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Mile Marker 383, Starbucks Songs From the Open Road

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This Starbucks cd - songs for the open road is a powerful and fun cd. It reminds me of the soundtrack from the movie "North Country." Lots of country, rock, blues, jazz combo music. When I listened to the cd, I can almost feel the wheels of the car spinning beneath me. The guitar music and husky guitar lyrics are perfect for a road trip. I like the cover of the cd - with a pink Cadillac driving down a lonely empty void-like American highway. I can almost taste the despair. The graphics are gripping and they have the ability to create a human abyss like experience. I particularly liked Telephone Road by Steve Earle, Bears by Lyle Lovett and Thanks Alot by Neko Case.

I picked this collection up at Starbucks a few years back and find myself often going back to it. Its a great mix of Alt Country artists. At the time it was my first listen to Neko Case and Josh Rouse, and with cuts like 16 Days by Whiskeytown, and Telephone Rd. by Steve Earle, and others by the Old 97's, Lucinda Williams, and Lyle Lovett how can you go wrong.

Whoever put this compilation together ought to get a career in music because it is some of the BEST alt country music and artists out there !

I bought the album for the Neko Case song and had no idea of what else was on it !

BRAVO !