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Sheng-ji Yang posted:If you like Waylon and Hayes, you'd probably also like Sturgill Simpson for more newer stuff:  He sounds a lot like Waylon.
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MrBling posted:
Check out his live stuff on Letterman too. Dude is fantastic. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_70HJMikcBo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKbdlxJbx-w https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNV16tz1NK0
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Sturgill is the best. He was in a band called Sunday Valley a few years ago. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T610KFOSNHw Really great stuff but harder to find. Edit: This video also showcases his guitar skills, holy poo poo
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One of Portland's radio stations has a Saturday bluegrass show and it is on until noon, when the Grateful Dead block starts. A family friend, Gareth, is the host today. Check it out! Be warned, it is pledge drive time so there are longer than usual breaks for begging. Kboo.fm
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May 16, 2015 18:34
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Just bought tickets to the Folks Festival in CO this August. Gillian Welch. 
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tirinal posted:Just bought tickets to the Folks Festival in CO this August. Can you tell her to please tour the northeast more. Thanks. It must be hard as gently caress to sell tickets here or something.
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BigFactory posted:Can you tell her to please tour the northeast more. Thanks. It must be hard as gently caress to sell tickets here or something. Apparently her and David just drive everywhere, instead of using a bus or plane, because ~reasons~. If I had to be behind the wheel 16 hours a day just to leave bumfuck Tennessee I wouldn't tour the northeast either. tirinal fucked around with this message at 21:51 on Jun 3, 2015 |
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Jun 3, 2015 21:48
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tirinal posted:Apparently her and David just drive everywhere, instead of using a bus or plane, because ~reasons~. Tennessee is pretty cool, but driving from Bristol to Memphis is a nightmare.
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Anyone got some good recommendations for getting started in Bluegrass? Other than Bill Monroe.
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Jun 4, 2015 18:46
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I caught The Devil Makes Three at a hippy music festival last year, then saw them in St Louis this spring. I dunno if they're country or bluegrass or rockabilly but I dig em. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4aRuN0DY41s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vedgTokXj04 They're currently touring with Old Crow Medicine Show and I'm kinda pissed that they aren't coming to town this time. User Error fucked around with this message at 04:46 on Jun 5, 2015 |
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User Error posted:I caught The Devil Makes Three at a hippy music festival last year, then saw them in St Louis this spring. I dunno if they're country or bluegrass or rockabilly but I dig em. Yeah I like them a lot. I randomly picked up some of their CDs based on the cover art alone and wasn't disappointed. Texibus posted:Anyone got some good recommendations for getting started in Bluegrass? Other than Bill Monroe. Look up the album "Live at the Birchmere" by the Johnson Mountain Boys. Probably my favorite bluegrass disc all time. Smithsonian Folkways also has a number of great complications called Classic Bluegrass that collect great early stuff. Some are in my monster Folkways playlist by you'll have to ctrl+f to sort out all of the non-Bluegrass stuff: http://open.spotify.com/user/1212113832/playlist/0BWzwnaWpkmpYMzXTyK4ly Also I like: - "Been All Around This World" and "The Pizza Tapes" by Jerry Garcia and David Grisman - Any good Flatt & Scruggs compilation - "The Long Journey Home" by the Kentucky Colonels - Any good Doc Watson compilation - "Crossing the Tracks", and a whole bunch of others by Belá Fleck - "Antifogmatic" "Who's Feeling Young Now", and "The Phosphorescent Blues" by Punch Brothers. The Belá Fleck and Punch Brothers stuff is more modern/progressive leaning. drat I love me some good 'grass. Blast Fantasto fucked around with this message at 05:37 on Jun 5, 2015 |
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Texibus posted:Anyone got some good recommendations for getting started in Bluegrass? Other than Bill Monroe. Don't not give John Hartford a good listen. The earlier stuff is hit or miss, but his most well-known record (and solid from front to back with the exception of the a capella track "Boogie") is probably Aereo Plain: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKHx6YHLoZk He is not strictly bluegrass, but I think of anyone I've heard he approaches bluegrass with some of the best songwriting chops out there. Also he was a total stoner and weirdo (which informs a lot of his songwriting) who retired from music to drive steamboats on the Mississippi River and play music for folks out on the deck. How cool is that? Flatt & Scruggs will always be number one in my book for straight bluegrass, but even they can start to sound same-y after only a few tracks, especially if you're new to bluegrass. Another great Hartford record is Gum Tree Canoe; later in his career, feeling comfortable, mostly covers but played with such an original voice: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Hqmxmq-iY4 1000 umbrellas fucked around with this message at 07:07 on Jun 5, 2015 |
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User Error posted:I caught The Devil Makes Three at a hippy music festival last year, then saw them in St Louis this spring. I dunno if they're country or bluegrass or rockabilly but I dig em. I saw them with Old Crow a few weeks back and they were great. Their studio albums don't really do them justice imo.
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El Miguel posted:Corb Lund is very good (especially live). Check out Hayes Carll, who sang on Corb's "Bible on the Dash" and is quite fine in his own right. Two other great Texas musicians to check out if you're unfamiliar with them are Ray Wylie Hubbard, who just gets better and better with every record, and Javi Garcia & the Cold Cold Ground, whose A Southern Horror is quite fantastic (though it's a bit on the hard side at times). I've had Corb Lund on my playlists a lot lately, like endless repeats, I cannot get enough. The influence from his jazz training is very palpable and the bass on Brother Brigham Brother Young is fun as hell. I'm riding through Idaho when he's going to be playing there this summer... man it's tempting to detour my trip and check it out especially if you say he's good live. Looks like he's playing Stampede, too... but that's a 2 day drive. Hope he gets out to Seattle sometime. e: drat it he's also playing in Big Sky, MT the same day I'm traveling between Cody, WY and West Yellowstone, MT. Might have to figure something out. Just ran across Tim Hus on Spotify, too, which I am enjoying. According to the Wiki, he and Corb have collaborated. More Canadian country talk: anyone listen to Daniel Romano? I get an ironic city vibe from this guy but some tunes are impressive, like "Lines on my face" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcR-TgjEBIg Cotato posted:Sturgill is the best. Looking forward to the next album. He sold out the Tractor in Seattle last fall and tickets were scalping for *a lot* of money. Next time I won't wait so long to buy tix but I wouldn't be surprised if he does a bigger venue next time, which are less preferable for me. And speaking of good live shows, I got a rare opportunity to see Junior Brown last month. It was such a good, tightly-orchestrated show. Bummer he doesn't get up to Washington much. clutchpuck fucked around with this message at 19:03 on Jun 11, 2015 |
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Snagged tickets to the Randy Rogers, Jason Isbell, Stoney Larue and Whiskey Myers show in August. Mostly going for Isbell, but it should be a great show.
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Dunno if I've posted this before, but Austin Lucas has been, hands down, consistently the best shows I've been to. Usually super small crowds, dude is super personable, talks to everyone throughout the entire show, then unplugs and plays the last few songs in the middle of the crowd, off the stage, and it's amazing every single time. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNxzaWJVULw fake e: He can also play the hell out of that guitar.
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I've been on a massive Americana/alt-country binge as of late, but one record that really has stood out has been Brown Bird's Axis Mundi. I'm actually pretty surprised that it hasn't been mentioned in the thread! The album is utterly depressing and brutal to listen to, given the circumstances in which the songs were written/recorded, but also so, so very good. I don't think any album has hit me as hard as Axis Mundi in ages.
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Pharis and Jason Romero have a new album out. http://pharisandjason.com/music.html Track 8 is incredible
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Here is a freeplay of Isbell's new Something More Than Free, courtesy NPR - http://www.npr.org/2015/07/08/420588068/first-listen-jason-isbell-something-more-than-free#playlist The bastard has done it again. There are a few real high points, including several of my new favorite Isbell tunes: If It Takes a Lifetime (fantastic John Prine-ish tune), Palmetto Rose (a badass honkey tonk rock number), and Speed Trap Town (old fashioned Isbell storytelling). This and Southeastern are a hell of a one-two punch. edit - While I'm talking Isbell and since I haven't posted in this thread in awhile, what is everyones take of Zac Brown's cover of Dress Blues? I'm really not a ZBB guy but I thought their version of Dress Blues sounded pretty good....until the cheesy "Taps" interlude. I dunno, it just feels like that addition really "Toby Keith'd" up a song that did not need it in any way. Changing the lyrics from "to fight somebody's Hollywood war" to "to give all in some god awful war" defeats a lot of the original message, but whatever. It's bringing Isbell more notoriety and that's a good thing. ColonelJohnMatrix fucked around with this message at 16:02 on Jul 9, 2015 |
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I love Zac Brown. Their album with David Grohl is one of the best albums I've heard in a long time and it makes me sad that it's so short. That said, even though they have a lot of their really high quality stuff they aren't above making music that panders to the ~Typical Country Music~ listener. The song that made them famous in Chicken Fried was apparently written before 9/11 but they added in the verse about the stars and stripes afterwards. Maybe they're afraid of getting the Dixie Chicks treatment. An aside, the new Sata Watkins, Sarah Jarosz, and Aoife O'Donovan effort is very good. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTDUDRIEifQ I also heard this pretty great Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell song earlier today. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=na06CYdo8y4
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Paper With Lines posted:I love Zac Brown. Their album with David Grohl is one of the best albums I've heard in a long time and it makes me sad that it's so short. Haha it's funny you tell that story. When listening to that song I've always thought the whole stars and stripes verse seemed out of nowhere and tacked on to the song....well from what you are saying I guess that was indeed the case. Ok, so since it's brought up give me a few examples of good Zac Brown stuff. I always hear people talk about how great they are, minus a few pandering tunes. Apparently the pandering stuff is all I've been exposed to. I know his band has some chops so lay it on me and I'll check it out.
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Of their singles, I think Colder Weather and Homegrown are among the best. Was Day that I Die with Amos Lee a single? That song owns too. Their live version of Free/Into the Mystic is also very nice. Off their first album, I really like the songs Highway 20 Ride and their cover of Jolene. On the second album, I play the Road, as she's walking away (with Alan Jackson), and if you're in the mood for it -- whiskey's gone. In my opinion, every song on The Grohl Sessions, Vol. 1 is fantastic as well. I also think that this most recent album is pretty bad. I know they were trying to experiment with different types of music and I guess each individual song is a good example of that genre, but I wish they hadn't done it. edit: also Martin. Paper With Lines fucked around with this message at 20:02 on Jul 9, 2015 |
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Paper With Lines posted:Of their singles, I think Colder Weather and Homegrown are among the best. Was Day that I Die with Amos Lee a single? That song owns too. Their live version of Free/Into the Mystic is also very nice. Seconding all of this. As a divorced dad, I can't get through Highway 20 Ride without choking up, so if emotional resonance is a measure of a band, they've got it. Give their live album (Pass the Jar) a listen as well. They're one of the best live acts I've ever seen, and are one of the few popular bands that have a stage show that's far better than their studio tracks. Their new album, however, is friggin tragic. I hope they get back to their roots soon. Edit: I thought it was mentioned above, but I think Natural Disaster is kind of their quintessential sound: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rD3Zeg_V8vw stealie72 fucked around with this message at 20:24 on Jul 9, 2015 |
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I was just going to post that you should check out Natural Disaster as well. Which I think you'll like a lot based on that comment. edit: I missed Stealie's edit! hahahahaha. We're so on the same page.
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Eel hovercraft posted:I've been on a massive Americana/alt-country binge as of late, but one record that really has stood out has been Brown Bird's Axis Mundi. I'm actually pretty surprised that it hasn't been mentioned in the thread! The album is utterly depressing and brutal to listen to, given the circumstances in which the songs were written/recorded, but also so, so very good. I don't think any album has hit me as hard as Axis Mundi in ages. Yeah, I've been digging them a lot, too, lately. They have a great fusion thing going with some funkier Eastern European-influenced tracks in the mix. 'Adolescence' and 'Patiently Awaiting' are probably my standout tracks. I've also been enjoying American Aquarium quite a bit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VJgR7RUuXs And Lucinda Williams has a fantastic version of Karen Dalton's unrecorded 'Met an Old Friend' out on the new tribute album: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxCb0w1rarw
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Patterson Hood wrote a cool piece for the New York Times. It's a shame that they don't play "The Southern Thing" more often. It's a great take on the whole situation, as is "The Three Great Alabama Icons" which follows it. I've always found it quite ironic that the same people I know who decry bigotry in the south tend to stereotype every white southerner as a bigot. "Ya know racism is a worldwide problem and it's been since the beginning of recorded history... and it ain't just white and black... But thanks to George Wallace, it's always a little more convenient to play it with a Southern accent."
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I've heard an interview with Cooley somewhere where he said during the touring back in the day for Southern Rock Opera they routinely had to tell people "knock that poo poo off" in regards to the rebel flag waving. Man, I love that freaking album. I would love if sometime they'd tour and just play the whole thing in order. That's my favorite concept album. It's the perfect blend of mythologizing the region while also ripping it apart.
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BeastOfExmoor posted:Patterson Hood wrote a cool piece for the New York Times. The Southern Thing is a barn burner of an album cut but lacks teeth when played live anyway, so no big loss there.
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Any of yall heard of Trout Steak Revival? Found them on youtube a few months back and picked up their album. Great name, good bluegrass, cute fiddle player. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vE79bGx_x4I
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invision posted:Dunno if I've posted this before, but Austin Lucas has been, hands down, consistently the best shows I've been to. Usually super small crowds, dude is super personable, talks to everyone throughout the entire show, then unplugs and plays the last few songs in the middle of the crowd, off the stage, and it's amazing every single time. SInce you've seen him live a few times, I have a question. What kind of accent does he have? I love his music for the most part, but his accent when singing will drive me insane at time, because it sounds like he is forcing a southern accent that (at least on the surface) it sounds like he doesn't have.
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Paper With Lines posted:I love Zac Brown. Their album with David Grohl is one of the best albums I've heard in a long time and it makes me sad that it's so short. Thanks for mentioning the Grohl Sessions. I have never been a fan of Zac Brown (and still don't love most of what I've heard)...but I gave that album a shot and it's great.
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Huge thanks to whoever brought up Sturgill Simpson. He is loving fantastic, old school outlaw mixed with 60's psychedelia is extremely my poo poo. Fantastic lyricist also.
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Acrolos posted:Thanks for mentioning the Grohl Sessions. I have never been a fan of Zac Brown (and still don't love most of what I've heard)...but I gave that album a shot and it's great. Dave Grohl said something like "Zac Brown Band is a modern day Allman Brothers. They aren't country music, man. They're loving awesome southern rock. Everyone should like them." Obviously hyperbolic, but you can kind of see his motivation for the songs. I hope they make another.
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Thanks to you guys turning me on to Zac Brown. Been listening him to a bunch after picking up his live album. Most of it is good poo poo. I agree with the "more southern rock than country" assessment.
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This is old but I'm pretty sure it hasn't been posted in this thread yet.
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He should do it. Good exposure.
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Can you guys recommend some stuff that is a little rough around the edges? I don't really like the slickly produced, big chorus and string section things. Something along the lines of how 16 Horsepower sounds. http://youtu.be/f-vpAn15-vE
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BigFactory posted:He should do it. Good exposure. He should do it and sing Elephant just to kill the joy.
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Cotato posted:Any of yall heard of Trout Steak Revival? Found them on youtube a few months back and picked up their album. And now I like two bands named "Something Something Revival"
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