No Depression - The (alt) Country Music Thread
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No Depression - The (alt) Country Music Thread
A thread for anything that doesn't fit under the heading of mainstream or pop country: alt country, neo folk, Americana, Red Dirt, indie folk, prog country(?), whathaveyou.
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Re: No Depression - The (alt) Country Music Thread
This is not a new song by any means, but it's new to me and I have been listening to it nonstop the past few days.
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Re: No Depression - The (alt) Country Music Thread
While we're on the subject of the slide guitar, this is my absolute favorite Neko Case song/performance, from her appearance on ACL:
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Re: No Depression - The (alt) Country Music Thread
Are you brand-new to the genre and looking for the must-haves, well-versed and looking for new stuff, or somewhere in-between?
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Re: No Depression - The (alt) Country Music Thread
I'm pretty familiar with older outlaw country, as well as a bit of the red dirt stuff. But other than that, I'm pretty new to the genre.
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Re: No Depression - The (alt) Country Music Thread
While I mostly view the genre from afar, I am led to believe that these qualify:
Although that kinda presages the country-as-hair-metal thing.
This may be more classically alt-country:
Although that kinda presages the country-as-hair-metal thing.
This may be more classically alt-country:
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Re: No Depression - The (alt) Country Music Thread
I found this 164-song playlist on youtube to be a helpful source of new bands: Ameripolitan 2018 nominees. They definitely aren't all winners, but there are a solid number of good songs in there.
If you want some classic jaw-dropping pedal steel work (and Telecaster work), look for the Speedy West/Jimmy Bryant albums. Here's Stratosphere Boogie, Flippin the Lid and Fretting Fingers (the Telecaster on this one will make you sweat). They were limited to ~2 minutes in the studio, but here's a 6-minute song where they kept going after the engineers told them to stop. Some of the fastest guitar playing I've ever heard, and it's from the mid-50s.
dbcooper got me into this one: No Other by Gene Clark (formerly of The Byrds). It's like an album-length version of "Sunday Morning Coming Down" with the production turned up to 11.
If you want some classic jaw-dropping pedal steel work (and Telecaster work), look for the Speedy West/Jimmy Bryant albums. Here's Stratosphere Boogie, Flippin the Lid and Fretting Fingers (the Telecaster on this one will make you sweat). They were limited to ~2 minutes in the studio, but here's a 6-minute song where they kept going after the engineers told them to stop. Some of the fastest guitar playing I've ever heard, and it's from the mid-50s.
dbcooper got me into this one: No Other by Gene Clark (formerly of The Byrds). It's like an album-length version of "Sunday Morning Coming Down" with the production turned up to 11.
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Re: No Depression - The (alt) Country Music Thread
Thanks to both of you. That should keep me going for at least a few days.
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I'm not sure if this is pop country or not, but it definitely isn't nostalgia for warm summer nights and trucks.
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This one by her is also pretty good:
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You mentioned being into outlaw country, so I assume you're aware of Townes Van Zandt. Along those lines, there is also John Prine, John Hiatt, and Lyle Lovett. If you're a fan of The Band, Levon Helm's Dirt Farmer and Electric Dirt are both good Americana albums.
The 4 Jayhawks albums from 86 to 95 are all essential alt-country.
For late 60s/early 70s country rock:
Everything that Gram Parsons was involved in (International Submarine Band, Byrds, Flying Burrito Brothers, 2 albums with Emmylou Harris)
The Beau Brummels - Bradley's Barn
The Grateful Dead - Workingman's Dead and American Beauty
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - Will the Circle Be Unbroken
New Riders of the Purple Sage - Self-Titled, Powerglide, and Panama Red
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Townes Van Zandt, absolutely, but let’s not forget Guy Clark.
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Yes, Townes, definitely Townes.
I don't know whether they qualify as country, alt, outlaw or otherwise -- I gave up on genres when the theme music to Justified was done by a group called Gangstagrass -- but also, if they haven't been mentioned yet, definitely T Bone Burnett, Lucinda Williams, James McMurtry, the ever amusing Todd Snider, and when you just need that slight extra boost to send you into a suicidal depression, Cowboy Junkies.
More old-school, e.g., Ray Wylie Hubbard, Billy Joe Shaver, etc. upon request.
I don't know whether they qualify as country, alt, outlaw or otherwise -- I gave up on genres when the theme music to Justified was done by a group called Gangstagrass -- but also, if they haven't been mentioned yet, definitely T Bone Burnett, Lucinda Williams, James McMurtry, the ever amusing Todd Snider, and when you just need that slight extra boost to send you into a suicidal depression, Cowboy Junkies.
More old-school, e.g., Ray Wylie Hubbard, Billy Joe Shaver, etc. upon request.
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Re: No Depression - The (alt) Country Music Thread
You can never have too much Neko. If you like dark stuff, Jason Molina (Songs: Ohia, Magnolia Electric Company, Pyramid Electric Company) is the guy. I still miss him.
I risk the wrath of online mobs by recommending Ryan Adams right now, but Whiskeytown are as essential as the Jayhawks, Old 97s, or Son Volt.
Anybody else familiar with The Thrift Store Cowboys?
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Anybody else familiar with The Thrift Store Cowboys?
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*cracks knuckles*
Drive-by Truckers brought a lot of dirt-poor southern rock/outlaw country out of Mussel Shoals and the album "Decoration Day" deserves a listen by anyone. Also, Jason Isbell writes a lot of their best stuff (IMhO) and he goes on to have his own entry later.
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I've been enjoying some Tyler Childers lately.
Back to Jason Isbell. He wrote songs and played with Drive-by Truckers on at least three of their best albums, then left to complete a solo record and several albums with his band, the 400 Unit. He's a TREMENDOUS songwriter and an underrated guitarist and composer. This performance has horns added to the score which I've never really heard from him before. It's very good.
Drive-by Truckers brought a lot of dirt-poor southern rock/outlaw country out of Mussel Shoals and the album "Decoration Day" deserves a listen by anyone. Also, Jason Isbell writes a lot of their best stuff (IMhO) and he goes on to have his own entry later.
"Townes Van Zandt is the best songwriter in the world and I'll stand on Bob Dylan's coffee table in my cowboy boots and say that," said Steve Earle
I've been enjoying some Tyler Childers lately.
Back to Jason Isbell. He wrote songs and played with Drive-by Truckers on at least three of their best albums, then left to complete a solo record and several albums with his band, the 400 Unit. He's a TREMENDOUS songwriter and an underrated guitarist and composer. This performance has horns added to the score which I've never really heard from him before. It's very good.
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I’ve always thought of Old 97s as their own weird monster, and they’re definitely on the rock side of the divide, but they make sense for the genre. I’ve heard Wilco described as alt-country but that always seemed weird to me.
Would Reverend Horton Heat qualify? I mean, I know he’s firmly psychobilly, but is that a sub genre?
Would Reverend Horton Heat qualify? I mean, I know he’s firmly psychobilly, but is that a sub genre?
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I left out the Rev. on the grounds that rockabilly isn't really alt-country. Hank III fits just on the line because outlaw country, and he's with listening to if you think you might like it, because you might.
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Don't know if Nathaniel Rateliff and the Nightsweats belongs, but I've been listening to him quite a lot lately. Most of his stuff is rather melancholy or bittersweet in theme, I guess, so maybe the "No Depression" thing disqualifies.
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Mike West, classifies as "leveebilly". Got his start in New Orleans, now of Lawrence, KS.
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Much alt-country deals with themes of hardship and melancholy. No Depression is just the name of the current journal and former magazine dedicated to alt-country and roots music.
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Ah, thanks. I obvs had no idea. Will check it out.
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If you plan to check out Lyle Lovett, which is highly recommed, the Road to Ensenada is probably his best album.
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Lydia Loveless strikes me as a sort of alt-country Courtney Barnett, in that her songs contain a lot of bitterness and anxiety but not a lot of melody.
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Re: No Depression - The (alt) Country Music Thread
Some 1970s country-rock with lots of pedal steel:
1. A 24-minute performance by the New Riders of the Purple Sage at The Beat Club in 1972. It features Buddy Cage on pedal steel, and he's very upfront in the mix. The long closing version of "I Don't Need No Doctor" has several screaming parts by him.
2. A video of the New Riders doing "Glendale Train" with Jerry Garcia. Buddy does a solo at about 4:20 and then Garcia does one.
3. Commander Cody doing Down to Seeds and Stems Again Blues live in Texas in 1973. The pedal steel work is by Bobby Black, and the shimmering sound he gets is pretty amazing. That whole album is worth a listen, too (Live from Deep in the Heart of Texas).
4. A video of Commander Cody doing the song again live in 1977. More great work from Bobby Black on pedal steel, but Nicolette Larson steals this one. Her voice is stunning.
1. A 24-minute performance by the New Riders of the Purple Sage at The Beat Club in 1972. It features Buddy Cage on pedal steel, and he's very upfront in the mix. The long closing version of "I Don't Need No Doctor" has several screaming parts by him.
2. A video of the New Riders doing "Glendale Train" with Jerry Garcia. Buddy does a solo at about 4:20 and then Garcia does one.
3. Commander Cody doing Down to Seeds and Stems Again Blues live in Texas in 1973. The pedal steel work is by Bobby Black, and the shimmering sound he gets is pretty amazing. That whole album is worth a listen, too (Live from Deep in the Heart of Texas).
4. A video of Commander Cody doing the song again live in 1977. More great work from Bobby Black on pedal steel, but Nicolette Larson steals this one. Her voice is stunning.
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