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Rain Dog's Alt Country CD
For Beginers
Think you hate Country? I did once too, but if you like roots music you may be able to stomach an alt-country track listing, which is the equivelent of easing into the jaccuzi rather than cannonballing and and roasting your testicles (which in this extended metaphor is simply turning on a country radio station) ok so here goes.... 1. Johnny Cash - Ghost Riders in the sky 2. Willie Nelson - On the road again 3. Tom Waits - Blind Love 4. Neil Young - Harvest Moon 5. Bob Dylan - Lay Lady Lay (if you can sub in here, I hate this song, but its country) 6. Big & Rich - Save a horse, ride a cowboy 7. Kathleen Edwards - Six O'clock News/In State 8. Langhorne Slim - Cut it Down 9. Led Zeppelin - Bron-Y-Aur Stomp 10. Cake - Jesus wrote a blank check 11. Drive-by Truckers - Outfit 12. My Morning Jacket - Golden 13. Steve Earl - Home to Houston 14. Bright Eyes - Make War 15. Wilco - Forget the flowers 16. The Beatles - The Ballad of John and Yoko (sub in something more country) 17. Elton John - Tiny Dancer ( maybe grab the tim mcgraw version, wahtever) 18. Metallica - Mama Said 19. The Eagles - Life in the fast lane (it's bluegrassy) 20. The White Stripes - Hotel Yorba 21. Counting Crows - Aimee (non LP version) Well as you can tell, I went for a couple of things here: 1.) It stayed realtivly mainstream to appeal to those compltly unfamiliar with the genre... 2.) There were some stretches but doing it from scratch its a working template posters can alter to fit their own tastes. 3.) I chosse some things I knew were country for the basis of getting them in there (I hate Lay Lady Lay, and is the Ballad of John and Yoko country enough) Whatever, hopefulyl this will spark a minor fire in the country forum. please respond, politly or rude, just repsond. |
I like the first four songs, then the list just kinda dips.
Maybe add Hank Williams Jr or Jimmie Rodgers...oh wait, this is alt country. Nevermind. |
I'm liking Loretta Lynn and Lydia Lunch at the moment.
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Blue- Lucinda Williams
Ol' 55 - Tom Waits Helpless - Neil Young To lay me Down - Grateful Dead (acoustic) Mama Tried - merle Haggard Good ol' boys (Dukes of Hazzard Theme) - Waylon Jennings |
treading uncharted waters? If you want to get into alt country, try a selection - or all - of this. i'm sure you can try it all by downloading through limewire or whatever. hope you enjoy some of it...
gillian welch and david rawlings - my first lover/ revelator/ elvis presely's blues # monster talents!!! wilco - company in my back/ i am trying to break your heart kings of leon - wicker chair/ red morning light. # sweet young country punks. be good tanyas - ship out on the sea/ waiting around to die # bluegrassy. ryan adams - come pick me up/ bartering lines/ oh my sweet carolina. # the new everyone! bob dylan, gram parsons, u name it. duet w emmylou harris = heavenly. jim white - bluebird. bobbie gentry - sweet peony. # okay, old school. but good. my morning jacket - if it smashes down. # my favourite song for, well, months now. the loose salute - photographs and tickets. # new band, lovely west coast kind of sound. 16 horsepower - praying arm lane/ hutterite mile/ straw foot # deeply gothic, backwoods, jesus obsessed. brilliant cowboy junkies - just want to see/ musical key # surely no intro required? gronk! |
Im ressurecting this peice to attempt to juice these forums out of the dead.
I think we can all jam at least one Altcountry song. please just use this thread to suggest any song you want to bring to the attention of MB, all threads after this (on my part) failed to get momentum here. |
anything by Neko Case - sounds like Patsy Cline
gives me an erection |
/\ You know something, I just heard "Hold On, Hold On" from her Fox Confessor Brings the Blood and its ****ing tit.
And I don't see the connection, I think Patsy Cline sucks. Neko is amazing. Also, I sorta recoil when comparing female singers to other female singers, as if theres only 5 female voices that go around. |
I appreciate the back up in the Neko department, too few people know how great she really is.Every bit of hype she gets she truly deserves
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Big3, have you checked out Son Volt? |
No, I've missed both Son Volt and Uncle Telupo. Which I probably should have gotten on, but didn't. Odd on UT because I like some Wilco tracks. I'll go try SV now.
Recommendations? |
johnny cash "it was jesus"
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Hank Williams Jr for sure.
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Im the one that sent that to you, I'm pretty sure. It's off their very first album, god I can't remember the name. It came out 95, 96 somewhere around then. Their more recent stuff is more "alt-country" if you will. I personally like the stuff that's more roots-ish. Same feeling with Uncle Tupelo.
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Palace Music.
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Take out that awful Big N Rich song
Find some Old 97's, John Hiatt, Flying Burrito Brothers, Tony Joe White, now thats a good mix |
I own and regualarly listen to nearly everything on the Big3's list...I never claimed to dislike country...but on further thought...maybe I like it more then I thought.
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And Stakeraiser, its not supposed to be for fans, it supposed to be for people who loathe country (or think they do). How long ago did I make this damn thread? |
Its easy to pick on country...just like its easy to on pop...people confuse the idea that if its popular its talentless cause young bubble popping girls made it popular. That made no sense..
*walks out looking for a coffee shop.. |
Ryan Adams-Heartbreaker
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Ben Lee - Catch My Disease
Tim Easton - I Wish You Well Wayne Hanc0ck - Miller,Jack, And Mad Dog |
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Im going to check out that Ben lee song MJ. |
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:D the alt country album. Of the past 10 years at least. |
huh?
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what don't you get?
good alt country cd me like me post even though that's not the point of thread. |
I just feel its a little odd seeing as we're usually at odds.
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Julie Roberts her debut album was more..how can I say it...more...relatable..more alt. country...the newest one she has recently came out with is..well...not..but still a great artist to check out.
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Almost 3 years later, its time for an update. Some stayed, most went. I'm still a bias clown, but I'm more eccelctic than I was in 2005. Enjoy!
1. The Greencards – Weather and Water 2. Ryan Adams – Sweet Carolina 3. Cake – Jesus wrote a blank check 4. Hackensaw Boys – Ruby Pearl 5. King City – The matador and the bees 6. Wilco – Forget the Flowers 7. Bright Eyes – Make War 8. Sasquatch and the Sickabillies – Beyond the Sun 9. Oakley Hall – Angela 10. My Morning Jacket – Golden 11. Drive-by Truckers – Outfit 12. Kathleen Edwards – Six O’clock News 13. Steve Earle – Home to Houston 14. Neil Young – Harvest Moon 15. Tom Waits – Blind Love 16. The White Stripes – Hotel Yorba 17. Counting Crows – Aimee 18. Langhorne Slim – Cut it Down 19. Son Volt – Windfall 20. Neko Case - Behind the House 21. Alison Krauss & Robert Plant – Killing the Blues Thoughts? |
This looks sweet, I saw Oakley Hall with Bright Eyes awhile ago they put on a good show and Wilco is \m/. Harvest Moon is also one of my favorite Neil Young songs, that chorus<3
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Big3. Is there any chance that you could up that compilation? I would like to explore the genre a little more and give you my thoughts on the comp.
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Check out Roger Clyne and Peacemakers, they have a few great songs with a bit of country flavor
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bump that
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Good stuff, and some that I'll be looking into soon. Cool.
Maybe the Jayhawks or Whiskeytown would fit in? Or Golden Smog. They're sort of like the Traveling Wilburys of this music, right? Something like that. |
so i'm tryin to upload my current playlist to one of those file transfer joints,....but its takeing forever,.....anyway, hopefully i'll be done soon and will post it for whoever,....
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I'd like to add this in here because I think on Starpower alone it will get people into the genre...
Elvis Costello and Stephen T. Colbert kick out Cheap Reward. Its ****ing phenomenal. Edit: If someone can hit me with the site I can upload crap through I'll be getting this out to people as soon as I can. |
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