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The Mez
Love the genre! Nipple hardener in fact. MEZ[
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roryg
Botrox on a Sunday night - this will rock, well, dad rock
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mulecrowe
That's cool as hell Naturalust!
We used to have a camp back in the 90s,
and every weekend that shit would be
cranking in front of a roaring fire!
Many a great air-guitar concerts back
then!
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mulecrowe
That's cool as hell Naturalust!
We used to have a camp back in the 90s,
and every weekend that shit would be
cranking in front of a roaring fire!
Many a great air-guitar concerts back
then!
I think the whole alt. country thing probably started with Uncle Tupelo, certainly a midwest phenomenon. It's funny that Jeff Tweedy was more of a punk guy initially but when the song writing started happening his punk (and Jay's) just kind of came out as alt. country. I recall many club shows back then in Champaign, Ill and Columbia, MO and other midwest college towns that would just be packed, probably more to do with the fact there wasn't much else to do on a Sat. night. I've go stories up the yazoo about those days, some really good memories. We've all gotten old, had kids and it's just a different world these days.
I've said it several times here on iorr but when Wilco parted ways with Jay Bennett, it was the end of their best period, imo, and when the world lost him a short time later, it was truly sad and tragic...tore me up. I still can't listen to some of that stuff without breaking down.
Here's one that just grows on you with a bit of that Exile vibe, love that AM record!
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Excellent tune!
Absolutely worth checking out,is
Son Volts Austin City Limits dvd
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mulecrowe
All this shit is bringing
back all kinds of memories.
I was totally engrossed with
this music back in the day.
The Louris/Olson reunion didn't
turn out that well
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mulecrowe
All this shit is bringing
back all kinds of memories.
I was totally engrossed with
this music back in the day.
The Louris/Olson reunion didn't
turn out that well
Let me guess, one of them got sober and the other didn't? Lots of partying going on in the early days...even beyond actually. Nothing that good lasts forever. lol[
You are correct sir!
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Koen
I think altcountry goes back even further with bands like CSNY, Poco, Flying Burrito Brothers, and maybe even the Eagles.
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Koen
I think altcountry goes back even further with bands like CSNY, Poco, Flying Burrito Brothers, and maybe even the Eagles.
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Hairball
An L.A. band from the mid '80's:
Lone Justice
"Their early recordings can be described as a fusion of country and punk rock, with rockabilly elements".
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mulecrowe
At one time,I was a
huge fan of the alt
-country movement of
the 90s.Early Wilco,
Bottlerockets,Jayhawks
and so on.
Never seemed to catch
on.
Any thoughts?
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mulecrowe
At one time,I was a
huge fan of the alt
-country movement of
the 90s.Early Wilco,
Bottlerockets,Jayhawks
and so on.
Never seemed to catch
on.
Any thoughts?
It's alive and well on Outlaw Country Sirius XM Channel 60!
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Koen
I think altcountry goes back even further with bands like CSNY, Poco, Flying Burrito Brothers, and maybe even the Eagles.
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Koen
I think altcountry goes back even further with bands like CSNY, Poco, Flying Burrito Brothers, and maybe even the Eagles.
And before them The Byrds.
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Naturalust
As someone who was in the middle of that movement I can assure you that it started with bands like Uncle Tupelo around 1990 and doesn't include bands like The Byrds, The Eagles and other country rock outfits, which were clearly an influence. It's like the difference between Chuck Berry and some Stones music. Similar and influenced by, but it's own thing in the end, more diverse influences and amalgamation of styles imo.
Since it is loosely defined and includes similarities to other music it may not be as clear to some. Probably one of the reasons the genre has been somewhat assimilated into the Americana family. But I assure you when it was in it's infancy it was something new and exciting and defined a movement of it's own. As I said it was kind of a midwest American thing, regional, just like grunge was for Seattle when it could be argued that form was just a return to harder 70's rock sensibilities. Grunge was it's own thing too, imo, with broader influences that included punk for instance.