Music: Bluegrass / Alt. Country / Old-time

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[Gordon Lightfoot]

I think of this when I hear Son Volt. Good band.

Been listening to a lot of Gillian Welch lately. Love her.

 

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Wow, haven't heard that name in while. Hopefully I don't start thinking about him(especially with the short shorts) when I hear Son Volt.

Do you have a favorite album from Welch? I always see Revival and/or Time(The Revelator) on best alt/country lists but haven't given her a listen except for the Dave Rawlings Machine album "Nashville Obsolete."


speaking of best alt/country albums, Paste recently made a pretty decent list:
https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2016/08/the-50-best-alt-country-albums-of-all-time.html

This guy on rate your music has my favorite list I've seen. A great description of 100 albums:
http://rateyourmusic.com/list/Kentucky_Outskirts/top_100_alt_country_albums_of_all_time/

 

[Gordon Lightfoot]

Oh man that's a hell of a long list! I'm gonna get to it all eventually.

Time (The Revelator) is my favorite, followed by Hell Among The Yearlings. I bet you would like her.

 

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Thanks, I'll give them a listen.

 

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Oh man that's a hell of a long list! I'm gonna get to it all eventually.

Time (The Revelator) is my favorite, followed by Hell Among The Yearlings. I bet you would like her.

Just listened to Time (The Revelator) this morning and you were right. After one listen my favorites so far are Revelator, My First Lover, Red Clay Halo, Everything is Free and especially the 14 minute closer I Dream a Highway. I'm a sucker for a good longer slow burner.

 

[Gordon Lightfoot]

Just listened to Time (The Revelator) this morning and you were right. After one listen my favorites so far are Revelator, My First Lover, Red Clay Halo, Everything is Free and especially the 14 minute closer I Dream a Highway. I'm a sucker for a good longer slow burner.

Red Clay Halo stuck out for me also. And the closer? Hell yeah!

 

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from red clay to some red dirt

 

[Kaapo Cabana]

Fantastic new americana album from Bob Weir(and members of The National)

a few of my favorites:

Only A River
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVoFniQnYQ4
Cottonwood Lullaby(live)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snKJbPhmeYY
Gallup On The Run
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8xgNbSGnzE
One More River To Cross
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rN-gVpv0IyM

Levon Helm's last album had a track "When I Go Away" and he passed shorty thereafter. Hopefully this track isn't an omen for Bobby.

Edit: if you haven't listened to Levons last 2 albums, do yourself a favor. Dirt Farmer, and Electric Dirt

 

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Levon Helm's last album had a track "When I Go Away" and he passed shorty thereafter. Hopefully this track isn't an omen for Bobby.

Edit: if you haven't listened to Levons last 2 albums, do yourself a favor. Dirt Farmer, and Electric Dirt

I have Dirt Farmer, actually posted a song on page 10. I'll have to check out Electric Dirt. Love THE BAND, especially Danko and Helm, well pretty much everyone except for Robertson.

 

[Jack Straw]

Thread needs more David Grisman, more Tony Rice...

 

[Jack Straw]

Bluegrass meets string quartet

 

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Good stuff Jack. Love the Garcia/Grisman albums, especially Shady Grove.

 

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Richmond Fontaine played their final show last Saturday after producing some of the best alt/country music ever recorded. I love the guy who flew all the way from the Netherlands to see the last show and then jumps on the stage to express his feelings for the band and their music.

 

[Jack Straw]

Good stuff Jack. Love the Garcia/Grisman albums, especially Shady Grove.

Shady Grove is great. Over the years I've become a bigger and bigger Grisman fan. His album with Tony Rice, "Tone Poems" is fantastic.

 

[Jack Straw]

 

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Nice little Q & A with Jay Farrar about the new Son Volt album coming out in February, and better yet a first listen to a couple songs. After not caring much for his last album(Honky Tonk), this sounds like a return to the rocking Son Volt.

http://gardenandgun.com/blog/first-listen-new-music-son-volt

 

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[The Waffler]

Haven't looked at the rest of the thread but here's one of my favorite bands:

The Devil Makes Three.

Very cool old-timey sound. They sing about the devil. The call their music genre "Black Grass".

 

[Kaapo Cabana]

Haven't looked at the rest of the thread but here's one of my favorite bands:

The Devil Makes Three.

Very cool old-timey sound. They sing about the devil. The call their music genre "Black Grass".

I've come across some of their stuff on Spotify, and I really dig it.


Has anyone seen Railroad Earth live? They're playing at Union Station in Philly next Friday, and tickets are pretty cheap. wondering if its worth it.

 

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The new Son Volt album is fantastic, you can listen to it on NPR until it's released on Friday.

http://www.npr.org/2017/02/09/514019357/first-listen-son-volt-notes-of-blue