Arty Hill
Arty Hill
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  • Baltimore, MD
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Arty Hill commented on Easy Ed's blog post 'Soul Train leaves the station....RIP Don Cornelius'
They've put a bunch of these on DVD - with the original Afro-Sheen commercials included.  They're awesome ! Reminds me of Saturday mornings when I was a kid...
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Arty Hill commented on Adam Sheets's blog post 'Vintage Vinyl Review: Porter Wagoner- "Soul of a Convict and Other Great Prison Songs"'
There's also a Bear Family box set called "Cold Hard Facts of Life" that compiles all of PW's concept records. His version of the Mel Tillis song "Wine" is on it, along with a bunch of other great stuff. Well worth the…
Jan 20

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Arty Hill replied to Shawn Edward Cote's discussion 'Where Are the Mainstream Country Rebels?'
Good question, Liz.  To begin with, I don't think a "country song" is one that talks about how the singer is from the country, lives in the country, has friends from the country, and loves  George Jones, rapped over a fat…
Nov 11, 2011
Arty Hill replied to Shawn Edward Cote's discussion 'Where Are the Mainstream Country Rebels?'
Nashville artists have pretty much zero control as to what makes it onto their albums and onto the radio.  Or if they do have any control, they've collectively decided they all need to sound exactly like one another :) How is it that every…
Nov 11, 2011
Arty Hill commented on Chris Mateer's blog post 'New LP Reviews: Steve Earle & Emmylou Harris'
As far as albums go, I agree with both sides.  If you don't have at least 10 good songs, either wait or just put out a couple singles , since that's actually doable nowadays.  On the other hand, the advent of cds added pressure…
Apr 29, 2011
Arty Hill commented on April Wolfe's blog post 'Caleb Stine - I Wasn't Built for a Life Like This'
"Doing Time in Baltimore" is the stuff - one of the all-time best Baltimore songs.
Apr 12, 2011
Arty Hill commented on Heather's group 'B-More about Music! (Baltimore Music Scene)'
Hey folks, Saturday March 26, come to our Honky Tonk Dance Party at the Creative Alliance, featuring Arty Hill & the Long Gone Daddys, with special guests Caleb Stine and Linda Nelson ! 8 pm.  We are nearly done with our latest cd,…
Mar 10, 2011
Arty Hill commented on Austin Collins's group 'No Depression Austin'
Hey Larissa, actually I will be at G & S Wednesday night and Sunday, Amelia's Wednesday afternoon, Giddyups on Thursday. Glad you guys will be in Austin that week !
Feb 16, 2011
Arty Hill commented on Heather's group 'B-More about Music! (Baltimore Music Scene)'
Thanks Ben.  Hope to see y'all there !
Feb 10, 2011
Arty Hill commented on Adam Sheets's blog post 'Review: Wanda Jackson- The Party Ain't Over'
I agree - not drowned out completely on the recordings.  But certainly compromised - more on VLR than TPAO, where Wanda is up more in the mix.    And I guess I'm also thinking about the fact that singing live with a band as loud…
Jan 25, 2011
Arty Hill commented on Adam Sheets's blog post 'Review: Wanda Jackson- The Party Ain't Over'
Adam - interesting.  Three things:   First, Sam was recording (primarily) rocknroll.  The lyrics and their meaning are not as important as in, for example, country music.  Each Loretta Lynn song tells a story.  If you…
Jan 25, 2011
Arty Hill commented on Adam Sheets's blog post 'Review: Wanda Jackson- The Party Ain't Over'
James, I saw a live Gaga performance while twiddling through the tv channels a few weeks back.  The part of the show I saw was solo (just her playing piano and singing).  She can actually play and sing, and the songs were pretty good pop -…
Jan 25, 2011
Arty Hill commented on Adam Sheets's blog post 'Review: Wanda Jackson- The Party Ain't Over'
Adam, I dig what JW is trying to do for these artists.  My only question is, why does the music have to overwhelm the singing ?  I thought this was definitely the case on the Van Lear Rose cd.  You can hear Loretta pushing herself to…
Jan 25, 2011
Arty Hill commented on Grant Alden's blog post 'Grant Alden's Field Notes: A Hank Williams salute'
That Waylon sings Hank cd is absolutely great. The production is kinda dated, but the singing is spot on.
Jan 4, 2011
Arty Hill commented on Arty Hill's blog post 'Stuff to Buy for Xmas: Favorite CDs I Bought in 2010'
Thanks for the thoughts,  Matt !  I am also a huge Flaco fan - he is one of the most underrated instrumentalists of all time.  Everything he plays is music (which is a rare thing...)
Dec 27, 2010

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Stuff to Buy for Xmas: Favorite CDs I Bought in 2010

Hey folks,

This will be my 7th year of doing the list and, I gotta tell ya, I almost didn't make it this year. What with the recording of "Another Lost Highway" turning into a Honky Tonk Ben Hur (we started in January 2010, and we'll be finishing it in January 2011 !) and my…

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Posted on December 9, 2010 at 8:30pm — 2 Comments

Arty Hill

NotSXSW 2010: Grilled Squid, Kids on Sheep, & The Siberian Express

I'm a honky tonk singer/songwriter/guitarist living in Baltimore, MD, on a Boston label called Cow Island Music. I play in Texas about every two months or so, with a rotating group of pickers called the Pearl Dusters. In 2009, I played the NotSXSW showcase in Austin, TX, sponsored by John Conquest of Third Coast Music and the Freeform American Roots (FAR) Chart. It happens the same week as SXSW, and features honky tonk, rockabilly, and other roots music artists. JC invited me to play it again… Continue

Posted on April 27, 2010 at 8:00am — 1 Comment

Arty Hill

Favorite CDs I Bought In 2009

Beatles Mono Box aside (I own it but haven't played it yet), deluxe reissue of The Rolling Stones' "Get Your Ya-Yas Out" notwithstanding (sound is not really different from the Japanese 24-Bit Remaster, but there's some video from the '69 MSG show and a re-print of a review of the lp by the late great Lester Bangs), and with apologies to the new Hank Williams "Revealed" box set (it's fantastic) and the Bear Family 8-CD Freddie King box set (haven't bought it yet but… Continue

Posted on January 1, 2010 at 6:17pm

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At 5:00am on January 21, 2011, Lewis MorrisLewis Morris said…

Hey Arty!

Can't keep up with all my accounts . . . yes it's lame. My dad is 83 and he's amazed with this technology but the transition is difficult for him so I get a glimpse of my own dotage. Congratulations on everything you got going, keep it up. We finally have our band Hangdog out of the gate. We're out and playing around town, gathering some steam. I credit "Bar of Gold" in large part, for me deciding to get my feet wet again. Thanks. Take care.

At 6:34am on July 21, 2010, June StarJune Star said…
thanks for the request... i'm going it full time for music at this point and i needed to start getting it together for online marketing stuff and try connect as much as i can... even it there isn't a lot of stuff going on i can give off the appearance that something it happening. maybe our paths will cross? i saw you at 1919 in june... looked like you were having fun!

ever talk to mesko? i saw they opened a liquor store... hmmm.
At 1:44pm on April 6, 2010, HeatherHeather said…
Thanks for joining the group Arty. Look forward to seeing sometime in the recent future. I ran into a band mate of yours that is a college friend of mine...Steve Potter.
At 7:19pm on January 2, 2010, The Medicine ShowThe Medicine Show said…
Thanks for the music Arty I'm a huge fan.
Hope to see you on this side of the devide sometime
Rob Ellen
At 1:22pm on July 15, 2009, The MuckrakesThe Muckrakes said…
Add us Arty, we're kinda close to each other stateside an play MD every once-in-a-while.
At 12:42pm on March 24, 2009, No DepressionNo Depression said…
Hi Arty - Welcome to the new community site! We hope you're finding everything okay. Please let us know if you have any questions or feedback (here are some FAQs in case anything's confusing). Thanks for joining. Cheers!
Kim
 
 
 

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