Wednesday, August 1, 2012

Summer Entertaining Soundtrack

Every year on August 1, I listen to the Counting Crows' August and Everything After album on repeat.


Arguably the best album ever made - ever - this one contains classics like "Anna Begins," "Sullivan Street," "Omaha," and "Round Here" that always make me think of late Summer.

The right music is - bear with me - instrumental to a good party. Playing Lady Gaga at a silent auction confuses people, and Beethoven is a bore at a BBQ. Luckily, Summer is the second easiest season for entertaining music (Christmas takes the yule log on that one). If you get stuck, though, here are a few of my favorites from a weekend BBQ in Long Beach:

  • Zac Brown Band - Chicken Fried
  • Fleetwood Mac - Go Your Own Way
  • Bob Seger - We've Got Tonight
  • Old Crow Medicine Show - Wagon Wheel
  • Bruce Springsteen - Thunder Road
  • The Temptations - Stand By Me
  • Sugarland - Stuck Like Glue
  • The Beatles - Something
  • Night Ranger - Sister Christian
  • Earth, Wind & Fire - September
  • Rusted Root - Send Me On My Way
  • Seals & Crofts - Summer Breeze
  • Sublime - Santeria
  • Dire Straits - Romeo and Juliet
  • Eric Hutchinson - Rock & Roll
  • Hall & Oates - Rich Girl
  • The Wallflowers - Sixth Avenue Heartache
  • REM - Nightswimming
  • Mason Jennings - Memphis, Tennessee
  • Stevie Nicks and Don Henley - Leather and Lace
  • Neil Diamond - Forever in Blue Jeans
  • The Marshall Tucker Band - Can't You See
  • Mariah Carey - Always Be My Baby

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