Georgie James - "Need Your Needs" - Places (2007)

The Replacements - "Bastards Of Young" - Tim (1985)

Payday Playlist: Beauty Walks A Razor's Edge

This time around I dusted off a classic playlist from summer 2002. I had a friend who was about to take a business road trip with a female co-worker. My buddy thought there were some sparks and he wanted to try to take things to the next level. He asked me for a covert mix for this purpose. By all accounts, the girl's then-boyfriend was a jerk, and they were an on-again, off-again kind of thing. So a third friend and I concocted this mix for the road trip. The title comes from a line out of "Shelter from the Storm."

Amos Lee - "Colors" (live)

Beth Orton - "Anywhere (Two Lone Swordsmen Remix)" - The Other Side Of Daybreak (2003)

My Morning Jacket - "Off The Record" - Z (2005)

The Samples - "Everytime" - The Last Drag (1993)

Mary Gauthier - "I Drink" (live)

Marshall Crenshaw - "Someday, Someway" (live)

William Shatner (feat. Joe Jackson) - "Common People" - Has Been (2004)

Bruce Springsteen - "Sad Eyes" - Tracks (1998)

Ane Brun (feat. Ron Sexsmith) - "Song No 6" - A Temporary Dive (2004).

Orphan of the Storm

Mudcrutch - "Orphan Of The Storm" - Mudcrutch (2008).

Shady Grove

Mudcrutch - "Shady Grove" - Mudcrutch (2008).

Scare Easy

Mudcrutch - "Scare Easy" - Mudcrutch (2008).

Dress Blues

Jason Isbell - "Dress Blues" - Sirens Of The Ditch (2007). Isbell's gut-wrenching tribute to high school friend Matt Conley, one of over 4,000 Americans killed in the Iraq war and occupation.