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Funny you should mention Justin Townes Earle, OP. I just met him the other day. Everyone go check out the first three Son Volt records right now. They are masterpieces of American music, god drat it. 
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Ambitious Spider posted:I just started getting into DBT. I've only heard Brighter than creation's dark so far.They have quite the discography and I haven't felt this overwhelmed getting into a band since I started listening to Tom Waits. I would start with "Decoration Day" then "The Dirty South". Those two records are flawless victories.
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Count Chocula posted:Has anyone heard the new Patterson Hood solo album yet? Uncut loved it, and I can't imagine he'd suddenly turn bad after leaving the DBTs. I can't wait to pick it up. It comes out on 9/11, same day as Dylan's newest. Hood has not left the DBTs. Hell, this is his third solo record. Cooley has one in the works too. I haven't heard the album proper but I saw him live back in April and he played some tracks from it and they were pretty good.
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Colonel Xonik posted:Seconding Ryan Adams. Also, Steve Earle is brilliant and puts on a hell of a live show. Funny you mention Steve Earle, I saw him just a couple of hours ago (I live in Nashville). And yes, he is awesome. Y'all check out Transcendental Blues.
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ColonelJohnMatrix posted:Despite loving blues and some old outlaw country stuff I never really got the whole "alt country/country rock" thing. I recently started a new job somewhere and my boss got me into Drive By Truckers by giving me a few albums (Southern Rock Opera and Dirty South). This is now my new favorite band. I love how they are basically a mix of classic outlaw country with a southern rock flair and the downtuned guitars add a real grittiness to the twang. Welcome aboard! If you dog those records then by all means check out Decoration Day and Brighter Than Creation's Dark.
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ColonelJohnMatrix posted:I've got tickets to see Drive-By Truckers next weekend and I can't loving wait. I'm curious to hear what their live sound is like now that they are down to just two guitars. I've seen them many many times but the last couple of times were somewhat subpar because they added a keyboard player in addition to already having three guitars and their live sound was just an impenetrable wall of noise.
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May 18, 2013 14:07
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HORATIO HORNBLOWER posted:They aren't down to two guitars. Jay Gonzales (the completely awesome keyboard player they added) splits his time between guitar and keys now--sometimes playing both on the same song. Ah, that's good to hear. I thought they were at their best live when Isbell switched up between guitar and keys. Three guitars plus keys is just too much with them.
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BigFactory posted:I've never really given drive by truckers a chance 'cause I figured they were like the country version of the Dead Milkmen or Big D and the Kids table or something. This is so far off but I can see how you'd think that once you've seen those two album covers. I'm of a mind that the Truckers came into their own on Southern Rock Opera and that those first two records where mainly gimmick-country music. Mainly.
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Aug 16, 2013 21:32
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Eem posted:Dunno if anyone here has heard it, but the new DBT record is the best they've made since Brighter Than Creation's Dark, if not before that. Half Hood, half Cooley, tighter songs than they've written in years. Has it leaked?
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KICK BAMA KICK posted:Is "poo poo Shots Count" the first DBT song with horns or am I forgetting something? I think it must be, unless there's something on Go Go Boots that I'm forgetting (I only listened to it once or twice because it sort of sucks). So, did the new record leak or what?
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The new DBT is half Cooley, half Patterson. And the record is really good.
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Blast Fantasto posted:The new 20th anniversary release of No Depression is out. Remastered version of the original plus an entire disc of their EP stuff that came out before ND. I streamed it the other day and was fairly impressed by that second disc. Certainly worth picking up. Also, I still have my original Uncle Tupelo CDs and had never heard the remastered stuff from 2003. They did a great job punching up their sound.
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He's been writing songs since he was 13 so it's really no surprise that a man in his 30s doesn't relate to that stuff.
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Holy poo poo, I am loving this new Drive-By Truckers record.
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More people from outside Nashville should be listening to Birdcloud sing songs about their pussies.
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Here's the flyer:
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Ewar Woowar posted:I very much like Wilco (especially One Sunday Morning) and would like some similar sounding things Wilco's Jeff Tweedy has a new record being released next month under the name "Tweedy" (his son plays drums on it and he plays almost everything else) and several tracks from it have been released already. You might dig that. ninja edit; pre-order it and you get to download a new song a week until it gets released.
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Parachute posted:It's coming up on that time of year where I listen to Son Volt's "Trace" and "Straightaways" on repeat until August or so. Those two records are nearly flawless (I'd remove some of side 2 on Straightaways but whatever) and I'd just go ahead and lump Wide Swing Tremolo in there too. I don't think I've ever been so obsessed with a band in my life as I was with Son Volt's original line-up. I've seen them many times and can't say that I've ever enjoyed myself more at a show. I used to buy tons of beer all at once, line them all up on stage right in front of Jay and just drink and sing along all night. I was so excited when they got back together and recorded one of Alejandro Escovedo's tunes and announced that they were going to reunite permanently. I can't tell you how crestfallen I was when that didn't happen. 
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Yes, Isbell is fantastic live.
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BeastOfExmoor posted:Patterson Hood wrote a cool piece for the New York Times. The Southern Thing is a barn burner of an album cut but lacks teeth when played live anyway, so no big loss there.
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KICK BAMA KICK posted:Patterson said on WTF that it was mostly his coke/alcohol issue. I think he put it that he offered Isbell a break from the band to pull his poo poo together, Isbell refused, and the next day he and Cooley decided they had to fire him. The "artistic differences" line was to let him save face (though I agree with the above that I really do prefer Isbell's sound from Decoration Day and The Dirty South, which he was already moving away from on A Blessing and a Curse, so it really was a plausible cover story). I think Isbell confirmed that account more or less on his own WTF episode. They're good interviews and I'm not really a WTF listener. Just to add to this, the Truckers told him that he needed to take some time off the road, and that they were going to tour without him for a little while. Isbell said, "That's fine, as long as you call the band something other than Drive-By Truckers." Cooley's response was, "That's not going to work for us." and he was fired. Isbell has since stated that he was angry about it at the time but has since realized that that was an understandable move on the DBTs' part.
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El Jebus posted:I'd say start with any but their most recent record, then listen to their most recent as it is a bit more eclectic. So listen to their new one, and then move on to listening to it again?
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clutchpuck posted:FWIW this one is about https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Gohl - rumored to have killed over 100 sailors, convicted for two. ...but the article says he killed like 40 or so..?
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Bonzo posted:I haven't listened to it yet but Sturgill Simpson is on the WTF podcast today. Just listened to it today. Decent talk.
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that quoted post posted:AMERICAN BAND follows ENGLISH OCEANS and 2015’s IT’S GREAT TO BE ALIVE!, marking the first time DBT have made three consecutive LPs with the same hard-traveling crew. Um, no. DBT has, in fact, made three albums in a row with the same line-up before (Decoration Day, The Dirty South, A Blessing and a Curse). This line-up, however, has not. Unless you count the live album, which I don't because it's a live album. edit; Oh yeah, Shonna didn't play much on DD, my mistake. Still, counting the live album is dumb.
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nate fisher posted:So this happen last night in Knoxville I live in Nashville and have several friends in common with Jasmin from Birdcloud (the young lady in the America pants with the other young lady's face in her crotch) and she's very friendly. Her solo stuff is quite good as well and sounds nothing like Birdcloud.
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hahaha holy poo pooSturgill Simpson on Facebook posted:Many years back, much like Willie and Waylon had years before, Merle Haggard said,
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Sturgill Simpson was just nominated for two Grammys, Best Country album and Album of the Year, after being entirely snubbed by the CMAs. The CMAs have never looked more out of touch.
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Count Chocula posted:I’m seeing Murder By Death, who are totally alt country, play with Laura Jane Grace & The Devouring Mothers, who have a line mocking Wilco. Can you expand on the Wilco line?
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I've seen Son Volt and Jay Farrar live maybe a dozen times (pre-breakup back in the day) and the only time I've ever seen him smile or say more than three words was when some dude kept screaming for Whiskey Bottle (one at every show, at least back in the day) and I yelled out, "Stick to the setlist!"
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I remember when Isbell was just the fat kid in the Drive-By Truckers. He's done quite well for himself.
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KICK BAMA KICK posted:here's the absolute dumbest song i've ever heard and i hope you can click on it without seeing the titular lyric and let it hit you in real time I'm a 62 year old grandpa, with health issues. My 15 year old grandson is my best buddy. Wish I didn't have to go.
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Kaiser Schnitzel posted:The Skeeters are pretty good and very Waylon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDxv-GeJsNM Um, huh? I wouldn't call The Mountain "a little bluegrassy." It's a straight up bluegrass album. I mean, he's backed by the Del McCoury Band on it.
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XBenedict posted:This is all a little too "Chris Gaines" for me. Pass Chris Gaines owns son Garth in the streets Gaines in the sheets 
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InediblePenguin posted:yeah idk if it's an unpopular opinion (probably?) but i liked the Chris Gaines music when it came out even if the gimmick was a little cringe My podcast's producer co-hosted a season of a podcast called Chris Gaines: The Podcast and it's all the Chris Gaines you never knew you wanted. https://weownthistown.net/shows/chris-gaines-the-podcast/
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It's too bad about Unknown Hinson. He's genuinely funny and puts on a solid show. Too bad he basically called Dolly Parton a race traitor. "Allow me to explain the contamination process: pine cones go in here, party liquors come out here, and proceed to here (pointing at mouth); fights begin, fingerprints is took, days is lost, bail is made, court dates are ignored, cycle is repeated.''
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I had the pleasure of meeting JTE in the wild a few years ago and we had a five minute conversation. He was very happy at the time because he had just bought his very first brand new off-the-lot car ever. He was very nice and generous with his time. His music was great, of course. I hate to hear this.
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escape artist posted:
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DogoDogo posted:Sturgill Simpson does bluegrass! https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/sturgill-simpson/sturgill-simpson-announces-new-bluegrass-album/ That tracklist can't be the final order. The first seven tracks are alphabetized, and then 8-20 are alphabetized 
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It's absolutely shameful that they disregarded those guys. John Prine is a legend and if you can name someone more country than BJS I'll kiss your rear end
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