As always, Cass Mccombs quietly arrives and drops the most subtly infectious song in months.

Cass Mccombs – County Line

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Soundclouds just don’t make sense for individual tracks.

Jack Arel in 1972, outdoing the Stones dark and slightly psychedelic slide work by a longshot. I guess spite can be a good creative motivator.

Jack Arel – Something Happen

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I’ve been hunting all week for a John Phillips album from 1969 apparently cut in Africa a year before he went on to record the Wolf King of L.A. If anyone has it please send it my way! His output after it was mostly unreleased until recently. An album he made with Mick Jagger in the early 70′s is also worth a listen or two.

John Phillips – Drum

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and a lesser known song from a musical score he did for a play he created alongside Warhol.

John Phillips – Steppin through the stars

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