Evan wrote: > Maybe it's just the djs at my radio station, but I think the > roots-rock of the 80s was more acceptable to the alt-rock (wasn't > it called college-rock back then) hipsters of the mid 80s than it > is today. That was definitely the case in these parts. I discovered a lot of the 80s roots rock thru WOXY/97X, a great (well it used to be, dunno if it still is) independent station out of Miami, OH (home of Wally Szerbiak) that Jennifer Heffron and I bonded over. They'd think nothing of playing Steve Earle, Green on Red or Dwight next to the Cure & U2. I vaguely remember Dwight's version of Little Sister being one of their most played and requested songs one year. I haven't listened since I moved back to town, but by the early 90s, I know they'd switched almost exclusively to "modern rock" (or was it postmodern?). Also, on the local university/hipster music scene, some of the most popular bands were rootsy ones (Libertines, Bucking Strap, Warsaw Falcons, and so on). Now, the closest thing in that scene to a popular rootsy band is the Ass Ponys. I <heart> Green on Red. So does Paul Kirsch, I hear... Dave *** Dave Purcell, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Northern Ky Roots Music: http://w3.one.net/~newport Twangfest: http://www.twangfest.com
