So, here we have the third main songwriter of the Drive By Truckers, and the only one who doesn't have any kind of solo album. Listening to this makes you wonder why. Here Cooley is alone with his acoustic guitar playing whatever the crowd wants to hear. He runs through many Truckers' favorites, old and new, and even a few unreleased tracks. A couple of the songs like "Little Pony and The Gre...
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Who likes theme posts? Do you like theme posts? Well lucky for you, you're in the middle of a string of them. This one is simply incredible! Perfect fucking sound, great stories, and very interesting setlist. In fact, this is the first of 3 weekly shows hood is currently performing at The Caledonia Lounge in Athens, GA. This one he billed as "Onward Out The Window (new and used songs stripped ...
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By request here, a Jason Isbell show from this past august. This is all acoustic, and it's damn good. Sound is a B+ because there is some low level chatter throughout, but really nothing to make this unlistenable. Performance is a solid A+. A Very good evening of acoustic music from Mr. Isbell and his 400 Unit. Includes extended cuts of Danko/Manuel, Goddamn Lonely Love (an amazingly soulful v...
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well, I feel like 9 kinds of shit right now, but not to let you folks down....I shall persevere. Luckily what I'm posting here is a killer Merle Haggard radio broadcast from 1981 that needs little explanation. All you need to know is it's Merle Haggard, and it's killer!MP3Merle Haggard - Opryland 1981
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Pretty self explanatory, not much of a vid, but great song. Don't miss the post over at Ninebullets about Kasey Anderson's fantastic "I Was A Photograph"
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Earlier today I was listening to the new Kristofferson album Closer To The Bone and it struck me how stylistically similar it is to Todd Snider's latest album The Excitement Plan. Couple that with some other recent listens that include the excellent collaborative albums of Carolyn Mark & NQ Arbuckle, and the Gretchen Peters & Tom Russell album One To The Heart, One To The Head (which are both f...
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I've talked about Jimbo Mathus on here before, but never at any length. He's one of my favorite artists simply for the fact that he is so multi-talented and unpredictable. He is a virtual chameleon of american music releasing albums that shift from jazz, ragtime, blues, country, southern rock, swamp rock, blues rock, pre-war blues, gospel....basically if it was ever sang near the Mississippi r...
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Got a heads up about this from an email from a reader the other day and I just had to post it up here. The Texas Sweet-Hot Trio is made up of 3 lovely Texan ladies who live up to their sweet-hot moniker. Sweet with there oh so sweet voices, and hot with their......hot.....lyrics. Seriously now, these girls can sing the hell out of a song, they can play the hell out of a song, and most importan...
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Oh man....I LOVE this album. I remember stealing the cassette (one of the many) from my parents and listening to it endlessly on my dual deck tape player in the headboard of my bed, and later in my '86 Ford LTD tearing up the back roads and hollers of Floyd County and Allegheny Springs. Now I realize a lot of folks probably don't like Marshall Tucker Band at all, and that can be understood if ...
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Here is a killer little album I have been diggin' the hell out of lately. Prison Book Club are a West Virginia super group of sorts, comprised of John Miller from The Fox Hunt, Tucker Riggleman & Adam Meisterhans of The Demon Beat, and drummer Jeff Birdsall. Now you folks should be familiar with the unique brand of mountain music the Fox Hunt dishes out, but you may not be familar with The Dem...
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I hadn't intended to post anything else today, but when I saw this vid that TwangNation (http://www.twangnation.com/) posted on twitter, well I just had to post it here.
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Roky Erickson has been dominating my speakers for the past 2 weeks as he does every year around this time. If you don't have it, I highly recommend picking up The Evil One (Plus One) which includes his Evil One/I Think Of Demons album plus a radio show that has some killer interview segments in addition to early versions of the songs.Heed the warning of this song: If it's raining and your runni...
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Witch puppy is back and he's pissed! Spooky Spooky x 2!Rabid Monkey - The SadiesDark Night - Flat Duo JetsWicked Old Witch - John FogertyVampire Lake - The Builders & The ButchersThe Plank - Devil Makes ThreeAm I Demon? - Bonnie Prince BillyThe Curse of The Little Bastard - Dexter RomweberWalking On My Grave - The CartwrightsGraveyard Song - I Can Lick Any Sonofabitch In the HouseVampires & Fa...
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The folks over at Lost Highway Records have decided to make a sampler of some of their artists free through Amazon.com. Sampler included tracks from the latest releases of Willie Nelson, Lyle Lovett, Robert Earl Keen, Ryan Bingham, and one of my favorite artists to emerge this year, soul man Black Joe Lewis (he's damn good folks). Did I miss anyone.....oh yeah, this sampler also includes an u...
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It's that time of year again folks. Vol. 2 coming up later this week----------------------------------------------------------------------------------This just in, a special halloween edition sampler for your hearin' ears. Spooky spooky!!01-The Sadies-The Creepy Butler02-CCR-Sinister Purpose03-Frank Carlier-Hellbound04-Supersuckers-Sleepy Vampire05-Blanche-Superstition06-David Childers and The ...
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You ever get a hankering for some classic sounding honky tonk music? The kind of country that sounds like it's being played in some post-WWII juke joint full of ex-servicemen drinking their GI Bill away. Well I just might have the cure for that, and it's called Wayne "The Train" Hancock. To compare Wayne Hancock to Hank Williams would be the easy way out....but really....it's the best compari...
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This was brought to my attention by Twangville via The 9513. You guys have heard me talk about Sons of Bill on here before, and one day I will get around to writing a real review of their newest album One Town Away. The band has decided however to make available a live show from August 16th of this year on their site. No registering, just a straight download (you can stream it too).Download L...
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Oh man I just found out that Seasick Steve released a new album this week! Very excited about this, his album Started Out With Nothing (And Still Got Most Of It Left) was a favorite from last year. His new album is called Man From Another Time and expect it to be just as killer! I don't think I've talked about Seasick Steve on here before, but I know you guys would dig him. Especially you fol...
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Well let me do a quick write-up about this. For those who have seen McMurtry perform you folks already know it was a killer show. Everyone I've ever talked to as a matter of fact who has seen McMurtry live all say he is amazing. This concert, friends, was no different.A rare treat for us in the New River Valley to have a performer of this caliber come to town, and also my first McMurtry show. ...
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Well here is probably my most anticipated album of the year. You guys have heard me talk about for a few months now, ever since I found out about it no less. Well I'm here to tell you, if you are already a fan of Wrinkle Neck Mules this album does not let down! It is everything a Wrinkle Neck Mules album should be....teemed to the brim and overflowing with sweet americana (or whatever they ar...
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