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Thank you all so much for being a part of this. I'm sorry it took me so long to pick winners but, honestly, I really hate doing stuff like this. I'm just not a fan of choosing winners. All you artists involved already know the value of the sweat and the heart you put into this. You shouldn't let anything detract from that. All you listeners know what you like as well and I hope to hell that nothing anyone says ever takes away from that enjoyment.



There are just a ton of great…

Is there anybody left who hasn't ripped our record yet? Hope so. You can buy it today: http://bit.ly/UnderwaterSunshine-iTunes…

Maybe the most important band in my life. Roots of UNDERWATER SUNSHINE on the day of/before its release brings you BIG STAR. This is the 1st Big Star song I ever heard - "September Gurls" from the album RADIO CITY (1974) "December boys got it bad"…

Roots of UNDERWATER SUNSHINE brings you the root of about 1000 Counting Crows bootlegs as well with a band most of us used to play in: the late and uncompromisingly great SORDID HUMOR ("Jumping Jesus") -- From the album LIGHT MUSIC FOR DYING PEOPLE, this is "Private Archipelago". "She says that I am everything and she is nothing"…

In case I don't get back til late tonight, here some more Roots Of UNDERWATER SUNSHINE for you. This time you get to check out out pals Dan, Patrick, Kurt, JIm, et al -- in other words, TENDER MERCIES! From their album TENDER MERCIES (2011) here's Dan singing "Safe & Sound". Great freaking song. Even better guy. Dig it!…

Roots Of UNDERWATER SUNSHINE on a sunny Sunday morning? What could be better than "Why Does It Always Rain On Me?" The song was originally on THE MAN WHO but here's Travis playing it live at T In The Park 2000. Love these guys. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNj4hS2lO1k…

How about this morning on roots of UNDERWATER SUNSHINE we toss out a little drunken asskicking music. Dig dig The Faces ("Ooh La La") rocking "Stay With Me" from A NOD IS AS GOOD AS A WINK...TO A BLIND HORSE (1971). People, had anyone ever kicked the living shit out of a song quite like this?…

How about some Dawes today for your roots of UNDERWATER SUNSHINE? Let's start it off with the song I listened to 100 times going back & forth from the studio. Here's Taylor, Griffin, Wylie, & Tay playing "Time Spent In Los Angeles" from NOTHING IS WRONG (2011) [NOTE: check the background at 3:49 for Luke MacMaster of The Romany Rye in a blue shirt singing along]…

Today's shots from the roots of UNDERWATER SUNSHINE feature the magnificent Fairport Convention. Let's start out with the late great Sandy Denny singing her signature tune "Who Know Where The Time Goes?" off my favorite Fairport album UNHALFBRICKING (1969). Dig Richard Thompson's gtr playing throughout the song commenting on Sandy's breathtaking vocal - one of the best deliveries of any song I can remember - truly haunting…

Morning y'all. Here's another tune from one of the artists on UNDERWATER SUNSHINE. You probably think you know Bob Dylan. My favorite Dylan song got left off BLOOD ON THE TRACKS, the recorded it was recorded for. Check out "Up To Me" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9-qGWzlTG0…

Here's more from the roots of UNDERWATER SUNSHINE. This time it's Kasey Anderson & The Honkies off NOWHERE NIGHTS, the same album as "Like Teenage Gravity", with "I Was A Photograph" http://vimeo.com/9530279…

Another Roots of UNDERWATER SUNSHINE tune: In honor of the release of Gerard Love's band Lightship's album today, here's 1 of Gerard's songs off SONGS FROM NORTHERN BRITAIN, the same album as "Start Again". Here's Teenage Fanclub playing "Ain't That Enough" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mMPxxDb7xY

Here's another Teenage Fanclub song by Gerard Love. Almost covered this…

I wanna share w/u some of the places the songs on UNDERWATER SUNSHINE came from. Here's film of The Romany Rye on last yrs Spring Daytrotter Barnstormer Tour playing "Dear Holly". I love this performance. Love the gtr solo. Love the venue. Love the idea of the Barnstormers. I love the whole fucking thing. You'll dig it too.…