Amanda Petrusich's Deadly Medley
Friday, February 20, 2009 - 08:02 AM
Music writer and author Amanda Petrusich joins us today for our "gluttony" installment of our series Seven Sins: The Deadly Medley. Here's her list of gluttonous music:
"Maximum Consumption," The Kinks (listen)
"Keep on Eatin'," Memphis Minnie
"Gravy (For My Mashed Potatoes)," Dee Dee Sharp
"I Like Food," the Descendents
"They're Red Hot," Robert Johnson [listen]
"That's What I Like About the South," Bob Wills [listen]
"Home Cookin," Junior Walker & the All Stars
"Mercedes Benz," Janis Joplin [listen]
Amanda Petrusich is the author of “It Still Moves: Lost Songs, Lost Highways, and the Search for the Next American Music.” She is a staff writer at Pitchfork Media and a contributor to Paste magazine and the New York Times.
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