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Are you a Gee Bee?

Brittany Howard of Alabama Shakes performs at Lollapalooza in Chicago on July 31. Alabama Shakes released their second album, "Sound & Color," in April.

Some are boors, no doubt. But not all have closed minds – the pressure of jobs, kids and mortgages is what caused some Gee Bees to lose their musical adventurousness.

Fusilli, a music writer at the Wall Street Journal, has made it his mission to coax such folks back into the present day through his website, ReNewMusic.net and a focused collection of his stories in the book, “Catching Up.” We asked him to recommend five albums that Gee Bees might not know but should. Read more.

* This story was originally published as a post from the blog "Huckleberries Online." Read all stories from this blog