So this is what I'm listening to

Lindsey Buckingham's Gift of Screws is a must listen in the days ahead, but I need to wade through some of my new vinyl and CDs first. I just ordered some movie soundtracks including the 3-CD re-recording of Miklos Rozsa's El Cid score.

Saw Paul Weller last Saturday night, Rodney Crowell next month with a small acoustic group, J.D. Souther the day before the election.

Weller was Winwood with guitars up front instead of keyboard. But he played keys, too. Wild. He came back for three encores. The last time to send us home, he sat down with his lead guitarist, they were both on acoustics, and the bass player came out and played cello. And they did was a four-minute acoustic version of All You Need Is Love, which we all sang lustily there -- and out into the night.

New vinyl -- Steve Miller's Journey to Eden, Antonio Carlos Jobim's Stoneflower, first Illinois Speed Press album, The Ship (folk record produced by Gary Usher), Odetta sings Dylan (first album of Dylan covers), Full Circle (the second and final album made by the remaining Doors after Morrison's death), the Alan Bown (1969 - a psychedelic melodic British horn band I like), the usual old stuff.

Best new CD - Sex and Gasoline, by the afore-mentioned Mr. Crowell. Tied for first: Brian Wilson's That Lucky Old Sun (first BW album with consistently adult lyrics since Pet Sounds).

Other new CDs that I am heavily into -- Felix Cavaliere and Steve Cropper (this one is red hot), Elvis' Fun in Acapulco, Dino Valente's solo album, Dick Farney (the Brazilian Sinatra), the usual old stuff.