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Classic 80's Americana !
Some help needed from my old friends on here - i'm compiling a wee cd for this Saturday night , fave Americana from the 80's , the old classics from when i first got into it .
So far i'm putting on :
Cowboy Junkies
Steve Earle
Dwight Yoakam
Green On Red
Long Ryders
Blasters
Los Lobos
Michelle Shocked
Jason and the Scorchers
Bodeans
The Jayhawks
What i want are suggestions for what i might have missed from my collection or , even better, some classic era stuff i may not have even heard that i can check out , please help !!
Already i just remembered another - Lone Justice .
So far i'm putting on :
Cowboy Junkies
Steve Earle
Dwight Yoakam
Green On Red
Long Ryders
Blasters
Los Lobos
Michelle Shocked
Jason and the Scorchers
Bodeans
The Jayhawks
What i want are suggestions for what i might have missed from my collection or , even better, some classic era stuff i may not have even heard that i can check out , please help !!
Already i just remembered another - Lone Justice .
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Permalink Reply by steviedal on -
Thanks everyone , lots of stuff i never heard before , lots i already love like Del Fuegos , Replacements , i've got that Too Long in The wasteland Adam it's a cracker .
Thanks again you lot !
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Permalink Reply by David Shaw on -
Tom Russell
Katy Moffatt
Sylvia Tyson
Lyle Lovett
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Permalink Reply by Jim Morrison on -
I'll strongly second Blue Rodeo (Diamond Mine came out in '89) and Rank and File. Lucinda Williams first widespread release (after the Folkways disc) came out in 1988, "Lucinda Williams" on Rough Trade. To me, that's still her best disc. The brilliant first Peter Case disc is '88.
There's also early Lyle Lovett.
What about X? Some of it is rock, but some on the Americana border.
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Permalink Reply by Curtis Rodeheaver on -
I'll second Tom Russell. I saw his show a couple of times in Ithaca NY in the late eighties and he and his band were outstanding. I got signed vinyl!
Plus I don't see the Desert Rose Band on any of these lists. What a great collection of players.
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Permalink Reply by Brad Montague on -
Southern Culture On The Skids
R.E.M.
Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band
Grateful Dead--Reckoning
Guadalcanal Diary
The Connells
Let's Active
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Permalink Reply by Adam Sheets on -
Early k.d. lang and Ricky Skaggs.
Anything from Mellencamp's Scarecrow and The Lonesome Jubilee.
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Permalink Reply by Adam Sheets on
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I'll also agree with X and Lyle Lovett and add some Mojo Nixon.
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Permalink Reply by Sam Keller on -
Joe Ely "Live at Liberty Lunch". His best record ever. Hard to find.
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Permalink Reply by Cynthia Heimel on -
I really like the album he did with the Clash, too.
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Permalink Reply by Evan Gregg on -
Off the top of my head, some obvious some obscure.
Vulgar Boatmen
Hickoids
Tex And The Horseheads
Giant Sand
The Silos
Walkabouts
Mekons
Los Lobos
American Music Club
EIEIO
Great Plains
Tail Gators
Leroi Bros
Evan Johns & The H Bombs.
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Permalink Reply by Adam Sheets on
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How did everybody else forget the Mekons?
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Permalink Reply by Evan Gregg on
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Yeah, I was wondering about that myself? I checked several times to make sure I didn't miss it. Same with the Silos and Giant Sand.
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