For the Sake of the Song

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Beth P

25 March 2025

43m 28s

Jeffrey Lewis

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Jeffrey Lewis is a singer, songwriter, and artist from NYC who has been putting out some of the best anti-folk music there is for over 20 years, including on his newest album “The EVEN MORE Freewheelin’ Jeffrey Lewis” on Don Giovanni Records. In addition to his musical chops, he’s also an accomplished illustrator and has written and drawn over a dozen comics in the series called “Fuff”.

For the playlist, Jeffrey submitted 29 tracks, all part of his evergreen effort to make a list of his favorite songs, and he told me to pick the final 15 for the playlist so I used a random number generator to select those 15 but the additional 14 tracks are included below because we all need EVEN MORE good music recs and who better to get them from than Jeffrey Lewis!

Playlist Track Listing:

  1. “Creature with the Atom Brain” by Roky Erickson
  2. “Etiquette” by Daniel Johnson
  3. “Escape (I Need a Break)” by Whodini
  4. “Where Will We Be Tomorrow” by Eddie Callahan
  5. “The Fang” by Nervous Norvus
  6. “This Carnival Is Dead and Gone” by Current 93
  7. “The Rubber Room” by Porter Wagoner
  8. “Madman” by Heron
  9. “Nothing” by The Fugs
  10. “Frustration” by The Mystic Tide
  11. “Systemic Death” by Crass
  12. “Hey, Who Really Cares” by Linda Perhacs
  13. “Summer Day Reflection Song” by Donovan
  14. “Spin Spider Spin” by Patty Zeitlin
  15. “He Miss Road” by Fela Kuti

 

EVEN MORE Jeffrey Lewis Music Recs:

  1. “Affection” by Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers
  2. “It’s the 4th of July and it’s raining a bit” by Tony Green Orchestra
  3. “I Ain’t Marching Anymore” by Phil Ochs
  4. “Mind Playin’ Tricks On Me” by Geto Boys
  5. “African Lullaby” by Bruce Haack
  6. “Your Heart Out” by The Fall
  7. “Nafqot new yegodagn” by Mahmoud Ahmed
  8. “The Tale of Richard Vail” by Mike Rechner
  9. “Ain’t Never Seen A White Man” by Hepplewhyte
  10. “Sleeping Gas” by The Teardrop Explodes
  11. “Dandelions” by Children of Sunshine
  12. “Third in a Knife Fight” by Gentlemen’s Relish
  13. “Would Ed Wood?” by Prewar Yardsale
  14. “Emily B” by Emily B*

(*This track is so obscure, I’m not sure if this is the correct title and artist!)

For the Sake of the Song intro/outro music: "Gun" by The Maness Brothers @TheManessBrothers