Alt Country Appreciation Thread

[Stankfoot]

figured I would start a thread to help put Mojo over the top ....


Lucinda Williams - Drunken Angel

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SON VOLT
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[Ritalin]

I've been listing to an album by a chick named Devon Sproule. Really nice music. It's called "Keep Your Silver Shined". This song isn't on the album, but I just found and watched it, and now I really want to see her live with her band:

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[DiabloSammich]

Nice work Stankfoot. I'll be hanging out here quite a bit.

Question..what is your definition of alt. country? I've come to use it to describe bascially anything you're not gonna hear on the radio. This encompasses the Lucinda Williams and the Wilcos, but also some more traditional sounds like Hank III and Red Stick Ramblers. Does that paint too broad a stroke for some of you?

[TheMojoPin]

Nice work Stankfoot. I'll be hanging out here quite a bit.

Question..what is your definition of alt. country? I've come to use it to describe bascially anything you're not gonna hear on the radio. This encompasses the Lucinda Williams and the Wilcos, but also some more traditional sounds like Hank III and Red Stick Ramblers. Does that paint too broad a stroke for some of you?

Nah, I'm pretty much in the same boat. Ironically, I look at "alt.country" as pretty much anything that's either classic country mixed with a general "indie rock" sound, or anything that just generally resembles classic country/bluegrass/rockabilly/etc. and would never get play on shit like CMT or on the radio, so I use to describe Ryan Adams to Steve Earle to Willie Nelson to Johnny Cash.

As much as I love the genre, I don't feel I know nearly as much about it as I should. Can anyone reccomend some good comps? I only have one called Exposed Roots and the rarites collection Lost Highway put out a few years ago.

[DiabloSammich]

Nah, I'm pretty much in the same boat. Ironically, I look at "alt.country" as pretty much anything that's either classic country mixed wih a general "indie rock" sound, or anything that just generally resembles classic country/bluegrass/rockabilly/etc. and would never get play on shit like CMT or on the radio.



Just further evidence that we're the same person. Great.

[Marc with a c]

anybody here know the band 'wayne' i have their first album, which i really like and i haven't been able to track down if they have done anything since. the album came out around 2000. they were kind of alt-country ish.

[Stankfoot]

I say lets not get all hung up on the definition of 'alt country'. If it has a country "feel" to it and you like it discuss it here ....

[Neckbeard]

I NEED COMPS!!!

Not compies.

[Neckbeard]

This can go no further without Neko Case:

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The comments with those videos drive me nuts. People trying to explan away how she can't possibly be "country," as if something tagged "country" is automatically bad.

And people say I'm a snob.

[DiabloSammich]

I think I first heard Neko Case in '92, I believe. Before then I didn't even know you were allowed to make "country" music if it wasn't on the radio, and at the point I was getting fed up with "country music". I wound up subscribing to literature from Bloodshot Records, where I found more Neko, Waco Brothers, The Starkweathers, and of course Shooter when he broke. Good stuff.

[Stankfoot]

Emmylou Harris - Crescent City

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prefer Lucinda's version but it hard to find .....

"...My brother knows where the best bars are." classic stuff

[Ritalin]

I have a little crush on Emmylou. She looked great in Demme's concert film of Neil Young "Heart of Gold", for an older chick.

(that film's pretty great, too. Neil Young just may be my favorite musician)

edit: Now that I think about it, Neil Young maybe the Godfather of "alt-country"

[DonInNC]

Awesome thread!

My love of alt country began here:

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[Neckbeard]

Steve Earle has been a recurring character on The Wire and his awesome song "I Feel Alright" was the song used for the season two ending montage, which was their best so far. Here's the original music video...

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His version of the theme song is kinda whack, though.

[DiabloSammich]

Slide acoustic is one of my favorite sounds in all music, and this man does it better than most. And a great voice to back it up. Ry Cooder.



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[AKA]

LAST TRAIN HOME

I've been with these guys since the very, very start - they've relocated to Nashville -all of the CDs kick the phat ass.

http://www.lasttrainhome.com/images/widehead.jpg

ALEJANDRO ESCOVEDO

Big fan of his too - out of Austin...

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BLOODSHOT RECORDS

Oh, this double CD is a must, must, must!

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NO DEPRESSION MAGAZINE

Excellent magazine on alt-country/cow-punk/etc...

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[Neckbeard]

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ALEJANDRO ESCOVEDO

Big fan of his too - out of Austin...

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He and Ryan Adams both started out in hardcore punk bands before making the shift to the twang. It's awesome to hear both of them on the Stranger's Almanac version of "Excuse Me While I Break My Own Heart Tonight."

"So I started/This damn country band...'cuz punk rock/was too hard to sing."

[DonInNC]

James McMurtry

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[Neckbeard]

This should be declared the handsome-est thread ever.

[Stankfoot]

Hell comes to your House part 2
comp. LP
bemisbrain / enigma records. e 1049 / 14 tracks / 1983

The Joneses - i'm bad / she's so filthy / Mau Maus - sex girls in uniforms / we all fall down / Cambridge Apostles - can't fight the feeling / Blood on the Saddle - i wish i was a single girl again / ghost on my heart // Tex and the Horseheads - short train / go west young man / slip away / Minutemen - corona / Screamin' Sirens - your good girl's gonna go bad / runnin' kind / Lotus Lame and the Lame Flames - bad sex

I can't even find a picture of this comp, more cow punk than alt country .....

[djjd]

Jason & the Scorchers - Absolutely Sweet Marie (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDLlz-yKAIU)
Outdoor performance at Fairview Park, Normal, IL - July 4, 1987. This concert was broadcast live on WBNQ 101.5 FM in Bloomington, Illinois



The Beat Farmers - Gun Sale At The Church (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0npOg8TvJuE)

[djjd]

Elvis Costello - Good Year For The Roses (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcBh9IgMz5U)

[djjd]

Stranger In The House - Elvis Costello & George Jones (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSj6SayDnR0)
The band consists of regular Attractions Pete Thomas and Steve Nieve, with Nick Lowe on bass and John Hiatt on guitar.

[djjd]

David Rawlings, Gillian Welch, Bright Eyes and Norah Jones (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udqJSNmo6gM)
David Rawlings, Gillian Welch, Bright Eyes and Norah Jones performing "Look at Miss Ohio" and "Helpless" live at Town Hall in NYC.

[Stankfoot]

Stranger In The House - Elvis Costello & George Jones (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSj6SayDnR0)
The band consists of regular Attractions Pete Thomas and Steve Nieve, with Nick Lowe on bass and John Hiatt on guitar.

Nice one! It made me remember this one:

Dave Edmunds & Stray Cats - The Race Is On

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[Mike Teacher]

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SCOTS

[tele7]

The Jayhawks - Angelyne


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[Neckbeard]

I think we're about to have our first crossover from the power pop thread, and it's with an old R&F standard, too!

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[Neckbeard]

And here's some Clem Snide:

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[PapaBear]

It's hard to categorize him, but he's often called Alt Country. He was a buddy of mine in North Carolina.

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[Ritalin]

Do you realize we've gone 2 pages on this thread without anybody hating anything?

Nice work, people. I'm checking out all of these artists. I'm always on the lookout for new music.

[Stankfoot]

Wilco - Kingpin

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[Neckbeard]

We can go no further without some Uncle Tupelo:

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[JerseyRich]

My Favorite Jason Isbell tune:

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Along with a pic I took of him and his band (The 400 Unit) last year at the Mercury Lounge

http://richstillwell.com/images/jasonisbell/JIML7190717.jpg

[DonInNC]

Bumped because I'm youtubing tonight.

Avett Brothers:

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[DonInNC]

My Favorite Jason Isbell tune:



Along with a pic I took of him and his band (The 400 Unit) last year at the Mercury Lounge



Hopefully, I'll finally get a chance to catch Jason next month. I think he's going to be without his band, so I'm sure it will be accoustic.

And then I'm going to see Tift Merritt show the next night.

Can't wait.

[JerseyRich]

Bumped because I'm youtubing tonight.

Avett Brothers:



That's pretty cool shit.

They look like they're havin' tons o' fun!~

[JerseyRich]

Hopefully, I'll finally get a chance to catch Jason next month. I think he's going to be without his band, so I'm sure it will be accoustic.

And then I'm going to see Tift Merritt show the next night.

Can't wait.

His shows are really cool. The band is tight as hell...

Too bad you'll just be seeing him by himself.

The Asian keyboard player that's been in Son Volt for a while now, has been touring with Jason as well. Jerry, I think his name is

[Stankfoot]

Bumped because I'm youtubing tonight.

Avett Brothers:




These guys rock! Kinda remind me of the Violent Femmes

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[HeyGehry]

Any love for the Old 97's?

[TheMojoPin]

These guys rock! Kinda remind me of the Violent Femmes

Which is a perfect cue to play "Country Death Song" by them:

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[drjoek]

Which is a perfect cue to play "Country Death Song" by them:

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And So it Goes
:clap::clap::clap:
#30000
:smoke:

[DonInNC]

Any love for the Old 97's?

Absolutely. What's so great about the barrier reef?

Another band whose name doesn't match their sound (See also: Whisikeytown, Uncle Tupelo)

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[TheMojoPin]

And So it Goes
:clap::clap::clap:
#30000
:smoke:

Godfuckingdammit. I thought I was still logged in as Neckbeard.

This sucks.

[The Jays]

What would Hank Williams III fall into? Would he be considered Alt Country?

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[underdog]

Godfuckingdammit. I thought I was still logged in as Neckbeard.

Wait?! Neckbeard isn't real?!

MY REALITY IS DESTROYED!

[DonInNC]

Wait?! Neckbeard isn't real?!

MY REALITY IS DESTROYED!

no shit.

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[TheMojoPin]

What would Hank Williams III fall into?

Is there a "I wish the legacy had ened with Hank Williams the first" category?

[The Jays]

oh, come on. He fucking kicks ass. I saw him perform right before Rev Horton Heat, it was awesome.

[DonInNC]

oh, come on. He fucking kicks ass. I saw him perform right before Rev Horton Heat, it was awesome.

I'm not impressed with his studio stuff, but I've heard he kicks ass live. I want to agree with Mojo because H2 sucks. But maybe it skips a generation.

[TheMojoPin]

I'm not impressresed with his studio stuff, but I've heard he kicks ass live. I want to agree with Mojo, because H2 sucks. But maybe it skips a generation.

Maybe. I want to say HW3 sucks, but I can't think of ay specific songs. HW2, like you said, does indeed suck hard. He might have just ruined things for his kid.

[DiabloSammich]

I like Hank III's complete throwback sound, but then again, I like that sound, and I know it's not for everybody. I grew up with a lot of Hank II in my life, and looking back I can appreciate how bad he was, in every facet. Musically, songwriting... His tribute show on CMT was embarrassing.



Oh, and congrats on 30,000 Mojo. And the way it happened couldn't have made me happier.

[The Chairman]

Whatever it's called, this type of music has been my favorite musical genre since 1983-1987 era Replacements.

I scrolled down until I saw the posting for what I consider the seminal band Uncle Tupelo. When I first saw them live it was an experience tantamount to what I imagine seeing Dylan at the Newport Folk Festival in 1965 would have been (although in a totally good way); I just remember thinking history was being made.

Uncle Tupelo for me is like what Giotto was to art; an evolution away from traditional American Country music that assimilated broader rock influences much in the same way that Giotto broke away from the Byzantine/Gothic style of the day to usher in a new standard in representational painting.

Uncle Tupelo's album No Depression is the Scrovegni Chapel of Alternative Country.

Having said all this, I think Gram Parsons bears mentioning in this thread.

The Chairman

[TheMojoPin]

Poor Jay Farrar. After Uncle Tupelo and that first amazing Son Volt abum, everyone would hae been right figuring him to be THE alt.country figurehead for the forseeable future. No dice. Those subsequent Son Volt albums have been a fucking chorrrrrrrrrrre, man.

[Donnie Iris]

I check the site out all the time, but have never really wanted to join until reading this thread. And that's not an idictment on the site, I really do enjoy it, just decidied to observe rather than participate. Anyhow, I do enjoy me some alt country. No mention of the Silver Jews or even some of the Pavement material for that matter? Lucero is probably more of a dirty rock and roll than alt country but also enjoyable nonetheless. Those are just a couple that I noticed unmentioned.

[Stankfoot]

Uncle Tupelo's album No Depression is the Scrovegni Chapel of Alternative Country.



QFT!

[TheMojoPin]

QFT!

Well, yeah, given that it's the title of magazine and all.

[HeyGehry]

I like Hank III's complete throwback sound, but then again, I like that sound, and I know it's not for everybody. I grew up with a lot of Hank II in my life, and looking back I can appreciate how bad he was, in every facet. Musically, songwriting... His tribute show on CMT was embarrassing.



Oh, and congrats on 30,000 Mojo. And the way it happened couldn't have made me happier.

Speaking of throwback sound, I have to mention Wayne "the train" Hancock. Maybe considered Texas swing, but this guy is amazing, especially on the live album "Swingtime". The closest thing to the original Hank you'll hear today....

Edit: Even if you don't buy this album, at least download "Thunderstorms and Neon Signs" by this guy. You won't be disapointed.

[DiabloSammich]

Been listening to a lot a Billy Joe Shaver lately, but didn't know alot about him personally, so I did some research. What a rough fucking life, and what a tough motherfucker. Did you know he shot a man in the face? Yeah I know, alot of old country guys did some bad shit in the past....

He did it last year.

Here's the blurb...


Shaver's attorney stated that Coker had threatened Shaver with a knife and that Shaver had shot in self-defense. Witnesses interviewed by police report hearing Shaver saying "where do you want it?" and then, after the shot was fired, "Tell me you are sorry" and "No one tells me to shut up." Coker told police the attack was unprovoked



He also had to teach himself to play guitar with three fingers after losing two in a sawmill accident.

[The Chairman]

Let's not forget one of my favorite bands, first saw them in 1994 and thought they would be the next big thing (in alt. country, at least.) And they just might be...

They are amazing live.

Ladies and Gents, I introduce you to Slobberbone:

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[TheMojoPin]

Every time I've seen Slobberbone live, it's been amazing.

Every Slobberbone studio album I've bought, I've ended up selling.

I hate it when that happens. They're like alt.country's version of the Roots.

[The Chairman]

Every time I've seen Slobberbone live, it's been amazing.

Every Slobberbone studio album I've bought, I've ended up selling.

I hate it when that happens. They're like alt.country's version of the Roots.

Which reminds me of the band that falls into that category for me, at least when they were great (early on) and my favorite live band (early days) perhaps ever, here singling my favorite of their songs (the original video is not embedded on youtube):

The Chairman

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[TheMojoPin]

Which reminds me of the band that falls into that category for me, at least when they were great (early on) and my favorite live band (early days) perhaps ever, here singling my favorite of their songs (the original video is not embedded on youtube):

The Chairman

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Yeah, that's a good pick. All the times I've caught them live, they were great and tons of fun, but then their studio work was so boring and cleaned up.

[zen]

Speaking of throwback sound, I have to mention Wayne "the train" Hancock. Maybe considered Texas swing, but this guy is amazing, especially on the live album "Swingtime". The closest thing to the original Hank you'll hear today....

Edit: Even if you don't buy this album, at least download "Thunderstorms and Neon Signs" by this guy. You won't be disapointed.

Great musician and EXCELLENT fucking song.

http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMYjdv9pCsc (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMYjdv9pCsc)

Any love for Robbie Fulks? Haven't seen hime mentioned yet?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGuWUpziC_o

[The Chairman]

Any love for Robbie Fulks? Haven't seen hime mentioned yet?

MUCH LOVE FOR ROBBIE FULKS!!!!

I've seen him several times. Most recently last year in The Berkshires at this place called Club Helsinki and he was awesome (again.)

I remember seeing him at Mercury Lounge like 10 years ago along with the Old 97's and 5 Chinese Brothers. Amazing Show. I was there with the guys from the band Silkworm - that's another story...

"Let's Kill Saturday Night" is on an iPod playlist I made called "Soundtrack to My Life" and is one of the bestest songs ever.

He ended his set with an amazing cover of another favorite artist of mine who's debut album is a masterpiece: Help Me Mary by Liz Phair.

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[zen]

Robbie's song "Barely Human" is probably the most poignant song about alcoholism I've ever heard. In a genre where alcoholism is "cliche", he brings a fresh perspective.

[The Chairman]

Quick: name the band in my cd collection from this album cover:

(and no peeking at URL address).

http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:YJrlEVlQs_1uJM:http://andersparker.com/images/releases/uploads/varnaline200x200.jpg

The Chairman

[SinA]

i forgot what i was gonna say. oh yeah.. this thread is way youtubey.


I'm going to see Wilco at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville next month (home of the Grand Ol' Opry). Thanks to fucking Stubhub and Ticketmaster I might not even get to sit with my chick.

I'm sure y'all know that XM-12 (X-Country) is a little alt.country, although not as much as it should be.

Scott Miller and the Commonwealth is a good alt.country.

I think Beck is too often overlooked as a great alt.country artist, as are the Rolling Stones.

nuff said for now, but I'm going to subscribe to this thread. that means i have two thread subs now: this one and the hot-chick-pic thread.

[DiabloSammich]

I also want to say that since I didnt' join until Oct. 2007 I haven't been priveleged to experience The Chairman and everything he brings to the board.

He hasn't disappointed yet. Nice work, sir.

[TheMojoPin]

It's missing the slide guitar that is usually has with the rest of his band, but this is definitely one of Beck's "country-ier" songs:

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[zen]

all of "sea change" is fantastic. one of my top five albums ever. it and "blood on the tracks" are the eptitome of break-up albums.

[zen]

two gallants. for some pretty boys from frisco they can get pretty nasty

www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AWCRkcCKm8

my retarded ass can't figure out how to post videos. all i can manage to do is post links. any help would be appreciated

[DiabloSammich]

These guys caught me a while ago, but it was brief exposure and then I never heard from them again. I'm not even sure they fit in here, but I'll give it a shot.


Embedding was disabled but here's a link to 16 Horsepower singing Black Soul Choir.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HO9My5_H6dg

[The Chairman]

Another great band, especially live.

The Bottle Rockets.

Saw them a lot back in the Uncle Tupelo Days.

The Chairman
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[bigredd]

Awesome thread!

My love of alt country began here:

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I've seen Steve Earle play several times and it may be a bit but there always seems to be a drunken idiot that keeps screaming "COPPERHEAD ROAD!!" after every song. Inevitably Steve will pick them out and verbally rape them until they shut their yaps.

[bigredd]

Lucinda Williams' father (Miller Williams) lives and works in my hometown. He's actually a professor at the University of Arkansas. Anyway the last time she came here she played a very intimate show for about 3 or 4 hundred people and it was fucking great. She used to come back and play once a year or every 18 months but she has fallen off a little in the last couple years.

Steve Earle, Lucinda Williams, Pat Green, Robert Earl Keen, Son Volt, Jason Boland, Johnny Cash too many to name. I've seen Steve Earle four or five times, Lucinda three or four times and Son Volt at least twice. If anyone's interested in a GREAT festival you need to check out the Austin City Limits festival in September. I went year before last and in addition to some great alt country we saw Van Morrison, Tom Petty, G Love, Ben Harper and more. Good times.

[TheMojoPin]

Joe Pernice is another crossover from the power pop thread wih his old group the Scud Mountain Boys. Nothing on YouTube, sadly.

[The Chairman]

Calexico

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[ADF]

I'm a big fan of Iron and Wine's collaboration with Calexico. Good stuff.

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[The Chairman]

http://www.drivebytruckers.com/tourdates.html

I'm going to see them in NYC, New Haven, Boston and Philadelphia.

NYC=my hometown, bars first and after.
New Haven= Sally's Apizza first then show at legendary Toad's Place.
Boston=my college town, general fraternizing, perhaps sushi at Uni at Eliot Hotel first then show.
Philadelphia=City of Brotherly Love. Cheesesteaks at Geno's first then show.

WHO'S IN???

The Chairman

[Stankfoot]

before there was alt country there was the Band ...

The Band - King Harvest / Long Black Veil

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[jetdog]

For some reason seeing the band actually play (in video clips) just enhances the feeling of the music...

So here is a link to "Cruel Corrina" by the Weary Boys" (http://www.wearyboys.com/Music/CruelCorrina.mp3). I fuckin love these guys and particularly this song.

[Chigworthy]

I have to agree with the 16HP nomination. This is one of my favorite songs by them. It's off their final album, which disapoointed some because it was alot murkier and slower than their other stuff.
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Wovenhand is David Eugene Edwards (16HP) currently active project:
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Also agree with Calexico, with and without Iron & Wine. One of my favorites:
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Slim Cessna's Auto Club has members that were in The Denver Gentleman with members of 16HP:
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[El Mudo]

Big fan of Bruce Robison

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his brother Charlie is very good too

[El Mudo]

and damn if I dont love the Old Crow Medicine Show...a really awesome band with really cool and unique videos (and great songs about cocaine)

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[The Chairman]

before there was alt country there was the Band ...

QFT!!!

Just got back from Momofuku Noodle Bar in NYC..

As I waited for my table, there was a HUGE photograph of the Band that Elliot Landy took for the group’s album, “Music From Big Pink."

And right then and there, I said "THE BAND".

richard manuel is dead...
...then they say Danko would have sounded just like me.
"Is that the man you want to be?"

The Chairman

[TheMojoPin]

No Depression is ceasing publication of its magazine format after the next issue, though they'll supposedly still have some new online content.

I now have Much Depression.

[Furtherman]

and damn if I dont love the Old Crow Medicine Show...a really awesome band with really cool and unique videos (and great songs about cocaine)


I saw them live in CMT's Nashville studio... amazing.


AND... I'm going to see Jay Farrar tonight.

[DiabloSammich]

No Depression is ceasing publication of its magazine format after the next issue, though they'll supposedly still have some new online content.

I now have Much Depression.


Did you get on Bloodshot Records mailing list yet? Their compilations are outstanding.

[TheMojoPin]

Did you get on Bloodshot Records mailing list yet? Their compilations are outstanding.

Yeah, I've been on their list for a while. Lost Highway, too.

I'm looking for more comps like the No Depression ones or the Exposed Roots comp that are a little more across the board and not limited to just one label. I like a lot of the Bloodshot acts, but I've found a good half of the stuff on the three comps I have to be pretty assy.

[djjd]

Corb Lund & The Hurtin' Albertans - I Wanna Be In The Cavalry (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1V3JW4HeBs)

[El Mudo]

I saw them live in CMT's Nashville studio... amazing.


AND... I'm going to see Jay Farrar tonight.



I would LOVE to see them live...I would def. go to Bonnarroo just to see them. It just seems like they are a much better live act than they are on tape if the "Tell It To Me" video is any indication...It also took me a while to notice that Gillian Welch and David Rawlings are in the "Wagon Wheel" video as the ticket vendors. They should get mentioned in this thread too

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[El Mudo]

Also gotta mention this album for being so influential in introducing people to roots music who had never heard it before

http://content.answers.com/main/content/img/amg/pop_albums/3/0/4/c306376b146.jpg

[Stankfoot]

AND... I'm going to see Jay Farrar tonight.

We're expecting a full report .....

[DonInNC]

Big fan of Bruce Robison


his brother Charlie is very good too

My Brother and Me and My Hometown are gateway songs.

Has anyone mentioned Cross Canadian Ragweed?

[epo]

A newer band that I dig: Ha Ha Tonka

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[El Mudo]

My Brother and Me and My Hometown are gateway songs.

Has anyone mentioned Cross Canadian Ragweed?


I love Bruce Robison....i think something like 15 of the songs on my Ipod Top 25 are Bruce Robison songs

Cross Canadian Ragweed is pretty good, but in my opinion theyre a poor man's Reckless Kelly


That live album Reckless Kelly put out a few years ago was GREAT

[paulisded]

Another great thread! I need to check in around here more often.

BTW, a double disc reissue of Whiskeytown's Strangers Almanac comes out next week.

[Furtherman]

AND... I'm going to see Jay Farrar tonight.

We're expecting a full report .....

Excellent show. It was just Jay and Chris Masterson on petal slide and they sounded great. It was mostly new songs and I was a little ( ok, a lot) tipsy from a bachelor party before the show. But it wasn't too crowded so it was great show to hang out at.

[riverofpiss]

Corb Lund & The Hurtin' Albertans - I Wanna Be In The Cavalry (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1V3JW4HeBs)

Good call. I used to be a big fan of the Smalls when I was in college in Edmonton. Corb Lund played bass for the Smalls but they had a totally different sound, not country at all. The song "My Saddle Horse has Died" on the new album is a Smalls cover.

[riverofpiss]

Don't know if this qualifies as alt country but I have been waiting for the Buck Satan album for 15 years. :devil2:
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[IMSlacker]

A newer band that I dig: Ha Ha Tonka

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Thanks for the recommendation, epo. I downloaded their album from emusic today. Love it!

[JerseyRich]

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[IMSlacker]

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[Furtherman]

James McMurtry

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Playing at Maxwells in Hoboken, NJ. June 3rd.

[bossdjbware]

Anyone heard of The Felice Brothers?

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Three brothers and their friend Christmas from upstate New York. I saw them open for Bright Eyes. They put on an awesome show. Reminded me a little of The Band mixed with a little Wilco.

[meanmrbill]

Seeing this performance of Gram Parsons "Grievous Angel" by Ryan Adams (with a very unfortunate hair-do) and Emmylou Harris led me to more of Parsons work. He was amazing and this particular performance still gives me chills.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=ZMFTlB6E0Mg

[El Mudo]

Did you get on Bloodshot Records mailing list yet? Their compilations are outstanding.



I completely agree. LOVE this one

http://www.austinchronicle.com/binary/f4d57b62/music_recviews-5156.jpeg


I would reccommend this album if only for the cover of Public Enemy's "Bring the Noise" by the Unholy Trio, which amazingly finds a way to combine Public Enemy and "Dixie". The very first time I heard it, my jaw DROPPED in astonishment because I could not believe what I was listening to.

And that song by Mike Ireland and Holler on there.."Id Like To"....what a beautiful beautiful song

[DiabloSammich]

Nice one Mudo, I gotta track down that comp if for no other reason than the Public Enemy cover.

Been digging on this little band from Australia. No matter how bad your day is, this song will smooth you right out.

The Waifs with SunDirtWater.....


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[JohnWC]

Anyone heard of The Felice Brothers?

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<p>
Three brothers and their friend Christmas from upstate New York. I saw them open for Bright Eyes. They put on an awesome show. Reminded me a little of The Band mixed with a little Wilco.

Weird... I just mentioned them in another post today about best albums of 2008 (http://ronfez.net/forums/showthread.php?t=67296).

[Stankfoot]

July 2008 issue of Mojo Magazine (I kid you not)

Top Ten "90's Americana" albums

10 - Lambchop - What Another Man Spills
9 - The Handsome Family - Through The Trees
8 - The JayHawks - Hollywood Town Hall
7 - Wilco - Being There
6 - Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - I See A Darkness
5 - Lucinda Williams - Car Wheels On A Gravel Road
4 - Gillian Welch - Hell Among The Yearling
3 - Townes Van Zandt - Roadsongs
2 - Jim White - Wrong-Eyed Jesus!
1 - Various - O Brother, Where Art Thou

Haven't heard some of these .......

[burrben]

"the gilded palace of sin" by the flying burrito brothers is in my all-time top 10

[DonInNC]

I'm bumping this thread because James McMurtrey is coming east this month. He doesn't get out this way that often.

Here's a link to his show dates:
http://www.jamesmcmurtry.com/#US



(http://www.catscradle.com/)

[toolshed]

Kings of Leon count?

[bigredd]

My new favorite Steve Earle song.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FllaNbAuz4

[IMSlacker]

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[burrben]

my favorite band at the moment. saw them twice this year.

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[spoon]

The only bands I enjoy that might count here are as follows:

Cracker

Lucero

....Ben Kweller's last cd only (Changing Horses)

[hanso]

Does Rehab count?

[spoon]

Does Rehab count?

sure does you drunk cunt :tongue:

[KC2OSO]

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[SinA]

Got to thinking about Rustin's alt-country playlist that was discussed on the show today... and remembered this thread from way back.

Anyone paying attention to alt-country probably already has Buddy Miller on their radar, but in case you dont...
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[DonInNC]

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Every time the alt country discussion has come up, I miss half of it for whatever reason. Was Jason Isbel brought up?

[ronbo795]

what was the name of the one country toon they played.. its been stuck in my head and i cant remember the name of the song