Mix 02: Walk Believer Walk

"I don't know which will go first—rock and roll or Christianity," John Lennon once quipped. The end result was a conservative backlash against the Beatles, one that resulted in a legion of betrayed fans burning their albums and denouncing Lennon as a Satanic heretic.

Throughout the subsequent decades, parents continued to wage a morality war against rock and roll. From John Lennon to Ozzy Osbourne, to Prince and Marilyn Manson, the "devil's music" has taken many shapes and forms. But if the parents had really listened, if they had looked beyond the shock, beyond the noise, they would have discovered artists searching for spiritual direction.

What does this all have to do with this week's mix? Not much really. The songs presented here are all contemporary, but each harken back to the sounds and spirit of the late 60s and early 70s, when artists like Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath and Neil Young took rock and roll into a different era. An amalgamation of the blues, gospel and folk filtered through amplifiers. This is rock and roll. Yesterday's parents would surely find this all very objectionable. But I suggest, dear listeners, that sometimes a little rebellion is our only means home. Keep walking...

01. California Queen • Wolfmother
02. Angels • Black Mountain
03. Strange Times • The Black Keys
04. Things Fall Apart • Built To Spill
05. Walk Believer Walk • The Black Crowes
06. Scumbag Blues • Them Crooked Vultures
07. Malignant Narcissism • Rush
08. Treat Me Like Your Mother • The Dead Weather
09. (Get Off Your) High Horse Lady • Oasis
10. Top Yourself • The Raconteurs

Available Upon Request