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Josh Ritter: A Good Man

Started by tomwatson · 11 months ago

Once I knew a girl in the hard hard times
She made me a shirt out of fives and dimes
Now she’s gone but when I wear it she crosses my mind
And if the best is for the best than the best is unkind
Josh Ritter opened with “Best is for the Best” last night at ... Continue reading »

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  • david mizner

    2 years ago

    Good blog. I love Ritter; he exudes a goodness that kills your jadedness and irony. And while some of his new songs are excellent--Girl in the War (the acoustic version is much better than the over-produced album version and would in a just world be an antiwar anthem) and Thin Blue Line (which is nothing less than Dylanesque), my favorite album is Golden Age of Radio--especially Harrisburg, Roll On, Larwence KS, and the sublime Come and Find Me, which I heard not too long ago on an episode of Six Feet Under. How's that for a run on sentence?
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  • Shaber

    1 month ago

    Yeah he got fame as soon as possible due to his activities.. I can understand how popular he is through your blog.. Because you have selected him for your blog.. Also he as recently on Talk of the Nation with Thomas Ricks..
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