Tennessee Whiskey - Chris Stapleton

In case you need some more country. . .and need to get evevyone to sing along:

"Your as smooth as Tennessee Wiskey. . .

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zAThXFOy2c

My Church - Maren Morris

In case you need some country:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouWQ25O-Mcg

Low Rider - War

Gotta play this every time!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xTGrfs5TXM

Cantaloop - US3

Yea Yea Funky. . . diddy biddy bop!

Groovy groovy jazzy funky pounce bounce dance

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwBjhBL9G6U

Compared to What - John Legend

The beat will get you moving:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXcwAyJQa9w

Dance to the Music - Sly and the Family Stone

Say, get up and dance to the music. . .get on up and dance to the music!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jn2PNlhvy8E

Humpty Dumpy World - Ry Cooder

When there is a lull in the action, . .a good song however. . .

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ox8W59tWmyk

S.O.B - Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats

Son of a bitch, get me a drink!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iAYhQsQhSY

Mason Jar - Mingo Fishtrap

Mingo Fishtrap - a band we discoverd at the Jazz Fest.  Always get you moving. . .

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ykWskqHNSw

Rusty Chain - Johnny Cash

Anything from Johnny Cash is always welcomed at a garage party, but this one has a little bad- ass-ness to it in the second half of this song:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtbuUlSGXzc

Living on a High Note - Mavis Staples

Love me some Mavis, she put me on a high note:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJuMX2uTGYQ

Yes We Can Can - Allen Toussaint

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yei1LlHQkeE

Feel in love with this song while watching this great documentary - Young @ Heart

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjnfoFg7i7g

Right Place, Wrong Time - Dr John

I been in the right place
But it must have been the wrong time

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5zPqgQ67yo

The Feeling That Music Brings - Susan Tedeschi

"I'm going to be thankful for this feeling that music brings"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w59IH1W3oWc

Trombone Shorty - Suburbia

Best to save this one for late in the evening to get the jumping started.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWoQDyLiTiI

What would follow this?  House of Pain - Jump Around?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZaz7OqyTHQ

Trombone Shorty - Hurricane Season

Trombone Shorty brings the power funk  . . always like to start with this one to get things moving.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0x1zzQBeX0

Alabama Shakes - Hold On

From an earlier album:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jW0ZjNl-QW0

Alabama Shakes - Don't Want to Fight Anymore

Love me Brittany Howard, especially the scream she does to start this song:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nin-fiNz50M

Mark Knopfler - River Towns

Sometimes I'm in my garage by myself, just mellowing out.  A good selection on those occasions:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0njR_m94CMw

Hard Times - Griz

Put some Griz on here for Bill:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfEYYYQKuSU

Timber - Pitbull/Kesha

This is for JoAnn.  It's goin' down, I'm yelling Timber!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHUbLv4ThOo

The Weight - The Band

One of the first garage parties was Derek, Bill, and I in a drunken tribute to Levon Helms

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFqb1I-hiHE

My House - Flo Rida

Well my garage parties ain't this wild. . .good song though

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uo35R9zQsAI

Eighteen Wheels of Love - Drive By Truckers

Great story in a southern rock song.  Sit back, have a beer, and be just like Chester and yell the chorus:

Mama ran off with a trucker
Mama ran off with a trucker
Mama ran off with a trucker
Peterbilt Peterbilt

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FM8zRjl2uLU

Used to Rule the World - Bonnie Raitt

Always been a fan of Bonnie Raitt. . .

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjdMEwYO2rg

Walk On - Carolyn Wonderland

This lady will make you want to strut your stuff!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2OLKaLD5Lk

Getting Ready For Christmas Day - Paul Simon

Appropriate song considering I'm starting this blog in early November, and during the week of Christmas there is usually a garage party!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwy6hJULgm0


Lyrics:

From early in November to the last week of December
I got money matters weighing me down
Oh the music may be merry, but it's only temporary
I know Santa Claus is coming to town

In the days I work my day job, in the nights I work my night
But it all comes down to working man's pay
Getting ready, I'm getting ready, ready for Christmas Day

(Getting ready for Christmas Day
And let me tell you, namely, the undertaker, he's getting ready for your body
Not only that, the jailer he's getting ready for you
Christmas Day. Hmm? And not only the jailer, but the lawyer, the police force
Now getting ready for Christmas Day, and I want you to bear it in mind)

I got a nephew in Iraq it's his third time back
But it's ending up the way it began
With the luck of a beginner he'll be eating turkey dinner
On some mountain top in Pakistan

Getting ready, oh we're getting ready
For the power and the glory
And the story of
Christmas Day

(Getting ready, for Christmas Day
Done made it up in your mind that I'm going, New York, Philadelphia, Chicago
I'm going, on a trip, getting ready, for Christmas Day
But when Christmas come, nobody knows where you'll be
You might ask me. I may be layin' in some lonesome grave
Getting ready, for Christmas Day)

Getting ready, oh we're getting ready
For the power and the glory and the story of the
Christmas Day
Yes, we're getting ready

(Getting ready, ready for your prayers,
"I'm going and see my relatives in a distant land"
Getting ready, getting ready for Christmas Day)