stooka Posted November 18, 2010 Share Posted November 18, 2010 Since the range of this category has spread so wide, I'll mention Junior Brown, The Gourds, Eleven Hundred Springs, BR-549, Steve Earle, and Hank III. I dearly love Loretta! Thought her CD w/ Jack White was terrific. Can't wait to see what he does with Wanda Jackson in 2011!!! Couldn't agree more about Hank Williams! My all time favorite. God Bless Doug Sahm!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
uncool2pillow Posted November 18, 2010 Share Posted November 18, 2010 Lyle Lovett: Pontiac, & His Large Band, Joshua Judges Ruth, & (to a lesser extent) The Girl from Ensenada. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mjpuczko Posted November 19, 2010 Share Posted November 19, 2010 forgot to reply earlier and now i see someone mentioned the two i was going to: steve earle & lyle lovett. the early earle albums are some great country.lyle lovett's just plain awesome Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The High Heat Posted November 19, 2010 Share Posted November 19, 2010 I mentioned Joe Ely earlier but forget to mention this great record: Speaking of the Flatlanders, Jimmie Dale Gilmore has some records worth getting (After Awhile being one of them.) I've never delved into Butch Hancock's solo stuff, not sure what that's like.I've had this one since it came out. Love it. Been meaning to get their other music, but I keep forgetting. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PopTodd Posted November 19, 2010 Share Posted November 19, 2010 Anyone mention Roger Miller yet?(I don't that that I've seen his name.)Anyway, I am not one that can suggest specific albums, but I am sure that there is somebody here who can. I just know that the stuff of his that I have heard is pretty outstanding. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mjpuczko Posted November 19, 2010 Share Posted November 19, 2010 i love roger miller. i just have this 4 disc box set & that's enough for me. one of the all-time greats Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CortezTheKiller Posted November 19, 2010 Share Posted November 19, 2010 The JJW fans will enjoy this. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LouieB Posted November 19, 2010 Share Posted November 19, 2010 I've had this one since it came out. Love it. Been meaning to get their other music, but I keep forgetting. 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 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GtrPlyr Posted November 19, 2010 Share Posted November 19, 2010 The JJW fans will enjoy this.Cool! I'm looking forward to that one. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The High Heat Posted November 19, 2010 Share Posted November 19, 2010 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.) LouieBIf their other work is better than this, then I'll certainly have to check that out. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CortezTheKiller Posted November 19, 2010 Share Posted November 19, 2010 Totally agree. This is my favorite Townes by far--it's so intimate and real, and he was apparently in a pretty good place when he recorded this. Lots of funny banter. There's also a 2-disc greatest hits called Legend that's a good value, and I really like Roadsongs as well. If you find yourself getting into Townes (who could not?) I highly recommend a tribute album Called Poet--A Tribute to Townes Van Zandt. Some wonderful interpretations of his songs, by a real who's who of artists he influenced. I love almost every recording on this one, but I'm particularly partial to John Prine covering "Loretta." Just awesome!I much prefer Townes' live material over his studio stuff. Here's another live Townes album that gets a lot of play from me: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LouieB Posted November 19, 2010 Share Posted November 19, 2010 If their other work is better than this, then I'll certainly have to check that out.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 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pmancini100 Posted November 22, 2010 Author Share Posted November 22, 2010 Just got back from my local record store. I got some Waylon, Willie, and a Gary Stewart two-fer. I was surprised, they didn't have a good deal of the titles everyone mentioned. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted November 22, 2010 Share Posted November 22, 2010 Just got back from my local record store. I got some Waylon, Willie, and a Gary Stewart two-fer. I was surprised, they didn't have a good deal of the titles everyone mentioned. If you want to get into Buck Owens, Sundazed has all the early stuff for a pretty good price. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pmancini100 Posted November 22, 2010 Author Share Posted November 22, 2010 I looked for some Buck, I couldn't find any. I printed everything out before. Listening to the Gary Stewart now, it's great. Also, don't laugh... but 'Like Red on a Rose' by Alan Jackson is actually really good. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted November 22, 2010 Share Posted November 22, 2010 I looked for some Buck, I couldn't find any. I printed everything out before. Listening to the Gary Stewart now, it's great. Also, don't laugh... but 'Like Red on a Rose' by Alan Jackson is actually really good. Outside of a greatest hits by Willie or someone else well known, I would be surprised to find most of what has been listed in this thread in a store. There use to be a record store in Pittsburgh that had an actual old country/alt.country section. It is long gone, of course. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The High Heat Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 Also, don't laugh... but 'Like Red on a Rose' by Alan Jackson is actually really good.That was my brother-in-law's favorite song. We played it at his funeral last year. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LouieB Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 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 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jc4prez Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 Lou we must have been at the same show, I also caught the flatlander late on saturday. Excellent set. While I agree about their later records not being quite as good as the first one, I really enjoyed "Hills and Valleys", some excellent song writing on there. Particularly the opening three tracks. I just watched "Lubbock Lights" a few a nights ago (its available to rent on amazon), if you like these guys the film is a must see. Really cool documentary about their home town. As for those wondering about Butch's solo material, GRAB IT, his songwriting is lyrically dense and very rewarding. His last one "war and peace" has some great stuff on it. Not to mention the guy is one hell of artist, his pen drawings are unreal, he does these futuristic landscapes, very cool stuff. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LouieB Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 Lou we must have been at the same show, I also caught the flatlander late on saturday. Excellent set. While I agree about their later records not being quite as good as the first one, I really enjoyed "Hills and Valleys", some excellent song writing on there. Particularly the opening three tracks. I just watched "Lubbock Lights" a few a nights ago (its available to rent on amazon), if you like these guys the film is a must see. Really cool documentary about their home town. As for those wondering about Butch's solo material, GRAB IT, his songwriting is lyrically dense and very rewarding. His last one "war and peace" has some great stuff on it. Not to mention the guy is one hell of artist, his pen drawings are unreal, he does these futuristic landscapes, very cool stuff.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 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stooka Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHRCg-fK9Ss&feature=youtube_gdata_player Willis Alan Ramsey Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jc4prez Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 Hills and Valleys is the most recent album they've put out. They did a few from it at the show (homeland refugee, borderless love, after the storm). Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LouieB Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 Hills and Valleys is the most recent album they've put out. They did a few from it at the show (homeland refugee, borderless love, after the storm).Homeland Refugee was particularly good. LouieB Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 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 guess it depends on where you live and what is available. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pmancini100 Posted November 23, 2010 Author Share Posted November 23, 2010 That was my brother-in-law's favorite song. We played it at his funeral last year. Sorry. I was kinda talking about how good that record was compared to some of his other stuff, but yeah. Sorry. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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