Songs of Sahm

Just downloaded the Bottle Rockets’ Songs of Sahm, a tribute to the late, somewhat obscure Texas songwriter Doug Sahm. It’s a keeper. These guys never fail to blow me away. If you’ve never heard them, start with The Brooklyn Side. Great songwriting, especially Idiot’s Revenge, Welfare Music and Thousand Dollar Car. Not a bad cut on the whole CD.

Here’s a review, though I don’t really agree with the premise: That Songs of Sahm is somehow an aberration in the Bottle Rockets’ catalog. I’ve always liked the diversity of their sound, and these takes on Sahm’s work don’t strike me as being out of sync.

An odd thing about iTunes: Not sure how they’re setting up their database, but the music often sorts by the first name. So Bob Dylan sorts under the “B”s. Also, they have The Bottle Rockets and Bottle Rockets. They need to field that data. Kinda quirky …