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post #31 of 44
10/24/08 at 1:26pm
+1 Patsy Cline and Willie Nelson. I also like Cowboy Junkies' The Trinity Session.
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post #32 of 44
10/24/08 at 1:30pm
you want melancholy?
It's not country -try Blind Willie Johnson - Dark was the night, Cold was the Ground.
Check out the life story -brutal.
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post #33 of 44
10/24/08 at 1:34pm
Malcolm Holcombe
Dock Boggs
Townes
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post #34 of 44
10/24/08 at 2:12pm
I will repeat my recommendation of Neko Case's Boiler Room Lullaby and Blacklisted albums. And +1 the Patsy Cline.
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post #35 of 44
10/24/08 at 2:25pm
Any Patsy Cline greatest hits album
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post #36 of 44
10/24/08 at 4:16pm
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Originally Posted by gamelan View Post
Emmylou Harris, "Boulder to Birmingham"

-Jeff

+1. Emmylou can make "Happy Birthday" sound sad. So can George Jones, e.g., "He Stopped Loving Her Today"

Also, check out some early Linda Ronstadt - she has a version of "Heart Like A Wheel" that's excellent.
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post #37 of 44
10/24/08 at 4:19pm
Ya'll Yankees, SRSLY, make me sick that notta ONE of you have mentioned George Jones, "The Grand Tour," though Lone Wolf gets some s'port for "He Stopped Loving Her Today." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebMWSrTjQCw
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post #38 of 44
10/25/08 at 3:40am
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Originally Posted by crazyquik View Post
Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain:
Willie Nelson http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7vaY...eature=related

edit - got beat to it it looks like. Redheaded Stranger is actually a country concept album, sorta like The Wall. It's really deep.

That live performance is indicative of Nelson's genius. Listen to the acoustic and rhythmic space in the performance. What really holds it together?

My mind strains for analogs, but 'In a Silent Way' comes to mind. Miles Davis had immense respect for Willie Nelson, even titling a piece after him half a decade before Nelson reached any sort of popular success. Miles and Willie are perhaps two of the greatest interpretive musical minds ever. One of the true signs of genius is recognizing genius other than your own.
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post #39 of 44
10/25/08 at 8:56pm
Gillian Welch and Neko Case seconded

Kimmie Rhodes & Willie Nelson - "Love Me Like A Song"
http://www.myspace.com/kimmierhodesmusic

Patty Griffin - "Trapeze" (amazing album overall)


Natalie Merchant, "Which Side Are You On" - more folksy than country, but it's another Harlan County standard


The Cowboy Junkies, "Misguided Angel"
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post #40 of 44
10/25/08 at 9:04pm
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Originally Posted by gamelan View Post
Alison Krauss and Union Station, "Let Me Touch You For Awhile"
Emmylou Harris, "Boulder to Birmingham"-Jeff

Hah, I was going to recommend that as well. "Quarter Moon in a Ten-Cent Town" is another very good one. For sheer, haunting melancholy, Emmylou is hard to beat.

I don't know how many times I saw Emmylou in clubs or concerts. Maybe eight or nine times. The most memorable was at the fairgrounds in Lancaster, a rough town then and now. She was singing "Bad Moon Rising," and almost everybody in the first couple of rows started fighting. They were right in front of us. It was a lot of fun!
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post #41 of 44
10/25/08 at 9:18pm
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I also like Cowboy Junkies' The Trinity Session.

genius suggestion. this whole album freakin' rules. plus the fact that it was recorded in a church.

and now i'll mention the band that got me into the Cowboy Junkies, Mazzy Star. veering away from country a little but they've definitely got that psychedelic folk thing going for them. She Hangs Brightly and So Tonight... are both amazing albums.

-Jeff
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post #42 of 44
10/25/08 at 9:51pm
Willie Nelson - Red Headed Stranger
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post #43 of 44
10/25/08 at 9:53pm
Mazzy Star fans should look into Opal, David Roback's pre-MS band. Leans more on the acoustic end, but they're very similar. I know a lot of people who think 'Early Recordings' is superior to any of the three MS albums.

(sadly, both Early Recordings and Happy Nightmare Baby are OOP though reasonably priced on the used market)
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post #44 of 44
10/26/08 at 11:02pm
Mazzy Star fans should also look into Tresspasser Willam but thanks for the Opal heads-up.
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