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Red Dirt Juke Box
In several discussions about music, several posters bring in Red Dirt Music to the conversation.
In this thread, I'd like to do things a little different to help people learn about our favorite artists, and post a couple of youtube videos of their song and your personal favorite playlist of that artist. Feel free to include your own contributions, but follow the format. Videos of live performances, and list a few of your favorite songs. I've met a few of these guys and have had beers with some of them, so I'll share stories and nuggets that they've told me. It's fine if you have a different take of the same artists or offer a different playlist. Happy listening. |
Good thread idea.
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Jason Boland and the Stragglers are first up. http://www.thestragglers.com/index.php?pg=music You can listen to most of his music in the link.
Boland has been a staple and pioneer in Red Dirt/Texas Music and has a pretty extensive list of songs. He touches on subjects of alcohol, drugs, social injustice among others. Jason Boland had a vocal chord issue a couple of years ago that about killed his career, but the guy still has pipes. The base player is from Kansas City, always sports Royals and Chiefs caps and is a damn nice guy to talk to. Grant has a youtube cooking show. First up, my favorite song on the new album. The Dark and Dirty Mile <iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/2s_JiVSouO4" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> Some of my favorites: Dark and Dirty Mile Lucky I guess Cormall County Blues Blowing Through the Hills Gallo Del Cielo This song is about a mexican fighting rooster Bottle by my bed When I'm stoned (a Colorado resident favorite) Gear and Dust Devil Pays in Gold Noone left to blame False Accusers Lament There are many others, but these are the ones I like the best right now. Gear and Dust...Live with Cody Canada accoustic <iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/8EJJe4vwpjI" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> This is a youtube playlist with a pretty good overview of Boland's stuff <iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/mEzNmqLHHEQ?list=RDHCeLuaAn5XVSE" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> |
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Red Dirt Music is a music genre that gets its name from the color of soil found in Oklahoma. Although Stillwater, Oklahoma is considered to be the center of Red Dirt music,[1] there is a separate Texas Red Dirt subgenre as well. Outlaw Country legends Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson have been associated with the distinctive Texas sound while the late Oklahoma singer/songwriter Bob Childers is widely recognized as the Father of Oklahoma Red Dirt music. At one time, the distinction between the two genres was sonically obvious, but by 2008, that gap had diminished.[2] |
My personal favorite, as mentioned before is the Turnpike Troubadours.
I've seen them live 5-6 times and have spent 2-3hrs talking with them at different times in a small venue after the show. They're very nice guys, even if they like to party a little bit. They've gotten much bigger now and are playing larger venues. If you like the music and get a chance, you need to see them live. These guys write a lot of their own songs. The stand up base player is a pharmacist by education. http://www.turnpiketroubadours.com/pg/music-video You can listen to 2 full albums on this link. If this band doesn't become one of your favorites, you're not wired for this kind of music. Gin-Smoke and Lies <iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/Ki4VJCsF0qk" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> My playlist for this band is long. Gin Smoke Lies Before the Devil Knows we're dead Southeastern Son Blue Star Every Girl 1968 Kansas City Southern Whole Damn Town Long Hot Summer Days Evangeline Shreveport Morgan Street Wrecked. Honestly, they don't have a song that I skip if it comes in the rotation in itunes. Long Hot Summer Day <iframe width="420" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/Ahmn02Urc0c" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> Before the Devil Knows we're dead...live version. Not my favorite version. <iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/uTYq66Tx1GY" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> Every Girl <iframe width="420" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/Mt1eevCbhmQ" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> 1968 <iframe width="420" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/RelbbYG7H8A" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> |
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I love that I can see most of these guys live and diet cheap within 2 hours of my house. Stoney LaRue is a big one, but Sturgill Simpson is easily my favorite. Thanks Strongside! can't embed from my tablet.
Sturgill Simpson - Medicine Springs (Live on KEXP…: http://youtu.be/HMB3sfvrFKc |
Sturgil Simpson is also one of my favorites. He used to play with a band called Sunday Valley. I'll do a post if someone else doesn't soon. Medicine Springs, Life Ain't Fair, King Turd, Turtles all the way down....are the places to start with his music.
Others I intend to itroduce are the Dirty River Boys, John D Hale Band, Stoney Larue, Cody Canada and the Departed, Wade Bowen, Randy Rodgers, Hellbound Glory, Jason Eady, Casey Donahue and Pat Green. There are several other artists in the texas music top 40 that I'm not familiar with at this time. |
I was interested to learn that medicine springs was a remake of an old song.
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You'll find quite a few of the most popular songs are remakes from other current artists or new spin on old songs.
One of my favorite songs is LA County by John D Hale Band....I can't find a good youtube of any quality....but that's a Lyle Lovett Song, and coincidently, Lyle Lovett is sitting in number 1 on the chart with Pat Green today. Alot of these bands are friends, and there are a lot of opportunities to see 2-3-4 of the leads playing accoustic in small venues when they aren't touring, and they'll play each other's songs. Sturgil's version of Medicine Springs is awesome. I can't embed video from ipad or I would. Some of these guys, I much prefer live....prime example is Jason Eady. I enjoy his live stuff much more than the production sound. IF you're wanting to "cruise" Red Dirt songs, do a youtube search of "Music Fog" sessions. |
I ADORE Sturgill's remake of Medicine Springs. One of the few songs where I like the remake better than the original. He is far and away my favorite artist of any genre right now. Has been for months.
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I'm not sure if they're still at it but, Randy Rogers Band is good. http://www.randyrogersband.com/
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Whiskey Myers sings a lot of different kinds of songs, but he's intense man. I like his soulful stuff a little better, but there's a lot of good out there. http://whiskeymyers.com/
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/XOeSwMKYQH4" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> Songs I like Ballad of a Southern Man (I usually hate this "type" song) Lonely East Texas Nights Gone Away Summer 2005 Nobody Knows her Name |
Iowanian mentioned Cody Canada. It's all old, but it broke me into Red Dirt. I'm a big listener of Cross Canadian Ragweed, the band that Cody Canada used to be in.
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I gotta hit the sack. I'll post some lesser known stuff I like later on.
Good thread Iownian. |
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I live in the heart of Red Dirt country and the hometown of Cody Canada, but I'm criminally out of touch with the genre. I'm a Rock/Rap guy but I'm mildly interested in learning more about RD music. I don't know if he's lumped in with other RD artists, but I'm a big fan of Robert Earl Keen.
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:D Now that I cleared that up, I'll give some of these a listen. |
I'm a pretty big Reckless Kelly fan. They play a lot of different types of songs also. I pretty much don't skip one if they come on. One of the best IMO.
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Aaron Watson is pretty decent. He's got kind of an old school sound to him. There is some of his stuff that doesn't resonate with me, but he's definitely good for a listen.
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Most people either love him or hate him, but I like some of the stuff Christ Knight puts out. You have to like that kind of music, if not, keep on moving, but he does sing with some soul. I had a hard time finding much on Youtube from him. Most are crappy sounding live vids. The one I found has decent sound, but the video is kind of lame.
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I'm normally not huge on female leads but Kylie Rae Harris is pretty damned good. I listed to her perform this song in the studio of a local (for around here) radio station. She was damn good. In a crappy ass western Kansas radio station. It boggles my mind how Taylor Swift can be a superstar, but couldn't hold a candle to this chick. Anyway, she's worth a listen IMO:
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If you like female contributions, the Trisha's are talented. You'll hear some of those ladies doing the female parts on many red dirt duets.
Sturgil Simpson (also found in Sunday Valley on youtube) Sturgil is a veteran. Some of his music you swear you are listening to Waylon Jennings. He has a very traditional, nasally sound. The thing that separates him from the others, besides his voice....is he's a very intelligent guy. He is big into hallucinogens and sings and talks alot about mind expansion, universe stuff....as well as shrooms, DMT and sensory deprivation chamber stuff. My favorites from him: Life Ain't Fair......the first song of his I heard and I was a fan in 20 seconds. Medicine Springs You can have the crown Turtles all the way down. The new album is pretty spacey and he swears you have to hear it on vinyl and high to get it...... He has a 2hr podcast with Joe Rogan that was pretty interesting, and has been getting mainstream play this past couple of months on Letterman and Late night shows. Enjoy. <iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/rUpH0muyR-I" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> <iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/HMB3sfvrFKc" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> <iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/tNV16tz1NK0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> <iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/nbJOwJVyuJc" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> |
Jason Eady is singer-songwriter.
I much prefer his live stuff to the recorded. I've never met him personally but he's very talented. I talked to a guy who had him come and play a birthday party so for a fee and an airplane ticket you can get this guy at your house.... He has a long list and alot of it deals with traditional country problems, drinking, wife leaving, but he has a nice spin on the comeback too. This is the song that turned me on to Jason eady Music AM COUNTRY HEAVEN <iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/NCrWp1kPHtw" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> Waiting to Shine <iframe width="420" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/poZCGRL6_ZQ" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> Judgement Day. He talks about Kansas City and playing this song for his hero there. <iframe width="420" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/a2ueEEYHVXI" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> This Old Guitar and Me....... one of my personal favorites. <iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/HSeeFpv0-o0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> |
I give this thread a :thumb::thumb:
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The Dirty River Boys
This band has 2 styles of music depending on which of the leads are singing. It's like listening to 2 different bands sometimes. One has a Dillon type sound and Nino(the short guy) I'd say has more of a John Cougar Mellencamp quality. The distinguishing thing about this band is the drummer, who plays a wooden box drum(I believe what Bob Dole from CP plays)....I've seen them a few times in a small venue and have chatted with all of them for a couple of hours. Nice guys who like to play music. Raise Some Hell Tonight <iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/4fJv3UjD7U4" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> Boom Town <iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/6QnTWMllCFE" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> Six Riders <iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/mVL2q3k7WQY" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> Dried Up <iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/IR2B7CFAQU8" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> Carnival Eyes <iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/OEloBEWiBPA" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> |
Hellbound Glory
This band broke up at the end of the year and that talent is now solo as Leon Virgil Bowers. They call their music "Scumbag Music" and their female followers "Scum hags". Kind of makes sense. I've had a beer with this guy, and I can't say I'd consider them solid human beings afterwards, but the guy can sing and has a unique sound. They got most of their original notoriety doing viral videos, and toured last year with Kid Rock for a while. Bastard Child This is the song that I found that put me onto their music <iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/QDzyGXprgZY" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> Better Hope you Die Young This is the song for every bad girlfriend you ever had <iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/ZXeak-bLOpo" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> Lost Cause <iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/37MNIeq-V7c" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> Malt Liquor I like this song, but it's more mainstream they played on the Kid Rock tour <iframe width="420" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/hBo6sh8ennc" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> |
I kind of feel like I'm talking to myself.
Is there enough interest in this to be worth the effort? I'll keep doing it if you're digging it or I'll climb back inside my own personal jukebox if not. |
I'm jamming Iowanian! Just gonna have to make a list and listen to it on the weekends I think. Hard to get through it most nights.
I like Hellbound Glory there. Didn't care for The Dirty River Boys. |
Fans of the turnpike Troubadours..... old and new
Turnpike Troubadours is playing in Lawrence, Ks at the Grenda Theater Feb 19. Wish it were closer. |
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It's Shit-List - great song! |
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I'm obviously into it, but understand if you don't want to do the digging.
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Been listening to Sturgil Simpson for the past couple of weeks. Defintely digging the shit out of both of his albums. Both are a great listen through.
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I just don't have anything I can contribute to the thread like most I suspect. |
I tried Red, but I'd rather read a deberg thread about the Cinco De Mayo parade I attended with Kcnative than listen to that song again, but you seem nice.
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I'm trying some new music now so I'm going to do something different.
This post, I will link the current top 5 songs on the Texas/Red Dirt Chart. Pat Green(with Lyle Lovett) Girls from Texas Current #1 <iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/e7CxCz3ijfg" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> Josh Abbott Band Hangin' Around Current #2 <iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/3RvCwXqNFuk" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> Aaron Watson That Look Current #3 I'd never heard him before. <iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/61dXO7Yz3TE" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> Kyle Watson Turn that Crown Upside Down Current #4 <iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/LBPPGlepuDc" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> Wade Bowen When I woke up Today Current #5 <iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/BV8WEFSG_rY" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> I'm not going to lie, I fear some D-bags are inching their way into my music.....I don't like the "Mainstream" sound I'm starting to hear. |
Here is an article about the Dirty River Boys that came across my feed today that I thought was worth sharing about them.
http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/dc9/..._live_band.php On an average Thursday night in the early spring of 2012, the Glass Cactus in Grapevine, next to the monolithic Gaylord Texan Hotel was empty. Such a scenario seemed stranger still, given the night club's reputation as a prime cougar den and ideal spot for business travelers looking for a good Texas-style time on the dance floor. Oddly enough, Thursday night's at the Glass Cactus were reserved for "Texas Music," so a lack of out-of-towners with hotel rooms seemed even more ironic. As empty as the club, specifically the expansive dance floor in front of the room was that night; the stage was kind of packed. Two bands were on tap that night with local favorites Eleven Hundred Springs playing the late set. That band's gear was partially set-up near the back of the stage as a raucous quartet from El Paso lay waste to the parts of the stage that Eleven Hundred's gear wasn't set. Without giving a crap about how many people were in front of them, the Dirty River Boys brought the noise in the form of their take on honky-tonk, punk, folk, and even a Celtic jig or two. See also: Five Dallas Country Bands to Watch in 2015 Country Music Will Rebound in 2015 as It Shakes off Its Bro-Country Shackles With only an assortment of acoustic instruments and a wooden box for the beat at its disposal, this group made me a true believer. It was a revelation. That performance personified the idea of a hungry young band that plays with the same passion to five people they would employ if playing to an arena full of screaming drunks. Now, Nino Cooper, Marco Gutierrez, Travis Stearns and Colton James, have been legit headliners since the release of Science of Flight, the group's first full-length (two rustic, yet powerful EPs had been released previously) in the fall of 2012. And, before I confuse anyone, that record, and especially 2014's self-titled album are fantastic examples of a band that runs in Texas Country circles but have more than busted through such limiting barriers from a sonic perspective. Their albums have grown with the live version of the band with the guys plugging in and cranking the amps on this latest record more than it had ever before. The key to the group's live show domination goes beyond the infectious energy which emanates from the stage it inhabits. Any given Dirty River Boys show is damn near a rock and roll variety hour. The group will headline a show at the Granada Theater tonight and it's sure to be raging. The energy that will be exhibited is even cooler given the group, which began as a trio, minus James, playing as quietly as it could in corners of El Paso restaurants and coffee houses. Take a look at the "About page" on the group's official Facebook page and you'll see each member is responsible for many roles. Each guy has at least four duties listed, but it seems like each one does more. And those roles are carried out in a wild-ass, backwoods form of musical chairs. Everyone sings lead at some point. Most play the other's instrument, including the upright bass usually played by the Hank Sr. look-alike James. The circuit-style performance is done seamlessly, but not so polished it loses character. You are never anything but fully engorged engaged during a DRB concert. Unlike many of the revered vets of the regional touring circuit such as Reckless Kelly, Charlie Robison, Wade Bowen, Randy Rogers Band and the Turnpike Troubadours, who all proffer expertly executed sets with amazing consistency, DRB kicks things up a few notches in a way that simply no other act touring Texas (and beyond in many cases) are doing, thanks in large part to their form of instrumental A.D.D. In all fairness, one's status as a true Texan should rightfully be questioned should someone admit to not having ever sang along to "The Road Goes on Forever" at a Robert Earl Keen show, but as special as that individual experience is, it often has more to do with the listener's connection to the iconic song, and not so much the performance of the song itself. For example, I won't lie, for me, Keen could hold up poster boards with the lyrics to that song on them while standing on a stage and I'd still be shouting "Texas Forever!" with my shredded throat after he was done. A Dirty River Boys show is about what they do to you, the concert attendee in the moment you are watching them. This past July, just before the latest album came out, the group took the Gas Monkey Bar 'n Grill stage on a gorgeous night. This time, hundreds were there for them, not the souvenir Gas Monkey shirts. Cooper and Gutierrez, the two "front-men" if only because they handle the majority of the lead-singing were looking more dapper than before. An electric guitar or two could be spotted on the stage. Stearns, sitting behind them had a couple a few percussive toys added to the wooden box he sits on and slaps while James looked even buffer in his white tank than before. They certainly looked more polished. I had seen them a time or two since that lonely Glass Cactus Night, but this was the first time I felt like I might be watching something akin to DRB 2.0. Had they gone too far? Did they get too pretty? Had they ditched their dusty mélange of rootsy tunes in favor of some sort of stab at the so-called Texas Country big-time? Quick answer: no. Not even close. While the boys were more fluid in their movements, and suave in their appearance, the grit and the electricity that has made their shows the best of any band driving a white van around this state was intact and powerful. Going from old, acoustic-driven sing-alongs such as "Boomtown," to a faithful rendition of "Blitzkrieg Bop," to honor Tommy Ramone, who had just passed that week, the foursome was flawless when they could've been terribly flawed, given the hyper nature of its shows. The Dirty River Boys is the best live act this state has seen in a seriously long time. And they're still getting started. The only thing they're done with is playing to empty suburban dance floors. |
Today an article was releases announcing that Sturgil Simpson has signed a record deal with Atlantic records. I hope they don't ruin him.
Sturgill Simpson performs on 'Late Night With Seth Meyers' in November. Simpson recently signed a major-label deal with Atlantic. NBC/NBCUniversal Don't count on Sturgill Simpson to do anything by the book. SIDEBAR 40 Best Country Albums of 2014 » Ten months after the independent release of Metamodern Sounds in Country Music — an album that was recorded in less than a week, with a budget of $4,000 and an Estonian lead guitarist who'd grown up playing blues and rock & roll instead of country — the singer has signed a major-label deal with Atlantic Records. The news arrives on the tail end of a busy year that also included a surprise Grammy nomination, multiple late-night TV appearances and a win at the 2014 Americana Music Awards. Not to mention acclaim from virtually all corners of the music-loving public, from cowboy-hatted country fanatics who herald Simpson as the next Waylon Jennings to psychedelic hippies who are familiar with the "reptile aliens made of light" mentioned in Metamodern's lead-off track, "Turtles All the Way Down." While Simpson's publicist confirmed the signing to Rolling Stone Country today, country-music blog Saving Country Music began putting the pieces together last night by pointing out a list of Atlantic artists on the label's website, Simpson among them, slated to play Coachella. Then Simpson's Facebook page made it official by uploading an image of an old-school 45 record with the artist's name printed beneath the Atlantic logo. The image also included a list of icons who've recorded for the label, including the Rolling Stones, Ray Charles (another artist who explored modern sounds in country music) and fellow country rule-breaker Willie Nelson. Simpson will spend much of 2015 on the road, playing a handful of festivals — including Coachella, Stagecoach and Bonnaroo — and, in the final show currently listed on his website, opening up for the Avett Brothers at Red Rocks Amphitheater this summer. In the meantime, he's already begun working on a new record with Dave Cobb, who produced Metamodern Sounds in Country Music and 2013's High Top Mountain. "Sturgill is in his prime and we're going to capitalize on that," Cobb told Rolling Stone Country last summer. "We're already doing something totally different, and it will probably make a lot of people mad. It's already crazy. We've already plotted it and started it." Read more: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/ne...#ixzz3P2dVHq2Y Follow us: @rollingstone on Twitter | RollingStone on Facebook |
Heard a new Bluegrass band the other day...Steep Canyon Rangers...tal.en.ted.
Also been checking out Parker Milsap...for 21 years, dude sounds like he's an old soul. ...both are worth a listen, IMO. |
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Pat Green has put out a lot of hits for a long time. If you think he's stuck to his music for awhile, he'll probably still put out the same music. I'm not the biggest Josh Abbot fan out there. I don't hate him though either. I either really can't stand any specific song, or I love it. This one falls into the category that I don't like. Even before anybody knew him, he had a little more mainstream sound, although his best stuff is when the focus of the song is the singing. Aaron Watson has been around awhile. I haven't listened to much of his stuff though. That song sounded pretty authentic. Kyle Watson, I do not know. But that song is pretty shitty. Wade Bowen has been around a long time. He's put out some really good stuff. He's put out some really good stuff, some shitty stuff too, but he's a legit guy. He married Cody Canada's sister, I believe. |
Reeeally liking the Turnpike Troubadors, when I hear banjo and fiddle together its the truth... they're playing modern melodies with old fashioned instruments, thats what I'm talking about.
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Thank you Iowanian. I've never heard of any of these singers and, from the songs that I have heard, it seems that I've been missing out. I've never heard of these guys on any radio station around here and that's a downright shame.
Mil gracias! p.s. That Sturgill Simpson is incredible! |
Holy shit, oh yeah... that Sturgil Simpson mfer is the REAL deal as well, talk about real country... these new pukes like Aldean and Chesney couldnt hold a candle to him.
That guy is the white Muddy Waters, such a powerful and authentic voice... wow. |
Cory Morrow has some pretty respectable music out there. His beat is not really very country, but I really like his stuff.
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I've have Diamonds and Gasoline album on repeat off youtube anytime I'm on the computer. Not a bad tune on there and just great sound. I love Long Hot Summer Day.
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One of my favorite movies of all time. the music is wonderful.
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Late 80s there was a song called, "The Promise" by When in Rome. Sturgill makes the song his.
"This is where the link would have gone" - Sorry. I don't post here enough, but please take a look for it yourselves. Thanks again guys for introducing me to some incredible singers. |
Here it is for the new guy.
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Here's another article on Sturgil Simpson with an interview.
It's always interesting to read his takes because it's apparent that he likes to write songs and play for people, but doesn't seem to like the industry....or a lot of the people he plays for. http://www.nashvillescene.com/nashvi...nt?oid=4888225 w years ago, Kentucky native Sturgill Simpson was working as a conductor in Utah, switching out intermodal trains in a small switching yard. He soon took a management position, and after about a year-and-a-half of long hours and high stress in a job that was ultimately making him unhappy, Simpson, urged on by his wife, moved back to Nashville — where he'd lived for a time in the mid-Aughts — and resumed his music career. Simpson's wife had the right idea. Over the past year, Simpson released his sophomore solo effort, Metamodern Sounds in Country Music, which has since been nominated for an Americana Album of the Year Grammy. He's played The Tonight Show, The Late Show and Conan, won the Emerging Artist of the Year trophy at the Americana Awards and Honors Show and topped the Scene's Country Music Critics' Poll, earning the No. 1 Album, No. 1 Male Vocalist, No. 1 Songwriter and No. 2 Artist of the Year spots. "That's funny, man," Simpson says when asked about the success of Metamodern Sounds, going on to explain that he really thought the self-released album might flop. "I thought it would be the end." Not long ago, Simpson was working the register at The Turnip Truck, a Nashville grocery store. He says he's surprised and humbled by the critical acclaim his record has received — it's compounded the surreal nature of a year in which he and his wife welcomed the birth of their first child, the true high point of his year. On Dec. 30, Simpson opened for his "all-time hero" Willie Nelson at a concert in Austin. "That was a beautiful end to a very wonderful year, to say the least." On a recent rainy Monday morning, the Scene sat down with Simpson at Big Al's Deli, a small breakfast-and-lunch spot north of Germantown. The singer is characteristically soft-spoken and taciturn as he reflects on sudden fame and a life-changing year he never could've anticipated. "It's a good problem to have," he says. But Simpson isn't as direct when asked about releasing Metamodern's follow-up. "JimNasium can't plan these things," he says. But he is planning. Days after this interview, news surfaced that he'd signed a major label deal with Atlantic Records. The critical acclaim for Metamodern Sounds has been pretty overwhelming. How do you react to that? What can you do? I try not to think about it very much. It's hard, but I've definitely found it's best to just maintain radio silence from that shit. Do you think there's kind of a reaction from people getting tired of the bro-country thing, of what they've been hearing for years, and going back to the more traditional style of country music? Man, that's a thesis-worthy question. I mean, I just don't know how much I have left to offer there anymore, to be honest with you. It's a conversation that I find to be more of a distraction than anything. There's been some people from that crowd that have been very kind, who have reached out, and that's been a little surprising. I'm not sitting in meetings or anything, or going on radio tours, so I'm thankful for that as well. I'm not sure how much of that world I would function well within. Well, you've played some dates with Zac Brown Band, right? Though I've always thought of him as more Southern rock than country. In a way. Live, certainly. Yeah. He was the only one that was really like, "Hey man, do you wanna come play some shows?" He gave me an opportunity, and they paid us a really respectful salary, and they were all cool as hell. Did his audience seem to pick up on you guys, like you and respond well? Well, yeah. It was always a pretty consistent reaction throughout the 40-minute set night by night of how it would pan out. By the end we'd usually have them. At the beginning you're just cannon fodder, man. Where was your head at when you were putting Metamodern Sounds together? All over the place. Man, that's been the weirdest part, reading other people's [analysis of it]. I don't know. Who knows? [My head's] not there anymore; I'm ready to make the next one. When you're writing, do you incorporate what you're reading or whatever conversations you're having on a daily basis? Yeah, everything around you. ... Just conversations and books that I read 15 years ago, and books that I just read last year. ["Turtles All the Way Down"] is a weird one. I wrote it in the shower in a hotel room, somewhere on the road, and I came outside while we were loading gear in the van. I kind of sang it to the guys, and they all looked at me like I was crazy. Then I sang it for [producer] Dave Cobb, and he was like, "Oh, **** yeah! Here we go." On the road it's always just you and the same three dudes; you don't really have any guests or anything like that? No. I've found that I'm not very much of a fan of collaboration. It gives me anxiety. I don't find it very inspiring the few times I have tried. Does it feel a little forced? Yeah, usually. Just more comfortable in your own comfort zone where you can throw ideas out? That sort of thing? Yeah. Where I can suck in the privacy of my own home. I want to ask you about doing that When in Rome song, "The Promise." What made you think to do that? I'd always sit around the house a lot and play old '80s tunes bluegrass-style, just kind of fleshing out the melody. I wanted to cut it like that and play it for Dave. I guess when I played it, I played it slow like that just to show him the chord structure, and he was like, "yeah," and so we just went out and banged it out in, I don't know, the second or third take. We were moving really quick when we were doing that record, so there wasn't time for a lot of second-guessing. Is that Dave's way of doing stuff? No, we just didn't have the money. We were using my band, and he just did it for free, basically. It was a decision we made before we started, you know, to just make decisions and move on. Do you think you work better that way? For whatever reason it worked better in that moment, with that man and those songs. I don't know, it might not work the next time, but you try different things. [My debut album High Top Mountain was] the same way. That was basically cut live, but in two separate weeks of sessions. It was like four or five songs, and then six songs the next week. That was all pretty much live. ... I just like minimal-sounding records anyway, so I don't think I'd ever spend eight months working on an album or something, trying to find the perfect mood for it. I want to ask you about Conan, when people seemed to react to you saying "goddamn," and you responded on Facebook. Yeah, sure. It's frustrating. It's surprising, but unfortunately I made the mistake and I broke an [unwritten] rule. I guess [when I posted a Facebook response to people taking issue with "goddamn"] what I was trying to say was, "This isn't really a big deal." But if it is, then I've just gotta express that somewhere else. I've realized now that things become clickbait. We sit down, we do a lot of these, we talk for an hour and then one question, one-half of one sentence turns into the headline. There's a lot of things I expected, and some I didn't. It's been fun and amusing at times. Did you delete your Twitter account? Was it too overwhelming? I wasn't very good at it. I wasn't really using it. Shit gave me anxiety more often than not. I'd go to tweet something and just think, "Well, who the **** cares? What am I doing here? Why am I not writing a song or changing a diaper right now?" I did meet some friends on there that I wouldn't have met otherwise, though. It's invaluable as a news feed, but I've even found a lot of that I shouldn't have within my conscience. So how much progress have you made on this new record? We're still in the writing process. It's going to be fun. You said your head is not in the same place for this one as the last one? Yeah. I'm ready to have some new songs to sing; let's just put it that way. ... You know, you always just want to keep moving forward with anything, I think. If nothing else, for my own sanity. That's the hardest part for me. The mechanical side of this business, or industry, or whatever you want to call it, it moves a lot slower than the creative process. Hell, there's still 200 towns we haven't played in the U.S. that haven't heard these songs that we could still go tour. You know, how do you know when one cycle ends and the next one begins? It doesn't matter. It seems like one thing people connect to with your stuff— People who love this record may hate the next one. You never know! Flavor of the month! ... We just had fun [making the record], man. We went in and had fun for four days. It's weird, 'cause I get associated with a lot of things, and there's this one line on the record in particular that's been analyzed more than anything I think, and even when I wrote it, some of the stuff, you know, is about things I saw or felt 10 years ago. So it's been really interesting. I'm just grateful. You've played the Ryman; does it feel different than other venues? It's inspiring. ... You never get comfortable, but I'm glad we had the experience to get [the Americana Awards and Honors, a Prairie Home Companion performance and an Opry performance] under our belt before the [Jason] Isbell show. You know, just walking out there and being faced with the reality of the gallery. Were you ever a rock-show kind of guy? Oh yeah, man. Absolutely. I still and have always listened to everything. I saw a lot of Tool shows in Seattle back in the late '90s. I think my favorite show I ever saw was Queens of the Stone Age at Bogart's up in Cincinnati in 2003 maybe, right when the Rated R record came out. I remember buying their first one when I lived in Seattle, just because of the cover, thinking, "I don't even give a shit what's on this — this is awesome." My girlfriend at the time, she was like [with Valley Girl accent], "This band sucks." She was from the Valley. And I was like, "Whatever man, these guys are going to be huge." ... I go to clubs [now], and if I see anything bigger than a Princeton Reverb I know I'm not going to be around very long. Maybe it's a decibel thing; I probably have tinnitus. ... Back when you worked on the rail yard — talk about a job with high stakes. It was another one of those situations like, "How did somebody put me in the seat of making decisions about this?" It was a good life, I just wasn't happy. And [my wife] kind of pushed me to give this a shot, and I'm glad I did. We'll see. When it's all said and done, man, I may be back out on the rail yard. There's a lot of aspects of this that, even at 36, 37 years old, I'm not sure that maybe a lot of it's for me, to be honest with you. But I enjoy it. I'm just very grateful that I get to make records and play for people. What elements of it aren't for you? I'm still figuring a lot of that out. Being away from family is tough. But [otherwise] it'd be sitting on the couch, wishing you had a gig. It's providing for my family. The adulation from some of the people who get an idea about you — at the end of the day, it's about the songs, but sometimes it starts to feel like it's about you. It's really off target. That can get weird. People have an idea of you? A misrepresentation of who or what they think you are just because you wrote this character or something. Like the line in "Turtles All the Way Down" about LSD and everything. People might think you're just tripping every day? Just sitting home, dropping acid every day. Yeah, totally. It's like, "Well, no." I never even did DMT, man. That was from just reading the books. [Rick] Strassman and those guys did studies, and a buddy of mine told me about it. It's funny. People just assume. I'm definitely the "acid-country" guy. The handshakes that last a little too long and people trying to send you to prison for 20 years at the shows. It's like, "Let me get the **** out of here." To me, the whole thing is about love, and trying to find something — whatever it may be — that makes everybody want to wake up in the day and be a better human being. And ["Turtles"] is kind of a representation for that. It's funny what people get hung up on. Like people with the backwards looping — "Oh, that ruined the whole thing for me." It's like, "Well, there's nine other songs on the record. Take your pick. Or don't." |
For those looking for something to do, a band I enjoy will be in KC Thursday, Jan 29th at PBR Big Sky.
The John D Hale Band. http://johndhaleband.com/ I've seen them 2-3 times and have talked with them enough to pick up a couple of tidbits. John's family raise exotic animals...zebras and things like that. I think I've seen they're from Jackson, Mo. They've always got a healthy dose of banjo. My favorite song they do is a Lyle Lovett remake "LA County". My advised playlist is 1. LA County 2. Heartbreaker 3. Love Pulled the Trigger 4 Muddy River 5. Harold Wilson You can listen to some of them here. http://www.reverbnation.com/johndhaleband/songs |
Fyi. Thursday man 29 is a good music day in KC. Jason Eady and Aaron Watson are playing at knuckleheads.
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If I could get away from work and responsibilities I would drive to KC tomorrow and offer to take a noob or two to one of the shows mentioned above, but I cannot this time.
If anyone goes to see John D Hale at PBR Big Sky or Jason Eady at Knuckleheads tomorrow night....please post and tell me what you think. |
Witchita area fans.
Turnpike Troubadours....Randy Rodgers.....Wade Bowen Feb 20th, Hartman Arena, Park City, Ks This would be a heck of a show if you're in the area and need something to do. I've seen TT and Wade Bowen live, both do great, Randy Rodgers is very popular also. |
Man, that would be a great show.
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Sturgil is the real deal, Promise was great.
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Not sure if it will be this year, but you can bet your ass I'm going to Medicine Stone soon.
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FYI, Sturgil Simpson will be on Late Night again tonight(2.12.15)
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There are a couple of ladies in the genre' that I like. You'll see them often teamed up or duets with the fellows in Red Dirt. Give them a listen when you're feeling mellow.
Courtney Patton is a great song writer. <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/yT31Lzluawc" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> https://youtu.be/6QPdZBx_0Nk Jamie Lin Wilson is another I find talented. <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/SaGdRvhvyY8?list=RDSaGdRvhvyY8" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> |
If only I had seen thread when it was posted.... I'll put up some of my favorites that I haven't been shared yet. Starting with what I consider to be the epitome of Texas Country -
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There will be more later on. Right now i need to get back to work.
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I'm a Shane Smith and the Saints fan.
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Ryan Bingham has some decent tracks out there if you like his sound. I can see how some wouldn't, but I like it. I can't put it on repeat like some other artists, but he has some good stuff.
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Not the best copy but this is a link to the first listen to the new song by Turnpike Troubadours. "Down here" |
Turnpike Troubadours new album is available on Spotify. It is unbelievably good. Dudes are great.
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