"Physical Attraction...Chemical Reaction"

I suppose it was bound to happen that I would come up empty handed on the Grey's song front at some point but I'm sincerely bummed that it did. Last week the song "Pouring on the Gasoline" by Calahan played and I've no idea where to get my hands on it. It's a first and hopefully and only. So...if you happen to have a copy of the song and want to hook up all the Grey's fans, let me know. In the meantime we'll just have to settle for these other great songs that I love from last Thursday's episode "Physical Attraction...Chemical Reaction."



Derek Webb - "Name"

One genre that is noticeably lacking in my collection of music is Christian/Gospel. Even though I love the sentiments I find in the music and feel there is definitely a time and a place for it in everyone's life, often times I find it's too preachy for my taste so I don't find myself drawn to it much. Derek Webb is one of the very few artists in that scene that don't make me cringe every time I put their music on. In fact, he's got a song called "Wedding Dress" that I quite love that caused a big stir within the Christian machine a few years back because it used the word "whore" and they considered that explicit lyrics. Oh well...whatcha gonna do? My friend Jessica turned me onto Derek years ago and I've only halfheartedly kept up with him but I was really pleased to hear him on Grey's and hopefully this will generate a good buzz about his feel good tunes. And speaking of feeling, I have a live cover of one of my very favorite Bob Dylan tunes, "To Make You Feel My Love" that he did with Sandra McCracken that I think is pretty fantastic. So, here that is too. Derek's more than just a shiny head and a warm voice though...he's a bit of an entrepreneur and a philanthropist as well. NoiseTrade.com is a little something he's and some friends have come up with that will allow users to download music from independent artist free of charge. How cool is that?!?! He's also heavily involved in the non-profit organization To Write Love on Her Arms that is dedicated to helping those who struggle with addiction, depression, suicide get treatment in a loving, hopeful environment. If those aren't reasons enough to check Derek out then I don't know what more you need.





Joe Purdy - "San Jose"

Ahhh, my buddy Joe showed up on Grey's yet again. It's really no surprise that they love him as much as I do. He's a stand up, class act all the way and he makes music that will just break you in half sometimes. I've talked about Joe before and I still feel the same way. This song is from his latest album (which I swear he makes a new one every month!) Take My Blanket & Go and while it's not new to me, it remains one of my favorites to see him play live. If you've been on a deserted island and haven't heard Joe's music and haven't made it to a show to see his live set, I can't urge you strongly enough to do that. I recommend starting from his first albums that are rough and rugged and working your way forward to the Grey's era. They're all spectacular and so is he. Even if he is an Arkie. And, as a quick shout out, check out Brian Wright & The Waco Tragedies for more great tunes. B. Wright is my official Joe Purdy show photographer and he does a damn fine job of it.



Northern State - "Iluvitwhenya"

I won't say much about Northern State since it would really be redundant given that I just posted about them a few weeks ago in a Grey's post. I will tell you that I did listen to that album on my weekend drive and it was pretty great and this was one of my favorite tracks from it. It's fun times...f'real.






Priscilla Ahn - "Rain"

I really, really, really love the delicate simplicity of Priscilla Ahn's music. Thanks to my love of Joshua Radin I was turned on to her and I'm so glad I was. She fits in so well with the Hotel Cafe crew and reminds me a LOT of my girl Schuyler Fisk and they both compliment Mr. Radin oh so well. And she looks a lot like one of my other favorite girls in the world, Rachael Yamagata. Overall, she's just pretty as a picture as my Granny would say. Her EP is available on iTunes (which I'm not a fan of) or you can get a real life copy at the Filter store online which is what I did. She's visiting our neighbors to the north later this month and then she'll be touring the left coast in December so check her out and then tell me all about it so I can be sufficiently jealous.



And for Giada who commented asking about the instrumental song that played when Meredith and Derek were sleeping together, here it is...

MerDer Theme

And for those of you who love the .zip files, here are the songs that played (minus Calahan's "Pouring on the Gasoline") for your enjoyment.

Physical Attraction...Chemical Reaction - Grey's Tunes - Season 4, Episode 7