>>From a Salon interview with Jeff Tweedy. Joshua Green is the
>writer. Who is he and why is he such a dick?
>
>Q: I was thinking specifically of the No Depression purists who are
>kind of militantly pro-twang, you know what I mean?
>
>A: I really have no concern for them. It's great that they have plenty
>of music to like. I think it's interesting that they still talk about us.
>It's like something for them to talk about that this band continues
>to let them down. I think there are a certain group of people that are
>really purist about it, but somehow they can't find it in their hearts
>to just let us alone and get on with their lives.
>
>Militantly pro-Scorcher,
>Dave
>
>
Do these writers all hang out together? The whole "escape from alt.country"
thing is getting as used-up as the "phoenix rising from the ashes of Uncle
Tupelo" lines... To wit, Joel Reese's take on Joe Henry:
"It's not that Henry shouldn't be applauded for pushing his own
musical envelope on "Fuse." There's nothing wrong with moving on
from the confining alt.country scene. This movement is known for its
zealous fans, quick to accuse a band of selling out if it doesn't
meet their exacting purist standards. (Just ask The Jayhawks and
* Wilco, which have both evolved from their country-rock roots.)"
Zealous, accusatory and exacting,
TL
(BTW, I loved this quote from Henry:
"People have a tendency to treat an acoustic guitar like it's the
basket that floated the infant Moses down the river," he says.
"There's nothing pure or natural about any of this, I don't care who
you are. This idea that doing things with acoustic instruments is
somehow more pure and more real - I don't have any interest in that
as a notion.")
