John Hiatt

I've been digging John Hiatt since his new wave days in the early '80s. He's got a new album that I like a lot called "Same Old Man," which I guess is his way of sayin' that on this new album you get the same tried and true great John Hiatt music he's been delivering for quite a long time, only it's a new batch of excellent songs. This one, "Old Days," gives you a good idea of what he's up to. I guess you could say he's a roots rock kinda guy, but the writing is so smart o... MORE

Tonight's entry in my ongoing quest to increase the MOG's exposure to John Hiatt's excellent is "Perfectly Good Guitar”, from the 1993 album by the same title. This cut is a great bit of hard rocking social commentary with a catchy chorus to boot. . .

Well Madeline posted a cut of John doing "I Want to be Sedated" a bit earlier, http://mog.com/Madeline_Burke/blog_post/155923 , which I'd never heard. So, following that lead my Hiatt contribution today is from his third album, "Slug Line", released in 1979.. .Hiatt has altered his style several times over his career, and there was a time early in his career he got one of those dreaded next so and so tags. After going without a contract for four years he was signed by MC... MORE

Waydutch's John Hiatt post made me dig out this track -John Hiatt, Ry Cooder,Jim Keltner and Nick Lowe from the 1992 Little Village LP on Reprise Records - "She Runs Hot", my favorite from the album...but John Hiatt is a big favorite (in general).Way to go, Waydutch!

My pick for this Sunday Under Cover is John Hiatt covering the Joey Ramone favorite "I Wanna Be Sedated". For some oddball reason, I like it...(is that a mandolin in the background?)Yeah!

this has to be my fav website ever, i never really used it to much, but the other day i said fuck it, why not check it out, and it was kinda kool, but when i found the gem of a song that is in this post, that made it my fav site ever, i just hope i can find more gems like that...

From the 2005 Master of Disaster CD...I feel compelled to post this after spending the last few days behind the wheel... (of not just ANY car).... My Thunderbird!

Definitely one of my favorite artists ever is gifted song writer, singer, musician and front-man, John Hiatt. I've held off posting anything by him before as I've never felt ready to do him justice. Still don't think I'm there, but for purely personal reasons want to share this song that became an earworm for me today. So, from the "Bring the Family" album, John's original release of the song "Have a Little Faith in Me". This sparse version is done solo, he has since r... MORE

Watch Out; Ed McManon May Be Coming to Your House… .Just got a digital copy of Riding With The King, side two of which was produced by Nick Lowe where I re-connected with this little song writing gem from the master, John Hiatt. He wonderfully turns around a phase Publishers Clearing House had ingrained in the collective American conscience into quite a love song. Here's the Lyrics:.Dry your eyes pretty girl I just got news from the outside world I don’t know how they g... MORE

.John Hiatt is one of the great songwriters of the last 30 years, but saying just that about him is a significant oversight. He is also a gifted singer and front man. While some have criticized his voice as too accented, I find it incredibly warm and honest.. I've mulled over doing a big post on him for sometime now and have decided instead to dump a steady stream of his stuff on the MOG over the next bye and bye in hopes of exposing more to his magnificence.. So, to... MORE

I was doing some thinking about songs that singer/songrwriters write about their kids. I found a particularly interesting set of songs that male singers sing about their daughters. Describing the relationship of a dad and his daughter is fraught with danger. Resisting the urge to fall into sentimentality or sappiness is very difficult and many songwriters aren't able to handle the pressure. But I found three songs that manage to succeed, thanks largely to a playfulness in ... MORE

Help, oh wise moggers.. I'm tying the knot in January.. and no, you're not invited, small ceremony only.. sorry.. but I could use some help. We're putting together a power-point kind of thing with pictures and music, and I'm looking for your thoughts on the best love songs that are a little out of the mainstream.. I really like John Hiatt's, "Have a Little Faith in Me".. and Sarah MacLachlan's "Push".. something soft, with a great lyric, but that isn't "Endless Love" o... MORE

This post was inspired by mtackabery(Michelle, my wonderful triplet sis)who posted the Emmy Lou Harris cover of John Hiatt's song "Icy Blue Heart"(which you can hear on her post here ). Emmy's version is beautiful but John's original version just exudes so mu