CortezTheKiller

Non-traditional? The album art IS hateful. It's a long album, but I don't consider it to be riddled with filler.

Excellent points on Townes, Neil, and Bob. The sound of the SOTR is a little more mainstream country, but the move of a "rock band" doing a "country" record in 1968 was a fairly "alternative" concept. It's nowhere near as edgy and out there as something like The Basement Tapes. But it is widely recognized as one of the 1st "country-rock" albums. I don't think Neil made his mark in this genre until he got together a band of misfits called The Rockets, renamed them Crazy Horse, and cut Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere a year after SOTR came out.

The Felice Brothers Tonight at the Arizona

No denying the early Son Volt is excellent. However, I really enjoy The Search, Okema, and Wide Swing as well.

Which version of The Byrds? They certainly weren't mainstream fluff with Parsons on board. You need to check out Sweetheart of the Rodeo.

The Felice Brothers Tonight at the Arizona

http://blogs.newsobserver.com/beat/index.p...;pb=1#more15875

Shonna Tucker

Crickets Robert Pollard

Interesting.

The eMusic version doesn't have disc 3 & 4 from the box set. Nevertheless, and outstanding collection between discs 1 & 2.

Sojourner Axxess & Ace

Look like scallions to me.