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Looks like we're averaging a post per month...
In case anyone was wondering, Robbie Fulks is still awesome. He played an acoustic show here Sat, with Robbie Gjersoe singing and playing harmony.
The usual stuff, but two things stood out:
1. He played 3 new songs, all of which were straight forward country songs in the style of the more serious stuff on Georgia Hard. Good stuff that wouldn't be necessarily out of place on a Music Row release. Seemed like his set was leaning to the serious side as well. All the crowd requests were, of course, for the novelty songs.
2. During his cover of "I Wanna be Mama'd" (which I usually hate) he and his cohort go into a 10 minute freakout guitar solo, passing it back and forth an going all nuts and semi toned and off the map and dischordant. It was amazing.
Here's a poor quality video of one of the new songs I dug up on YouTube:
Don't worry about the post a month, I dig the fact that you seem to be one of the few here who talks about alt country around these parts. I hear a lot more of Willie in Robbie's voice in the video than in other tunes I have heard from him.
I am unfamiliar with Robbie, so I do not understand the "novelty" reference. But I DO love this song, and his voice. He reminds me of Buddy Miller, whom I hope you also know and adore.
Shame! Shame! Shame! I personally would like to see a lot more posting from you, with gems like this. Thanks.
A significant amount of his work, especially the earlier stuff, could easily fall into the novelty category - tho that line is a little fuzzy in the country idiom. Check out Country Love Songs or The Very Best of Robbie Fulks for "Scrapple" "She Took Alot of Pills and Died" "Bangle Girl" "Cigarette State" etc.
My first time I believe I've watch a video here but since I posted one thought I should check one out.Enjoyed the listen ever so much.Your Mog Bro.~ (;Yrral Mallik;)