Updated: Tourdates, Ruthie the Wranglers
Howdy, Here's an updated list of early Spring '99 tour dates for Ruthie and the Wranglers, including a couple new towns: Thu Mar. 18 Waco, TXTexas Playhouse - Texas Music Cafe Fri Mar. 19 Austin, TX Threadgills Riverside (2 - 3 pm) Fri Mar. 19 San Antonio, TX Carlsbad Tavern Sat Mar. 20 Austin, TX Texicalli Grille (12 noon approx) Sat Mar. 20 Austin, TX Under The Sun (2 - 2:45 pm) Sat Mar. 20 Houston, TX Fabulous Satellite Lounge (w/ The Iguanas) Sun Mar. 21 Ft. Worth, TX White Elephant Saloon Mon Mar. 22 Tulsa, OK Cains Ballroom Tue Mar. 23 Kansas City, MO Grand Emporium Wed Mar. 24 St. Louis, MO Off Broadway Thu Mar. 25 Nashville, TN The End Fri Mar. 26 Atlanta, GA Star Bar Sat Mar. 27 Knoxville, TN Bijou Theater (w/ BR5-49) Fri April 2Annapolis, MD Rams Head Tavern Fri Apr. 9Pittsburgh, PA Rosebud Sat Apr. 10 Charleston, WV The Empty Glass Sun Apr. 11 Bethesda, MDUncle Jeds Roadhouse A HREF="http://www.ruthieandthewranglers.com" http://www.ruthieandthewranglers.com/A The albums: "Wrangler City" "Life's Savings" - the new one see ya, Ted Smouse Smouse Productions Lasso Records Maryland [EMAIL PROTECTED] *^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^^*^*^*^^*^ *^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*
Changing Styles(Re:Tracy Byrd Leaves MCA)
Just a comment/question. Doesn't it seem a bit ironic that while some alt.country artists (as discussed here) are moving toward a more commercialized sound at the same time several mainstream country acts are expressing and proving a desire to move toward a more traditional country sound? Tera btw- I do believe the other Paycheck tune Byrd sang was "Someone To Give My Love To" - that was awhile ago though, so I might be wrong (?) and I don't think Paycheck wrote it. Anyone know for sure? T-
Re: Changing Styles(Re:Tracy Byrd Leaves MCA)
Tera wrote: Just a comment/question. Doesn't it seem a bit ironic that while some alt.country artists (as discussed here) are moving toward a more commercialized sound hmm, ironic maybe...but I'm thinking that with the big industry shake-up that's been going on, a lot of the alt.country artists that we know and love are probably finding it alot harder to be alt.country and have the freedom they once had without the fear of getting dropped by their label. The Old97s may be an example of this, but without insider knowledge who can say. Derek
Re: waddy wachtel
Robert "Waddy" Wachtel. Yes, also collaborated with WarrenZevon ("Model
Citizen", "Angel Dressed In Black" and I think "Nighttime In The Switching
Yard"). Also wrote with Keith Richards, JD Souther and many others,
including James Taylor's hit "Her Town Too"
Tera.
Am I right in assuming that the well-known session guitarist Waddy
Wachtel is the same Wachtel who wrote the beautiful "Maybe I'm Right" on
Ronstadt's "Simple Dreams" album? And was this a one-off, or is he
familiar for his songwriting? If it IS a one-off, did he just get
struck by lighting one day, or what?
curious
Stevie
Re: V-Roys
Steve Gardner wrote: In case anyone was wondering, the V-Roys are *still* the best live band in America. Yepnext to Jason the Scorchers. I'll agree with Mitch that the BRox are pretty damned good live, but the V-Roys have blown me away the last two times I saw them. I've heard them do a song where the hook is, "You're on the hit list..." It sounds like a cover, but I'm not sure. Anyone know? Dave *** Dave Purcell, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Northern Ky Roots Music: http://w3.one.net/~newport Twangfest: http://www.twangfest.com
Re: ProTools illumination
Thanks for the illumination and enlightenment about ProTools, Joe. It all makes sense now. Joe also wrote: No modern artist will allow lousy performances out of the studio unless being perverse. No, but 30 years ago you had all kinds of records coming out with mistakes in them and who cared? -- because they were damned fine records. Off the top of my head I'm thinking of old blues or rock and roll examples -- like early Beatles records or Creedence Clearwater Revival records or Howlin Wolf records -- so maybe this is one of those things that was once forgiven in rock or blues but would never have been tolerated in country, for example. But it may also be because those Floyd Tillman or Lefty Frizzell or whichever records arent coming to mind. What you have on the records I'm thinking of are things like a blown guitar lick here, a warbled vocal harmony there. As Pete Townshend pointed out in "The Kids Are Alright," if you take those old Beatles records -- where the vocals were on one channel and the instruments on the other -- and you turn off the instrumental channel, the harmonies are sometimes "flippin' lousy." These problems arent bad enough to throw away the track, but you can hear them if you're listening. On the other hand, I will forgive these records any day because the overall sound and feel is so good, so live, unlike a lot of what comes out these days where you can tell the folks in the band may have never even met each other. If ProTools helps in making those live-sounding records then, hey, I wont worry about it. Will Miner Denver, CO
Re: V-Roys
I've heard them do a song where the hook is, "You're on the hit list..." It sounds like a cover, but I'm not sure. Anyone know? It is indeed a cover, although not of a well-known writer. 'The Hit List' is by Todd Steed (Scott Carpenter can back me up on this if he's out there), a Knoxville-based songwriter who, in the 80's, led a great band with one of the *worst* names ever: Smokin' Dave and the Premo Dopes! Their self-released CD "huh?" contains other great tunes often covered by Knoxville bands -- the (pre-Vroy) Viceroys did Todd's "You Must Be From Nashville" in just about all their live gigs; when Jeff Bills and I were backing up Scott's solo stuff we did "Keith Richards' Blood" often enough. I think 'hit list' might be on Todd's 'Opposable Thumbs ... are ready for love' record -- a cd he did with the guys who are now the rhythm section for the Nevers (and, previously, doubter's club and judybats, methinks ... again, Scott can tell you more). Yepnext to Jason the Scorchers. I'll agree with Mitch that the BRox are pretty damned good live, but the V-Roys have blown me away the last two times I saw them. Have you seen the Scorchers lately? What's with the bass player with the Winger hair and nipple rings? Yww! Maybe it's just me, but they came across as a parody of their former selves when I saw them early last fall in knoxville (wedged betwixt Robbie Fulks, who rocked, and SCOTS, who I won't comment on, they seemed even more ridiculous). In case anyone was wondering, the V-Roys are *still* the best live band in America. At risk of sounding like an old fart (which, at 29, is not so hard to do), "You shoulda seen 'em back when!" I'm still partial, I hate to admit, to the original Viceroys ... there was just something about the dynamic between Scott Miller and John Paul Keith (now of the Nevers) -- it was electrifying, unpredictable, and raw ... and much more "country" (if I can still use that word around here without starting a brawl) than what they later became. I thought maybe JPK's Nevers would bring the hardcore honkey-tonk RB back, but I've heard that they're just slick, mildly interesting power-pop, without the unique soul that made JPK's presence in the Viceroys, the Dyno-matics, and in his solo performances, so memorable. I am old, I am old ... I shall wear my overalls rolled ! Rob Np "Gimme Keith Richard's Blood" ... I want to get high ... don't want to do all the drugs! ___ Rob Russell Johnson City, TN [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://listen.to/thebystanders -- From: Dave Purcell [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: passenger side [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: V-Roys Date: Thursday, March 18, 1999 9:01 AM Steve Gardner wrote: Dave *** Dave Purcell, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Northern Ky Roots Music: http://w3.one.net/~newport Twangfest: http://www.twangfest.com
Re: V-Roys
Rob Russell wrote: It is indeed a cover, although not of a well-known writer. 'The Hit List' is by Todd Steed (Scott Carpenter can back me up on this if he's out Thanks for the info, Rob. That's a great song. Have you seen the Scorchers lately? What's with the bass player with the Winger hair and nipple rings? Yww! Maybe it's just me, but they came across as a parody of their former selves when I saw them early last fall in knoxville Yeah, I saw them on this tour and thought they were (duh) they were great as ever. Yes, the bassist is utterly ridiculous (didn't see the nipple rings, thank god), but the rest of the band was the same as ever. I just picked up a videotape of them from Farm Aid II, and they look/sound/act no different now than they did then (though, I do wish Warner would clean up his tone a bit). At risk of sounding like an old fart (which, at 29, is not so hard to do), "You shoulda seen 'em back when!" I'm still partial, I hate to admit, to the original Viceroys ... there was just something about the dynamic between Scott Miller and John Paul Keith (now of the Nevers) -- it was electrifying, unpredictable, and raw ... and much more "country" (if I can Who replaced JPK, the other guitarist? If so, that's interesting, because the difference in styles between Scott and other guy is one of the things I really like about the V-Roys. Scott doesn't sweat (as Jennifer noted), has that sort of scarily reserved thing going on, while the other guy is sweaty, guitar slung low, letting it all hang out. Dave *** Dave Purcell, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Northern Ky Roots Music: http://w3.one.net/~newport Twangfest: http://www.twangfest.com
Re: Tweedy and the ghettoizing of alt-country
I love how Purcell makes the sly NCAA hoops reference below. That's dangerous, you know, in the presence of a bunch of music nuts ;-) D. At 09:01 AM 3/18/99 -0500, you wrote: 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
Inflammable Material on WXDU Playlist
Since we've been talking about Iggy and stuffhere's a show I did with a friend a few days ago. Inflammable Material hosted by Two Geeks Named Steve 3/16/99 5-8pm on WXDU-Durham Classic Punk Rock Inflammable Material is a show of classic punk that is aired on WXDU every now and then during break weeks. The hosts the first time were Steve Kelley, Eric Labow and Steve Gardner. Eric didnt make this one, though, because he was playing tennis (how punk!). We didnt have a year cutoff or anything, yet most of the stuff we played could be considered classic or proto-punk. Heres the setlist. The setlist from the last show we did can be found on my website under the special shows and lists section. (www.topsoil.net) I was amazed at the number of phone calls and requests we got. Hopefully well be doing this again sometime soon. Cheers. Steve Gardner Band/Song/Album [comments] = Stiff Little Fingers/Suspect Device/All the Best [theme song] Buzzcocks/Noise Annoys/Product Noise Annoys/Noise Annoys/Violence Inherent in the System [Classic styled punk rock from Germany. The label (NKVD) owner is named Steve Gardner...but its not me. Its another Steve Gardner.] Minor Threat/In My Eyes/Complete Discography [Request] Volcano Suns/Jak/The Bright Orange Years [For Jack Kelley, Steve Kelleys nephew] Husker Du/Whatever/Zen Arcade Black Flag/Jealous Again/Wasted...Again Fear/Lets Have a War/The Record Big Black/Kerosene/Atomizer Toy Dolls/Ill Get Even with Steven (Steve is Tender)/High Spirits [Request for Diedres a Slag from the Toy Dolls. We didnt have that one with us, so we played this very a propos tune.] Radio Birdman/Aloha Steve and Dano/Radios Appear [Thanks to Sophie Best for mailing this from Australia.] Saints/No Time/Im Stranded Clash/Jail Guitar Doors/Clash [Per a request for something by the Clash. This is one of my favorite songs theyve ever done.] 101ers/Letsagetabitarockin/Elgin Avenue Breakdown [The 101ers were Joe Strummers band before he joined the Clash. Brag mode on: I got this album for a quarter in a used bin!] X/Hothouse/More Fun in the New World [For Mimi Komos, Steves wife...whom he loves.] Joe Jackson/One More Time/Look Sharp [This started a three song set by the angry young men.] Elvis Costello and the Attractions/No Action/This Years Model Graham Parker and the Rumour/Mercury Poisoning/It Dont Mean a Thing If You Aint Got That Swing [Graham was originally on Mercury records, hence the title of the song.] XTC/Science Friction/Waxworks Raincoats/Off Duty Trip/Totally Wired [By request] Mission of Burma/Thats When I Reach For My Revolver/Signals. Calls and Marches [One of Steve Kelleys favorite songs ever.] X-Ray Spex/Identity/Germ Free Adolescents [By request] Social Distortion/the Creeps/Mommys Little Monster Descendents/Kabuki Girl/Milo Goes to College [The Descendents were probably the first punk band that I *really* got into.] The Stooges/I Wanna Be Your Dog/The Stooges MC5/American Ruse/Back in the USA Flamin Groovies/Slow Death/Groovies Greatest Grooves New York Dolls/Bad Girl/New York Dolls Suicide/Ghost Rider/Suicide [Punk without guitars.] Youth Brigade/Sink With California/Sound Fury Agent Orange/Breakdown/Bitchin Summer TSOL/Sounds of Laughter/Dance With Me Adolescents/Wrecking Crew/Adolescents Damned/Melody Lee/Machine Gun Etiquette Buzzcocks/Boredom/Spiral Scratch [For Steve Kelley's brother Barry. And thanks to Shaun Belcher from England for providing me with this recording!] Soft Boys/Yodelling Hoover/Wading Through a Ventilator Rezillos/Somebodys Gonna Get Their Head Kicked In Tonight/Cant Stand the Rezillos Stiff Little Fingers/Barbed Wire Love/Inflammable Material [Complete with the doo-wop interlude.] Stranglers/Hanging Around/IV Rattus Norvegicus Jam/Happy Together/The Gift [One of the greatest and catchiest pop songs ever. This was in reponse to a request for the Jam.] Wire/Lowdown/Pink Flag Dead Boys/Sonic Reducer/Young, Loud and Snotty Richard Hell and the Voidoids/Blank Generation/Blank Generation Johnny Thunders and the Heartbreakers/Do You Love Me/DTK LAMF [This was from the LAMF portion of the CD...the portion that is Live (As a MF).] Soul Asylum/Voodoo Doll/Say What You Will [Before they sucked] Patti Smith/Free Money/Horses [By request] Pogues/Waxies Dargle/Red Roses For Me [The following day was St. Patricks Day.] == Steve Gardner * Sugar Hill Records Radio Promotion [EMAIL PROTECTED] * www.sugarhillrecords.com WXDU "Topsoil" * A Century of Country Music [EMAIL PROTECTED] * www.topsoil.net ==
P2 BBQ is on!
I just received a message from Cherilyn that the BBQ is on for today. Starts at 1pm or so. I just checked the Doppler radar and it looks like the heavy storm is moving Northeast and might just miss Austin. I have seen quite a few P2ers already: Bob Ostwald and Kerry, Bill Silvers and Jamie Swedberg, Alex Millar and it's only Thursday morning. Hope to see more of you today. Jerald
Re: Inflammable Material on WXDU Playlist
Soft Boys/Yodelling Hoover/Wading Through a Ventilator Does anyone know if it is possible to find Soft Boys albums anywhere? I have been searching for a while for anything I can find on CD or LP on the web and in used record stores and special order stores, but no no avail. Chad ** Chad Cosper Dept. of English Univ. of North Carolina at Greensboro 336-275-8576 http://www.uncg.edu/~cscosper
Re: V-Roys
Speaking of the V-Roys...does anyone have Scott Carpenter's e-mail address handy? I know he was hanging around these parts for awhile there. Contact me off list, por favor. Kip
RE: Inflammable Material on WXDU Playlist
http://gemm.com/ is a good starting point. Watch out for any site that claims backorder ability - particularly WMI, who seem to have a catalog of nothing but backorder items. http://www.cellophane.com - has the '76-'81 comp, fyi. Great store, I can vouch for them. WA local outfit. Chris Soft Boys/Yodelling Hoover/Wading Through a Ventilator Does anyone know if it is possible to find Soft Boys albums anywhere? I have been searching for a while for anything I can find on CD or LP on the web and in used record stores and special order stores, but no no avail. Chad
Soft Boys (was Re: Inflammable Material on WXDU Playlist)
Ryko's contract to distribute the Soft Boys' catolog expired late last year. You might try looking on the www.fegmania.org site to see if they have any leads as to where to get the deleted titles. Hopefully, Hitchcock will sign a new distribution deal for this stuff soon, as it ranks with his finest work. Carl Z. Excerpts from internet.listserv.postcard2: 18-Mar-99 Re: Inflammable Material on.. by Chad [EMAIL PROTECTED] Soft Boys/Yodelling Hoover/Wading Through a Ventilator Does anyone know if it is possible to find Soft Boys albums anywhere? I have been searching for a while for anything I can find on CD or LP on the web and in used record stores and special order stores, but no no avail
Clip: Another view of SXSW from San Francisco
Music-Industry Merger Casts Shadow on South by Southwest James Sullivan, Chronicle Staff Writer Wednesday, March 17, 1999 ©1999 San Francisco Chronicle URL: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/1999/03/17/DD31646.DTLtype=music Live music, free-flowing beer and smoking grills as far as the eye can see: The annual South by Southwest music conference in Austin, Texas, is the record industry's version of March Madness. This year, however, a certain sobriety threatens to dampen the festivities, which begin today and run through Sunday. Seagram's recent purchase of Polygram has resulted in the dilution of some of the industry's most highly regarded labels -- AM, Geffen, Island. At least a few hundred bands and as many as 3,000 employees have received pink slips in recent weeks. While nearly 30 Bay Area bands are heading to Austin for the conference, including Imperial Teen, the Hi-Fives, Los Mocosos, Jackpot, the Mother Hips and Neurosis, few of them expect to bring back much more than hangovers. ``I think there's a general feeling of disillusionment in the music industry,'' says Hans Dobbratz, lead singer of Dura-Delinquent. Having missed the deadline to apply for a spot in the official showcases, the bratty San Francisco band plans to perform around Austin on a rented flatbed truck. The group's kamikaze appearances will be a kind of protest, Dobbratz says. ``All we really want to do is have fun and play rock 'n' roll. We want to give it to the people pure and free and unadulterated -- no middleman or business weirdness.'' Weirdness has been the first order of business this year in the industry. In addition to the merger, record companies are fretting over the new MP3 technology, a way of downloading music from the Internet that promises to radically alter the distribution of recorded music. But doomsday predictions are wildly premature, says Bonnie Simmons, Cake's manager and a founder of the music convention SFO in recent years. ``I've never seen the record industry get to this point, but I've certainly lived through three or four major purges. They seem to happen every five years or so.'' Simmons goes to South by Southwest (SXSW) every year with a coterie of San Franciscans, including staffers from Slim's and the Great American Music Hall. This year she's escorting her latest client, the highly touted (and unsigned) songwriter Etienne DeRocher. She says the industry's uneasiness won't keep her from enjoying herself. ``I don't feel like I'm going to a wake,'' she laughs. Actually, the shakeup might be just the thing for the big-money gathering, says Adam Cohen, former front man of the Geffen signee the Mommyheads. In recent years, SXSW began moving away from its original function as a showcase for unsigned bands, as record labels lobbied for appearances by established acts plugging their new records. ``Maybe this will bring them back to square one,'' says Cohen. With the majors unwilling to spend as lavishly as they have in recent years, unsigned acts might find better venues to play than ``an ice cream parlor five miles out of town.'' With the Mommyheads broken up after being dropped by Geffen, Cohen's new band Adam Elk -- featuring members of the Kinetics and Mumblin Jim, two other groups affected by the industry turmoil -- has been enjoying an early surge of local interest. He's not going to SXSW, concentrating instead on promoting his band's forthcoming independent release, ``Labello,'' here in town; there's a record-release party March 25 at Slim's. In hindsight, he says, this might have been as good a year as any to go to SXSW. ``I might've missed my one year, when the integrity's back,'' he says. Simmons points out that getting signed is just one of many productive connections people make at SXSW. When Cake was in its infancy, the band played Austin and attracted the attention of talent buyers from clubs around the country, laying the groundwork for Cake's first successful tours outside California. ``I think we sometimes give people the idea that these conventions are a peculiar, rigid star search,'' she says. Record company representatives ``don't just stumble into a nightclub, accidentally see a band and take a contract out of their pocket.'' Whatever the industry climate, she says, Austin's relaxed attitude will take the edge off. ``It's the only convention where I don't feel people are shaking my hand and looking over my shoulder for the next person to accost,'' Simmons says. ``It's just comfortable.''
FYI: Shot Jackson's Sho-Bro for Sale
From the Steel Guitar Forum by Terry Miller (http://www.b0b.com/forum/Forum3/HTML/001377.html): I am posting this on behalf of Donna Jackson. Donna wants to sell Shot's black 7 string Sho-Bro. This was his own guitar. Take it from me, it is a great sounding guitar. I used it on volume 2 of "Pickin on Shot: a Tribute to Shot Jackson". It would be a great collectors item as well as a great guitar. You can contact Donna at: Donna Jackson 3030 Hobson Pike Antioch TN 37013 ___ Brad's Page of Steel: http://www.well.com/user/wellvis/steel.html A web site devoted to acoustic and electric lap steel guitars
Richard Thompson @ Salon
I haven't seen this mentioned yet -- Richard Thompson is the subject of this week's "Brilliant Careers" series at Salon Magazine. http://www.salonmagazine.com/bc/1999/03/16bc.html Dave *** Dave Purcell, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Northern Ky Roots Music: http://w3.one.net/~newport Twangfest: http://www.twangfest.com
Re: Soft Boys (was Re: Inflammable Material on WXDU Playlist)
You can also try here: http://www.robynhitchcock.com/giftshop.htm There's some Soft Boys stuff, but most of the listings are for the UK releases, which do not have the bonus tracks that were on the Ryko reissues. TWM Carl Abraham Zimring wrote: Ryko's contract to distribute the Soft Boys' catolog expired late last year. You might try looking on the www.fegmania.org site to see if they have any leads as to where to get the deleted titles. Hopefully, Hitchcock will sign a new distribution deal for this stuff soon, as it ranks with his finest work. Carl Z. Excerpts from internet.listserv.postcard2: 18-Mar-99 Re: Inflammable Material on.. by Chad [EMAIL PROTECTED] Soft Boys/Yodelling Hoover/Wading Through a Ventilator Does anyone know if it is possible to find Soft Boys albums anywhere? I have been searching for a while for anything I can find on CD or LP on the web and in used record stores and special order stores, but no no avail == -- Tom Mohr usually here: [EMAIL PROTECTED] sometimes here: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
Re: V-Roys
Yep, I must concur w/ Mr. Russell. The V-Roys with both Mr. Miller Mr. Keith were a more interesting band to these ears as well. Not that I don't dearly love the current incarnation. However, the old days were more country sounding and their covere selection more eclectic. We Knoxville, and in my case, ex-Knoxville sods, were really quite lucky. Ahh, the V-Roys..what memories. However, I enjoy catching Mr. Scott Miller best of all when he plays solo acoustic. He really is akin to Roger Miller. Best, Jerry
Re: Clip: Another view of SXSW from San Francisco
In a message dated 3/18/99 10:48:09 AM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: This year, however, a certain sobriety threatens to dampen the festivities, which begin today and run through Sunday. Seagram's recent purchase of Polygram has resulted in the dilution of some of the industry's most highly regarded labels -- AM, Geffen, Island. At least a few hundred bands and as many as 3,000 employees have received pink slips in recent weeks. Jon De Graham was quoted this morning for saying the subtitle of this years conference should be "Job Fair '99" Slim - having way too much fun already
*** Request for SXSW Updates ***
Hi folks! Being a P2 newcomer, I don't know what the protocol is for requesting updates, so here goes: Anyone in attendance at this year's SXSW finding him/herself in a particularly compassionate mood to share the vibe on-line...please, pass along highlights of the morning, noon or evening as needed. All updates will be appreciated. Of special interest...Cisco, The Hollisters, Lucinda's keynote address, Vince Bell, James Intveld, Hayseed, and Joe Ely. As well as any "had-to-be-there" situations. Parties, in-stores, on-the-street encounters, etc... distracted in Boston, Kate
Re: Clip: Another view of SXSW from San Francisco
Brad "Blah Blah" Bechtel forwarded: This year, however, a certain sobriety threatens to dampen the festivities, which begin today and run through Sunday. Seagram's recent purchase of Polygram has resulted in the dilution of some of the industry's most highly regarded labels -- AM, Geffen, Island. At least a few hundred bands and as many as 3,000 employees have received pink slips in recent weeks. I keep reading this, and still haven't seen many names, aside from the Decca, I think, group of Dolly Parton, Chris Knight, etc. Anyone heard any other names? Dave *** Dave Purcell, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Northern Ky Roots Music: http://w3.one.net/~newport Twangfest: http://www.twangfest.com
Re: Tweedy and the ghettoizing of alt-country
On Thu, 18 Mar 1999, Dave Purcell wrote: 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 Jeezus H...That's why I love, did I say LOVEyeah, I said love, Purcell. The "X" out of Oxford played an incredibly influential role in my life. I was dating, later married and divorced, a woman from Cincinnati and attended/graduated from Purdue, in Central Indiana. So, as you can imagineI made a ton of trips between Ind. and Ohio. I'd get about 25 miles from the IN-OR and then rooting around the left side of the dial, there was this magnificent radio station. First place I ever heard K.D. Lang w/ the Reclines, back then. That station was so good I'd sometimes pull over to the side of the road ar I'd find an excuse to get on over to the West side of the city, just to listen to that station. The "X" reminded me of just how good...and how influential, a radio station can be. Thanks for the memories Dave. Jerry
Re: ProTools illumination
Will Miner wrote: No, but 30 years ago you had all kinds of records coming out with mistakes in them and who cared? -- because they were damned fine records. Off the top of my head I'm thinking of old blues or rock and roll examples -- like early Beatles records or Creedence Clearwater Revival records or Howlin Wolf records -- so maybe this is one of those things that was once forgiven in rock or blues but would never have been tolerated in country, for example. But it may also be because those Floyd Tillman or Lefty Frizzell or whichever records arent coming to mind. Mistakes were left in those old records for various reasons, some artistic, some because of budget or time contraints, some because the people involved were all primitive enough to not know or care. I personally love stuff on records that is out of tune or not perfect, but we are now faced with that as a conscious artistic decision to be made rather than an accident or not knowing any better, etc. The advent of guitar tuners, multitrack gear, hard drive digital music, have all given more control over the music to the artists and producers than we have ever had before. Sometimes this is a good thing, but usually stuff gets polished to death, in my opinion. This is probably why, when I reach for a CD to play, my hand swerves toward Jimmy Reed or Bob Wills or T-Bone Walker, stuff from an era when records were literal transcriptions of an event rather than creations resulting from many weeks in a studio. -- Joe Gracey President-For-Life, Jackalope Records http://www.kimmierhodes.com
RE: Heard it on the X
On Thu, 18 Mar 1999, Dave Purcell wrote: 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 Jeezus H...That's why I love, did I say LOVEyeah, I said love, Purcell. The "X" out of Oxford played an incredibly influential role in my life. [Matt Benz] Oh, yeh, I heard it on the X, too! I used to love going down/over to Dayton and Cinci just to go record shopping (this back before I lived in COlumbus) and to hear a cool alternative station. The X did play some great music, and yeh, I agree that to be into roots rock in the early to mid 80's was to be a alternative hipster doofus. Good times, good times.
RE: Heard it on the X
Jeez, you guys are making me feelwell, I dunno what. I lived in Cincinnati in the early 80s, and the X would have been no less foreign to me then than it is now g. Dave and I have talked about this from time to time, and considering how much time we've spent playing music in the same town during the same years, it's absolutely startling how few musicians we both know - in fact, the list starts to thin out after the first name. What I was listening to then radio-wise was Ted Redington's bluegrass show and WUBE; where I was working was at the four Ground Round restaurants that were booking bluegrass every weekend back then (made for a nice little circuit). One town; two different kinds of music - and the twain just didn't meet very much, I guess. It's a lot easier to overestimate the degree of commonality of different musical communities on a day-to-day basis than it is to underestimate it. Jon Weisberger Kenton County, KY [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.fuse.net/jonweisberger/
GP, GC and No Depression (fwd)
Anyone out there familiar with this publication? Kind of an "up our alley" article. Jerry To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Newsgroups: alt.music.byrds Subject: GP, GC and No Depression The April issue of Discoveries has a long article on Rebel Roots music (aka cowpunk, No Depression, alternative country, Americana, ...). As expected, there are several references to the Byrds, Gram Parsons and the FBBs. FWIW, the author lists and comments on his "top 10 essential Rebel Roots albums", which include 2. Gram Parsons - GP/Grievous Angel "Okay so I love him too. A perfect pairing of Parsons' two solo albums. A great starter kit for nascent fans and veteran worshippers. It stands as two of the most beautiful albums ever made." 5. Gene Clark - Flyin' High "A brilliant double disc career retrospective that will make you bow to a new alter [sic?]." For those of you who like me are trying to make some sense out of this whole No Depression thing, the other top 10-ers were: 1. The Old 97's - Too Far to Care 3. Richard Buckner - Bloomed 4. Steve Earle - Train Kept A'Comin' 6. The Jayhawks - Tomorrow the Green Grass 7. Patty Griffin - Living with Ghosts 8. Lone Justice - Lone Justice 9. Scud Mountain Boys - Massachusetts 10. The Beat Farmers - Tales of the New West Ken ---== Posted via Deja News, The Discussion Network ==-- http://www.dejanews.com/ Search, Read, Discuss, or Start Your Own
Re: V-Roys
Hey, who wrote that song that the V-Roys always cover live about muddy water? It's angry and I love it. I think that the V-Roys are always at their best when Scott Miller taps into his angry side (which is pretty damn often). So, who wrote it? I really want to see Scott Miller solo. If anyone knows him tell him that there is a house concert, some BBQ and a wad of money waiting for him in Durham. steve == Steve Gardner * Sugar Hill Records Radio Promotion [EMAIL PROTECTED] * www.sugarhillrecords.com WXDU "Topsoil" * A Century of Country Music [EMAIL PROTECTED] * www.topsoil.net ==
FIXED=Updated: Tourdates, Ruthie the Wranglers
Here's a "fixed" version of yesterday's email. Sorry for that mess, apparently I can't use the "tab" key for putting these together. Here it is again, hopefully in a readable form. Apologies for having to re-post. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ * * * * * * * * * _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ * * * * * * * _ _ _ _ _ _ _ * * * * * * ** __ _ _- _ Howdy, Here's an updated list of early Spring '99 tour dates for Ruthie and the Wranglers, including a couple new towns: Thu Mar. 18 Waco, TX Texas Playhouse - Texas Music Cafe Fri Mar. 19 Austin, TX Threadgills Riverside (2 - 3 pm) Fri Mar. 19 San Antonio, TXCarlsbad Tavern Sat Mar. 20 Austin, TX Texicalli Grille (12 noon approx) Sat Mar. 20 Austin, TX Under The Sun(2 - 2:45 pm) Sat Mar. 20 Houston, TXFabulous Satellite Lounge (w/ The Iguanas) Sun Mar. 21 Ft. Worth, TX White Elephant Saloon Mon Mar. 22 Tulsa, OK Cains Ballroom Tue Mar. 23 Kansas City, MO Grand Emporium Wed Mar. 24 St. Louis, MO Off Broadway Thu Mar. 25 Nashville, TN The End Fri Mar. 26 Atlanta, GA Star Bar Sat Mar. 27 Knoxville, TN Bijou Theater(w/ BR5-49) Fri April 2 Annapolis, MDRams Head Tavern Fri Apr. 9 Pittsburgh, PA Rosebud Sat Apr. 10 Charleston, WV The Empty Glass Sun Apr. 11 Bethesda, MD Uncle Jeds Roadhouse A HREF="http://www.ruthieandthewranglers.com" http://www.ruthieandthewranglers.com/A The albums: "Wrangler City" "Life's Savings" - the new one Latest quote: "This swinging, coutry-billy foursome is the best thing to come out of Washington, D.C. since Abraham Lincoln." The Jackson Citizen Patriot 3/11/99. see ya, Ted Smouse Smouse Productions Lasso Records Maryland [EMAIL PROTECTED] *^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^^*^*^*^^*^ *^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*
RE: Heard it on the X
Let me chime in with Dave and Jerry and Matt in praising 97X/WOXY out of Oxford, OH. The X provided the background music for all of my high school days. I met my best friend from high school when we started talking at the beginning of our Freshman year, and we both realized that we were the only 2 people we had ever met who had heard of 97X. I never felt the need to buy any new CDs for the 2 years that I lived at home between graduating from college and going to graduate school because I got everything I needed from 97X. It was pretty fab. Now that I have come back to Cincinnati, I find myself listening to it still (when I listen to the radio at all, which, admittedly, is not all that often). Although it is not as roots-rocky as it was in its heyday (IMHO) in the 80s, they still sneak in some pretty good stuff like Lucinda Williams and Richard Buckner. At least, their playlist is never boring. I may or may not know what the hell is on the radio, but I'll take 97X's newness and variety over stale classic rock and MOR snoozers like Whitney and Celine any day. Memo to Dave Purcell: 97X is where I heard The Libertines for the first time. That alone ensures its special place in my heart. g Jennifer
The Gram Parsosn tribute concert
Hello to all, i just got a copy of Coal porters - The Gram parsosn tribute concert cd for my radio show. Track list: Luxury liner Hickory wind One hundred years from now Drug store truck driving man (Sweet) mental revenge Sin City (Return of the) Grievous angel Wheels In my hour of darkness Older guys Hot burrito #2 Six days on the road Recorded live at The Garage, Islington,London,September 19,1998 All G.P. and Coal Porters fans can order it directly from Sid Griffin http://130.159.56.1/pd/SidHome.html Alex N.P. - TOM HOUSE - This white man's burden Aleksandar Lazarevic p.fah 80 11400 Mladenovac Serbia Yugoslavia [EMAIL PROTECTED] tel.+381 11 8220 554
Re: Heard it on the X
The X is about the only good thing I've ever heard about Oxford, Ohio (the home of Miami of Ohio). Of course, here at Ohio U, the motto has long been "Muck Fiami." -- Terry Smith, who got tossed out of a Miami dorm at curfew on a memorable road trip many years ago, and who's not affiliated with Ohio U, even though I've got an "ohiou.edu" address (it's a community free-net) music content: Anybody else get a kick out of Bono's intro for the Springsteen hall of fame induction?
Re: Richard Thompson @ Salon
Dave -- Thanks for posting the RT article. As I've probably mentioned before, RT is the only musician who's ever been able to bring me to tears live in concert -- his guitar-playing is gut-wrenching, and his songs even more so. Rob ___ Rob Russell Johnson City, TN [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://listen.to/thebystanders -- From: Dave Purcell [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: passenger side [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Richard Thompson @ Salon Date: Thursday, March 18, 1999 11:51 AM I haven't seen this mentioned yet -- Richard Thompson is the subject of this week's "Brilliant Careers" series at Salon Magazine. http://www.salonmagazine.com/bc/1999/03/16bc.html Dave *** Dave Purcell, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Northern Ky Roots Music: http://w3.one.net/~newport Twangfest: http://www.twangfest.com
Re: GP, GC and No Depression (fwd)
Haven't heard of it before now, but I got the address for you... http://www.csmonline.com/discoveries/index.html Morgan At 12:22 PM 3/18/99 -0800, you wrote: Anyone out there familiar with this publication? Kind of an "up our alley" article. Jerry To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Newsgroups: alt.music.byrds Subject: GP, GC and No Depression The April issue of Discoveries has a long article on Rebel Roots music (aka cowpunk, No Depression, alternative country, Americana, ...). As expected, there are several references to the Byrds, Gram Parsons and the FBBs. FWIW, the author lists and comments on his "top 10 essential Rebel Roots albums", which include 2. Gram Parsons - GP/Grievous Angel "Okay so I love him too. A perfect pairing of Parsons' two solo albums. A great starter kit for nascent fans and veteran worshippers. It stands as two of the most beautiful albums ever made." 5. Gene Clark - Flyin' High "A brilliant double disc career retrospective that will make you bow to a new alter [sic?]." For those of you who like me are trying to make some sense out of this whole No Depression thing, the other top 10-ers were: 1. The Old 97's - Too Far to Care 3. Richard Buckner - Bloomed 4. Steve Earle - Train Kept A'Comin' 6. The Jayhawks - Tomorrow the Green Grass 7. Patty Griffin - Living with Ghosts 8. Lone Justice - Lone Justice 9. Scud Mountain Boys - Massachusetts 10. The Beat Farmers - Tales of the New West Ken ---== Posted via Deja News, The Discussion Network ==-- http://www.dejanews.com/ Search, Read, Discuss, or Start Your Own
Re: Tweedy and the ghettoizing of alt-country
Evan's point is well-taken. Mind you, these days I don't spend much time listening to the local college stations, largely because too often I tune in to find people rambling incoherently about politics or -- much worse -- a dj "interviewing" a local musician which sounds like a 2 am bar discussion of "what were your teachers like in high school?" "oh man, i remember mrs. stipocolloki would come in drunk to english class" "yeah, yeah, man, that was like - it made me question authority. what high school did you go to?..." (this is an almost literal quote from a 15-minute conversation i heard on air today.) And this was on CKLN, one of the largest, best-transmitted college stations in Canada, with full-time paid staff... Is the program director on vacation? Didn't they know the mic was on? That rant aside - there's definitely a stigmatization of rootsy stuff as uncool among the alterna-indie cognoscenti, which is a big change since the 80s. Good friends of mine run the (*very* professional - much more so than commercial radio) all-night CBC Radio 2 new-music program Brave New Waves, and while they have very eclectic tastes, not much country-flavoured music is permitted into the mix. While the host and I have had long conversations about the shortage of great songwriting among new bands, when I mentioned a couple of examples from the twangy side of town she said, "Yeah, sure, but I don't want to have to go that route." As though it were something you'd only do in desperation in your old age. Besides the indie-experimental rock (her staple, but which is not in great supply) she'd rather play the most mediocre electronica than the best of independent twangy stuff - some of which I think much more innovative in its way, for instance the Bad Livers. Unfortunately I think the fences have been raised higher because the consensus "cool" independent bands now (in the year 5 A.G. (After Grunge)) are ones that are very far from rock - not a bad thing in itself, perhaps even necessary. But with the side-effect that f your standard-bearer is, say, Stereolab, then twangy music is going to be a lot less close to your golden mean than it was when the standard-bearer was the Replacements or the Meat Puppets. If they're going to listen to acoustic music it's either free improv or lo-fi, or it's international folk music of some kind. Mind you, in circles just slightly less hipper-than-thou you will find young Johnny Cash or Emmylou or Steve Earle fans who also listen to Massive Attack and Gastr del Sol. Unfortunately that doesn't seem to extend up to the gatekeepers and tastemakers, but perhaps in time (again, just get us through the year 2000 and who knows). Carl W.
RE: Changing Styles(Re:Tracy Byrd Leaves MCA)
Just a comment/question. Doesn't it seem a bit ironic that while some alt.country artists (as discussed here) are moving toward a more commercialized sound at the same time several mainstream country acts are expressing and proving a desire to move toward a more traditional country sound? That's no irony, that's the market resegmenting g. btw- I do believe the other Paycheck tune Byrd sang was "Someone To Give My Love To"... That is correct. Jon Weisberger Kenton County, KY [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.fuse.net/jonweisberger/
Re: Inflammable Material on WXDU Playlist
As Chad was saying: Soft Boys/Yodelling Hoover/Wading Through a Ventilator Does anyone know if it is possible to find Soft Boys albums anywhere? I have been searching for a while for anything I can find on CD or LP on the web and in used record stores and special order stores, but no no avail. If anybody can find this for you, Jeff Weiss at Miles of Music can (www.milesofmusic.com). I s'pose you could try EveryCD, too, if Jeff has to punt (www.everycd.com). The 2-CD set on Ryko that came out a while back is phee-nominal, even for a fella that owns *all three versions* of "A Can of Bees" such as myself. All the essentials, and boatloads of rarities. And I should add that your show was pretty damn phee-nominal, too, Steve. Although I think I would have played "My Baby Does Good Sculptures" from that Rezillos album... Good move getting the first Dead Boys record this time around, too. Makes that second LP sound like an aural turd, don't it? ___ Mark Wyatt * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * One Riot One Ranger * Columbus, OH http://members.aol.com/oneriot/oneriot.html ** "That ain't no part of bluegrass... that ain't no part of nothin'" (Bill Monroe) **
RE: Clip: Another view of SXSW from San Francisco
This year, however, a certain sobriety threatens to dampen the festivities, which begin today and run through Sunday. Seagram's recent purchase of Polygram has resulted in the dilution of some of the industry's most highly regarded labels -- AM, Geffen, Island. At least a few hundred bands and as many as 3,000 employees have received pink slips in recent weeks. I keep reading this, and still haven't seen many names, aside from the Decca, I think, group of Dolly Parton, Chris Knight, etc. Anyone heard any other names? John Anderson, Rodney Carrington and Jenny Simpson were dropped from Mercury, and I believe Keith Harling was, too (note that he did not appear at the CRS New Faces show, though he'd been previously scheduled). Jon Weisberger Kenton County, KY [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.fuse.net/jonweisberger/
Discoveries (was Re: GP, GC and No Depression (fwd))
If you're checking the newsstand for this issue, it's the one with Lucinda Williams on the cover. Tower Records across the street has lots of copies, next to the latest issue of Goldmine, with Ian Hunter on the cover. TWM Jerry Curry wrote: The April issue of Discoveries has a long article on Rebel Roots music (aka cowpunk, No Depression, alternative country, Americana, ...). == -- Tom Mohr usually here: [EMAIL PROTECTED] sometimes here: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
Re: V-Roys
I believe the version that Scott took "Muddy Water" from was by the legendary D.C. bluegrass group the Seldom Scene ... don't know who wrote it. Hey, who wrote that song that the V-Roys always cover live about muddy water? It's angry and I love it. I think that the V-Roys are always at their best when Scott Miller taps into his angry side (which is pretty damn often). Scott and the vroys are always picking great covers -- as the Viceroys the used to do Jerry Lee Lewis' "Touching Home," and it was INCREDIBLE, as well as a great encore of "In the Pines." ___ Rob Russell Johnson City, TN [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://listen.to/thebystanders
Re: Tweedy and the ghettoizing of alt-country
I simply have to apologize for writing a post that contains two separate paragraphs beginning "Mind you..." Not enough coffee today, perhaps. I'm not even shure what "mind you" means, come to think of it... Mind me, Carl W.
Fwd: San Francisco Bay Area RAB/Country Calendar
SATURDAY MARCH 20 Cigar Store Indians @ Cafe DuNord, 2170 Market, San Francisco 10pm $7 Kountry K's @ El Rio, 3158 Mission, San Francisco SUNDAY MARCH 21 Rockin' Lloyd Tripp Zipguns @ Club DeLuxe, 1509-11 Haight, SF 930pm The Hepsters @ Moe's Alley, 1535 Commercial Way, Santa Cruz MONDAY MARCH 22 The Bachelors @ The Saloon, 1232 Grant, San Francisco WEDNESDAY MARCH 24 The Chop Tops @ The Catalyst, 1011 Pacific, Santa Cruz 9pm (in the Atrium) The Haywoods @ Elbo Room, 647 Valencia, San Francisco record release party THURSDAY MARCH 25 Sean Kennedy the King Kats @ Moe's Alley, 1535 Commercial Way, Santa Cruz 930pm CD release party FRIDAY MARCH 26 James Intveld/Red Meat/Bud E. Luv @ Transmission Theatre, 11th St./Folsom, San Francisco The Hepsters @ Murphy's Law, 135 S. Murphy, Sunnyvale SUNDAY MARCH 28 Hot Dogs Hot Rods: The Stillmen/Rockin' Lloyd Tripp the Zipguns/ Gerard Landry and the Lariats @ Bottom of the Hill, 1233 17th St., SF noon $5 all you can eat BBQ Darrin Stout the Starlighters @ Club DeLuxe, 1509-11 Haight, SF 930pm MONDAY MARCH 29 The Bachelors @ The Saloon, 1232 Grant, San Francisco TUESDAY MARCH 30 Hal Peters his String Dusters/Johnny Dilks the Visitacion Valley Boys @ Fuel, 44 Almaden Ave., San Jose 9pm WEDNESDAY MARCH 31 Hal Peters his String Dusters/Johnny Dilks the Visitacion Valley Boys @ DeMarco's 23 Club, 23 Visitacion, Brisbane 9pm WEDNESDAY APRIL 7 Wildfire Willie the Ramblers @ DeMarco's 23 Club, 23 Visitacion, Brisbane 9pm Lucky Diaz the High Rollers @ Agenda Lounge, 399 S. 1st, San Jose 10pm SATURDAY APRIL 10 Sonny George Tennessee Sons/Rockin' Lloyd Tripp the Zipguns @ Elbo Room, 647 Valencia, San Francisco SUNDAY APRIL 11 Jesse the Moonshots @ Club DeLuxe, 1509-11 Haight, San Francisco 930pm TUESDAY APRIL 13 Rockin' Billy his Wild Coyotes @ Fuel, 44 Almaden Ave., SJ 9pm $3 WEDNESDAY APRIL 14 Deke Dickerson the Ecco-Fonics @ Agenda Lounge, 399 S. 1st, SJ 10pm The Rounders @ Elbo Room, 647 Valencia, San Francisco FRIDAY APRIL 16 Big Sandy his Fly-Rite Boys/Deke Dickerson the Ecco-Fonics @ Bimbo's 365 Club, 1025 Columbus, San Francisco 9pm $13 TUESDAY APRIL 20 The Hillbilly Hellcats @ Fuel, 44 Almaden Ave., San Jose 9pm $3 WEDNESDAY APRIL 21 The Hillbilly Hellcats @ Elbo Room, 647 Valencia, San Francisco THURSDAY APRIL 22 Deke Dickerson and the Ecco-Phonics/Cadillac Angels/The Chop Tops @ The Catalyst, 1011 Pacific, Santa Cruz FRIDAY APRIL 23 Hootenanny Tour: Lee Rocker/Russell Scott his Red Hots/The Paladins/The Chop Tops @ Palookaville, 1133 Pacific, Santa Cruz SATURDAY APRIL 24 Lee Rocker @ Cocodrie, 1024 Kearney, San Francisco TUESDAY APRIL 27 Randy Rich the Poor Boys @ Fuel, 44 Almaden Ave., San Jose 9pm $3 WEDNESDAY APRIL 28 Jeff Bright the Sunshine Boys @ Agenda Lounge, 399 S. 1st, SJ 10pm Blue Bell Wranglers @ Elbo Room, 647 Valencia, San Francisco Cadillac Angels @ Henfling's Tavern, 9450 Hwy 9, Ben Lomond TUESDAY MAY 4 Cadillac Angels @ Fuel, 44 Almaden Ave., San Jose 9pm That's it this week. Urge everyone who likes late 40s style country to see the shows at end of month with Hal Peters the Stringdusters (Finland).With Johnny Dilks on bill it should be hillbilly heaven. Dilks, by the way, has just finished recording first CD. It is to come out on Hightone by summer. One of Europe's best rockabilly band's, Wildfire Willie the Ramblers (Sweden) comes to town early April. Look also for the Go-Getters (Sweden) in early April. Steve Hathaway San Jose, California [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: SF Bay Area RAB/Country Calendar (addendum/Andre Williams)
This Friday, March 19th at Bottom of the Hill: Andre Williams! He plays raunchy RB, he has a wonderful song about a black man listening to country music, he has some stuff on Bloodshot or coming out soon on Bloodshot, he's so alternative country that he's punk! He put out my number one choice for record of the year of 1998 with Silky (I don't think any postcard2 folks had him i their lists other than my vote). He simply kicks ass. keep dancing, -ldk
Re: Changing Styles(Re:Tracy Byrd Leaves MCA)
On a related note, a report today from one of my show prep sites says Mark Chesnutt has recorded a Conway tune for an upcoming feature movie, name of the tune not given. Mike Hays http://www.TwangCast.com TM RealCountry 24 X 7 Please Visit Then let us know what you think! Mike Hays www.MikeHays.RealCountry.net For the best country artist web hosting, www.RealCountry.net
Clip: Hank III in Nashville
http://www.chireader.com/hitsville/990319.html Peter Margasak March 19, 1999 Nashville Calling The third Chicago appearance by Hank Williams III--the grandson of Hank Williams and the son of Hank Jr.--which was slated for March 6 at Lounge Ax, was a pretty hot ticket. The Reader and the Tribune ran positive previews, and Rolling Stone had just published a splashy five-page spread on the 26-year-old, who doesn't even have his own record out yet. But Williams was a no-show. Two days before the show, he'd been summoned to the offices of his Nashville record label, Curb, ostensibly to discuss artwork for his upcoming debut album. But when he arrived, he was greeted by his parents (who are divorced), producer and A and R man Chuck Howard, and an ex-girlfriend, who teamed up to persuade him that he needed to enter drug rehab. By Saturday he was in a Los Angeles treatment center that he'd later describe to his bassist of five years, Jason Brown, as "a cross between rehab and jail" where he had to scrub toilets and mop floors. Last Saturday, March 13, he walked out, called Brown, who happened to be visiting family in LA, and returned to Nashville, where on Monday he checked into a two-week treatment program. It's hardly news anymore when a musician or an actor shows up in rehab to get off heroin or cocaine. But by all accounts the only substance Williams indulged in consistently was marijuana. According to Maureen Herman, the former Chicagoan and ex-Babes in Toyland bassist who now works for Williams as a publicist and booking agent, the intervention was less about substance abuse than about "a clash between two worlds: Nashville versus indie rock." She says Williams, who used to play drums in a rock band called Buzzkill and whose current stripped-down honky-tonk style is more No Depression than contemporary country, is interested in entering the mainstream through the alternative-country market. But Curb, a label in the belly of the beast known as Music Row, has other plans. According to Herman, Curb wants to market Williams through the Nashville machine, booking him into traditional country venues and angling for a hit on country radio. Curb signed Williams in 1996, and the same year released Three Hanks: Men With Broken Hearts, an exceedingly tacky album on which all three Hank Williamses sang together through the miracle of modern technology. Hank III recorded his own album in early 1997 but it still hasn't shown up on the label's release schedule. In the Rolling Stone profile, by Mark Binelli, he drank till six in the morning and talked about swinging by his weed dealer's house, bragged about making a porn video with a girlfriend, and admitted that he'd turned to country music to chip away at mounting child-support costs. (Herman explains that he has two children out of wedlock.) And he told Binelli that the record he made for Curb "sucks." Brown speculates that the intervention was in part intended "to do damage control for the article." Merle Kilgore, Hank Jr.'s personal manager, told me, "He's in rehab and we're very happy he decided to go. He's a strong-headed kid, always has been, and he decided, Well, I guess you're right, I need help, I guess. They convinced him he really did need help. That article in Rolling Stone, Christ! We hadn't even read that, but we knew that stuff was happening. . . . We saw his health just completely disappearing. God, he looked awful. He looked just like a skeleton." When I asked Kilgore--who also happens to be the guy who wrote Johnny Cash's "Ring of Fire"--what Hank Jr. thought of his son's music, he paused and said, "Well, we haven't heard his music. I think he's getting the syndrome of his grandfather. Every country star goes through the Hank Williams syndrome: I've gotta get on drugs, I've got to get messed up so I can be like Hank Williams. The problem is that if you die and become a legend you don't get to enjoy it and then everybody fights over the estate." Hank III's mother, Gwen Williams, didn't return several phone calls. Hank III himself confirmed that he'd been in treatment in LA and that he was heading into the program in Nashville, but declined to comment further. But Brown and Herman say Williams doesn't have a big problem with pot, that he was naively exaggerating for the Rolling Stone reporter. And Bob Campbell-Smith--Howard's head engineer and, more significant, the person who actually called Williams to get him to come to Curb's offices--says, somewhat ambiguously, "It's not like he has a serious drug problem. He has decided, along with his family, that it's now or never." Williams did enter treatment voluntarily, according to everyone I spoke with, but he told Brown that he was under intense pressure. "They needed him to make a decision very fast or they weren't going to back the album," says Brown. "He was very upset about missing the Chicago gig, and he pushed to enter rehab after playing there, but they gave him half an hour
Not Exactly Nashville playlist 3/13/99
Not Exactly Nashville
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Country Roots playlist - 3/13/99
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Today's show featured birthday salutes to Austin's Toni Price (3/13/61),
West Coast honky tonker Jann Browne (3/14/54), and legendary steel wiz
Jerry Byrd (3/9/20).
Axe To Grind / Hellecasters / Escape From Hollywood / Rio
Travelin' Man / Dick Curless / The Drag 'Em Off The Interstate Sock It
To 'Em Hits Of... / Razor Tie
You're Gonna Want Me / Okeh Wranglers / Beneath The Western Skies / Fury
Tee Totalin' Time / Red Meat / 13 / Ranchero
Grave Yard Song / Mike Ireland Holler / Learning How To Live / Sub Pop
Tobacco Road / Lonesome Strangers / Land Of Opportunity / Little Dog
I Got A Feelin' For Ya / Kelly Willis / What I Deserve / Ryko
Loving Arms / Buddy Miller Sacred Cows / Man On The Moon / Coyote
These Sunday Nights / Greg Trooper / Popular Demons / Koch
Broke TV / John Train / Angels Turned Thieves / Record Cellar
Wanna Rock Roll / Ray Wylie Hubbard / Live At Cibolo Creek Country
Club / Misery Loves Company
Toni Price set:
I Doubt If It Does To You / Swim Away / Antones
New York City 23rd Of July / Hey / Antones
You Keep Me (Hangin' On) / Loose Diamonds (feat Jud Newcomb Toni Price)
/ Fesco Fiasco / Freedom
#1 / Sol Power / Antones
12 Bar Blues / Antones' Women / Antones
These Boots Are Made For Walkin' / Candye Kane Toni Price / Diva La
Grande / Antones
Drift On / Leann Atherton Toni Price / Lady Liberty / Steppin' Stone
In Care Of The Blues / feat. Junior Brown / Swim Away / Antones
I Heard Mama Callin' / James Hand / Shadows Where The Magic Was
Devil In Mrs. Jones / Ted Roddy - Wandering Eyes Sing Songs Of Forbidden
Love / Lazy SOB
How The Other Half Lives / Wynn Stewart Jan Howard / The Best Of The
Challenge Masters ('59 - '64) / AVI
I Don't Want My Baby Back / Hub Sutter / Heading Back To Houston: Texas
C W 1950 - '51 / Krazy Kat
Murphy's Law / Big Sandy His Fly-Rite Boys / Swingin' West / HighTone
Drivin' Nails In My Coffin / Mike Henderson / Edge Of Night / Dead
Reckoning
I Washed My Face In The Morning Dew / Johnny Cash / Real: The Tom T.
Hall Project / Detmore
Jerry Byrd set:
Three String Swing / Man Of Steel / Mercury
Wabash Wah-Wah Blues / Steel Guitar Favorites / Mercury
Marie / Country All Stars (feat. Jerry Byrd, C. Atkins, Homer Jethro)
/ Jazz From The Hills / Bear Family
Tennessee Saturday Night / Red Foley w/Cumberland Valley Boys (w/ J.
Byrd) /Hillbilly Fever: Legends Of Honky Tonk Vol. 2
La Rosita / Hi - Fi Guitar / Decca
Steelin' The Blues / Steel Guitar / Mercury
Hungry Eyes / Melvin Endsley (w/ Jerry Byrd) / I Like Your Kind Of Love
/ Bear Family
Rootie Tootie / Hank Williams (w/ Jerry Byrd) / Complete Hank Williams
/ Mercury
I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry / Hank Williams (w/ Jerry Byrd) Complete
Hank Williams / Mercury
Honky Tonk Legend / Jack Smith The Rockabilly Planet (w/ Bill Kirchen)
/ Can't Help Myself / Run Wild
Honky Tonk Downstairs / Goin' Goin' Gone / Run Wild 7"
These Boots Are Made For Walkin' / Get Gone / Gone Rockin' / Music Room
Hole IN The Wall / Jive Bombers / Ecco Fonic 7"
Big Texas / Cowboys Indians / A Big Night In Cowtown / Crystal Clear
Tennessee Tango / Lucky Stars (feat. Jeremy Wakefield) / Fate 7"
Jann Browne set:
I've Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know / Jann Browne Wanda Jackson /
Tell Me Why / Curb
Louisville / Town South Of Bakersfield Vol. 2 / Restless
Where The Sidewalk Ends / It Only Hurts When I Laugh / Curb
Trouble's Here / Count Me In / Cross Three
Cradle Me / Rick Shea w/ Jann Browne / The Buffalo Show / Major
Just A Wave / Mark Insley w/ Jann Browne / Good Country Junk /
Country Town
The Lucky Few (cowritten by Jann Browne) / Joy Lynn White / The Lucky
Few / Little Dog
Ruin This Romance / Rosie Flores w/ Jann Browne / Once More With
Feelin' / HighTone
Linus Lucy / Danny Gatton / Portraits / Big Mo
Re: There's a whole album worth of material in this clip
At 8:59 PM -0500 on 3/16/99, Phil Connor posted a clip that started: Gwen Shamblin is 5ft 4in, 7st 11lb, and an American size six - but it's not down to slimming pills. Well, fine, but is she related to Eldon? Bob
RE: Tweedy @ Salon, Kelly Willis
At 1:40 PM -0500 on 3/17/99, Matt Benz wrote: I'm also kinda disappointed with Kelly Willis' release. I guess I was hoping for something more along the lines of "Kelly Willis," a harder country sound. This is too ...erm.americana for my tastes, at least some of it. Still, it is her voice, so I'll live and still play it. Saw an old video of heres from the "Bang Bang" days in which she fully participates in one of them modern country videos. Yowza. Yeah. I bought it because it was $9 at Borders -- if you're going to patronize evil places, at least don't give 'em much -- and it struck me as a $9 record. Not that good, not that bad. I'm looking forward to seeing her in a couple of weeks, but I doubt the CD will go into any sort of rotation here. Maybe it'll grow on me... but probably not. And I damn near needed a crowbar to get it out of the damn plastic case. The reason those Rykodisc tines break is that they aren't made to move when you take out the CD. np - Bruce Robison, Wrapped, and maybe he should've had more influence on her CD, since this one's mighty fine... Bob
Re: Tweedy @ Salon
At 12:40 PM -0500 on 3/17/99, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Case in point: Last night I went to see a free gig in town by the V-Roys, who I thought were a great bar band, though they were batting about .500 on decent songs. But the crowd was a really roadhouse-country-rock-lovin' bunch, who wanted their roots as loud and straight-up and danceable as possible. Nothing wrong with that, of course. Since we don't get much of the V-Roys brand of twang this far north, I haven't seen a gathering like that at most shows here, and it was fun. But I was very doubtful about how eclectic that audience's tastes probably were. But, Carl, aren't you extrapolating from an admittedly anomalous situation? I have yet to see the V-Roys (I really wish I'd caught them a week or two ago; I got my dates mixed up) but I do like their CDs. Anyway, this is all thinking out loud here, but it sounds like there are two anomalies here: A twang band comes to town, and it has to meet the needs of a crowd that gets very little of that kind of music. Maybe they batted .500 because they had to bend a little to satisfy that crowd. And maybe the crowd wanted their roots loud, straight-up, and danceable because few bands like that come up that way, and if the V-Roys were there, it was more important to the crowd to get what it needed than to get what the V-Roys are best at doing. And maybe that crowd went home and the next day listened to Pet Sounds and Thriller and Minnie the Moocher and The Planets and Viva Terlingua. Maybe they just don't have the screaming need we do to talk about our eclecticism. You're probably closer than I am, of course, Carl, but I've seen that sort of situation back in Boston, including the audience members who didn't know much about the band but who knew what the band could do for 'em. Sometimes it worked out; sometimes it didn't... Bob
Re: Tweedy @ Salon
At 1:36 PM -0500 on 3/17/99, Dave Purcell wrote: Wilco, on the other hand, would get killed at a biker bar. Too bad they're too big to play 'em these days. g Bob
The X/Brave New Waves
Carl Wilson wrote: Good friends of mine run the (*very* professional - much more so than commercial radio) all-night CBC Radio 2 new-music program Brave New Waves, Ok, you Cinti folk had the X - Bam, the future of rock and roll - thanks to 89.9 out of Windsor, it was Brave New Waves and Nightlines that I was taping at night (and listening to the next day) to hear some great bands (that didn't receive much airplay). I found an old tape of the show only to discover they were playing something off the *just released* "Whites off earth now" album by this new group out of Toronto, Cowboy Junkies. (the music set also included Patti Smith and Half Japanese) Carl W: what ever happened to Brent Bambrey (wasn't that the original hosts name?) But I wasn't as cool as Gravel Train Mitch...he actually got on the show by calling the answering machine and leaving a request. (Note to the uneducated: on Nightlines, in order to put in a request, you must call this answering machine and answer the question posed on the recorder first, and then place your request) The following week, they would play back some of the better responses to the question. re: Oxford. Who else recalls when Looney T-birds was this little hole in the wall on some side street in Oxford? Last time I drove through that town, it was on the main drag, and quite large. Paul
Re: Tweedy @ Salon
Bob re: V-Roys in Toronto: it has to meet the needs of a crowd that gets very little of that kind of music. Maybe they batted .500 because they had to bend a little to satisfy that crowd. And maybe the crowd wanted their roots loud, straight-up, and danceable because few bands like that come up that way... maybe that crowd went home and the next day listened to Pet Sounds and Thriller and Minnie the Moocher and The Planets and Viva Terlingua. Maybe they just don't have the screaming need we do to talk about our eclecticism. No, Bob, actually we get a fair (tho not huge) portion of twang here, tho not as much as most equiv. US cities and much less that's as hard-rock-twang as the V-Roys are. The main thing was that this audience seemed noticeably different than the one that shows up to see other alt-countryish stuff here. Your second point however is well-taken - in other words, how the hell did I know? You do get a sense in a room, but it coulda been a for-the-occasion thing. A lot of the crowd definitely knew the band's material. It was just that they felt like an unfamiliar crowd, with a stamp of its own, compared to many shows in Toronto and at the Horseshoe, and seemed to have more conservative tastes than one encounters on a typical day on P2. Half-guilty, half-proud, copping a plea as a Screaming Eclecticist... Carl W.
Re: The X/Brave New Waves
In a message dated 3/19/99 3:33:09 AM !!!First Boot!!!, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Carl W: what ever happened to Brent Bambrey (wasn't that the original hosts name?) Last that I heard, he was handling some early morning news coverage (Announcing? Production?) on CBC-TV. If I get up early enough someday, I'll check up on it. BB was one of the best for giving unknown (especially Canadian) talent a start. Some of the bands that he used to promote included DOA, Shadowy Men..., Blue Rodeo, 5440, Leslie Spit Treeo, and Teenage Head. My biggest query regarding Brave New Waves bands (perhaps someone can help me on this one): BB used to play a single from a Montreal band called The Hodads. They reminded me of Leslie Spit Treeo, and had a great Americana feel to them. I was able to tape the one song off the show once, but lost that cassette. Anybody aware of this band or where I can get more info. "Nightlines" was cool because the host (name?), besides you calling in to his answering machine to answer a stupid skill test to get a request, would also allow listeners a "free hour" of music, in which you could send in a format of one hour's music for him to play (he even allowed for listeners to send in a quality tape of them doing the hour as long as it was decent and no profanity) with a prominent theme (songs about numbers, history of the electric guitar, musical bio of a composer, etc.) Ah, those younger days when I could stay up until the wee hours of the morning. Mitch Matthews Gravel Train/Sunken Road
New Gadfly releases: Julian Dawson (incl. Lucinda Williams duet) + Julie Adams
Thought you P2ers would be interested in these, particularly the Dawson
release w/ Lucinda R. Thompson...
Gadfly Records is excited to announce new releases from Julian Dawson
("Spark") and Julie Adams The Rhino Boys ("I Don't Mind Walking"). Both are
available in stores (after March 23) or direct from Gadfly Records for $15
(incl. post/ship.) via check, m.o. or Visa/Mastercard.
New Release Information:
Julian Dawson
Spark
(Gadfly 247)
Release Date: March 23, 1999
Fierce and fiery, literate and moody, British pop/rocker Julian Dawson makes
his Gadfly Records debut with the release of "Spark," a distinctive collection
of songs that features supporting performances from Lucinda Williams, Richard
Thompson, and The Roches.
Julian Dawson makes pop music for smart people. Exquisitely produced and
heartfully sung, it's singer-songwriter music gone uptown.
Dawson was born to be influenced by American music : his birthday is July 4th
(1954). Having spent his early years touring in Europe, it was natural that
he was first signed to a record label in Germany rather than in his native
England. He made two albums for Polydor and five for BMG, most of which never
saw the light of day in the rest of the world. A growing reputation among his
colleagues, constant touring and some fine subsequent releases have managed to
spread the word - this CD brings a selection of some of the best moments from
those albums. If you can judge a man by the company he keeps, then Julian
Dawson's reputation speaks for itself...A glance through the credits reveals
the presence of some wonderful talents, from Lucinda Williams (who duets on
the smoky "How Can I Sleep Without You") to Richard Thompson, The Roches and
Steve Forbert.
With many of the tracks recorded in the U.S., "Spark" will finally give
Americans a chance to catch up on what they've missed. Julian Dawson will
continue his love affair with American music and the country itself,
supporting the album with concert dates and radio appearances throughout 1999.
Meanwhile "Spark" gives an overview of an artist who's music incorporates
elements of pop, folk, country and blues mixed together into a melodic and
highly individual blend.
ON TOUR IN THE U.S. BEGINNING APRIL 1999
"Spark" Guest Artists: Lucinda Williams(duet "How Can I Sleep Without You")
Richard Thompson("Two Shots Of Jealousy" and "The Spark Of
Human Kindness")
The Roches ("I Like Your Absence" and "When Love Says
Goodnight")
Steve Forbert ("No Place Worth Dying For")
Garry Tallent ("Fragile As China" and "I Don't Feel
Like Dancing")
New Release Information:
Julie Adams The Rhino Boys
I Don't Mind Walking
(Gadfly 246)
Release Date: March 23, 1999
For the last 14 years Julie Adams has been the featured vocalist for the
internationally-syndicated "Mountain Stage" radio show, earning a reputation
as one the country's premier interpreters of song. Each week listeners are
exposed to her skillful vocal interpretation of often-classic and sometime-
obscure songs of various styles -- always backed by the crack musicians in the
show's house band. Last year's "Live" CD (Gadfly 232) was a collection of
such performances.
"I Don't Mind Walking" is the follow-up to Julie Adams The Rhino Boys' 1994
debut CD, which featured a dozen stunning Adams originals and took advantage
of her unique ability to fuse pop, rock, and folk while throwing in the
occasional nod to jazz. In addition to Adams, the group features ace
guitarist Steve Hill and Mountain Stage percussionist Ammed Solomon. Former
Mountain Stage bassist (and ex-Rhino Boy) John Kessler was also on hand for
the sessions.
For additional information, contact Mitch Cantor at 802-865-2406.
Gadfly Records (a bug in your ear)
P.O. Box 5231
Burlington, VT 05402
phone: 802-865-2406
fax: 802-865-2406
e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.gadflyrecords.com
