LouieB Posted June 7, 2007 Share Posted June 7, 2007 Seconded. They really are a treasure and you won't regret it for a minute when you hear those voices.Personally I agree, but if you don't like waltz time mountain music you won't like Freakwater. I happen to like it, so I like them alot. LouieB Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ction Posted June 7, 2007 Share Posted June 7, 2007 drag the river They are "country and midwestern". I know you know this, dude. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gogo Posted June 7, 2007 Share Posted June 7, 2007 if you don't like waltz time mountain music you won't like Freakwater.Who doesn't like waltz time mountain music?!? I have never heard Freakwater, but this description intrigues me. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted June 7, 2007 Share Posted June 7, 2007 Who doesn't like waltz time mountain music?!? I have never heard Freakwater, but this description intrigues me. Their songs can be thought of mostly consiting of: murder balladsdead child songswomen who beat men at their own game songs Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gogo Posted June 7, 2007 Share Posted June 7, 2007 OK, I'm in. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lammycat Posted June 7, 2007 Share Posted June 7, 2007 Who doesn't like waltz time mountain music?!? I have never heard Freakwater, but this description intrigues me.Here's a sample. One of my favorite Freakwater tunes, "Good For Nothing":http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?acti...7B41A773E08C361 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted June 7, 2007 Share Posted June 7, 2007 I think Feels Like The Third Time is still my favorite - it was the first one I bought. Also - Max Johnston was in Freakwater for a time and even has a song on Springtime. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gogo Posted June 7, 2007 Share Posted June 7, 2007 Damn, I love the internet. 7 minutes later, and I'm listening to Freakwater! Thanks! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted June 7, 2007 Share Posted June 7, 2007 Self-Titled (Amoeba Records, 1989) (good luck - I have never seen this anywhere)Dancing Underwater (Thrill Jockey, reissued 1998)Feels Like the Third Time (Thrill Jockey, 1994)June 6, 1994 (Glitterhouse, 1995) (good luck - I have never seen this anywhere)Old Paint (Thrill Jockey, 1995, Wiederver Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LouieB Posted June 7, 2007 Share Posted June 7, 2007 I think Feels Like The Third Time is still my favorite - it was the first one I bought. Also - Max Johnston was in Freakwater for a time and even has a song on Springtime.It was my first one too, but I like the others as well. Both of the solo albums by them are good as well. We talked about this in some thread a few years back. I like Old Paint very much too. LouieB Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Littlebear Posted June 7, 2007 Share Posted June 7, 2007 Also - Max Johnston was in Freakwater for a time and even has a song on Springtime. Yeah. There's the incredible "Binding Twine" on that one... (not that it's Johnston's one, which is called "Harlan"). By the way, did anyone know Max is Michelle Shocked's brother? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted June 7, 2007 Share Posted June 7, 2007 I knew that. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LouieB Posted June 8, 2007 Share Posted June 8, 2007 I knew that.Yea, me too.... LouieB Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Calexico Posted June 8, 2007 Share Posted June 8, 2007 One of my very favourite songs of all time is Freakwater's cover of Dwight Yoakam's South of Cincinnati. Just amazingly gorgeous. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sweet Papa Crimbo Posted June 8, 2007 Share Posted June 8, 2007 I know many folks don't dig the "alt country" label but I'm curious what other bands come to mind.... other than Gram ParsonsNeil YoungBruce Springsteen (some of his songs)WilcoWhiskeytownRyan Adams Also, one of my favorites even before I knew I liked this genre was Elvis Costello's Almost Blue (1981, I think; did this have any influence at all in this evolution?). Mucho thanks. When I used try to describe Alt Country to people, I called it roots rock with (sometimes) traditional country instrumentation (i.e. steel guitars, mandolins, and violins). Or maybe, rock songs sung in an unironic fashion with a southern drawl We've really gone through some interesting attempts to describe this thing: Country RockSouthern RockCow PunkAlt CountryYa'll ternative I suggest we come up with our own name for the genre...I suggest Crowmusic Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted June 8, 2007 Share Posted June 8, 2007 When I used try to describe Alt Country to people, I called it roots rock with (sometimes) traditional country instrumentation (i.e. steel guitars, mandolins, and violins). Or maybe, rock songs sung in an unironic fashion with a southern drawl We've really gone through some interesting attempts to describe this thing: Country RockSouthern RockCow PunkAlt CountryYa'll ternative I suggest we come up with our own name for the genre...I suggest Crowmusic Gram Parsons called it Cosmic American Music. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ction Posted June 8, 2007 Share Posted June 8, 2007 Someone once described alt-country as country music performed by and for Democrats. Which I think is the best description I've heard. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sweet Papa Crimbo Posted June 8, 2007 Share Posted June 8, 2007 Gram Parsons called it Cosmic American Music. lol And Basically Gram Parsons was a very traditional country artist in his solo works. I was gonna try for a serious attempt to arrive at a consensus on a name, but I have been here long enough to know what I would happen. But from now on...it will be refered to as crowmusic. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted June 8, 2007 Share Posted June 8, 2007 lol And Basically Gram Parsons was a very traditional country artist in his solo works. I was gonna try for a serious attempt to arrive at a consensus on a name, but I have been here long enough to know what I would happen. But from now on...it will be refered to as crowmusic. I think I read somewhere that what he wanted was a mix of R&B/country/rock. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sweet Papa Crimbo Posted June 8, 2007 Share Posted June 8, 2007 Someone once described alt-country as country music performed by and for Democrats. Which I think is the best description I've heard. Nah...it ain't about politics just as it's no longer about the South. Country Music was originally the rural white's blues: The blending of the Scots Irish folk tradition with the music from across the tracks. You listen to Jimmy Rodgers and Hank Williams then listen to Muddy Waters and Elmore James. These guys shared a life of hard work and poverty. Patterson Hood has said it best: To the fucking rich man all poor people look the same. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
uncle wilco Posted June 8, 2007 Share Posted June 8, 2007 if you are gonna call alt-country, country music played by and for democrats, then what the hell have i been listening to for the last 18-20 years? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ction Posted June 8, 2007 Share Posted June 8, 2007 if you are gonna call alt-country, country music played by and for democrats, then what the hell have i been listening to for the last 18-20 years? We're going to call you the exception that proves the rule. Or something. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted June 8, 2007 Share Posted June 8, 2007 You sure can't call Gram a poor boy - he was a trust fund dude. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lammycat Posted June 8, 2007 Share Posted June 8, 2007 You sure can't call Gram a poor boy - he was a trust fund dude.His stepdad was a FLA fruit mogul. Lots of money. Gram also went to Harvard for a spell. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted June 8, 2007 Share Posted June 8, 2007 His stepdad was a FLA fruit mogul. Lots of money. Gram also went to Harvard for a spell. Parsons was born Cecil Ingram Connor, III in Winter Haven, Florida, the grandson of citrus fruit magnate John Snively, with extensive properties both there and in Waycross, Georgia, where he was raised. A sister, "Little" Avis, soon followed. His father, "Coon Dog" Connor, suffered mood swings and abruptly committed suicide two days before Christmas Day 1958. Gram's mother Avis subsequently married Bob Parsons, whose surname was adopted by young Ingram, the elder Parsons going as far to have new birth certificates drawn up for his stepson and stepdaughter. Henceforth he would be known as Gram Parsons. Parsons attended the prestigious Bolles School in Jacksonville, FL. For a time, the family found a stability of sorts until Avis rapidly descended into alcoholism, leading to her death from cirrhosis. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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