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
Yah, well, I guess ol' Porter's not one of the cognoscenti.
Jon Weisberger Kenton County, KY
If you're talking about the CD "Rocky Box: Rockabilly - Boxcar Willie with
The Skeletons" K-Tel 3190-2It's cool to
see those particular characters together...
That's the one, and it is, indeed, an interesting combination. Box and The
Skeletons doing "Achy Breaky Heart" - who'da thunk it.
If I recall correctly, the term was coined to identify a
non-twangy type of country music, in which the steel and fiddle,
when present-is put way back in the mix. The derision of HNC acts,
is, I think, based on just this attempt to de-hickify the music
and make it palatable to the suburban
See, I don't think it is a contradiction. It is completely
unreasonable to think (hope?) that impassioned, creative geniuses might
also beconsiderate, thoughtful human beings? Besides, Adam is 24 now,
he ain't all *that* young anymore. And really, why do people pin
Westerberg's
Linda wrote:.
The review does say
that "Girl That's Hip" is on the record, and I think that line is in the Punk
Rockin' (etc.) song so maybe that's just what he's calling it.
"Girl That´s Hip" is not the same song as "Punk Rockin´ Honky Tonk Girl".
There´s a version of that song (Girl That´s
"Real" country is probably a bit different for anyone here as well as those
artists who say that they wish to get back to their roots and do some "real"
country. I would imagine that defining "it" would take into account an
individual's preferences, exposure to different musical styles while
New Music Night
I was hunkered down, ready for the hit, and was still knocked square on my ass
by Cisco's "Bad Man" tonight. Man, what a band, and what a freakin' song. I'm
pretty sure I'm officially in love with Cisco.
That Greta Lee / Jon Byrd duet cut me deep too. When Mr. Byrd takes lead on
Hello!
About soul music - just get out and buy Sam Cooke "Night beat" and Howard
Tate's " Get it while you can" and You brought some of the best soul effort
coming true. Little Buster "Looking for a home" also come to mind.
Country soul - Did You get the australian TWOFER of Delbert Mc Clinton
Our Favorite Band first put out a 7" vinyl EP on Praxis Records. Yes, the
very same label that put out the first Jason The Nashville Scorchers EP.
It´s sort of lo-fi kind of trash country. The LP however, is much better
produced and is full of great "alternative" country. Check it out!
I remembered that "Girl That's Hip" song the minute I hit the send key. 'Tis
another goodie. I thought Sire was definite about April, now, but I guess
nothing's really definite in the record business right now.
Linda, hoping all this hoo ha isn't upsetting Miles O Music's business
Who was that guy who sang "Ramblin' Man" at the Heather's Country Calendar
shindig? I've tossed the program (a girl just cannot save all this paper but
always throws out the wrong thing), but that song is still hangin' and
hauntin'. I mean, the song itself will do that to me but the guy who
Does anyone know the name of the label in Austin that the Bottlerockets are recording
for? Offlist is fine.
Joyce Linehan Artist Management
10 A Burt Street
Dorchester, MA 02124
http://www.empathetic.com
Stevie Simkin wrote, quoting from sonic net newsflash:
Originally due March 23, the new album is on hold until
Young completes work on two new
tracks. Among those who have contributed to the
recording are: bassist Donald "Duck" Dunn,
pedal-steel guitarist/producer Ben Keith, star session
I'm sure he can, but as someone else said just watching the guy
was
painful. I use to watch a good deal of SNL in those days with buddies
of mine
who were pretty good guitarists themselves, and they would look upon
those
skit-ending close-ups on him as comedy sketches in their own
Jon Weisberger wrote:
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
Yah, well, I guess ol' Porter's not one of the cognoscenti.
.But
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Behalf Of Trisha Tubbs
Sent: Monday, February 01, 1999 2:44 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Wintergrass (2/25 - 2/28 Tacoma, WA) Update - Other Bands
Here's an update on bands/artists performing at
-Original Message-
Subject: Re: FINAL CALL! TWANGFEST!
Here are some of the rumored headliners for the
event.
Charlie Feathers
Gene Clark
Stoney Edwards
Phil Ochs
Bryan White
[Matt Benz] KIp: I think we've got Bryan White
Hans asks:
Why not Elvis? Cheap joke!
I'm glad you asked, Hans. We almost had the King onboard until one
of his boys told him about Matt's, um, "relationship" with
Ann-Margret. We (well, everyone except Matt, of course) met with him
in his suite atop Ceasar's Palace in order to try and
Jon Weisberger wrote:
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
As far as the All Music Guide goes, I've found it helpful sometimes for
getting a little background on this or that name that comes up. Not the
kind of reliable info you can get from someone like Dr. Malone, but then
this is a little more current.
What's annoying about it is that in an
1. Lucinda Williams: Car wheels...TX 79
2. Ani Difranco 66
3. Dave Matthews 59
4. Baz Luhrman 57
5. Willie Nelson TX 54
6. Susan Tedeschi 54
7. Billy Bragg Wilco 53
8. Lyle Lovett TX 47
9. Lauryn Hill 47
10. Beck43
11. Robert Earl Keen TX 40
12. Everlast36
13.
On Sun, 31 Jan 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Whoa, I must've missed the part about how you concluded that Ryan is not a
considerate thoughtful human being.
Well, I don't "know" the guy, maybe you do. Maybe he shows all
kinds of
In a message dated 2/1/99, 9:10:54 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Charlie Feathers
Didn't he die recently? Or am I thinking of someone else?
Deb
Ok, I get it now, it's a joke. Trying to quit caffeine today and I'm not too
quick on the uptake
Deb
Reply to: RE: Help find song, Dear Okie
Dear Okie is written by Rudy Sooter and Doye O'Dell.
It's on the following LPs:
- New Lost City Ramblers, Modern Times, Folways FTS 31028 (1968)
(or on CD: New Lost City Ramblers, Volume II 1963-1973: Out Standing in Their Field,
Agreed, though 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
James Gerard Roll wrote:
I disagree with you here. I am not a fan of showboating . . . but a
certain amount of TV/Pop music is 'the show' and entertaining people is
part of the bag.
snip
yeah, what he said. Hell, if I had the money I'd buy all them guitars
and play them on TV too, and I
Show me his gift certificate? That's so L.A., Weiss.
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Date: Monday, February 01, 1999 12:49 PM
Subject: Re: Ryan's example ...
Ryan's actually 24 now. I'll always remember it -- he was
Here is the playlist for Monday Breakfast Jam on KRCL 91FM, SLC, Ut for
Feb. 1, 1998.
Monday Breakfast Jam is an eclectic morning drivetime presentation
totally programmed and present by me over KRCL 91FM in Salt Lake City, a
non-profit, volunteer operated, listener support community radio
stuart wrote:
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.
Can anyone out there email me Sunday's digest? My copy didn't show up in
ye olde emailbox.
Thanks in advance,
Stuart Munro
I'm surprised no one's mentioned Vince's two-hour all-request concert
Saturday on AE. I probably would've preferred just a straight two-hour
show from Vince. It seemed like his heart wasn't in to some of his more
pop-oriented stuff -- unlike the obvious enthusiasm he showed when given a
On Monday, February 01, 1999 3:02 PM, Don Yates
[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote:
I'm surprised no one's mentioned Vince's two-hour all-request concert
Saturday on AE. I probably would've preferred just a straight two-hour
show from Vince. It seemed like his heart wasn't in to some of his
Chad wrote:
Hey folks,
Sorry for not paying attention, but would someone mind clueing me in on
the circumstances surrounding Jimmy Day's death. I've been in nothing but
browse mode lately, so any info would be much appreciated.
Chad, smilin', even more than Jim, Smilin' Jim that is...
On Mon, 1 Feb 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
ooops. It was supposed to be "Show me his *birth* certificate." Duh. That's
Anybody needing the *real* scoop on Mr. Weiss, just E-Mail me late next
week. I'm planning on a little visit to LA next week just to check on his
P2 creds. Boy, he'd better
Reply to: RE: Vince Gill
What's wrong with Branford? That was the best part of that show I saw.
Rather than just playing the hits it's nice to see Vince add a little something
interesting to the proceedings.
How many chances to you get to Vince Gill duel with a real saxophone (alto?
I've just made up a cd with various live performances of Steve Earle
from the radio. It really sounds nice. If you are interested, they are
$10. 14 songs, over 60 minutes long. Email me offlist for the track
listing and sources of the songs.
thanks
tommy
np: Blue Mountain "Babe"
Howdy,
Of possible interest...
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CONFERENCE ANN0UNCEMENT/CALL
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From: Bluegrass music discussion. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On
Behalf Of Ken Irwin
Sent: Monday, February 01, 1999 6:51 PM
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Subject: Riders in the Sky on Penn Teller NO BG CONTENT
Tonight's the night folks, Riders In The Sky make their
I'm surprised no one's mentioned Vince's two-hour all-request concert
Saturday on AE. I probably would've preferred just a straight two-hour
show from Vince.
I thought the whole request part of it was kinda silly, especially since it
was only so real to begin with, seeing that they already
Louise Kyme wrote:
Well, I don't know about large alt.country sections in music shops. Usually
the alt.country gets mixed in with the mainstream country which adds up to
a pretty large selection.
yeah, tho tower in london have a (fairly small) alt country section
Lucinda Williams is
Well, Don, interestingly enough... I wasn't going to mention this
till you brought it up, but I too saw that Vince Gill special and was
pretty impressed.
On Saturday in my area we got both the Austin City Limits with Old
97s and Whiskeytown *and* this Vince Gill special.
Now, although some
Yeah, as Neal points out, the "request" format was a bit awkward,
since the guitar tech was anticipating each "request" (!), but I
thought that was a minor drawback. Overall, especially since the
performance was live, I thought it was a pretty impressive-sounding
set Can you imagine
I'll respectfully disagree with our El Lay rock critic about this album.
I must admit to having misgivings about Earle singin' bluegrass, but on
first listen, I'm impressed by how good he actually sounds. He ain't no
Jimmy Martin, but he sure doesn't embarrass himself either. Factor in the
Howdy,
Since we were talking about the Nevers, Judybats, et. al., the other day...
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Date: Sunday, January 31, 1999 06:05 PM
Subject: Nevers Tour Stuff
Hey Everybody:
We have some more live dates to announce.
FRI, FEB. 5
Matt Benz wrote:
Junior's comparison is fair enough; I have no doubt Gill was more
impressive, but did either Old 97's or Whiskeytown play anything
remotely country sounding?
I believe that Whiskeytown played the very beautiful (and very country
sounding) "I Lost the Battle but I Won the
Tommy Miller said:
I've just made up a cd with various live performances of Steve Earle
from the radio. It really sounds nice. If you are interested, they are
$10. 14 songs, over 60 minutes long. Email me offlist for the track
listing and sources of the songs.
thanks
tommy
This si
Speaking of alt-country types with steel players, Collier's added a new
pedal steel guy to his band (no, I don't remember his name), and rather
than bein' an atmospheric afterthought, he's an integral part of Collier's
ever-more-twangy sound. Gerald's writin' *shuffle tunes* now f'r
chrissakes,
I wanted to de-lurk long enough to acknowledge the fine P P2 contingent
in Boston. I live in Newport, RI and going to Boston for shows can be
problematic for me for a number of reasons, not the least of which is that
I hate to drive, especially alone and at night.
I recently met a fellow,
Steve Earle has always had a good/better press and support over here than
the Nashville 'stars' and Lucinda could probably do the same. However,
acts
that are too strongly country and less rock influenced would find it
tough
in the UK because country music is generally seen as a joke.
yes.
As for
the Suckers, I don't know. If you say they passed muster, Don, I ain't gonna
question you. But these guys have struck me as being schticky without the
requisite creativity needed to back up their schtick. How they got to record
with Willie Nelson AND Steve Earle is one of the great
At 12:01 PM 1/30/99 EST, you wrote:
I'll try reposting this question, to see if anyone of our music scholars know
the answer
I stumbled upon an album by Our Favorite Band (OFB)
which had Michael Stipe listed as a guest vocalist. I also recall seeing a
Scorcher listed as a "guest" musician
Ph. Barnard wrote:
However much one likes 97s or Wtown, they didn't cut much mustard next
to Vince, I must confess
To each his own...
--
Chad Hamilton
University of Texas
Graduate School of Business
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Finally caught up with that Cisco the Reasons Why "Wishing You Well"
disc, and while I figured that anything that was a favorite of b Neal W.
and Jeff Wal--together again at last-- probably had to be good, it really
IS... anyway
This guy can write and he can sing and his band does back him and
This was an amazing interpretation of this song. Anna sang it as a
heartaching, borderline bitter ballad. It was indeed pretty wonderful.
I think it's the Paulina Hollers that my friend Eric plays in. Those are all
good credits for Lenny Dietsch. I'll keep watching for him. (I wonder if
Hey there,
Might anyone have info on either
Rocking Billy and the Wild Coyotes
Tav Falco's Panter Burns
The Goblins
Who, oddly enough, are all playing tuesday at different venues in
Chicago.
Thank-ee
Later...
CK
___
You don't
Hey there,
Thanks to p2-er Rich (who knows _everybody_) I got into the Folk Alliance
benefit at the Old Old Town School (pretty cool, eh?) Fred put on a
really cool show in a nice small venue. He played pretty much what you
would expect him to - bunch of stuff off of Lipstick Lies and Gasoline,
I saw Greg and Friends this past Friday night for the first time. I
asked my friend, Holly Tashian what to expect and she told me I was in
for a treat. Well, she was right. It was a great show at a very nice
smaller venue, Emmerline Theater in Mamaroneck, NY. Some familiar songs
and a few
I saw Greg and Friends this past Friday night for the first time. I
asked my friend, Holly Tashian what to expect and she told me I was in
for a treat. Well, she was right. It was a great show at a very nice
smaller venue, Emmerline Theater in Mamaroneck, NY. Some familiar songs
and a few
Carl Z said:
While prepping for tonight's broadcast, I'm listening to some new
releases. From what little I've heard of it, David Olney's Through a
Glass Darkly is looking like a contender for next year's best-of list.
This record blends excellent Townes Van Zandt-styled songs (including
from Ken Irwin of Rounder Records
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OWWWCCHHH!
That really hurts, guys! You're just making this up - there's no way...how
could the major labels..Naaahhh. You guys are such a bunch of kidders.
Junior Walker ;)
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From: Jeff Wall [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, 2 February 1999 13:19
To:
This is the Fear Whiskey playlist for this week's show. Fear and
Whiskey can be heard every Monday from 7-10pm ET on 88.3fm in Pittsburgh
and on mp3 netcasts via http://www.wrct.org. Past playlists are
available at http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/~cz28.fear.html.
This week's show featured an hour
Joe Gracey wrote:
I saw GE on the Dylan tour and I thought he was a model
citizen. In fact, it took me awhile to realize that was him because he
had dropped the TV demeanor and was much more subdued. His playing
strikes me as controlled and inventive and tailored to the act, which
is, after all,
Excerpts from internet.listserv.postcard2: 1-Feb-99 Re: David Olney by
"John Kinnamon"@one.net
I read somewhere that Emmylou was going to record and release Olney's
"1917" on her next album. She could absolutely nail that song. Anyone
have info on when she's due to release something new?
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