Re: A feature on Boston Country
Interesting article. I missed this when I was looking through the Globe on Sunday. Yup, it can sure be grim here if you're in a local country band and aren't playing at rock clubs (as several do). Morse didn't mention the Fritters, who I think highly of (particularly the Rose Maddox-ish vocals of their singer, Betsy Nichols), though they rarely play live - maybe once every couple of months - so the omission is understandable. Nor did he mention the Stumbleweeds, who *do* play live around here at least two or three times a month, so there's less of an excuse there. Nor did he mention the Bag Boys, who hold court every Saturday afternoon at the Plough and Stars in the heart of Cambridge (Paul Burch fans--word is that he's coming up to Beantown in the next couple of months to do some recording and playing with them). Since when has Loosigian been in the Darlings? What happened to that guy Rik (the one who looked like a leftover member of Slade) who used to play guitar for them? Y'know, I'm happy that a local band won that contest and everything, but I've seen those guys five or six times and I've just never been able to warm up to 'em. Loved this part: WKLB, which sponsors a country festival at Great Woods each summer (with Nashville headliners) and cosponsors summer events at Indian Ranch in Webster, has no time slot devoted to local music, but ''that's not to say there won't be one in the future,'' says music director Ginny Rogers. Well, I'll say it: No, there won't be one in the future. --Jon Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wollaston, Massachusetts
Re: A feature on Boston Country
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Morse didn't mention the Fritters Who've broken up Jon...sorry to be the one to break the news. Rumor has it that Betsey will be trying to advance herself as a guitarist and strike out on her own at some point. The other band that Fritters members are in - The Pineapple Ranch Hands - a hawaiian country swing band - are doing quite well though...coming to a Hellcountry show near you. This article was mentioned to me about thirty times in the last few days, and I'm wondering how he could overlook Hellcountry if he's on my mailing, and email lists. Maybe being ignored is better than being lumped into something though, and he was pretty far off target about the scene. Enough, my blood pressure is rising and I'll be damned if I'm going to let itg. Nice to have Country Standard Time do a feature on the Hellcountry series this month though, and issues are all over (insert your) town with the Steve Earle / Del McCoury cover. Stacey Hellcountry "supporting the Boston area twang scene" http://www.hellcountry.com [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: A feature on Boston Country
WKLB, which sponsors a country festival at Great Woods each summer (with Nashville headliners) and cosponsors summer events at Indian Ranch in Webster, has no time slot devoted to local music, but ''that's not to say there won't be one in the future,'' says music director Ginny Rogers. Well, I'll say it: No, there won't be one in the future. Now, now, you can never be too sure. Our biggest local mainstream country station - CMA Large Market Station Of The Year WUBE-FM - recently allocated a hefty 2-hour time slot each week to classic country. Of course, it's 6-8a Sunday morning, and "classic" means from the 1980s... Jon Weisberger Kenton County, KY [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.fuse.net/jonweisberger/
Re: A feature on Boston Country
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dang it, but how ironic that Country Standard Time gives Hellcountry it's due, while the Globe misses the point altogether. Yah, but the Herald just emailed that they're putting something in this week and want an interview so f*** 'em I sayg. Some folks out there *do* actually know something about the scene they write about. Stacey (who's very excited to have Elena playing Hellcountry Friday) Hellcountry "supporting the Boston area twang scene" http://www.hellcountry.com [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: A feature on Boston Country
On Tue, 26 Jan 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you want my advice, based on my experience as having had the Bourbonaires called a psychobilly band in the Globe a couple of months back, is that this kind of crap simply happens. I don't know if it's symptomatic of the Globe's widely-perceived decline, but, yeah, it could have been better. I'm surprised that Morse missed it, though, particularly since he made such a point about local country acts having such a hard time playing out. He also neglected to mention "C.S.T." at all, in spite of the mag's regular championing of local country acts, so don't feel too put out. Jeff's probably peeved at the guy, too. Stuart Munro and I have long had a running debate (which he's kept me up-to-date on, sending me this article a day before it was posted here) on which Boston Globe critic is doofier, Morse or Sullivan. A couple of Sullivan's recent malpropisms have been pretty entertaining, I have to admit. But ever since Morse wrote for Pop Top, a local monthly rag in the mid-'70s (where he reviewed country almost exclusively), my attitude toward him has been "If he can get it wrong, he will." At best, his blinders can be pretty huge. Bob Oh yeah: However much the Globe has declined, it's still far, far better than any media outlet in Chicago.
