The music of The Cotton Jones Basket Ride is described somewhere as bluesy psychedelic folk – a heavy label for what is essentially great music! It reminded me of The Grateful Dead a bit, but to give this band its due, their sound is their own. In the end, its just some beautiful tunes and we should all decide for ourselves whether we like them or we don’t! There are two tracks below, performed live at KEXP (a nonprofit, public radio station in the US) – Where You Stop For A Minute and Gotta Cheer Up. Plus a video of I Am The Changer, live again. Now here’s the thing about this band, they write darn good songs with pretty
