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Favorite Alternative Country-Americana albums
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 think? Add your own favorites of course.
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Permalink Reply by james granton on -
I can't believe until Rys comment this thread was dead. pretty rich territory. i like someones idea of before uncle tupelo and after uncle tupelo,(who were game changers. hard to think of of a band that broke up and actually heralded a new scene. so here goes.
before ut...
jimmy reeves
kris kristofferson
commander cody
the blasters
rank and file
boiled in lead
steve earle
blue rodeo
after ut....
son volt
wilco
slobberbone
old 97's
jayhawks
dbt
dexateens
chris knight
slaid cleaves
and so many more
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Permalink Reply by Kevernacular (Kevin Lynch) on -
I had to include blues. I guess Dobson's the sleeper. All Music Guide has never reviewed any albums by "The Hemingway of country music," as Nanci Griffith calls him. His Townes disc is fabulous but among his albums of originals try "Blue Collar Blues." You may need to order online.
- The Band (eponymous) 1969/Music from Big Pink 1968
- The Paul Butterfield Blues Band (eponymous) 1965/East-West 1966
- Guy Clark — Hindsight 21-20: Anthology 1975-1995 2007
- Bob Dylan – Blood on the Tracks1974/ Blonde on Blonde 1966
- Steve Earle – Guitar Town 1986 / Copperhead Road 1988/ Steve Earle and the Del McCoury Band The Mountain 1999
- The Flying Burrito Brothers –The Definitive Collection 2002 (2 CDs)
- The Grateful Dead — Workingman’s Dead 1970
- Essential Waylon Jennings — [RCA Nashville/Legacy] (the 2 CD set)
- Robert Johnson — The Complete Recordings 2011 (2 CDs)
- B.B. King — How Blue Can You Get? Classic Live Performances 1964-1994 (2 CDs
- Uncle Tupelo — March 16-30 1992/ No Depression 2003
- Ralph Stanley – Saturday Night & Sunday Morning 1994
- Townes Van Zandt — Live at the Old Quarter 1977/Be Here to Love Me
- (soundtrack) 2007 (2 CD soundtrack)
- Gillian Welch — Time (The Revelator) 2001
- Lucinda Williams — Car Wheels on a Gravel Road 1996
- Richard Dobson – Amigos: Richard Dobson Sings Townes Van Zandt 1994
- Dwight Yoakum – Just Lookin’ for a Hit 1989 /Buenos Noches...1988
- Tedeschi-Trucks Band – Revelator 2011
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Permalink Reply by steviedal on -
Long Before Tupelo (no particular order) :
THE BYRDS - Sweetheart Of The Rodeo
NITTY GRITTY DIRT BAND - Uncle Charlie & His Dog Teddy
DOUG DILLARD & GENE CLARK - The Fantastic Expedition Of ...........
JOHN STEWART - California Bloodlines
CHIP TAYLOR - Last Chance
JOHN PRINE - John Prine
THE DILLARDS - Wheatstraw Suite
FLYING BURRITO BROS - The Guilded Palace Of Sin
WAYLON JENNINGS - Honky Tonk Heroes
THE BAND - The Band (2nd album)
Just Before Tupelo :
THE BLASTERS - Hard Line
COWBOY JUNKIES - Trinity Session
STEVE EARLE - Guitar Town
MICHELLE SHOCKED - Short Sharp Shocked
GREEN ON RED - Scapegoats
DANNY & DUSTY - The Lost Weekend
VIOLENT FEMMES - Hallowed Ground
LOS LOBOS - Will The Wolf Survive ?
BoDEANS - Love&Hope&Sex&Dreams
DWIGHT YOAKAM - Guitars, Cadillacs etc etc
Tupelo & Beyond :
UNCLE TUPELO - March 16 - 22 1992
THE JAYHAWKS - Hollywood Town Hall
WHISKEYTOWN - Strangers Almanac
DRIVE BY TRUCKERS - The Dirty South
RICHMOND FONTAINE - Post To Wire
KATHLEEN EDWARDS - Failer
JUSTIN TOWNES EARLE - Harlem River Blues
FELICE BROTHERS - Felice Brothers
DAVE ALVIN - Blackjack David
FRED EAGLESMITH - Lipstick , Lies & Gasoline
There you go , 30 classic albums , 30 different artists ! *
* although the legendary Mr Dave Alvin was also in The Blasters of course ............... Oops , and Gram was in two of the bands as well !
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Permalink Reply by mark loveday on -
By no means exhaustive and in no particular order:
Green On Red - Scapegoats/This Time Around
Son Volt - Trace
Silver Jews - Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea
Lucinda Williams - self titled third album
The Handsome Family - In The Air
Kasey Chambers and Shane Nicholson - Wreck and Ruin
The Arlenes - Stuck On Love
Nanci Griffith - Little Love Affairs
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