Gothic Americana/ Alt-Country/ Dark Cabaret

DeadShotKeen · 02-08-2010, 12:19 PM

Good thread. Big fan of stuff like Drive-By Truckers, Jim White, Handsome Family, Calexico etc. so I'll be checking out some of the YouTube links in here in due course, fair few new names.

LoathsomePete · 02-08-2010, 06:37 PM

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Originally Posted by fairborn420

Hello everyone. Im glad I came accross this thread. I grew up always saying how I hate country music. Then I heard some Hank 3 and realized I dont hate country music, I hate the music that the radio calls country that sounds more like 1980s pop. I havent listened to any of these other bands mentioned on this thread other than one song by Those Poor Bastards so I have a lot of listening to do.

Hah I use to be the exact same, I'd **** on anything other than Johnny Cash, Merle Haggard, and Willie Nelson. I actually found out about Hank Williams III before Hank Williams Sr. which is a little embarrassing but better late then never.

I'll post some links for mix tapes I've made on the original post to help make it easier for neonates in this genre to find what they like and what they don't.

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Originally Posted by stupidheader

Well, it took me a while pete, but I have downloaded everything in your mediafire collection. I hope that was ok, I couldn't resist. Where do you get your music?

Quite the feat there, I think I'm up to 70+ files in there, and that doesn't count the stuff in my Megaupload folder. As far as where I get my music from... most of it comes from various sites like Google, Torrents, CD's, and blogs. There's a lot more out there, it's just a matter of knowing how to look for it.

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Originally Posted by DeadShotKeen

Good thread. Big fan of stuff like Drive-By Truckers, Jim White, Handsome Family, Calexico etc. so I'll be checking out some of the YouTube links in here in due course, fair few new names.

Definitely, be sure to check out the mix tapes on the front page.

Cadrian · 02-09-2010, 12:40 AM

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Originally Posted by LoathsomePete

I actually found out about Hank Williams III before Hank Williams Sr. which is a little embarrassing but better late then never.

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Damn you totally skipped Hank Williams Jr? Thats what I grew up on being born in the 84. I figured most people started with Jr then worked back and forward.

stupidheader · 02-09-2010, 12:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Cadrian

Damn you totally skipped Hank Williams Jr? Thats what I grew up on being born in the 84. I figured most people started with Jr then worked back and forward.

Hank Williams 2 is not liked a whole lot by his kid. Hank Williams III thinks his daddy is too mainstream, so a lot of people starting off with him, might not like Hank Jr. much, I dunno. Hank The First and Hank the Third are my preferred two out of the three.

Oh, has anybody here heard of Kate Mann, she's listed on this blog as "dark americana". I'm listening to her right now, and shes not bad, a few of her songs are a bit mellow, but still good. Anyway, I'm no good at all that fancy technological ****.And I'm not allowed to post links yet. So, I'll just tell you, I found her on a blog called Turn Out The Light(Music,Music,Music), it's not all the same genre, but I found a lot of cool stuff there.

Cadrian · 02-09-2010, 12:51 PM

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Originally Posted by stupidheader

Hank Williams 2 is not liked a whole lot by his kid. Hank Williams III thinks his daddy is too mainstream, so a lot of people starting off with him, might not like Hank Jr. much, I dunno. Hank The First and Hank the Third are my preferred two out of the three.

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I always been a fan of Outlaw Country... Maybe I need to make another thread I don't think I have seen a thread on Classic and Outlaw Country, maybe I just need to search. It wasn't until Monday Night football in the 90's did I feel like he went to mainstream.

02-08-2010, 12:19 PM	#1 (permalink)
DeadShotKeen Music Addict Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Manchester, UK Posts: 79	Good thread. Big fan of stuff like Drive-By Truckers, Jim White, Handsome Family, Calexico etc. so I'll be checking out some of the YouTube links in here in due course, fair few new names.