Roots and/or alt country- eddikat me

bender · Post by **bender** » Mon May 19, 2014 2:33 pm

otisredding wrote:Steve Earle is your man, bro. Great songs, bluesey and blue-grassy,country and ballsy rock n' roll all in one. And ANYTHING but derivative imho. The guy is the heir apparent of Johnny Cash and Townes Van Zandt.

Know him - love him, but had forgotten about him. Will re-acquaint myself.

mike · Post by **mike** » Tue May 20, 2014 5:31 pm

benderissimo wrote:I need something new to listen to and I'm leaving towards roots and country tinged stuff at the moment but I'm struggling to find anything that excites me. I like the idea and sound of rockabilly and alt country (really anything rootsy tbh) but so much of it seems derivative. Where should I start looking?

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John Hiatt - Two of many albums - "Crossing Muddy Waters", "Slow Turning",

bluesierra · Post by **bluesierra** » Tue May 20, 2014 6:06 pm

I've got some awesome stuff out of this thread but the highlight for mine is Pokey LaFarge. Just brilliant.

Starfire · Post by **Starfire** » Tue May 20, 2014 10:27 pm

Yeah, Pokey and the band are super cool. He seems like quite a good songwriter too, in a sort of folky way.

otisredding · Post by **otisredding** » Tue May 20, 2014 11:25 pm

mike wrote:
benderissimo wrote:I need something new to listen to and I'm leaving towards roots and country tinged stuff at the moment but I'm struggling to find anything that excites me. I like the idea and sound of rockabilly and alt country (really anything rootsy tbh) but so much of it seems derivative. Where should I start looking?

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John Hiatt - Two of many albums - "Crossing Muddy Waters", "Slow Turning",

TOTALLY. Hiatt is a songwriting genius. Slow Turning has more great songs than most songwriters whole careers.

Hot_Grits · Post by **Hot_Grits** » Wed May 21, 2014 12:29 am

otisredding wrote:
mike wrote:
benderissimo wrote:I need something new to listen to and I'm leaving towards roots and country tinged stuff at the moment but I'm struggling to find anything that excites me. I like the idea and sound of rockabilly and alt country (really anything rootsy tbh) but so much of it seems derivative. Where should I start looking?

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John Hiatt - Two of many albums - "Crossing Muddy Waters", "Slow Turning",

TOTALLY. Hiatt is a songwriting genius. Slow Turning has more great songs than most songwriters whole careers.

Quoted for truth.

That man can write a song.

Though I'd put 'bring the family' at the top of the pile to listen to. Added bonus: Cooder.

Hot_Grits · Post by **Hot_Grits** » Wed May 21, 2014 1:19 am

benderissimo wrote:
FunkUncle wrote:Some good offerings here.

As a side, I posted the YouTube to The War on Drugs the other day. Try that for something different. ...I'm loving the Dylan esque vocals and cool 70s/80s effects .
I checked that out the other day. Pretty cool.

What I think I'm really interested in is finding something country tinged, but with a bit more attitude and groove.

Jason and the scorchers will put hair on your chest...

Vince · Post by **Vince** » Wed May 21, 2014 7:25 am

Hot_Grits wrote: Jason and the scorchers will put hair on your chest...

I really liked them. Esp. that If Money Talks song.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rco9Q8BfGrg[/youtube]

bender · Post by **bender** » Wed May 21, 2014 1:07 pm

Hot_Grits wrote:
otisredding wrote:
TOTALLY. Hiatt is a songwriting genius. Slow Turning has more great songs than most songwriters whole careers.
Quoted for truth.

That man can write a song.

Though I'd put 'bring the family' at the top of the pile to listen to. Added bonus: Cooder.

Great suggestion! That's right up my alley.

Vince · Post by **Vince** » Wed May 21, 2014 2:55 pm

benderissimo wrote:
Hot_Grits wrote:
otisredding wrote:
TOTALLY. Hiatt is a songwriting genius. Slow Turning has more great songs than most songwriters whole careers.
Quoted for truth.

That man can write a song.

Though I'd put 'bring the family' at the top of the pile to listen to. Added bonus: Cooder.
Great suggestion! That's right up my alley.

Vince wrote:I also like Ry Cooder's "Paradise and Lunch" album. Perhaps some John Hyatt? (Bring The Family's good)

bender · Post by **bender** » Wed May 21, 2014 3:08 pm

Vince wrote:
Vince wrote:I also like Ry Cooder's "Paradise and Lunch" album. Perhaps some John Hyatt? (Bring The Family's good)

Oops. Only saw the first part of that one...

Vince · Post by **Vince** » Wed May 21, 2014 3:15 pm

benderissimo wrote:
Vince wrote:
Vince wrote:I also like Ry Cooder's "Paradise and Lunch" album. Perhaps some John Hyatt? (Bring The Family's good)

Oops. Only saw the first part of that one...

Yeah, the problem with "non derivative" is that one has to go back a long way.

But seriously, that "Bring The Family" album is marvelous. And it has "Lipstick Sunset" and "Have A Little Faith In Me", so you can't really lose, unless you really hated those Toyota ads.

otisredding · Post by **otisredding** » Wed May 21, 2014 5:42 pm

Vince wrote:
But seriously, that "Bring The Family" album is marvelous. And it has "Lipstick Sunset" and "Have A Little Faith In Me", so you can't really lose, unless you really hated those Toyota ads.

Great playing but AWFUL production. Late 80's over slick at it's worst. I'd love to hear that album remixed sans all the digiverb and EQ. YMMV.

bender · Post by **bender** » Wed May 21, 2014 6:01 pm

Here's a dude who has been floating my boat recently:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7FJL_L1SRc[/youtube]

Same song, but as a duet.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5f56RWHcMwc[/youtube]

rickenbackerkid · Post by **rickenbackerkid** » Wed May 21, 2014 6:13 pm

Pokey Lafarge is awesome, he did a great show here a month or two ago

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