Alt-country fans? - Page 2

SteveMacD · #16 09-28-2005, 08:34 PM

And so on, and so on, and so on. I LOVE alt.country.

macfanken · #17 09-28-2005, 08:41 PM

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Originally Posted by trackaghost

Gerald, Hayley and I, can't be the only fans of alt-country on this board can we?

I listen to the Drive-By Truckers and Emmylou Harris... a lot!

Brwn_eyes0511 · #18 09-28-2005, 08:47 PM

Patrick Park is GRRREAAAAAT!

Mari · #19 09-29-2005, 03:48 AM

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Originally Posted by shackin'up

I love everything Sharon mentioned plus Earle, and Ray Wylie "screw you I'm from Texas, I'm from Texas screw you" -Hubbard.

Lately i'm into alt.countryrock:

Son Volt
Drive-by-Truckers....Wow that's friggin spectacular.

and older ones like....

Golden Smog
Any Wilco

and alt country spin-off lofi singersongwriters-rock like Grant Hart's Nova Mob. Their album The last days of Pompei is still something else. Sounds like ****, but keeps the blood pumping....everywhere.

By the way, The best lofi-album I've heard the last couple of years is something that totally slipped to my attention:

Dougal Reed's 2001 integral cover of Rumours. Thanks to Mari I'm hooked.

Mari, you can buy Marah's Kids In Philly blind. Top.

thanks for the tip! I'll look out for it.

trackaghost · #20 09-29-2005, 03:49 AM

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Originally Posted by heyjupiter678

No, it's my favorite type of music.

I love all the artists you've mentioned, and others like Patty Griffin, Allison Moorer, Steve Earle, Emmylou, Neko Case, Gillian Welch . . . I could go on and on. Right now, I'm on a Ryan Adams kick. I've had Cold Roses and Jacksonville City Nights on repeat for the last two days.

I don't know too much about Allison Moorer, but I love all the others!
Recommend an Allison Moorer album to me

Mari · #21 09-29-2005, 03:59 AM

Um, I found them now

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Originally Posted by trackaghost

If you love Gram, run, don't walk to buy yourself some Jayhawks albums.
You NEED Hollywood Town Hall and Tomorrow The Green Grass.

If you're feeling a little more adventurous then Yankee Hotel Foxtrot and Being There are the Wilco albums to buy.

Yay! I'm so glad you're into all the Americana stuff too

thanks so much! I'm getting excited with all these tips.. lately I've been listening to so much new music anyway, exciting

Oh yes, I love Americana, the more traditional bluegrass things too, how about that?

trackaghost · #22 09-29-2005, 04:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Mari

Oh yes, I love Americana, the more traditional bluegrass things too, how about that?

Oh me too.

I was brought up on that stuff.
I just thought of another artist I love from the bluegrass school: Gillian Welch.

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Originally Posted by Moony

HEY now...you know I love Ryan Adams! And I adore Wilco, too

Sorry Moons, I didn't mean to leave you out

We Ryan fans should stick together!
You should check out The Jayhawks too

Mari · #23 09-29-2005, 05:16 AM

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Originally Posted by trackaghost

Oh me too.

I was brought up on that stuff.
I just thought of another artist I love from the bluegrass school: Gillian Welch.

she's great!! Haha, wasn't brought up with it, though whenever I get a new album from one of the artists we discuss here I can give my mother a copy, because she loves it too. She brought me up with Bach, Rumours, CCR & traditional bluesrecords though

shackin'up · #24 09-29-2005, 06:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Mari

she's great!! Haha, wasn't brought up with it, though whenever I get a new album from one of the artists we discuss here I can give my mother a copy, because she loves it too. She brought me up with Bach, Rumours, CCR & traditional bluesrecords though

Wow that's alot better then being brought up with Fischer Chöre, Heino George Baker Selection and Boney M. I had great parents though....but musically, I guess I had to raise myself......

Through Rumours, The Kick Inside, Harvest, Pet Sounds and Rock 'n'Roll Animal I started off good. First single was Iggy's Lust For Life. But Tusk brought me up into the real raunchy stuff like early U2, Talking Heads, Blondie, Fischer-Z and alot later on Sonic Youth Pavement and so on....

Mari · #25 09-29-2005, 06:22 AM

She has Pet Sounds as well, actually!
I'm grateful for that, I think it's cool how she played all that stuff when we were growing up.. even though I didn't like Rumours when I was small, I thought it was all too loud

We always watched Toppop and Countdown together, how great is that.
Had to find out the 'raunchier' stuff myself too though, never could get her to like stuff like Nirvana

John Run · #26 09-29-2005, 07:22 AM

I saw some people mention Sun Volt and Ryan Adams. The bands that they were in before Uncle Tupelo and Whiskeytown are two favorites of mine as well.

If you have not heard the last two albums by Rodney Crowell Fate's Right Hand and The Outsider, check them out. The Outsider I will put up against any album of 2005!!

Livia · #27 09-29-2005, 11:13 AM

Everyone y'all have already mentioned...you just mentioned 1/2 of the acts at the ACL fest this year.

And my all-time favorites: Reckless Kelly

Gerald, I didn't know you were a Ray Wylie Hubbard fan - he was probably playing at the Saxon Pub when you were here!

I have a funny Ryan Adams/Kim Richey story: During SXSW a few years ago, my friend Lisa and I were hanging out in the VIP area at Stubb's. Ryan and Kim were having a conversation about songwriting. Ryan said he gets ideas from the most random **** - and he kept singing "Here comes the pizza guy!" We died laughing, guess you had to be there....but to this day, when I'm in a silly mood, I will sing it to myself and chuckle.

Rodney Crowell is getting tons of airplay here. So far, I like everything I've heard from his new album.

hayley · #28 09-29-2005, 11:29 AM

John, I forgot we have Rodney Crowell in common. The Outsider is AWESOME. I didn't think it was possible for me to like one of his albums as much as I like Fate's Right Hand, but I do. Totally rocks.

I really think that an essential album for any alt-country fan, or a fan of female voices, is Neko Case's newest record, the live album The Tigers Have Spoken. It's one of the few albums in the last five years that I consider an instant classic.