Excerpts from internet.listserv.postcard2: 31-Jan-99 RE: HNC by "Jon
Weisberger"@fuse.ne
> I said that mainstream country acts got 'em and/or
> fiddlers, and alt.country acts don't, and followed that with a qualifier -
> to wit, that there are exceptions, which y'all are busy listing as though
> it's some kind of refutation. It ain't, especially if the same couple of
> bands and steel players keep turning up.
1) Most of these "exceptions" are the folks who get talked about
extensively here, and whose records appear at or near the top of p2's
year end polls. If these artists are expections, I need a clear
definition of what is alt.country.
2) The only steel player who appears twice on my list is Eric Heywood,
who plays with Son Volt and Richard Buckner. Even there, he's toured
extensively with both acts. The other acts ohave their own steel
players. I did not list examples such as Greg Leisz, who plays with
five billion acts (as do Nashville players like Paul Franklin), nor did
I list acts such as Maral, who do use steel, though not very much.
These are acts that use steel extensively, take steel players on the
road, and are widely considered standard-bearers of whatever we try to
define as "alt.country".
Carl Z.
who won't start listing alt.country acts with fiddle unless there's a request
