Quite an amusing read I thought. Two extremes and both too extreme IMO.
The web site is at :
http://www.dallasobserver.com/1999/041599/music1.html
The Dixie Chicks
What's Not To Like?
By Michael Corcoran
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
Brad Bechtel wrote:
ALEJANDRO ESCOVEDO
Bourbonitis Blues
Bloodshot, $12.98
Why Alejandro Escovedo remains a peripheral star is something of a mystery. The
Austin- based singer and guitarist -- a former member of the Nuns and Rank File,
leader of the True Believers and Buick MacKane
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Any one recall Shania Twain re-recording or remixing "Still the One" for pop
airplay? Something about deleting the fiddles or so? Plus, I seem to recall
the Dixie Chicks being asked to make some sort of similar compromise to be on
some TV show but refused? Do
Apologies for the self promotion, but if I don't tell you all you'll
never know!
The Okeh Wranglers (my family's band) are making our first ever trip to
America (we are English) and we have some gigs set up in Austin and
Nashville. We play rocking country with a rootsy/swingy feel, with my
older
"Peterson, Richard A" wrote:
There are 23 Gemini, 20 Libra, 16 Sagittarius, and 14 Taurus. Among
the clearly under represented are Virgo and Cancer with 9, Pisces 7,
Aquarius 6 and Aries 5. Is this strange? What is it about Geminis?
Should we recruit Aries people. Perhaps they're the
I bought MOJO today (after the P2 recommendations) and wow, so much
alt.country in it I can't believe it!
We have:
Kelly Willis review of 'What I Deserve' (a good one too)
Steve Earle The Del McCoury Band review of 'The Mountain' (and I quote
- "If you're a Steve Earle fan and you like
Jennifer Sperandeo wrote:
Actually, she probably deserves this since she's the only country chicky
that I know of who actually plays guitar (with her hands, smart guy)...Don't
pick on Deana - I love the Hairy Legs record, but I haven't heard the new
one, but I will.
What about Anita
Jon Weisberger wrote:
Am I the only person who thinks that that was the point at which Mr. Taylor
should have considered not writing about new country music? And then to
single out Martina McBride as a noble exception, while backhanding Alison...
What a maroon
I can never understand the
Hellcountry wrote on 28/12/98:
As I'm still tallying these to send off to Richard Petersons assistant for
thorough statistical analysis (thanks!), I thought I'd send another message
now that a lot of you are back at work. If you'd like to add your ballot,
I'll accept them through the end
Here's a couple of reviews in today's Daily Telegraph. Don't think much
of the Kelly Willis one, although she had a picture with it.
--
Steve Earle and the Del McCoury Band
The Mountain (E2/Grapevine)
Few albums make such a good first impression as Steve Earle's new disc.
It's like an
Jon Weisberger wrote:
Diamond Rio and some other stuff nothing to do with Diamond Rio
Oh I *love* Diamond Rio, and I'm not scared to say it either. They are on one
hand the closest thing in Nashville to alt.country (and unfortunately on the
other hand probably the furthest from it g)
I
Christopher M Knaus wrote:
Hey there,
According to some DJ on Q101 (Chicagos Rock Alternative) The next Trent
Reznor CD is going to be all Hank Williams covers. The DJ wasnt as
excited as I was. If I was not in my car I might've called him up and
given him what's fur.
Didn't...no. No,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I suggested, of the male artists: Vince, George Strait, Alan Jackson. Of
the female artists: Reba, Pattly Loveless, Trisha Yearwood.
Of the above, I'll vote for Vince and Strait. And I'll add to the list Dolly,
maybe that barefoot Carter gal, the Dixie
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hey there,
Does anyone have the US address for Mojo magazine that I posted back in
november?
Thanks.
Later...
CK
Don't know if you still need it or not, but I found this tucked away
somewhere:
Hey there,
OK, here's the address on the subscription card
MOJO
Mike Hays wrote:
I just finished a good listen to the OKEH WRANGLERS Lonesome Vista's CD and
am happy to report a fine effort. With no guest credits I can only assume
Louise "Accordion" Kyme and family did a bang up job of performing all the
parts and the songwriting holds up well for
Joe Gracey wrote:
Our first tour was,
however, pretty damn funny on the nights when we would land in one of
the clubs where they kept yelling "Crystal Chandelier" at you all night
long and made you play that damn song while they did the confederate
uniform routine.
Argh! That's the
stuart wrote:
This has been an interesting and enjoyable thread. Since the Alex in the subject
line is my teenaged son, and since Im going to London to visit him and the rest
of the crew next week, I want to ask the British P2 squadron if there is any
good music happening between the
Phil Dennison wrote:
snipThose venues are therefore not really an option for touring rootsy or
alternative country acts, and so they tend to play at more mainstream
rock or indie venues. snip
Excellent description of the current situation in the UK. The only point I'd
like to add is that
Stevie Simkin wrote:
Louise Kyme wrote:
Unfortunately, my own band isn't gigging between the 19th and 28th, otherwise I'd
suggest us g. For anyone else interested, the Okeh Wranglers will be playing at
the Railway Inn, Winchester on March 3rd. No door fee.
Woah. A country band
"Shane S. Rhyne" wrote:
Howdy,
Still catching up on old P2 posts...
Louise Kyme publicly admits the following about our English cousins across
the sea: I don't find the success of Garth, Shania, LeAnn and the
Mavericks makes it any worse though, because they don't really
Joe Gracey wrote:
I remember one tiny little old lady, dressed to the nines in a black
cowgirl outfit of rather dubious provenance, who came up to Kimmie after
our show in Hartleypool and began to hiss squinty-eyed right in Kimmie's
face. She said "I don't like you! I don't like you atall!
"[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mark Wyatt)" wrote:
Yeah, yeah, I know you're baiting me, but it gives me the chance to laud the
only guy I know who can give Pee Wee King a run for his money on country
accordion: Joey Miskulin,
Joey plays accordion on Shania Twains 'Come On Over' (the song). I like
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.
Stevie Simkin wrote:
Louise Kyme wrote:
Acoording to www.kelly.willis.com, Kelly is planning on coming to Europe
in February. Does anyone know anything about this? Is she touring or
just on holiday?
Goodness. Tell me NOW. Kelly Player? you still out there?
Stevie
I emailed
Acoording to www.kelly.willis.com, Kelly is planning on coming to Europe
in February. Does anyone know anything about this? Is she touring or
just on holiday?
Thanks, Louise
--
If you like rocking country music, check out the Okeh Wranglers web site
at:
http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/bluesmoke
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