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Got my attention once
Artist or Band // Album
John McLaughlin // Now Here This
Lynyrd Skynyrd // Last Of A Dyin’ Breed
Santana // Shape Shifter
Primus // Green Naugahyde
Marisa Monte // O Que Voce Quer Saber de Verdade
Jimmy Herring // Subject to Change Without Notice
Gave these a second spin
Artist or Band // Album
Marillion // Sounds that cannot be made
Alabama Shakes // Boys & Girls
District 97 // Trouble With Machines
Listened three times or more
Artist or Band // Album
Big Big Train // English Electric (Part One)
Neil Young & Crazy Horse // Americana
Dr. John // Locked Down
Lettuce // Fly
Otis Taylor // Otis Taylor’s Contraband
Joe Gaspar Band // Move On
Never left my mp3 player in 2012
Artist or Band // Album
Antibalas // Antibalas
Neil Young & Crazy Horse // Psyhedelic Pill
The Souljazz Orchestra // Solidarity
Galactic // Carnivale Electricos
and my favorite 2012 album…

This prog band from Salt Lake City, Utah, released an EP where the calm and patience to build up pays off…
American Hollow // Screaming into the Void

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