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No Depression: ITT We Praise Alt Country Music

post #1 of 16
10/2/09 at 12:28pm
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Uncle Tupalo, Dead Ringer Band, Scott Miller, Whiskeytown to Corb Lund.
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post #2 of 16
10/2/09 at 1:08pm
Drive-By Truckers, Hank III
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post #3 of 16
10/2/09 at 1:11pm
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Drive-By Truckers, Hank III

There is only one Hank, and that sir is not him.
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post #4 of 16
10/2/09 at 1:13pm
One of my personal favorites: Go To Blazes. Be surprised if anyone's heard of them.....

* Speaking of ND - I've got just about every issue published. Anyone interested?
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post #5 of 16
10/2/09 at 1:46pm
Ryan Adams is surprisingly one of my all-time favorites, not just of alt country but all music. I like Old 97s and Neko Case as well.
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post #6 of 16
10/2/09 at 1:51pm
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...Corb Lund.

Cool. Don't know where you're from, but cool to see him mentioned.
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post #7 of 16
10/2/09 at 2:09pm
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Cool. Don't know where you're from, but cool to see him mentioned.
Australia and now Texas. Yeh, I'm really getting into Lund at the moment - Horse Soldier & Student Visa are bloody brilliant!
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post #8 of 16
10/2/09 at 2:12pm
fred eaglesmith is decent as as well.
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post #9 of 16
10/2/09 at 2:18pm
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There is only one Hank, and that sir is not him.

Boo! III is great. He sounds like his grandfather - his stuff is probably some of the most traditionally-influenced country out there right now. At least in anything approaching the mainstream. The subject matter is admittedly a bit different, but there's some traditional country under the lyrics about drugs, whores, and booze.

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Ryan Adams is surprisingly one of my all-time favorites, not just of alt country but all music. I like Old 97s and Neko Case as well.

Ryan Adams is good, but I've never been able to get into his stuff completely. He has a lot of songs I really like, but I can't listen to his albums all the way through and enjoy every song.
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post #10 of 16
10/2/09 at 2:19pm
whiskey&co
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post #11 of 16
10/2/09 at 3:44pm
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Ryan Adams is good, but I've never been able to get into his stuff completely. He has a lot of songs I really like, but I can't listen to his albums all the way through and enjoy every song.

He's definitely hit or miss, but I don't know how you can't be when you are that prolific, and when he hits, he hits hard. For more than a dozen albums over less than 15 years, I think the overall quality to quantity ratio is impressive.

He's also got the allure for me that is borderline terrible adult contemporary easy listening, and I have no tolerance for Rob Thomas/Coldplay/etc. style stuff. Somehow he manages to pull that off.
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post #12 of 16
10/2/09 at 3:46pm
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Ryan Adams is good, but I've never been able to get into his stuff completely. He has a lot of songs I really like, but I can't listen to his albums all the way through and enjoy every song.

Faithless Street was a good album and more consistent than anything done since, IMO.
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post #13 of 16
10/2/09 at 3:57pm
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He's definitely hit or miss, but I don't know how you can't be when you are that prolific, and when he hits, he hits hard. For more than a dozen albums over less than 15 years, I think the overall quality to quantity ratio is impressive.

He's also got the allure for me that is borderline terrible adult contemporary easy listening, and I have no tolerance for Rob Thomas/Coldplay/etc. style stuff. Somehow he manages to pull that off.

You're right about the quality of his good stuff. The songs I like I really love. He does have a ton of albums. Every time I think I've seen/heard them all another one pops up.

There is something about his stuff that manages to be accessible. It's good stuff, and it's got an edge (for lack of a better term), but you could probably convince the secretary to keep it on if it came up on one of those "listen at work" stations. Given that, it's pretty remarkable he produces music I like, given I share your contempt for that genre.

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Faithless Street was a good album and more consistent than anything done since, IMO.

I'll have to check that one out. I'm pretty sure I don't have a copy.
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post #14 of 16
10/2/09 at 3:58pm
been listening to Loretta Lynn's Van Lear Rose for the past week. freakin' rules.
then that album reminded me of Rosie Flores so been listening to her also.

-Jeff
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post #15 of 16
10/3/09 at 2:19am
Saw Wilco at the Troubadour in 1996 and it was easily the best show I've ever attended. It was one of those magical nights. Seen them several times since but nothing compared to that performance. Amazing show and drank vodka shots with Rosanna Arquette during the whole evening. Jenny Lewis and The Watson Twins - 'Rabbit Fur Coat' is a great album. Also Sparklehorse 'Vivadixiesubmarineplot' is a brilliant Alt Country CD
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