT