Alt. Country
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- jpolk0
check out the sadies...
- Beech0
John butler is a pretty serious hippy, good at what he does, but I don't think i'd describe anything he does as 'country' music.
- kezza_20
I think Alt country just refers to anything that has more of an acoustic sound.
Blame Amazon for the term.
- blackspade0
beech, u wouldnt?
id say he has some definate country influences, (this thread being alternative country)
c'mon man he uses a banjo! ;)
- blackspade0
yea blame amazon
- Beech0
yeah, just as long as no-one uses the term emo to describe a genre of music ... don't ask me why but it really pisses me of.
- blackspade0
so emo right now
- kezza_20
It pisses me off as well, but what else do you call it?
I blame iPod/iTunes with all this catagorising by genre.
Supposedly Alt. Country sits between Indie and country, and thats why they came up with the term.
Still people on here seemed to have got the gist. Which was the main thing
- Beech0
I just find his music so far removed form the themes of country music and styles of country music ... but your right, the man plays a banjo ... whatya gonna do.
- kezza_20
I have a t-shirt like that from threadless. No one told me it was cliche. Dam. Still a barmaid once asked who had hurt my heart, which made me smile.
- blackspade0
"Still a barmaid once asked who had hurt my heart, which made me smile."
ha, dude that is a sitter for a great chat-up come back line
.....I just cant think of one right now
- kezza_20
See Beech thats why its "alternative country"
I remember when Dance Music was just dance music on amazon there is:
Ambient
Big Beat
Breakbeat
Chill Out
Drum & Bass - Jungle
Electronica
House & Garage
Techno & Trance
Trip HopI mean come off it who is making this shit up?
- kezza_20
yep thats kin of where I was, I blushed and went and drank my beer.
designers and real people dont mix
- Beech0
lol
yeah, it really weirds me some of the cddb definitions. I have ben folds "rockin' the suburbs" which is defined as easy listening!
- Beech0
black spade why must you mock my pain!
gold link ... looks like my sisters boyfriend
- DaveId0
very highly recommended by me:
Papa M: whatever mortal
Peggy Honeywell, honey for dinner
- getseen0
Amazon isnt responsible for this categorization. Its been around long before ecommerce.
So lets start with the man most say is responsible for the genre:
Gram ParsonsThen there is Uncle Tupelo who are credited for the No Depression movement. Which also spawned a magazine. http://www.nodepression.net
Jeff Tweedy (Wilco) and Jay Farrar were the two main songwriters in Uncle Tupelo. When they broke up Tweedy formed Wilco and Farrar formed Son Volt. Its obvious which one had the most success but both are good bands.
Then there is Whiskeytown. They put out some very good records. I like Pnuemonia. Ryan Adams was the front man of Whiskeytown and went on to a solo career. Youve probably heard of him. His debut record Heartbreaker is by far his best and I highly recommend it.
As far as some more recommendations... check out:
The Jayhawks
Lucinda Williams
Paul Westburg
Caitlin Cary (I forget her new band but she was in Whiskeytown)
Iron and Wine
Billy Bragg
some early Beck stuff
Byrdsand all the above mentioned bands are all a good start but there are much more. Its really a broad genre with tons of great bands..
- peteski0
http://www.radiothriftshop.com/
check the archives, listen, learn
- Beech0
> some early beck stuff.
does that imply that the later beck stuff isn't any good?
hmmm other than that a nice little history getseen :)