This spirit winds up overshadowing McCartney's cheery "I'll Follow the Sun" or the thundering covers of "Rock & Roll Music
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Beck has been fond of stylistic experiments such as the Brazilian-influenced MUTATIONS and the warped R&B of MIDNITE VULTURES
" Influences like '80s college rock peers the Violent Femmes
In between manning drums for the Queens Of The Stone Age album SONGS FOR THE DEAF and the 2003 all-star death metal side-project Probot
Merle Haggard Merle Haggard's Christmas Present LP This spirit winds up overshadowingFirst released in 1973, this C&W holiday evergreen has not only held up well but also gained stature with time. The Hag's aching, mellifluous baritone is in as fine a form as it was at any point in his long, prolific career, and his grumpy, blue collar heart betrays the soft and sentimental core he's battled to hide for years. The showpiece, of course, is Haggard's towering, belt tightening anthem, "If We Make It Through December;" a song that marries