From the album "The Lonestar Companion" by Don DiLego.
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The Lonestar Companion

Election - Don DiLego

Darkness

How To Fight Loneliness

Our first original track, inspired by Wilco

Like I wanna be - Relentless +

Wilco by Yoñlu. Recording never heard before. Day was available September 1, 2011

Yonlu - Reservations (Wilco Song)

How to fight loneliness
Smile all the time
Shine you teeth til meaningless
Sharpen them with lies

And whatevers going down
Will follow you around
Thats how you fight loneliness
You laugh at every joke
Drag your blanket blindly
Fill your heart with smoke
And the first thing that you want
Will be the last thing you ever need
Thats how you fight it

Just smile all the time
Just smile all the time
Just smile all the time
Just smile all the time

Wilco - How To Fight Loneliness

Son Little - Lay Down

Pops Staples - Somebody Was Watching

Recorded live at Kings Theatre in Brooklyn, NY. 02/06/2016. Audio: Stan Doty & Warner Swain. Artwork: Jeff Tweedy & Lawrence Azerrad. Photo: Zoran Orlic. 

Thanks Anthony Makes, Matthew F. Wolf and everyone at The Bowery Presents and Kings Theatre. Happy one year anniversary to Kings Theatre. (p) 2016 dBpm Records

"Space Oddity" (David Bowie Cover) - Wilco

LIKE I CARE

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انا فقط أعرف ما لا أريد!

Kalle Mattson is a Juno & Polaris Music Prize nominated singer/songwriter based in Canada.

Don DiLego is a world champion automobilist, and founder of Velvet Elk Records. In addition to releasing 5 albums as a solo artist, he has released a few as a member of Beautiful Small Machines with long-time collaborator Bree Sharp. A songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, Don continues to work with other artists as a producer, and most recently contributed to Jesse Malin's "Love it To Life" album.

Press:
"Photographs of 1971" is one of those records that creep up on you, a great vibe and very strong tunes.  We have been spinning four songs from the album for quite a while, and it really does sound better each time.  Give this one a listen, you won't be sorry."  XM RADIO / THE LOFT

With Photographs Of 1971, Don DiLego has taken another step towards establishing himself as one of this generation's best up-and-coming singer-songwriters. - BLOGCRITICS MAGAZINE


“New York City's emerging folk-twang songsmith, Don DiLego, is alt-country's next poster boy.” - ROLLING STONE.COM

“Gutsy rock-n-roll with a selfreliant drive, DiLego’s music comforts the lonely nomad in us all.” - HEAR MUSIC

“Not since Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska has a concept album been more stirring or truthful. Lonestar Hitchhiker calls to mind a sense of the down-trodden romantic America that has laid in torpor since the Beat Generation. DiLego's surprisingly twangy voice brings a heartfelt realism to his incredibly diverse soundscapes and his songs demand to be listened to. With a rich sense of orchestration, the album is masterfully arranged in a way that is reminscent of “Smile”-era Beach Boys. The instrumentation is more than amazing, it remains wonderfully understated, highly befitting, and never distracting. If songwriting isn’t hard enough in keeping genuine and unique, then concept albums are down right next to impossible. Don DiLego manages both with great ease, making Lonestar Hitchhiker  a true and significant masterpiece.” - NORTHEAST PERFORMER

Music saved my life, and if you read this it's because we share the same feeling. 

Real artists creating records on their own terms.

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