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The other guy I think of as being particularly influential in bringing elements of 80s rock to country is Dann Huff, another record producer whose roots are in that era. A lot of the songs he's produced for country artists ("Amazed" by Lonestar, a lot of songs by Rascal Flatts) sound like the kind of big power ballads you'd expect to hear somebody like Lou Gramm belting out. This is because Huff began his mainstream career as the lead singer and guitarist for an 80s rock band called Giant, who had a couple of minor hits with power ballads. I read an article some years ago which posited that this changeover happened partly because of grunge and the emergence of hip-hop production techniques into the mainstream music business, which meant there was less need for the network of LA sessions musicians who'd previously been the backbone of pop music, but whose skills were still in demand in Nashville, where their style of production was still commonplace, so they all moved there to work.
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I have an actual question about country music now: I like the Charlie Daniels Band stuff from 1970 to 1974, but outside "The Devil Went Down to Georgia" I've not really heard anything after that, when he's mostly credited as a solo artist. Since there's so much of it (and since I know Charlie Daniels himself has eventually come to embody the stereotype of ultra-right-wing country musicians/fans) is there a cut-off point anyone would recommend?
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Still in Saigon which was on Windows is about where I’d say that line is. I don’t think that album as a whole is that great but that song is pretty important to them/him.
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Usually when I try to figure out a "cut-off" point and there's not an obvious thing, I end up looking at where the gaps between albums start getting wider, because to me that tends to suggest they're running out of ideas. Judging from Wikipedia (and including live albums) he had a new one out more or less annually, then there's a three-year gap after the one you mentioned before the next one comes out. So if my method works, that seems as good a place as any. 
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Here's the amazing earworm that I can't shake. Enjoy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=968naSqNH98
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XBenedict posted:Here's the amazing earworm that I can't shake. Enjoy. I love it. But... I think I like the Willie Watson version a bit more. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZJeR3vabBE
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Brb quitting my job to follow this group around the country https://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/music/2019/01/10/amanda-shires-brandi-carlile-margo-price-unite-highwomen-album/2536971002/
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DogoDogo posted:Brb quitting my job to follow this group around the country https://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/music/2019/01/10/amanda-shires-brandi-carlile-margo-price-unite-highwomen-album/2536971002/ Holy poo poo.
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Boneheart Flannigan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnVOvxUUxGw He’s still gigging around NYC a bunch last I checked and does small tours southward sometimes. Also, check out the Dirt Floor Recording & Production Spotify playlist. This is the studio in CT where Brown Bird recorded and there’s a lot of good stuff in here.
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Well, that’s disappointing.
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DogoDogo posted:Well, that’s disappointing. I was wondering because Margo will have another child soon and she's not said how much time she's going to take off. Also it sounds like she may be shopping for a new label as her contact with Third Man is up and she's hinted that next record may be more R&B/soul rather than straight up country. I really hope this takes off because those three are VERY talented and it make me secretly hope this will somehow get Trio to release a new album https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWEQDyrbphE
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The new Greensky Bluegrass album is out today. It's pretty good even if the title track All For Money is a little too self-congratulatory and there isn't any song that grabs me like Windshield does. Also they're putting on a free stream of tonight's concert in St. Louis. https://twitter.com/campgreensky/status/1086050706363019264
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this might be old news, but I only discovered it recently: Wayfaring Strangers - Nuggets / Gather in the Mushrooms kind of take on psychedelic country obscurities Jeff Cowell's Not Down This Low might be my fave: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chx-vacVrFE
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New album of somehow unreleased TVZ tracks coming out this spring; here's the first track: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPZzbym9RsE
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Burning Rain posted:this might be old news, but I only discovered it recently: Wayfaring Strangers - Nuggets / Gather in the Mushrooms kind of take on psychedelic country obscurities That is a fantastic album. I actually discovered it through this Spotify Playlist, which is entirely awesome. This was actually my favorite track from that album: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFEex3Jbark
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XBenedict posted:That is a fantastic album. I actually discovered it through this Spotify Playlist, which is entirely awesome. I made a playlist of my own to stuff (mostly) newer songs I've liked that are in the same vein, if maybe swinging more towards the psychedelic end of the spectrum.
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Leon III, the side project of a couple guys from Wrinkle Neck Mules has good cosmic poo poo. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jkr476o7Xj4 The opening bars of this song are straight from the Grateful Dead. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGDTymBiyvE
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Here's Josh Ritter's new one with the 400 Unit backing him and Isbell producing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37jimrogxMw
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A Texan singing about how Texas sucks counts as "country", right? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KgNaRQ_J-c
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 the Hinterland festival has released their lineup for this year. i'm uh basically already planning to go? i went last year and had a blast. the festival was really well-run. the lineup this year is a pretty significant upgrade, partially due to it being the first time they are doing a 3 day festival instead of just 2, but even so, the people booking the music are almost creepily in sync with my brainwaves
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After seeing him open for Greensky the past two nights, I can say pretty safely that Billy Strings is good y'all. ps jeeeeeeesus that was a show, Greensky played one continuous set for their winter tour closer with members of the Billy Strings band subbing in to give the Greensky guys a breather. Near as makes no difference three straight hours. Re-loving-diculous howe_sam fucked around with this message at 07:23 on Feb 10, 2019 |
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The Guardian had an interview with Brandi Carlile the other day. I'm not familiar with her at all, but she seems pretty even keeled. https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/feb/08/brandi-carlile-grammys-country-gay-marriage-cancun Excerpt: quote:She now has a collaborator in Sam Smith, a longstanding fan in Barack Obama, and a confidant in Elton John. With increased notoriety, she appreciates it might be harder to be outspoken, particularly in the country markets, but she sees no choice. I mention a recent interview I conducted for this paper with the singer Miranda Lambert – a “dear friend” of Carlile’s and a National Rifle Association supporter – who dodged political questions. “It’s irresponsible for country music not to address sensible gun reform,” says Carlile, having just written a yet-to-be-released song titled Cowgirls with the lyric: “The NRA can kiss my country rear end.” “Because they can!” she says. “I’m not afraid to say that. I’m not afraid of who it alienates.
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She's also producing a doc and comeback album for Tanya Tucker https://variety.com/2019/music/news/brandi-carlile-tanya-tucker-comeback-album-documentary-1203130190/
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Kasey Musgraves got Album of the Year, Best Country Album, and Best Country song at the Grammy's last night. I know her songs are more or less pop but she's a good writer and decent voice and I hope this we start to see a things trend more this way and not towards Florida Georgia Line.
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Bonzo posted:Kasey Musgraves got Album of the Year, Best Country Album, and Best Country song at the Grammy's last night. I know her songs are more or less pop but she's a good writer and decent voice and I hope this we start to see a things trend more this way and not towards Florida Georgia Line. Man did Brandi Carlile murder up on that stage last night.
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XBenedict posted:Man did Brandi Carlile murder up on that stage last night. Yeah, she's the best. It's pretty good if your Grammy performance beats the album track.
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I'm friends with a bunch of the folks running Hinterland and I'm so excited for their lineup this year. My wife is a lot more excited for this year's lineup than last year's and wants to go so I am getting us VIP tickets this Friday. Last year I went on my own and biked from Des Moines and really enjoyed Sturgil Simpson, Nathaniel Rateliff, Tash Sultana, and Wheeler Walker Jr. Ginger Beer Belly fucked around with this message at 08:41 on Feb 14, 2019 |
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Bad day to a Ryan Adams fan.
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Bonzo posted:Bad day to a Ryan Adams fan. Never cared for him. Whiskeytown always seemed like an insincere gimmick to me.
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Bonzo posted:Bad day to a Ryan Adams fan. Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck I think most of his fans were well aware of his "Hurricane Ryan" side, but who the gently caress would have thought he was sexting 15 year olds? XBenedict posted:Never cared for him. Whiskeytown always seemed like an insincere gimmick to me. I think the myth that Whiskeytown has turned into is pretty weird. It's totally fan-sided. There doesn't seem to be a single member of Whiskeytown who would ever go through that, again. It just sounds like it was a pretty big disaster for everyone involved even if some of them got some recognition out of it. I tadashi fucked around with this message at 21:20 on Feb 14, 2019 |
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gently caress ‘im. The best Ryan Adams song was co-written by Dave Rawlings anyway. Better version of it is on the Rawlings record too. There are certain people that, when you hear they’re abusers your reaction is “yeah I could totally see that.” as opposed to shock. Adams is one of those.
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Meanwhile, Bryan Adams is touring Canada and I hope he doesn't get any blowback from this. Now country music is full of older guys hitting on young girls but GOTDAMN if you are sexting a loving teenager in this century.
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Bonzo posted:Now country music is full of older guys hitting on young girls Yes, but country music has a conservative fan base that somehow thinks this is ok because it's the way things were in the loving early 20th century. IDK, family values or something...
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Ginger Beer Belly posted:I'm friends with a bunch of the folks running Hinterland and I'm so excited for their lineup this year. My wife is a lot more excited for this year's lineup than last year's and wants to go so I am getting us VIP tickets this Friday. Last year I went on my own and biked from Des Moines and really enjoyed Sturgil Simpson, Nathaniel Rateliff, Tash Sultana, and Wheeler Walker Jr. I went last year for the first time and had a blast. I’m a gigantic Jason Isbell fan so I’ve already purchased tickets. The shuttle situation from Des Moines is pretty bad and the food selection could be better but all in all it’s a pretty well run festival, as these things go.
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Anyone happen to go on this cruise? https://twitter.com/SadlerVaden/status/1097529065945395200
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stupid puma posted:I went last year for the first time and had a blast. I’m a gigantic Jason Isbell fan so I’ve already purchased tickets. The shuttle situation from Des Moines is pretty bad and the food selection could be better but all in all it’s a pretty well run festival, as these things go. waiting an hour to ride a school bus shuttle Saturday night was really the only unpleasant part of the weekend last year. right now i think the plan is to stay at the same hotel as some people i know and then we'll split the cost of a parking pass and the gas for driving there from the hotel the food situation was great though. when i was waiting in line for a gyro i got to listen to half an hour of stories from the 20-something trainwreck Becky (from the douchiest neighborhood of Minneapolis, natch) who was standing in line behind me. these stories included such opening lines as "i think it's super rude to say no when somebody offers you cocaine". the gyro was good tho 
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Okay I think it’s real this time? With Maren Morris instead of Margo Price? https://variety.com/2019/music/news/brandi-carline-maren-morris-amanda-shires-highwomen-supergroup-1203156171/
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Well that makes sense. Price is about to give birth and I think I've heard her say that her contact with Third Man is at an end so she may shop around. The article also says that the new group will be straight up country which Price also seems to be getting away from.
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DogoDogo posted:Okay I think it’s real this time? With Maren Morris instead of Margo Price? https://variety.com/2019/music/news/brandi-carline-maren-morris-amanda-shires-highwomen-supergroup-1203156171/ Maren Morris should be a lock. She's like Brandi's bestie. I could see it being Morris and Price. After all, the original Highwaymen was a Quartet.
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