the hayes list

One of the best things about loving music as I do is discovering songs that somehow grow better with every listen. I call them Growers. They can be songs that take some getting used to or songs that pop the first time you hear them. The thing is, they are the ones that you just keep hitting repeat.
Gemma Hayes ( no relation) is someone I have enjoyed for years. Central Hotel is one of those ones that took time to get. Bus Ride is from Australian Alex Lloyd. I was driving with my grandsons and one of them asked me to play it again after hearing it. So I did, three or four times, and it’s still a song he asks for. Music bonds us! Sometimes we forget that. Sometimes it’s those moments that resonate.
Artful Dodger was one of those bands that had a crack at it but never quite made it. Mistake was their attempt at a power ballad hit that fell short. Admittedly the lyrics are a little lame but I can’t hear the chorus without turning up the volume!
Take Your Sweet Time is about a deaf 40 year old hearing music for the first time after getting implants. Bell X-1 is an Irish band that followed U2’s lead in naming themselves after a plane.
Sarah Slean is about as far from Bob Marley musically as you can get but this song has a definite Marley vibe lyrically. One Love indeed.
The Majic Mijits are Ronnie Lane and Steve Marriott from the Small Faces. Both are gone, both were brilliant.
Michael Chapman is also gone but what a legacy he left behind. You will play this one over and over.
As always, enjoy!

1. Gemma Hayes - Central Hotel

2. Alex Lloyd - Bus Ride (Osborne Version)

3. Animal Logic - Santa Ana Winds

4. Artful Dodger - Mistake

5. Augie March - This Train Will Be Taking No Passengers

6. Barry Adamson - The Hummingbird

7. Bell X1 - Take Your Sweet Time

8. Bobby Charles - I Must Be In a Good Place Now

9. Bobby Whitlock - The Scenery Has Slowly Changed

10. City and Colour - Runaway

11. Cuff the Duke - It's Over

12. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - The Mercy Seat

13. Elliott Murphy - Baby I've Been Thinking (vibes)

14. Sam Fender - Wild Long Lie

15. The Marshall Tucker Band - A New Life

16. boygenius - $20

17. Sarah Slean - Every Rhythm Is the Beat

18. Michael Chapman - It Didn't Work Out 

19. Majik Mijits - Lonely No More

20. Steven Wilson - The Pin Drop

21. Over the Rhine - B.P.D.

22. Loggins & Messina - Same Old Wine

LISTEN on Spotify:

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3myW781cv6JPBREEhfFgif?si=E9-hK9iDTs-DWNXSQSnFxA

LISTEN on Apple Music:

https://music.apple.com/ca/playlist/growers/pl.u-zPyLJ79C9bmr5