Something I've been meaning to ask
about:
I own 2 records from the Anthology of
American Music on New World Records that are just incredible.
Country Music South and West was produced by Bill Ivey and features
songs from the '20's-'40s by Rodgers, the Carters, McMichen, Harry Choates, Ted
I couldn't agree with the "less country" part more. The last time
that I saw Whiskeytown, Ryan changed guitars after every single song -
literally. He's a would be punk rocker, armchair psychology aside,
he's admitted it himself on Faithless Street (and in an email a mutual
friend forwarded to
Speaking of which, has P2 ever talked about the whole California country
rock style of harmony where it's always in unrelentingly sweet thirds-no
tension, no dissonance, no variation? Obviously, the Bakersfield thang was
another kettle of fish, but I find this particular style I'm talking about
Ryan's actually 24 now. I'll always remember it -- he was born on the day
Gram Parson's died and I just happened to interview him about that time. And
he did have a punk band from age 14 through ?
Deb
BTW, for the real starting point, give a listen to Monroe's "Summertime Is
Past And Gone," by the original bluegrass band. Sweet as all get-out.
Jon Weisberger Kenton County, KY [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://home.fuse.net/jonweisberger/
Brad says:
Interesting you should say this, Jon, as it seems to me that some
alt.country acts exist within this description precisely because
they have the fiddle and/or steel that makes them "country rock".
For example Richard Buckner wouldn't sound quite so alt.country
if he didn't have Lloyd
Speaking of which, has P2 ever talked about the whole California country
rock style of harmony where it's always in unrelentingly sweet thirds-no
tension, no dissonance, no variation? Obviously, the Bakersfield thang was
another kettle of fish, but I find this particular style I'm talking
AJM wrote:
Robbie rawked hard last night at Fitzgeralds. No Jet, but got most of
the new album, the Egg song, a cool duet with Tim Carroll who is
excellent BTW and lot's of rockers. A long set, over 2 hours
straight.
And a cool cover (with crowd singalong) of Abba's "Dancing
Queen". And
While visiting my folks up in Keene, New Hampshire this weekend, my
dad gave me a 1999 desk calendar he had picked up for $3 at Border's;
published by the good folks at the Country Music Hall fo Fame. All kinds
of useful tidbits lie within, so I'll probably share some of it with the
group
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
(the supremely useful Chicago Calendar)
Couple more things for next weekend:
*2/5: Sally Timms sings Black Sabbath at the Chicago Cultural Center, 7 p.m.
Jon Langford is doing a show at 12:30 that afternoon, at the
Chicago Cultural Center, with Cath Carroll, and (I
In a message dated 1/31/99 1:38:07 PM !!!First Boot!!!, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
writes:
In a transformation worthy of Eliza Doolittle, Porter Wagoner - he
of the wagon wheel rhinestone suits - officially went disco on this night
in 1979. Appearing at Nashville's Exit/In nightclub, he performed
GoonDaddy:
Everything is still in boxes. I never knew how much
shit I have. When I was single, everything I ever needed or owned would fit
in an army surplus footlocker. Sleeping bag, clean t-shirt and pair of
Levis', a frying pan.
c'mon now, Jeff - when you were single you didn't have any
Not knowing exactly where this started, I probably shouldn't jump in, but hey
it's never stopped me before.
Richard Buckner did take Eric Heywood on tour for a while. (he plays lap and
pedal steel)
Thank you,
In a message dated 1/31/99 7:27:31 AM Central Standard Time,
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alex said:
Robbie rawked hard last night at Fitzgeralds. No Jet, but got most of
the new album, the Egg song, a cool duet with Tim Carroll who is
excellent BTW and lot's of rockers. A long set, over 2 hours
straight.
pardon my ignorance or forgetfulness, but who is tim carroll??? i saw a
um, it also has the advantage that everyone can sing it.
Linda, still sodden with with populism in the wake of Friday night's concert
for the People's Music Network for Songs of Freedom and Struggle featuring
Pete Seeger
In a message dated 1/31/99 7:28:23 AM Central Standard Time,
[EMAIL
the whole California country rock style of harmony where it's always in
unrelentingly sweet thirds-no tension, no dissonance, no
variation...cloying whether it's the Byrds, the Eagles, Desert
Rose...whoever.
Er, ah, that's your basic bluegrass harmony. Via Chris Hillman, Herb
Pedersen,
Was good to see the NYC and Buck Diaz Phila. parts of the list show up for
dinner and this excellent show at the l'il ol' Mercury Lounge last
night...I'm probably the only one awake now!
This gig, last of the current Old 97s tour, turned out to be pretty much a
small room/big sound smash...The
thanks linda! now it all comes back to me.
In a message dated 1/31/99 9:22:23 AM Central Standard Time,
Tim Carroll has a standout track, "Open Flame" on Bloodshot's compilation
of
Nashville outsiders, Nashville: The Other Side of the Alley. He's
appeared
from time to time with Lonesome Bob
Excerpts from internet.listserv.postcard2: 31-Jan-99 RE: HNC by "Jon
Weisberger"@fuse.ne
Well, shoot, anyone can *record* with a steel player; I'm talking about
carrying one in the band g.
Using that map, Joel Phelps, Richard Buckner, the Waco Brothers, Blue
Rodeo Son Volt are not
My home region getting some "props" here from the House of Representatives
(frankly, you'd think they'd have more "important" things to do ... but I
appreciate it nonetheless). Check out the last line, especially.
Rob
Clip:
Recognizing the contributions of the cities of Bristol, Tennessee, and
Using that map, Joel Phelps, Richard Buckner, the Waco Brothers, Blue
Rodeo Son Volt are not alt.country.
Now just a goddamn minute. I didn't say that bands that carry steel players
aren't alt.country. I said that mainstream country acts got 'em and/or
fiddlers, and alt.country acts don't,
Excerpts from internet.listserv.postcard2: 31-Jan-99 RE: HNC by "Jon
Weisberger"@fuse.ne
I said that mainstream country acts got 'em and/or
fiddlers, and alt.country acts don't, and followed that with a qualifier -
to wit, that there are exceptions, which y'all are busy listing as though
Carl Z.
who won't start listing alt.country acts with fiddle unless there's a
request
Please do. I'm curious.
Dina
Excerpts from internet.listserv.postcard2: 31-Jan-99 RE: HNC by "Jon
Weisberger"@fuse.ne
I said that mainstream country acts got 'em and/or
fiddlers, and alt.country acts don't, and followed that with a
qualifier - to wit, that there are exceptions, which y'all are busy
listing as though
R
Tim Carroll is a fellow Nashvegan who is signed to Sire. He moved here
about five years ago from NYC he had an extremely well known band called
the Blue Chieftains. These guys were doing alt. Country in the late 80's
early 90's. I played a show with Tim and met him in 91' at a club called
Excerpts from internet.listserv.postcard2: 31-Jan-99 RE: HNC by "Jon
Weisberger"@fuse.ne
the absence of the instrument, or of the fiddle,
is not a reliable marker for HNC, and especially ought not to be used as a
point of derision by alt.country fans.
Fair enough, and I for one wouldn't
, we're already makin' plans for Twangfest3, once again taking place
at Off Broadway in faboo St. Louis, MO on June 11-13.
uh, my calendar show these dates to be Friday through Sunday. Does it be
starting (or not) on night of June 10th, the Thursday, again--or is there a
Sunday night show?
On Sun, 31 Jan 1999, Barry Mazor wrote:
, we're already makin' plans for Twangfest3, once again taking place
at Off Broadway in faboo St. Louis, MO on June 11-13.
uh, my calendar show these dates to be Friday through Sunday. Does it be
starting (or not) on night of June 10th, the
Carl says:
the absence of the instrument, or of the fiddle,
is not a reliable marker for HNC, and especially ought not to
be used as a point of derision by alt.country fans.
Fair enough, and I for one wouldn't call'em on that. (Hell, Johnny Cash
has cut too many records without fiddle or
I ran across a pretty interesting CD today, a 1993 release called Rocky Box.
Am I just now tumbling to something that's pretty well-known, or do I have a
surprise for everyone?
Jon Weisberger Kenton County, KY [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://home.fuse.net/jonweisberger/
On Sat, 30 Jan 1999, Amy Haugesag wrote:
Kip sez:
Oh contraire, I'm glad Westerberg grew up. Now I just wish he'd
stop making crappy music. Or are you making the case that artists of a
certain age aren't capable of being as good as they were in their youth?
Amy H. retorts:
At 11:53 AM 1/31/99 -0500, you wrote:
McCoury (interesting tidbit: listproc rejects a post that begins with "Del,"
wondering whether it was meant to be a command issued to the listproc
itself, and "suggesting" that if not, the post be rephrased) has recorded "I
Feel The Blues Moving In" twice,
Date: Sun, 31 Jan 1999 05:48:12 -0500 (EST)
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Nashville sports a larger central infrastructure of
players (and money to pay those players), which bands working in other
cities don't have access to, regardless of their tastes. I know of
several bands that would love to play live with a steel player but can't
afford or find one.
apologies for P/P2 cross-posting, but I know there are some people out
there who will be interested in this - from sonic net newsflash
Stevie
Neil Young Plans Acoustic
Tour, New Album, Box Set
Folk-rock legend begins solo outing March 3
in
Son Volt an interesting case in point - they've been touring lately without Eric,
resulting in some songs being dropped from the set list (notably "Left a Slide".
Damn shame). On others, Dave Boquist has been forced to do some interesting,
inventive things on his six string to cover for the
At 05:39 PM 1/31/1999 Jon wrote:
I ran across a pretty interesting CD today, a 1993 release called Rocky Box.
Am I just now tumbling to something that's pretty well-known, or do I have a
surprise for everyone?
If you're talking about the CD "Rocky Box: Rockabilly - Boxcar Willie with
The
At 10:32 AM 1/31/1999 EST Linda wrote wrote:
Tim Carroll has a standout track, "Open Flame" on Bloodshot's compilation of
Nashville outsiders, Nashville: The Other Side of the Alley. He's appeared
from time to time with Lonesome Bob and Tommy Womack, and he also often backs
Webb Wilder with
I never sent out a playlist last month due to the holidays, so this one
is compiled from the previous two months on Topsoil. If you want off
this list, let me know.
The sold out Alejandro Escovedo house concert happens this Wednesday
(2/3) at 8pm. Stay tuned because I will be putting the
Can anyone recommend or not the All Music Guide to Country Music?
I haven't seen this volume, but I'd be cautious; the AMG website, while
useful, isn't always reliable. They seem to have a hard time properly
tracking more than one person with the same name; the most egregious mistake
that I've
i just want to publically thank Stacey for helping us pop our touring cheery
so comfortably as part of her Hellcountry series at the Kendall. We had a
blast. The food was great, the people were great, the one dollar Pabst Blue
Ribbon beers were a trip back down highschool memory lane.
But
Copied from the Postcard 1 digest:
Man in the Sand, the film about the making of Mermaid Ave. was shown
today
at a music related film festival in Portland. Supposedly this was a
pre-release video version - I don't know when it is to be formally
released. Anyway - don't miss this movie. The
Barry Mazor wrote:
Post-Byrds California style--and I can
only say that LOTS of ol' rockers were fairly turned off by the
"new"Crosby-dominated sound notions of CSN at the time, for the "blanding
down" reasons raised . If you were a hardcore fan of the Band and Dylan
and the Burrito
Porter Wagoner - . "Country music is actually pretty close to disco or
rock," he
told a local reporter. "Hell, you can sing 'Y'all Come' to disco."
Now *that* is muddying the waters
Oh, and the other thing is, we found this great CD shop
today... as in they're Alt Country section was about the
size of their Pop music section. Anyway, we came across
that Lucinda williams CD that was stolen for cheep.
I got this email from the boy, who is in London. Alt.country the size
vgs399 wrote:
I would
be interested in knowing how much a voice, quality, tone and so forth influences
you in your likeability quotient of any cd. For
example - Although I acknowledge the musicianship on the Dixie Chicks "debut"
cd, I totally dislike Natalie Maines' voice. For me, her voice is
Jon Weisberger wrote:
let me commend to your attention the fine essay on "Country Music
As Music" by Bill Evans,
"So where is the 'country' in country music? To borrow a well-worn
advertising phrase, it might be more a state of mind than any specific set
of unique musical
At 3:16 AM -0500 on 1/30/99, Rob Russell wrote:
2. Webb Wilder's "It Came From Nashville" (CD): having lost or loaned out
my original vinyl of this record mucho years ago, I came across a copy of
the CD re-issue at Backdoor Records here in J.C. about two years ago. Gawd,
I do love it so --
Whoa, I must've missed the part about how you concluded that Ryan is not a
considerate thoughtful human being.
Linda
In a message dated 1/31/99 5:08:45 PM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
writes:
See, I don't think it is a contradiction. It is completely
unreasonable to
Also, I think on February 9th at The Freight and Salvage in Berkeley -
Fred Eaglesmith returns!
keep dancing,
-ldk
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