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Favorite Alternative Country-Americana albums

Heres my list : Son Volt- Trace
Whiskeytown- Strangers Almanac
Dixie Chicks -Home
Lucidna Williams- Car Wheels on a Gravel Road
Uncle Tupelo -Anodyne
Steve Earle- Guitar Town
Emmylou Harris -Wrecking Ball
Mike Ness -Cheating at Solitaire
Dwight Yoakam - Beunos Noches from a Lonely Hotel Room,Blame the Vain,and Last Chance for a thousand years.

What do you guys think? add your own favorites of course.

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Permalink Reply by hombre on April 5, 2009 at 11:00pm: loomer songs of the wild west island
drag the river it's crazy
fred eaglesmith milly's cafe
tom waits mule variations
ry cooder soundtrack from paris, texas; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by hombre on April 6, 2009 at 2:04pm: ...and throwing rocks at the moon by the backsliders...; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Colin Spence on April 7, 2009 at 1:13pm: I'm not sure what 'alt' really means, and there are a lot of artists listed in the posts that I've never even heard of. Anyway, a few of my favourite albums, that I've bought over the last year or so, might qualify? These are :

Richard Shindell - South of Delia
Slaid Cleaves - Broke Down
Jeffrey Foucault - Ghost Repeater
Brandi Carlile - The Story
Ray Bonneville - Gust of Wind
John Gorka - Jack's Crows

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Permalink Reply by Donald McKay CaldwellJr. on April 9, 2009 at 7:33am: Great call on Broke Down and Jack's Crows, would not leave home without them, try Emmylou Harris "Wrecking Ball" it is of the best quality.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Trixieagogo on April 7, 2009 at 6:54pm: Old 97's - Wreck Your Life
Lucinda Williams - Car Wheels on a Gravel Road
Scott Miller & the Commonwealth - Thus Always To Tyrants
Dixie Chicks - Home
Steve Earle - Guitar Town
Whiskeytown - Strangers Almanac
Cowboy Junkies - The Trinity Sessions
Gillian Welch - Hell Among the Yearlings
The Jayhawks - Hollywood Town Hall
The Volebeats - Up North
Rosanne Cash - 10 Song Demo
Thad Cockrell - Warmth & Beauty
Miranda Lambert - Kerosene
Chris Knight - Chris Knight
Jim Roll - Lunette
Kim Richey - Kim Richey
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - Raising Sand
Lone Justice - Shelter
Ryan Adams - Heartbreaker
Slaid Cleaves - No Angel Knows; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Donald McKay CaldwellJr. on April 9, 2009 at 7:34am: Great choices my friend but I would urge the addition of Rules of Travel by Roseaane Cash.........dc; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Donald McKay CaldwellJr. on April 9, 2009 at 7:26am: Those are some good ones, let me throw one at you, "Tulare Dust" a songwriters tribute to Merle Haggard, try it out........thanks; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Tom Savage on April 9, 2009 at 9:25am: A few from my list :

Fred Eaglesmith - Drive-in Movie
Fred Eaglesmith - Lipstick, Lies, and Gasoline

Lucinda Williams - Car Wheels On A Gravel Road
Lucinda Williams - Little Honey

Drive By Truckers - The Dirty South
Drive By Truckers - Brighter Than Creation's Dark

Mike Plume - Table For One; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Trixieagogo on April 9, 2009 at 7:44pm: Kasey Chambers' first two solo albums were great Americana, if that's what you can still call it when it's an Aussie artist.

The Captain
Barricades and Brick Walls

And I also like her earlier stuff with the Dead Ringer Band - 'We're All Gonna Die Someday' is a classic.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Don Stoochnoff on April 9, 2009 at 10:20pm: Here are a few more that are always in my cd player:

Kieran Kane-Shadows on the Ground
Blackie and the Rodeo Kings-Kings of Love
Daniel Lanois-Acadie and Shine
The Handsome Family-Through the Trees
The Waybacks-From the Pasture to the Future
The Subdudes-Street Symphony
Tracy Grammer and Dave Carter- Seven is the Number
Gene Clark-No Other
Robert Earl Keen-Gravitational Forces
Guy Clark-Dublin Blues; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by English Pete on April 15, 2009 at 2:43pm: I figured I'd add my top ten to this:
El Corazon Steve Earle
Being There Wilco
GP Gram Parsons
Los Super 7 Los Super 7 (the first one)
Car Wheels...... Lucinda Williams
Letter to Laredo Joe Ely
More a Legend...... The Flatlanders (in fact, got this one on vinyl, Charly issue from the 80s)
Dublin Blues Guy Clark
Gringo Honeymoon Robert Earl Keen Jr (title song brings back memories of a trip to Boqilla del Carmen, when you use to be able to row over the Rio Grande del Norte)
Green on Red Green on Red

I don't know, but it seems to me that this whole thing dates back a long time before Uncle Tupelo.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Mark Lammie on April 22, 2009 at 10:04am: Gram Parsons - Grievous Angel
The Jayhawks - Hollywood Town Hall
Robbie Fulks - South Mouth
Kevin Welch - Western Beat
Dave Alvin - King of California
Rodney Crowell - Houston Kid
Jim Lauderdale - Persimmons
Buddy Miller - Cruel Moon

to name just a few; ▶ Reply to This