Freakwater, "Jesus Year" (It's the only birthday song I can
think of off the top of my head)
Yo, Linda, try "Next Sunday, Darling, Is My Birthday," the Stanley Brothers.
Jon Weisberger Kenton County, KY [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://home.fuse.net/jonweisberger/
At 12:11 PM -0800 on 3/5/99, Cheryl Cline wrote:
If they're not "alt country" or "alternative country" according to the
UT/No Depression revisionism, er, I mean yardstick, then, we're back to
the original problem being batted around back then (and when *did* this
start, btw? Bob Soron?) [...]
At 5:34 PM -0500 on 3/5/99, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Guess they didn't know about Joe Ely's tour with the Clash. UT was a
decade too late.
Yeah but, can't a decade too late also mean brand new to a new generation?
Well, sure, if they've got no perspective. Asleep at the Wheel invented
Anyone got some dope?
Bob
Hey, I'll spare you all my usual ramble about how great Slobberbone is, and
how they're my favorite band. Both are true, and we all know it.
I'll get to the point: They played three new songs for us this evening, and
all of them were top-notch. The songwriting is some of the best Brent has
I love the new Old 97's FIGHT SONGS! A great pop album but alt.country it is
not. The weakest song, "Crash on the Barrellhead," is the most alt.country
(and not a Rhett Miller song). I'm pretty well convinced that Rhett is the
best pop lyricist of the past 5 years. Sometimes it's just great lines
I don't think I was asserting a simplistic summation of twentieth century
music inasmuch as I was trying to say that successful music from any
generation seems to be tied to the 16-30 crowd. "Successful" meaning that
it sold well and helped to define a particular generation for the history
books
Hey, Neal, I'm probably past your gift-buying deadline, and I'm not even
exactly on-topic, but the jazz gem I've been enjoying lately is "Reading
Jazz: A Gathering of Autobiography, Reportage, and Criticism from 1919 to
Now" ed. by Robert Gottlieb. It's a chunky monkey, weighing in at 1000+
I'm pretty well convinced that Rhett is the
best pop lyricist of the past 5 years.
Joe Pernice has more songwriting talent. So there.
At 12:06 PM 3/5/99 -0500, you wrote:
Tera wrote:
- alt.country seems to be music for we aging baby boomers as opposed to
alt.rock or new country which seems to target the teen to twenties crowd.
Just a quick note as I gather breath to respond to Jake's epic
call'n'response from yesterday -
I
In a message dated 3/6/99 9:18:32 AM Central Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
The older folks,
the ones with jobs and largely without .EDU at the end of the e-mail
account, are more into the music.
and less into the bands? wait. . .I'm confused. This often happens at the
brink of
Can anyone tell me about this Charly comp? Does it have any non-LP tracks,
outtakes, demos, and that sort of thing, or is it a collection of previously
released material? And since I'm on the subject, does anyone know what the
status is of the Townes boxed-set. Is it a career-spanner? How many
The New American Roots Music Show is heard Fridays from 9 to 10 AM on KOOP,
Austin, Texas 91.7FM. It focuses on new releases and recent re-issues in country,
bluegrass,folk, blues, cajun, zydeco and
whatever else fits. SXSW seems to get everybody to release albums at the same time
making it
The van's loaded and the V-roys are too. They're headin' to:
03/12/99
The Hide Out
1354 W. Wabansia Street
Chicago, Illinois
03/13/99
Fitzgerald's
6615 W. Roosevelt Road
Berwyn, Illinois
03/15/99
Magic Stick
4140 Woodward Ave.
Detroit, Michigan
03/16/99
Horseshoe Tavern
370 Queen
Don't forget Andy McLenon, who was right there with Jack at the late
lamented Praxis Records...Remember the Satellites? The Questionnaires? Tim
Krekel and the Sluggers? All Praxis...all good. Where are ya' Andy? Not
online, I'm sure of that...Tucker
Hanspeter Eggenberger wrote:
BTW: The
Here's the roster of P2ers who will be at SXSW thus far. I'm omitting
information on where people are staying for the moment, but I'll include it
in my final list.
Begging the question... does everyone coming have a P2 SXSW BBQ
invite/direction thingy? It's on Thursday afternoon at my house.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
The older folks, the ones with jobs and largely without .EDU at the end
of the e-mail
account, are more into the music.
and less into the bands? wait. . .I'm confused. This often happens at the
brink of a cosmic insight. Please keep going with this train of
Tthe famous alleged Townes box (assuming you mean the one in which he
performs duets with lots and lots of people) has still not been given any
release date I've ever heard...The Charley 2-CD set is all culled from his
albums, but it happens to have more of his cuts in their original form on
it
Regarding alt. country:
"Sometimes you have to be careful when selecting a new nickname for
yourself. For instance, let's say you have chosen the nickname, "Fly Head."
Normally you would think that "Fly Head" would mean a person who has
beautiful swept-back features, as if flying through the
Bob Soron wrote:
If they're not "alt country" or "alternative country" according to the
UT/No Depression revisionism, er, I mean yardstick, then, we're back to
the original problem being batted around back then (and when *did* this
start, btw? Bob Soron?) [...]
I had *nothing* to do with it.
Amen. It's keep on coming and it keeps on coming back. Witn the health of
the music that exactly fits the "tiny tent" alt.country definition at least
questionable now--the bigger picture ought to feel like good news to
anybody who's really connected with ALL THIS.
What Cheryl said was the
Cheryl --
just please please don't ever find better things to do with your time.
thank you,
Linda
benperry clipped:
But he was concerned
enough to call the band's new manager, Chris Blake (who once handled Toad
the Wet Sprocket, poor guy),
wasn't the former drummer from Killbilly the Old 97s manager? What happened
to him?
Paul
I picked up the new Charley 2-CD "Live at the Old Quarter" while I was over
in London recently, anyway, cause I just hadda have it.
Barry
Yeah, what's the deal with this one? Is the second disc really just the
CD-version of the double vinyl with the extra songs? Or is there a whole
'nother 60
I picked up the new Charley 2-CD "Live at the Old Quarter" while I was over
in London recently, anyway, cause I just hadda have it.
Barry
Yeah, what's the deal with this one? Is the second disc really just the
CD-version of the double vinyl with the extra songs? Or is there a whole
'nother 60
Hi everybody,
I'll de-lurk for the first time in forever to say:
I just saw Jeff Tweedy play solo acoustic at Lounge Axe in Chicago last
Sunday. It was an important night, and it helped me make a decision...I
think I like Son Volt better than Wilco now.
Before, I liked them equally. Son Volt
At 11:42 AM -0800 on 3/6/99, Cheryl Cline wrote:
I'm askin' you! g. Of course Gracey is the one to ask, as he goes back To
The Beginning of Time, what a maroon I am. It's just that back when I first
got on the Net, reading rec.music.country.western, I remember you as being
the one with the
$1000 Wedding - "Birthday"
March 6, 1999
Singer George Jones Hurt in Crash
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Filed at 5:38 p.m. EST
By The Associated Press
FRANKLIN, Tenn. (AP) -- Country singer
At 01:48 AM 3/4/99 -0800, you wrote:
On top of the original album, it includes some
great singles (like the swamp-poppish "Laura Willie Mae Jones")
A Tony Joe White tune. yaww yaww yaww, gator got your granny
Jeff Wall
http://www.twangzine.com The Webs least sucky music magazine
Carl,
Thank you for the info, sad as it is.
Filed at 5:38 p.m. EST
By The Associated Press
FRANKLIN, Tenn. (AP) -- Country singer George Jones was in
critical condition Saturday after being involved in a car accident near
his home.
A Joyride with Lucinda Williams
Grammy-winner radiates star power at intimate Fillmore show
Neva Chonin, Chronicle Staff Critic
Saturday, March 6, 1999
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Plastic People Power
Czech band that helped spawn revolution comes to San Francisco
Dan Ouellette
Sunday, March 7, 1999
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Thirty years ago a group of young
After dealing with car wreck injuries for over a year,
Please wear your seat belt.
Singer George Jones Hurt in Crash
By JIM PATTERSON Associated Press Writer
FRANKLIN, Tenn. (AP) -- Country singer George Jones
was in critical
Bob "Ask Joe" Soron wrote:
I remember the Name Problem, but I didn't much pay attention at the
time. I use pretty tightly defined nomenclatures, so that no matter
what people might think I'm saying, I always know. And as a non-Big
Tent-er, I don't use alt.country, No Depression, Americana, and
In a message dated 3/6/99 7:24:56 PM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
writes:
Country singer George Jones was in critical condition Saturday after he
smashed his sport-utility vehicle into a bridge near his home while talking on
a cell phone to his stepdaughter.
When cell phones are
This site - www.hamsterdance.com -is probably too
fluffy (or furry) for the fluff site. I laugh just thinking about it.
Twang content: I swear to God that's Roger Miller sped up or digitized or
midi-ized or something. Can anybody set me straight?
Kelly K
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