All the 1980s that Wasn’t Very 1980s.

Songs From The Big HairAll the 1980s that Wasn’t Very 1980s.

Yes Virginia, there were banjos in the 1980s!

There were other things, too.

We'll hear some of all of it.

Enjoy!

JB

Artist / Name / Album / Label

They Might Be Giants / Don't Let's Start / They Might Be Giants / Restless Records
The Dead Milkmen / Stuart / Beelzebubba / Restless Records
Pixies / Bone Machine / Surfer Rosa / 4AD
Jesus And Mary Chain / Head On / Automatic / Rhino

Elvis Costello / Luxembourg / Trust / F-Beat
Naked City / Hammerhead / Live Vol. 1: Knitting Factory 1989 / Tzadik
REM / Don't Go Back to Rockville / Reckoning / IRS
Paul Simon / The Boy In The Bubble / Graceland / Sony
Tom Waits / Gun Street Girl / Rain Dogs / Island

The Police / Driven To Tears / Zenyatta Mondatta / A&M
The Orthotonics / ARP / Wake Up You Must Remember / Generic Records
The Talking Heads / Swamp / Speaking In Tongues / Sire
Frank Zappa / Fine Girl / Tinseltown Rebellion / Barking Pumpkin
Steely Dan / Babylon Sisters / Gaucho / MCA
Naked City / Blood Duster / Live Vol. 1: Knitting Factory 1989 / Tzadik

Dwight Yoakam / Little Ways / Hillbilly Deluxe / Reprise
Michelle Shocked / VFD / Short, Sharp, Shocked / Mercury
Hot Rize / Goin' Across the Sea / Hot Rize in Concert / Flying Fish
Alison Krauss / Song For Life / Too Late To Cry / Rounder
Johnson Mountain Boys / Misery Loves Company / Working Close / Rounder

Bela Fleck / Slipstream / Drive / Rounder
Dave Evans & River Bend / I Just Got Wise / Close To Home / Vetco
Sam Bush & Jethro Burns / Broadway / Late As Usual / Rounder
The Bluegrass Album Band / Hey Lonesome / The Bluegrass Album Disc Vol. 2 / Rounder
Bill Monroe / Southern Flavor / Anthology / MCA

Ween / Fat Lenny / God Ween Satan – Anniversary Edition / Twin Tone
Ween / Cold And Wet / God Ween Satan – Anniversary Edition / Twin Tone
Black Flag / TV Party / TV Party / SST
Minutemen / It's Expected I'm Gone / Double Nickels On The Dime / SST
Fugazi / Merchandise / Repeater (Plus 3 Songs) / Dischord

Dinosaur Jr / Freak Scene / Bug / SST
Red Hot Chili Peppers / Knock Me Down / Mother's Milk / EMI
The Dead Milkmen / Sri Lanka Sex Hotel / Beelzebubba / Reckless
The Pogues / The Gentleman Soldier / Rum Sodomy & the Lash / Warner Brothers

Cookie Monster / C Is for Cookie / Everybody's Record / Muppet Music