Josh Ritter

I think "Hello Starling" is a great CD, but "Golden Age of Radio" is as good if not better. Me and Jiggs has to be one of the most amazing songs I've heard come from a newer artist in a long, long time.

Me & Jiggs

Me and Jiggs staring at the ceiling the stars above the radar range
Song from a station wagon laying foundations on the shadows of overpassing planes
I'm feeling good, at seven o'clock we're gonna drive across the county line
And find Saturday night like an orphan child that the good days left behind

And I'm not sure we can make it stay
Sun's going down and its the end of the day

Me and my friends in the park drinking beer underneath the tree
Lying on your back as the sun goes down, you know it's perfect cause you've got to leave
On a Saturday night in a town like this I forget all my songs about trains
A bar with a jukebox and you on my arm heaven and earth are pretty much the same

And I'm not sure i can make you stay
Sun's going down and its the end of the day

Later on sitting on the roof talking like the night could last all night
Like we are all half crazy and all at least half alright
Sitting on the porch playing Townes Van Zandt play guitar to burn off the hours
Till we climb the fences at the edge of town and paint our names on the water towers

And I'm not sure we can make them stay
Sun's going down at the end of the day

Discuss amongst yourselves

Josh is playing in Boston Dec 11th if anyone is interested.

And yes, Golden Age of Radio rocks. There are a few Josh Ritter shows on Etree as well, if the bootleg deal is your thang.

Me and Jiggs is one helluva song!!!

Now if we can just get JR to come to Salt Lake already; friggin guy grew up just across the border in ID but keeps going to Ireland - wtf???

Xover, he's been consistently in the top 5 or 10 on the Irish music charts for like the past 2 or 3 years, so why not tour where you're wildly popular and have a huge fan base. He's playing around me in December, but I'm not sure if I could make it to a show, I may try.

I think my favorite part of "Golden Age of Radio" is the inside of the CD jacket where it has Write to Josh: and an actual mailbox address in Viola, Idaho. Super cool.