Jason Molina/Magnolia Electric Co. Live Album $5; You Can't Do Without This One

$5 Live Album cir. 2007

This guy was incredibly underrated while he was alive. Song writing is on par with all of the classic writers (Townes, Neil, James McMurtry, Dylan), much less anyone else around today.

This album brings a different approach to some of the old songs and some unreleased live versions as well. I cannot stop playing it over the course of a month now.

An almost unbelievably perfect match of country and rock, Molina had enough respect for both genres that you don't feel like one suffers in spite of the other.

I never felt true sadness until it dawned on me he won't ever be able to put out more music.