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After listening to The Promise... Bruce Springsteen collaborating with and giving Patti Smith "Because the Night." LouieB

Really odd...and sick. LouieB

YOu and I doesn't suck, but it is a touch weird. The next album could be great if you mix in Jeff's work with Mavis, Nels work with himself and his collegues, Autumn Defense's comeback and some time to actually think about something new, this could be an interesting one. LouieB

I would not want to admit I owned this either....It should be donated to a museum or destroyed. LouieB

Now I have...good stuff including nice original versions of Rendezvous, Because the Night, and Fire. Much of the rest is Phil Soector inspired. LouieB

Syl Johnson complete mythology. LouieB

A few weeks ago I found a crazy one off three LP comp at a resale shop for a few bucks. Has lots of funky country artists on it. It is one of those Columbia/Starday things from the late 60s. Played today in honor of Thanksgiving. Ain't America great? LouieB

I helped out and bought a copy the other day. Haven't listened to it yet. LouieB

This is why they invented the internet, or a result of the internet.. LouieB

Happy Birthday!!!! Slightly Late. LouieB

Yea, I know....it sucks sometimes. LouieB

A spring recidenty would be fine anywhere. I am still cold from the last one. LouieB

Homeland Refugee was particularly good. LouieB

Very cool. It was a good set. Not sure I own Hills and Valleys. I guess I need to to pick it up. It is a testiment to Butch that both Joe and Jimmie Dale both cover him extensively on their solo albums. I have to admit I was not so crazy about a couple of the songs he sang individually at the show. They were just short of being great. But his albums (the few I have heard) are really great and not so easy to find. He never got a major label contract or sold many, but they are all out there available none the less. LouieB

Bought The Promise yesterday, but not listened to it yet. The packaging is kind of strange and kind of cheap, but then again the whole thing is only 20 bucks. LouieB

Old country records are really not hard to find. I stopped by Recycled Records in Springfield last week and their country section is quite large, tons of old LPs. They have whole sections of nearly all the artist discussed here and others that we have not such as Hank Snow, Hank Thompson, and all the other Hanks (Williams....). Even Laurie's here in Chicago has a pretty good selection of all kinds of stuff like that. LouieB

I have walked by many times, but somehow nothing drew me in... But as Allison said, please come and let us suck the money out of you while you are here....and then hit the Disney store and the rest of the spots on Michigan Ave where you can spend the rest of your money on her. (Sadly FAO Schwartz is closed.) LouieB

For those of us who don't play or sing, I think we should post pics of ourselves in Wilco tee-shirts.... LouieB

Their solo work is excellent in most cases (see above), but their more recent studio material is only so so. There is a live album from the period of the original recording which is interesting though (and if I recall also has the irritating musical saw on it.) LouieB

It was a number one hit.......crazy. LouieB

The only problem with this album is the irritating musical saw on some of the numbers. (There are actually two versions of this album, one on Sun out of Nashville, I have no idea why.... some licensing thing I guess.) LouieB

The Archies... (showing my age....) LouieB

Well at least one of those albums I was going to get (the reissue from Light in the Attic which I ordered on LP with the extra 7 inch) and then I came across that JSP box set and figured....less then 20 bucks for 4 CDs....what the hell. A couple other things besides. As far as crossover topic songs....Waylon Jennings wrote two of the best....Don't think Hank Done it this Away (or what ever it is really called) and Bob Wills is still the King (or whatever IT is really called). The Waylon live reissue CDs are something everyone should check out too. Made before Waylon became a huge star (an

Hey Grtplyr...how ya doin?? Getting into these threads is dangerous. I chimed into the gospel one the other day and ended up ordering a bunch of records off the internet to catch up. There are probably copies of the complete Hank Williams on CD still floating around out there. West Texas Waltzes & Dust-Blown Tractor Tunes by Butch Hancock has some of his more famous songs on it, but is uneven. Earlyish Nancy Griffith, as mentioned, is really great. Particularly her very earliest recordings. Did someone mention EmmyLou Harris? If not (or if they did) you can't mention her e

Just saw the Flatlanders the other night. They are still great. Nearly all of Jimmie Dale's records are more than worth listening to, as are Joe Ely's (as you mentioned. Butch Hancock's Eats Away the Night is like the greatest Dylan album that Dylan didn't do. I don't know all his solo material, some is better than others, but his duet album with Jimmie Dale called Two Roads: Live in Australia is really fun. Both Jimme and Joe have covered Butch extensively on their albums. He tends to be a bit more literary than the other two, more folkie. Good call though. The more recent Flatlander a