Jessie's Jig & Other Favorites by Steve (Folk) Goodman (CD, Jun-1998, Red Pajama Records)

Steve Goodman is a great Singer/Song Writer. He was most famous for writing the song "City of New Orleans". If you have ever heard the song by David Allen Coe titled "You Never Even Call Me By My Name", there is a line that says: A good friend of mine named Steve Goodman wrote this song and I felt obliged to include it on this album. I don't think that it was a real well known fact that he was also a musician and that he made quite a few LP's. If you're not familiar with Steve and you want to hear him at his best Jessie's Jig & Other Favorites is the LP/CD to get. We have had the Vinyl LP for a really long time and I wanted a CD for the car, so I purchased this one on eBay. Our favorites on this LP/CD are as follows: It's a Sin to Tell a Lie - I Can't Sleep if I Can't Sleep With You - Moby Book & Mama Don't Allow It. Other selections on this LP/Cd are: Door Number Three - Blue Umbrella - This Hotel Room - Spoon River - Jessie's Jig (Rob's Romp, Beth's Bounce). Moby Book is absolutely my all time favorite, it is such a great song that I guarantee you that no matter what kind of music you prefer, you will love this song. It is the story of Moby Dick and it is a bluesy styled number with such a great rhythm that you won't soon forget it. It is absolutely bar none Steve Goodman at his best. I Can't Sleep If I Can't Sleep With You is a great Love song. On his other LP's/CD's he does a lot of quirky satirical songs like Chicken Cardon Blues - Watching Joey Glow, etc...... So if you are not familiar with Steve Goodman, get on eBay and find a copy of this CD (Jessie's Jig & Other Favorites) or any of his other CD's, you won't regret it. His song style range runs the gammit from happy to quirky to love songs to blues to sad and back to happy. His kind of music is the kind that stays with you and you want to listen to all the time. Check him out, you will Love his Music.
Becky (elvisgirl)