The first time I saw The D-Nation, I had the same feeling.
A little too ND for me, but they do it so well that it grew on me. And
since then they have branched out a lot.
Rob and Keith are so far beyond what anybody in any other country band
(except the Gourds, of course) can do for me, it's not even funny. And
neither has probably ever heard "New Madrid". But they hear the guy
that played that part not play it with The Gourds all the time.
The girls love Jay Farrar Superstar and such, but I think they've
learned to get somewhat beyond their influences.
(Amy should write a song that's not about Jimmy or his amp<ha!>)
So has Jeff T., Max, Jimmy, Kev., etc.
These are the people to watch.
UT is a funny thing.
Certain gourds and beebles remember hearing that there was a band from
Missouri that was sorta like The Picket Line Coyotes.
--Matt Cook (still a little tanked)
Matt Benz wrote:
>
> After driving around the entire outerbelt searching for an elusive copy
> of this album, I weaved my way back to the "impeccable indy store" and
> of course found it. Learnin lessons the hard way here.
>
> Anyway, I love the record, but am surprised to hear the tag team of
> Yates and Weiss claim this stands out from the UT "genre". I hear plenty
> of overt UT influence on this album. Strains of New Madrid lurk in the
> banjo strains, etc... Also, do you really think that musically this
> album stands out? Some of the same loping alt-country shuffling going
> on, and I dare say that the only differences I hear on some of the tunes
> are the female vocals: stick a guy wailing away on some of em: same ol
> alt country rag. Tho maybe not in tune <g>. Sure, I hear the 60's R&B
> basslines that pop up, that I admit is different, tho not radically so.
