Count Chocula posted:

Looks like there isn't a thread for music made by people strumming guitars or barnstorming through songs about hard luck and bad love, so I figured I'd make one.

I'm missing a show tonight by Canada's Corb Lund, who's a great stompy country artist. Last time I saw him he was opening for The Waifs, probably Australia's best mid level country/folk act. Check out 'Bridal Train', probably their best song.

This Sunday I'm seeing Hayes Carll, a criminally underrated Texan with some of the cleverest lyrics I've heard in a long time. I was reading one of those stupid Slate year-end roundups and they quoted the best bit:


I've also been getting into some of the real stuff, like George Jones and Waylon Jennings and Townes Van Zandt. Speaking of, Steve Earle's kid Justin Townes Earle is fantastic and is well worth seeing.