Railroad Jerk are a super-fine rock band. b -----Original Message----- From: Amy Haugesag <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: passenger side <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tuesday, February 09, 1999 11:11 PM Subject: Re: Alejandro Escovedo/Buddy Miller/Railroad Jerk >>OK, I realize I should be publicly flogged for being completely ignorant of >>ND's "Man o' the Decade," but I saw an AE disc sitting patiently in the used >>section of a local record store and wondered about it. It was called "13 >>Songs" or something like that--the one with the "Theme Song." Anyway, I also >>saw a Buddy Miller disc that had the word "lies" in the title. Well, anyway, >>you get the picture. These are a couple dudes whose names tend to get >>dropped every day or three, so all you fans let me know what's up. > >_Thirteen Songs_ is a pretty swell record, though not exactly cheerful. >It's fairly hard to describe Alejandro in a convenient sound bite, but he's >got elements of punk (he was a member of seminal SF punk band the Nuns), >singer/songwriter, honky tonk, and alt-country in his sound, along with >lots of other influences. Buddy Miller is much more of a straight >country/country-rock artist, in the Steve Earle vein, and everything he >does is good. IMHO, of course. <g> > >> >>And for the fella who asked about Railroad Jerk, I think "One Track Mind" >>may be one of the sleeper records of the decade. If you like the JSBX--but >>grow tired of the schtick--and you like Beck's wacky >>electro-folk-hipster-hop-damnation, check it out. Clever without being too >>cheeky, methinks. I thought Third Rail was a step backward, but good enough >>to buy used. Are they even around anymore? I haven't heard from them in >>awhile. > >Railroad Jerk just played in NYC a couple of weekends ago. I missed them on >the same night that I missed the Old 97s. I haven't heard rumors of any new >records in the works, but what do I know? I'd like to hear what they do >next, though; they're an underrated bunch, and Lance's comparisons to Jon >Spencer and Beck are apt ones. > >--Amy > >
