I had to stop the other day to find out what song was playing on a local
station cos it sounded almost "alt.country." Turned out to be the latest
Dixie Chicks single. Anyone else heard that one?
Jim, smilin'
Tonight the Heartache's on Me, cut by numerous artists in the last few
years
John Friedman writes:
Jon Johnson:
*One* guitar player?!?!?! Hell, John, why don't you just tell us
they were recruiting for the Socialist Worker's Party while you're at
it?
Hm, if that's a sarcastic remark, which is cool, my guess is that
you're not familiar w/Molly Hatchet.
I want insight into why the only people I meet wh0 hope for a resurgence of
"Southern Rock" are all from north of Virginia ( a state still quite
suspect)
John Friedman writes:
Jon Johnson:
*One* guitar player?!?!?! Hell, John, why don't you just tell us
they were recruiting for the
Pushing aside the arbitrary (and silly) nature of this shellgame, tell me
why it shouldn't be:
Perry Farrell (who commercialized the most interesting aspects of Nirvana's
"revolution")
Dr. Dre (who made rap safe for white people; God bless Eminem)
U2 (who legitimized dance music for young
On Thu, 22 Apr 1999 04:57:09 -0500 JP Riedie
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I want insight into why the only people I meet wh0 hope for a resurgence of
"Southern Rock" are all from north of Virginia ( a state still quite
suspect)
JP, you're kidding, right? Man, Virginia *is* the South and
I'll
On Thu, 22 Apr 1999 02:18:42 -0400 vgs399
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Uh, I think that was "eight octane" range g
Actually, Van Vliet's stuff always went right over my head, sorry to say.
My husband loves "Trout Mask Replica" to this day; still goes over my head
though.
I just put "Moonlight
On Wed, 21 Apr 1999 21:24:00 PDT Greg Harness
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I thought your candidate had already won and been declared AOTD months ago.
This new little thread is nothing more than a post-mortem on a de facto
decision, right? AOTD will retain his title.
Umm, I musta missed that
Saw Marshall Crenshaw open a show at the Paradise in '92 with a
bitchin' cover of "Flirtin' With Disaster," by the way.
[Matt Benz] He opened his Columbus, probably same tour, with
that song. Didn't Holsapple Stamey open up for this tour? And Mitch
Easter was playing, I
You thought Vince Gill, right?
And still do.
Jon Weisberger, Kenton County, KY [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://home.fuse.net/jonweisberger
Jon Johnson wrote:
keep expecting to see a southern rock revival at some point,
though despite noble attempts by the likes of
Raging Slab and Pride and Glory, I don't think it's
gonna happen.
Pumpskully is proudly and nobly carrying the torch.
I think they're based in KY, but they play
Iin response to Linda's query, I contrasted Chesney's new album, Everywhere
I Go, with what I thought was the album before that, I Will Stand (the one
with "That's Why I'm Here"). There's another one, though, in between,
1998's You And Me, that's pretty good, though I still haven't decided
Hi folks,
Here's what you missed if you weren't at JD's! Both were excellent, but,
Bruce's songwriting and singing is killer. "Desperately" still being my
favorite on "Wrapped." Kelly dipped back into her repertoire for "River of
Love" (shout from moi!) which she said they hadn't been doing
JP Riedie queries:
I want insight into why the only people I meet wh0 hope for a resurgence of
"Southern Rock" are all from north of Virginia ( a state still quite
suspect)
Never thought about it, but maybe it's the sameway mallrats from utah
dig gangsta rap. Is southern rock yet another
the Bob Log record is more fun than seeing him live. Its on that cool Fat
Possum label (RL Burnside, T Model Ford, etc) - thru Epitaph nowadays I
believe...xojns
--
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: "passenger side" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Doo Rag
Date: Wed, Apr 21, 1999, 5:25 PM
It's a bit long to post here, but there's a nice piece on Tom Waits
that can be found in this week's "LA Weekly" at
http://www.laweekly.com/ink/99/22/music-lloyd.shtml.
--Jon Johnson
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Kurt Cobain by a country mile. There are very few things Rolling Stone gets
right but this is one of them.
--
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: "passenger side" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Artist of the Decade?
Date: Wed, Apr 21, 1999, 6:48 PM
In a message dated 4/21/99 3:00:28 PM Pacific
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
My husband loves Trout Mask Replica to this
day; still goes over my head though.
William Cocke wrote:
I just put Moonlight on Vermont on a mixed tape and damn if
it didn't work perfectly. Some of the most whacked out skronky shit ever
recorded. I still can't listen
At 10:28 PM 4/21/99 -0700, Jerry wrote:
I found Nirvana to be way to raw and underproduced for my liking
Jerry, Jerry, Jerry. As someone who also appreciates big production, let
this fellow traveler just reassure you that Nevermind, despite the culty
punk expectations it carries, was...PRODUCED
For you New England types...
-Original Message-
From: Bluegrass music discussion. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On
Behalf Of Kevin Lynch
Sent: Thursday, April 22, 1999 10:40 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Podunk Fest "email flyer"
Here's an email flyer for those of you recently
Sorry for the off-topic post, but
I need to decode some email attachments. I know there's
FreeWare out there
for this purpose. Anyone know where I can
find it? I use a PC.
Off-list replies, please!
Thanks,
marie
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Wed, 21 Apr 1999, Terry A. Smith wrote:
pps it's been a great week; discovered via the library, Solomon Burke and
Lloyd Price. How'd I ripen into my 40s without having heard these guys?
Mysteries of life.
Yeah, right -- it's 'cuz you live in that cultural backwater known as the
American
On Wed, 21 Apr 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I want to add that I hope Mike is right with his observation that some
country stations are leaning towards actually playing country music again.
I had to stop the other day to find out what song was playing on a local
station cos it sounded
I just heard an advance of the CD and it rocks.
--
From: Kim Jensen [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: passenger side [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Townes "Far Cry from Dead"?
Date: Wednesday, April 21, 1999 10:18 PM
This is a record coming out on Arista/Austin very soon. They were songs
Kate:
Here's what you missed if you weren't at JD's! Both were excellent, but,
Bruce's songwriting and singing is killer. "Desperately" still being my
favorite on "Wrapped." Kelly dipped back into her repertoire for "River of
Love" (shout from moi!) which she said they hadn't been doing for
Saw that Radney is playing in NYC next week. Several questions come
to mind:
-is this in support of a new album?
-is this an industry gig to get re-signed?
-any idea who his band is?
Thanks,
John
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Turned out to be the latest
Dixie Chicks single. Anyone else heard that one?
And Don said:
I haven't heard it yet, but I love Joy Lynn's version of it.
As a Joy Lynn White fan who doesn't listen to the Dixie Chicks (or radio in
general, except NPR),
On Thu, 22 Apr 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
As a Joy Lynn White fan who doesn't listen to the Dixie Chicks (or radio in
general, except NPR), I'm curious - what song are we talking about?
"Tonight The Heartache's On Me"
A Captain Beefheart subject heading on P2. I've been hoping that this
day wouldn't
arrive. It must be some kind of sign. And not a good one.
[Matt Benz] And Marie wins the best Dave Purcell rant award,
tho we could've used a few more profanities, ma'am.
I want to add that I hope Mike is right with his observation that some
country stations are leaning towards actually playing country
music again.
I had to stop the other day to find out what song was playing on a local
station cos it sounded almost "alt.country." Turned out to be the
Remember, what drives the format (like any other commercial one) is ratings,
which, it has been pointed out (most recently by Mike Hays), have been going
down, especially for HNC-oriented stations, as their target audience grows
disaffected. The obvious remedies for station owners are 1) abandon
TNN also has Bob Wills feature at 8 p.m...
That's EDT, BTW. It's a rerun of the Life And Times Of show, and it's
pretty good.
Jon Weisberger, Kenton County, KY [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://home.fuse.net/jonweisberger
A Captain Beefheart subject heading on P2. I've been hoping that
this day wouldn't arrive. It must be some kind of sign. And not a
good one.
[Matt Benz]
tho we could've used a few more profanities, ma'am.
Well, I'm a lady, damnit. Cut me some slack. g
marie
In all fairness I should give Summer Teeth a good listening before passing judgement
BUT many of the songs Monday night in concert seem to be mere exercises in pop song
writing.
New material is hard enough to get across to an audience but IMO when pop doesn't rock
it can easily flat. And
Woo Hoo!
Sunken Road will be warming up for Alejandro Escovedo on Friday, April 30 at
the Magic Stick (4120 Woodward, Detroit, 313-833-9700). Tix available
through Ticketmaster, blah, blah, blah.
Any Qs, you can contact me.
Mitch Matthews (still floating on a cloud)
Gravel Train/Sunken Road
Sorry to disagree with Marie, but Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band rocked my
little part of the world in their own peculiar way. One of the first CDs I bought was
"Trout Mask Replica", mostly to replace the LP that had grown scratched and worn.
I do agree that most of his later output was
http://www.nashscene.com/cgi-bin/articles.pl?browser=netscaperequest=Thi
s_Week:Music:Industry
The Virgin King
Scott Hendricks talks about life after Garth
By Beverly Keel
On a rainy Wednesday morning, a relaxed, denim-clad Scott Hendricks eases
into his morning of interviews and phone
-Original Message-
From: Jeff Sohn [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Beyond the unfamiliarity factor, the audience simply wanted the old
Wilco back. Even the Mermaid Avenue constitutes as old Wilco these
days. Not to say that the crowd didn't respond positively to some of
ST but when the
http://www.nashscene.com/cgi-bin/articles.pl?browser=netscaperequest=Thi
s_Week:Cover_Story
Would You Trust This Man With a Record Company?
Christian music iconoclast Steve Taylor finds unexpected mainstream
success
By Rob Simbeck, photos by Ben Pearson
Steve Taylor may not be the last
Man, I can't even find the words to express how much I hate
Beefheart. I know hate is a strong word, but it's really not
strong enough.
Marie
Captain Beefheart was and is a unique character.
Brad
If nothing else, Captain Beefheart paved the way for his musical superior,
Tom Waits. Or, maybe I
here's the piece Don's talking about:
Ruminations on SXSW '99 and the "Alt.Country" phenomenon from an insiders
perspective (and no, it's not me) :
Well another SXSW has come and gone. And sure I saw a few good bands and
hung out with old friends, but overall I am left with a really bad taste
If you were to ask any hard working country musician the difference they
would tell you its all about the sincerity of the performer. Any 99%
percent of these bands got no heart.
And this is the only part of the anonymous diatribe that I might disagree
with, or at least amend. It's not
Jon J. clipped, I snipped:
Scott Hendricks
Ironically, Hendricks had every reason to think that he and Brooks might
get along. "I mistakenly believed that there was something common there
because we grew up 50 miles from each other," he remembers. "We used to
play each other's high school
Another twangy Margasak column.
http://www.chireader.com/hitsville/990423.html
Pop Goes the Country
Mandy Barnett grew up in Cumberland County, Tennessee, and by age ten
was singing her summers away at Dollywood. She entertained at political
rallies for both Lamar Alexander and Al Gore, hit
Mark Rubin spit:
These "alt-country" showcases were packed with scenesters dressed
up like they were going to a Hee-Haw theme party. Women in
pig-tails and guys in spray painted straw hats that would surely
get their asses kicked in an actual honky-tonk.
Funny...I was at a real country
On Thu, 22 Apr 1999, Dave Purcell wrote:
Nice rant, Mark.
Just to clarify, it wasn't written by Mr. Rubin (or so he sez, and I don't
see any reason to doubt him). He attributed it to an anonymous
"insider."--don
Yeah, Don I can agree with most of this critique in general terms,
until we get to the sincerity bit. As I've said so many times, the
"sincerity" argument never gets it for me. But I'm certainly all for
more musicianship and less scenester 'tude
--junior
On Wed, 21 Apr 1999, Terry A. Smith wrote:
pps it's been a great week; discovered via the library, Solomon Burke and
Lloyd Price. How'd I ripen into my 40s without having heard these guys?
Mysteries of life.
Then Don:
Yeah, right -- it's 'cuz you live in that cultural backwater
Don Yates wrote:
On Thu, 22 Apr 1999, M Rubin wrote:
Just added an essay on the "Alt.Country" showings at the recent SXSW
conference on my homepages, in case anyone was interested.
http://markrubin.com
Y'all might do well to check out that provocative li'l essay. It brings
up the
I've got to say, though, I like "Who (who will it
be)" the best. Is that an old tune?
With a co-publisher named "Twenty Second Century Music," I doubt it g.
The definite oldies are "I've Got A Right To Cry" (Hank Jr.), "Give Myself A
Party" (Don Gibson), "Trademark" (Carl Smith), "Falling,
In a message dated 4/22/99 12:57:37 PM Central Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
But I did want to ask, seriously, which tunes on her new record
are the classics and which are the newly written ones...I've got to say,
though, I like "Who (who will it be)" the best. Is that an old
Hey all:
Owen here, from Ranchero Records and Red Meat. We're back from our
Midwest/Southeast jaunt, and we had a great time. It was nice to meet some
people from the list; thanks for coming and checking Red Meat out.
And thanks especially to Kelly Kessler, who had us play her "Honky Tonk
I don't really think the guy had to name names, he certainly said enough
to identify who he was talking about. Obviously not a big fan of
insurgent/punk attitude.
I would have to agree for the most part. ALthough there seems to be a
market for this stuff . . . so some fans are diggin' it.
Bill Silvers says:
Like I said about pop music last week, there's always a lot more
mediocre or worse bands than good or great ones. Do those bands,
in whatever genre, drag that style of music down for the other
people playing it? What makes "the roots music movement" different?
Anonymous
Red Meat do Atlanta:
And that Atlanta show...fun fun fun! We played with the Ex-Husbands, who I
never had heard before. And they absolutely rocked -- a fantastic band! If
you live in the Southeast and haven't seen 'em, by all means go! Now! Now
if we could just get them to come out
In a message dated 4/22/99 1:18:02 PM EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
"Who" and "The Whispering Wind," both cowritten by l. russell brown (of
"tie
a yellow ribbon" fame) and pat mclaughlin, are the only two new ones on
barnett's album.
"Whispering Wind" is killing me, currently the
Hi, sorry to bother everyone, but I was wondering again if anyone has an
extra ticket, or two, for this show...???
Please e-mail me if so. I can pay whatever.
love,
A/D
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Thu, 22 Apr 1999, Jon Weisberger wrote:
I've got to say, though, I like "Who (who will it
be)" the best. Is that an old tune?
With a co-publisher named "Twenty Second Century Music," I doubt it g.
The definite oldies are "I've Got A Right To Cry" (Hank Jr.), "Give
Myself A Party"
On Thu, 22 Apr 1999, James Gerard Roll wrote:
I don't really think the guy had to name names, he certainly said enough
to identify who he was talking about. Obviously not a big fan of
insurgent/punk attitude.
Perhaps. But the writer also made clear that combining country and rock
isn't
[Matt Benz] Ok, but how is this different from how audiences typically
respond to an act that has several albums to its credit? Isn't the history of rock
music littered with stories of bands trying to do
something they find artistically different and pleasing, only to have the audience
In a message dated 4/22/99 1:30:26 PM EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
*Someone* here has to know who did the
Boudleaux and Felice song ("Don't Forget To Cry").
Beck?
David Cantwell wrote:
At 12:04 PM 4/22/99 -0400, Jon wrote:
I've heard it. It's a good, straight country shuffle; "nothing 'alt' about
it" is right - you can hear a dozen or two like it any Saturday night on the
Grand Ole Opry, and that's not a criticism. It will be interesting to see
They'll be out west soon enoughwe promise.
-Original Message-
From: Ph. Barnard [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: passenger side [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thursday, April 22, 1999 2:29 PM
Subject: Re: Back in San Fran
Red Meat do Atlanta:
And that Atlanta show...fun fun fun! We played
Jim Roll wrote:
There was a comment made in the (SXSW Saturday??) Statesman by the
columnest on the inside cover, that named CHicago as a highly
over-rated music scene in that he had never heard such bad singing
and fake accents,etc. I think he named Freakwater among others . .
Yep, I've
On Thu, 22 Apr 1999, David Cantwell wrote:
Jerry, Jerry, Jerry. As someone who also appreciates big production, let
this fellow traveler just reassure you that Nevermind, despite the culty
punk expectations it carries, was...PRODUCED OUT THE ASS Anyone
David et al.
Thanks for the
The label sent the album's first single only to
Americana and "nonreporting" country stations...
Yeah, I meant to mention that after I read it on a Barnett-devoted website
last night. That might account for its non-appearance on the Billboard
chart (that's who the nonreporting stations don't
Jerry Curry writes:
Remember Fire Town anyone?
Absolutely. Decent first album with a classic song in "Carry the Torch" and
a second album ("The Good Life") that's solid all the way through. Hey
maybe if the next Garbage album flops, we can look forward to a Fire Town
reunion!
--Slonedog
Jerry Curry wrote:
Always like Mr. Vig. Remember Fire Town anyone?
This should bring The Krueg out of hiding. Seems I remember
some stories about Tom snorting coke with Butch and Fire Town or
some such.
Dave
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Dave Purcell, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Northern Ky Roots Music:
I think perhaps, Cobain's voice spoiled the overall
sound for me and that's why I gave the record such short shrift.
Wow, I tend Cobain's voice *makes* the record. Someone once called him the
"human Marshall stack." I couldn't have put it any better. One of the best
rock voices to ever
Jeez, Kip, you're almost as easy to bait as Curry.g--don
Waddaya mean, *almost* g
Naw, I knew what Yates was up to. But I had just gotten through
defending the Midwest to a friend of mine, so I was already in battle
fatigues and figured I'd play along.
On Thu, 22 Apr 1999 09:28:18 -0500 Marie Arsenault
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Man, I can't even find the words to express how much I hate Beefheart.
I know hate is a strong word, but it's really not strong enough. I'd rather be
forced to listen to Dave Matthews for all eternity through
On Thu, 22 Apr 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
This is the son of Randy "Looking Out For #1" Bachmann, yes?
Yup...
JC
At 07:48 PM 4/21/99 -0400, Carl wrote:
Not to displace anything in David's definitive Top 4 -
(sideline: except that I'm not quite convinced we've covered soul
properly in the person of James Brown, whose influence vocally and
rhythmically is definitive for
At 05:16 AM 4/22/99 -0500, JP dared us all to explain the artist of the
decade should NOT be one of the following:
Perry Farrell (who commercialized the most interesting aspects of Nirvana's
"revolution")
You mean, LEAST interesting, right?
Dr. Dre
Well, I nominated him myself, so I ain't
Seriously -
It's Dr. Dre. With NWA he took rap music from party music to street poetry
with a documentarian stance. Unlike Public Enemy he got his message across
without being pedantic. This legitimized "gangsta" rap to the critical
establishment AND opened the door for hip-hop's dominance of
Unfortunately, I think we're gonna have to include Garth here. Hie's
touched alot of lives and his sales alone prove that. I think he's
sold more records/discs than The Beatles or some unfathomable figure.
As for most influential artist of all time you gotta include the
"gloved one"
In
Unfortunately, I think we're gonna have to include Garth here. Hie's
touched alot of lives and his sales alone prove that. I think he's
sold more records/discs than The Beatles or some unfathomable figure.
Let's see if those records are selling thirty years from now. I don't
think you get
On the rap tip, The Sugar Hill Gang pretty much invented it, so
Also, for the 90's The Beasties deserve a shout out...
-JF
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On the rap tip, The Sugar Hill Gang pretty much invented it, so
Also, for the 90's The Beasties deserve a shout out...
-JF
The Beasties have made a couple of great records. But they have more in
common with Pearl Jam than with any rap artist. You can make rap music and
still have no
At 03:08 PM 4/22/99 -0500, JP wrote in defense of Dre:
With NWA he took rap music from party music to street poetry
with a documentarian stance. Unlike Public Enemy he got his message across
without being pedantic. This legitimized "gangsta" rap to the critical
establishment AND opened the
JPRiedie writes: Don't be silly. Their most mature and compelling work is
Achtung Baby. 1991
If anything, I think U2 has gotten less "mature" during the 90s. Like REM,
they seem bent on making fun of themselves to less than hilarious effect.
In the 80s, sure they were pretentious, but at
In my dream Michael jackson grew up, maturing into a soulman a la Marvin
Gaye. No surgery, no wierdness.
Er, ah, "a la Marvin Gaye" and "no weirdness" don't belong in the same
paragraph.
Good point. but Marvin was more "troubled" than "weird". Still, I hope
you got my drift.
Unfortunately, I think we're gonna have to include Garth here.
I don't
think you get considered artist of the decade for your marketing skill
alone.
As much as I don't like him, from a marketing vantage you just don't
sell that much of *anything* unless you've struck a chord or gulp, a
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The discussion here breaks down along the atomization of markets since
the mid80s, so it makes sense to say that Gill, Dre, Malkmus (Pavement
does make sense as the key 90s indie band, though only because they
democratized Sonic Youth's late-80s innovations) and the
In a message dated 4/22/99 3:54:58 PM EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Oh yeah, Ray Davies claimed to have invented heavy metal, so...
nope. link wray did.
whoever is intersted in these shows, and 10/8/98, I will burn for whoever
wants a copy, traders, or just people starting a live collection, I needed
the same thing to start, so anyway. email me at the address down there, not
here on the list. We can do blanks and postage, or just trade, whateva.
RIAA's searchable gold/platinum database seems to be dead for the moment,
but here's a list of the best-selling artists, with millions of units
certified (a couple of pleasant surprises in there, notably George Strait
and Alan Jackson):
BEATLES, THE 106.03
BROOKS, GARTH 89
LED ZEPPELIN 69.27
At 03:46 PM 4/22/99 -0500, JP wrote:
Achtung Baby! is a deathly serious record. It's also their most literate
and musical.
You know, in some ways this is probably right. I'd nominate either Achtung
or Joshua Tree as their best over all albums. But, as far as artist of the
90s goes, Achtung is
At 05:00 PM 4/22/99 -0400, Carl wrote:
HOWEVER: Your question about whether
Aretha rather than Joni was the key gender-revolutionary in sixties
pop was already creeping into my head as I wrote that last post. I'd
certainly *prefer* to say it was Aretha - but I wonder if
From this week's Riverfront Times.
Does anybody remember this show or seen these vids? It sounds too cool.
MAKING THE SCENE
BY ROBERT HUNT
Call it laziness, call it spring fever, call it a bad dose of pop culture clouding
my senses, but the stacks
of new video releases were getting
In a message dated 4/22/99 4:15:08 PM Central Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
RIAA's searchable gold/platinum database seems to be dead for the moment,
but here's a list of the best-selling artists, with millions of units
certified (a couple of pleasant surprises in there, notably
In a message dated 4/22/1999 5:15:08 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
BROOKS, GARTH 89
PRESLEY, ELVIS 50.1
OK...think about this for a minute! Brooks has sold nearly twice as much as
Elvis in 1/4 the time.
Now that's a marketing machine!
K.
As well, Nirvana combined quality and commercial success at an
incomparable level for the decade - if The Key had sold like a Garth
Brooks album, Jon W's assertion would hold up better, methinks.
If we're talking about the decade, I don't know that Nirvana's sold more
albums than Gill; the RIAA
On Thu, 22 Apr 1999, Jon Weisberger wrote:
As for why the "roots music movement" is different in this regard, the short
answer, IMO, is unfamiliarity. People's exposure to bluegrass, or
alt.country, for instance, is a lot smaller and a lot chancier, hence the
greater likelihood that
Yates opines:
Anyway, it's too bad the person who wrote
that essay spent so much time with the cartoon crowd down there -- he/she
must've missed James Hand, Justin Trevino, Don Walser, Paul Burch, Dale
Watson and all the other hardcore traditionalists types that played this
year.--don
Ah, but
As for why the "roots music movement" is different in this
regard, the short
answer, IMO, is unfamiliarity. People's exposure to bluegrass, or
alt.country, for instance, is a lot smaller and a lot chancier,
hence the
greater likelihood that hearing someone who, pardon my French,
sucks
Apples and oranges, folks. Elvis sold singles in a singles world with far less
than 5 billion in it. Go figure, again.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In a message dated 4/22/1999 5:15:08 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
BROOKS, GARTH 89
PRESLEY, ELVIS 50.1
OK...think
Now that's an erudite summation. But I still can't get my head around
Cobain as artist of the decade. His creative achievement, though jarring
and influential, doesn't compare to that of the other serious contenders.
Besides, the eight year old who runs my house, his seventeen year old
The Beasties have made a couple of great records. But they have more in
common with Pearl Jam than with any rap artist. You can make rap music and
still have no idea what hip-hop is. The Tibetan concerts are alterna fests
because that's the Beasties audience. They have zero influence on
On Thu, 22 Apr 1999, M Rubin wrote:
Ah, but that's the point.
Those artists aren't "alt." anything.
They are country and western artists, period.
Let's get that established once and for all.
Oh, I'm well aware of that -- I was just pointing out that it seemed silly
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