The 26-track, Gris-Gris Gumbo Ya Ya: Singles 1968-1974, also includes key album tracks
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Original compositions dominate the career-spanning set, which includes contributions from Roger McGuinn and Gram Parsons.
The 1968 program draws material from their first four studio albums.
The one-time Grateful Dead country-rock spinoff dipped into their earliest material and choice covers for this live show.
His instantly recognizable voice conveys urgency throughout the set, which features his guitar and piano work and a tightly knit backup trio.
In addition to well-known artists like Elvis Costello and Squeeze, the collection features many artists about whom nothing is known.
The wide-ranging 20-song program features such often-played numbers as “Honky Tonk Women,” “Brown Sugar” and “Jumpin’ Jack Flash,” but also includes a handful of obscurities
Joined by guests like Carlene Carter, Shemekia Copeland and Rory Block, the 84-year-old singer proves he can still make great music.
The outlaw country singer was also a first-rate songwriter, capable of sweet, evocative folk tunes of memorably iconoclastic characters
With Kenney Jones on board in the wake of Keith Moon’s death, the band touched on all phases of its career.