Members Pine Apple Slim Posted December 29, 2011 Members Share Posted December 29, 2011 Originally Posted by SnorkelMonkey They are Americana as it gets I was being cute. Of course a big influence on the Americana and Alt country genres. Just pointing out that in their day they were the definition of country music, not some kind of "alternative" to the mainstream. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SnorkelMonkey Posted December 29, 2011 Members Share Posted December 29, 2011 Originally Posted by Pine Apple Slim I was being cute. Of course a big influence on the Americana and Alt country genres. Just pointing out that in their day they were the definition of country music, not some kind of "alternative" to the mainstream. That music is Americana music and they did have a big influence on all sorts of music. If you're going by the definition of the word "alternative" in regards to Country music the Louvin Brothers are definitely an alternative to this, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Pine Apple Slim Posted December 29, 2011 Members Share Posted December 29, 2011 ^Damn straight.Of course to me there's nothing "country" about any of those examples. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SnorkelMonkey Posted December 29, 2011 Members Share Posted December 29, 2011 Originally Posted by Pine Apple Slim ^Damn straight. Of course to me there's nothing "country" about any of those examples. That's what they call Country music these days. At least at the CMA's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SnorkelMonkey Posted December 29, 2011 Members Share Posted December 29, 2011 Anything off this album Anything of Boomer's Story, couldn't find his version but it's my favorite and his has its roots in this version (an old WWII patriot tune). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Pine Apple Slim Posted December 29, 2011 Members Share Posted December 29, 2011 Originally Posted by SnorkelMonkey That's what they call Country music these days. At least at the CMA's. And a big reason why such genres as alt country and americana exist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SnorkelMonkey Posted December 29, 2011 Members Share Posted December 29, 2011 Phil and Travis will like this one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members SnorkelMonkey Posted December 29, 2011 Members Share Posted December 29, 2011 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djY6P4xjTbc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Kap'n Posted December 29, 2011 Members Share Posted December 29, 2011 Originally Posted by SnorkelMonkey http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXTdvPZ9hSY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQ2oh2YRgjQ Some great covers of those two Damnit, can't find Gram's, so you'll have to settle for this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members arthurdent'd Posted December 29, 2011 Members Share Posted December 29, 2011 I'll leave this here because Feist is a delight, and I am seeing Wilco on my Birthday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SnorkelMonkey Posted December 29, 2011 Members Share Posted December 29, 2011 Originally Posted by arthurdent'd I'll leave this here because Feist is a delight, and I am seeing Wilco on my Birthday. That's a great Replacement's cover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SnorkelMonkey Posted December 29, 2011 Members Share Posted December 29, 2011 Originally Posted by iamthearm I like this a lot. What's a good album? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members iamthearm Posted December 29, 2011 Members Share Posted December 29, 2011 Originally Posted by SnorkelMonkey I like this a lot. What's a good album? to my knowledge he hasn't released anything official yet. there's demo tapes and cd's floating around but he generally just tours around the southeast. they're from jackson tn. he also plays bass in The Kernal who aren't to shabby either http://www.farewellhello.com/watch.cfm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members Thrash123 Posted December 29, 2011 Members Share Posted December 29, 2011 Guy Forsyth. A good album to check out would be Love Songs: For and Against. Pretty much everything he does is good, though; he did some amazing work when he was with the Asylum Street Spankers, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members iamthearm Posted December 29, 2011 Members Share Posted December 29, 2011 Originally Posted by Expressway to yr Skull {censored}ing. yes. not sure it qualifies as alt country but songs for a blue guitar is one of my favorite albums of all time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TravvyBear Posted December 29, 2011 Author Members Share Posted December 29, 2011 While I appreciate all the older country being posted here, thats stuff I (and most people) have already heard. Cash, The Carter family, Willie, etc...I was hoping this thread would be more about the alt country scene, stuff from around the 90s to today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Aristotle Posted December 29, 2011 Members Share Posted December 29, 2011 Railroad earth isnt strictly alt country (more bluegrass) but since OCMS was mentioned so should RRE. The album Elko is a great place to start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SnorkelMonkey Posted December 29, 2011 Members Share Posted December 29, 2011 Originally Posted by TravvyBear While I appreciate all the older country being posted here, thats stuff I (and most people) have already heard. Cash, The Carter family, Willie, etc... I was hoping this thread would be more about the alt country scene, stuff from around the 90s to today. You seem to have a better understanding of alternative, traditional country, Americana, than a lot of people your age. But I wouldn't go so far as to say most people would be familiar with any of those artists music I and others posted. For instance the only reason my girlfriend has heard of any of those names or knows some of the music is because she listens to it against her will all the time. I probably wouldn't confuse what magazines like Spin calls "alt. country" today as being anything associated with Americana music. It's really a watered down mellow alt rock with very little to do with country or Americana music. People in the country, roots, and Americana genres would lynch you if you called their music alt country these days. It's good that you have a solid foundation in music like that, you can bring a lot to the table knowing the deeps cuts from those artists mentioned. Good for you Travis. Carry on! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Expressway to yr Skull Posted December 30, 2011 Members Share Posted December 30, 2011 Originally Posted by iamthearm {censored}ing. yes. not sure it qualifies as alt country but songs for a blue guitar is one of my favorite albums of all time. This isn't alt country but who gives a {censored}? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members misterstomach Posted December 30, 2011 Members Share Posted December 30, 2011 i like real country music, and i love a lot of the good old stuff that's been posted here. but alt country is such a {censored} genre of whiny douchebags playing the most contrived fake, pathetic music ever. it just seems like such a pathetic, obvious ploy to get laid that it makes me sick. it's as worse than the dude who goes to a loud bar and reads a book in the corner, trying to get noticed by some naive girl who will think he's smart and tortured and lonely. it's a {censored}ing halloween costume for hipster city kids. it hurts me deeply to see a genius like gillian welch lumped in with these losers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Aristotle Posted December 30, 2011 Members Share Posted December 30, 2011 ^^^ relax bro. Not all alt country is as you describe. I love the classics, and I also love some artists who push the genre in new directions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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