CortezTheKiller

1. Trace/Son Volt 2. Dog Days/Blue Mountain 3. Hollywood Town Hall/The Jayhawks 4. Faithless Street/Whiskeytown 5. Strangers Almanac/Whiskeytown

I think pmancini likes Trace.

The shtick part of your response had me confused. When I hear the term I think gimmick. I wasn't aware that the rock aspect of DBT was a gimmick. Funny enough, I found BTCD to be more of a return to their roots. John Neff was back in the band. It is closer to Pizza Deliverance than any of their other albums. It definitely has more of a "country" feel to it than the previous four did. But, I always thought they were strongly influenced by country artists like Waylon Jennings, Johnny Cash, Merle Haggard, George Jones, and Tom T. Hall in the first place.

Don’t call what your wearing an outfit. Don’t ever say your car is broke. Don’t sing with a fake British accent. Don’t act like your family’s a joke. Have fun, but stay clear of the needle, call home on your sister’s birthday. Don’t tell them you’re bigger than Jesus, Don’t give it away.

Huh?

They have another. "Late Night" Johnny Neff laying down some sublime pedal steel.

I think the band "pre-gamed" a little harder than they should have. They were also in the opening slot that evening.

September 16th @ Pearl Street in Northampton, MA. As a side note, my wife can't stand Patterson Hood or DBT. She saw them during their Rock & Roll Means Well tour with The Hold Steady last winter and walked away unimpressed.

Gonna find a jukebox of steel. Man do I love this record.

Throw the calendar away....

A few lines/verses off ACD I love: When the levee goes the heart breaks away The mind holds back Just loose dirt in pouring rain The truth is not free And everyone must pay the price There is no right way Only the way that keeps your mind free Every moment to count In the living judgment day Shared ground and common radar Honky tonks and biker bars Finding worth in this world From inside a rental car Roll on with the dreamers Believers in the steel eyed soul The blessing is counted When the deal goes down So on and on we roll The stones we throw always find us on the way down It’

I guess he simply "found his stroke" in '98. I'd ask him, but my Spanish is a bit shakey these days.

Funny you should mention that. My wife is going as well despite not liking Jay Farrar in any way. "His voice is so annoying!" We find middle ground too - Wilco, The National, Bruce Springsteen, Neil Young (go figure) - but I am glad she is sucking it up and giving it a shot. Maybe the live setting will allow her to appreciate him from a different angle. We'll see. Enjoy the show Rider.

Dude.... Son Volt is so 1995.

What constitutes a double album? You mention "disk." Yet, Blonde on Blonde fits on one 'disk.' Exile on Main St is commonly-referred to as a double album. It is in vinyl format, but fits onto a single compact disc. Greendale was released as a single CD, yet is packaged as a three-record album on vinyl. A Ghost is Born = 1 CD, 2 vinyl records.

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