Favorite Alternative Country-Americana albums

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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.

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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

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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.

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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

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Permalink Reply by David Pedersen on April 22, 2009 at 2:43pm

A few of my favorites:
Green on Red - Gas Food Lodging
The Jayhawks - Hollywood Town Hall and Tomorrow the Green Grass
Joe Henry - Short Man's Room and Kindness of the World
Uncle Tupelo - Anodyne
Son Volt - Trace
The Volebeats - Sky and the Ocean
Whiskeytown - Stranger's Almanac
Drive-By Truckers - Decoration Day
Gillian Welch - Time (The Revelator)
Alejandro Escovedo - A Man Under the Influence
Various Artists - Real: The Tom T. Hall Project

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Permalink Reply by Drew YoungeDyke on April 22, 2009 at 6:54pm

Steve Earle - Train A Comin'
Chris Knight - The Trailer Tapes
Ryan Bingham - Mescalito
Drive-By Truckers - The Dirty South
Cross Canadian Ragweed - Soul Gravy
Lyle Lovett - Pontiac
Adam Hood - Different Groove
Reckless Kelly - Reckless Kelly Was Here
Stoney LaRue - Live at Billy Bob's Texas
James McMurtry - Where'd You Hide The Body

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Permalink Reply by denton fabrics on May 6, 2009 at 5:42am

well, my Top 10 from last year were;

Felice Bros, SelfTitled,-----------------1
Mike Doughty, Golden Delicious----2
Mellencamp, Love, freedom, etc----3
Duhks----------------------------------------4
Chris Knight--------------------------------5
Trent Wagler-adrienna valentine-----6
Black Twig Pickers,hobo handshake--7
Avett Bros, 2nd gleam-------------------8
Calexico, carried to dust----------------9
Kathleen Edwards---ask for flowers--10

...although I'm not sure if I'd label Mike Doughty as "Americana".

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Permalink Reply by Stevie Leigh on July 21, 2009 at 11:40pm

That's a great list though I don't think I'd be able to restrict myself to 10.......I'd need room for Sparklehorse, Josh Rouse, Neil Young, Ryan Adams, Kathleen Edwards and Elvis Costello.....and the wonderful Jim White.

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