Old Country Etc Thread Genre • Page 5

Nancy & Lee is so good

 

Finally got around to watching Be Here To Love me, the Townes Van Zandt doc from years back. Highly recommend it.

https://peertube.uno/w/oUBzRMRNu49cYmtuFiodcV

 

This is probably closest to fitting in this thread of any on this site, just a fantastic write-up in my opinion:

Various Artists: Anthology of American Folk Music, Vol. 1-3

The capital-I Importance of that anthology has probably been beaten to death at this point but if you've never heard it it really is required listening. My dad had a CD copy when we were kids that got played to death and I kinda hated most of it at the time lol but times change etc

 

A few guys I’ve been listening to a ton lately, did a search and couldn’t find a single post related to any of them on this site. Thought this thread was probably the most appropriate.

 

A perfect album.

Really sad about the loss. One of my biggest regrets was years back one of my buddies had an extra ticket to see him perform solo acoustic at the Ryman around 2011 and I blew it off. Over the years I’ve heard Taylor Goldsmith (Dawes) mention several times that was he was at that exact show and it was life changing. Ugh.

 

One of the best to ever do it.

Willie really is the last man standing from that generation now I guess

 

I had never heard A Gentle Evening With Townes.. but stumbled up on a copy recently and was blown away. This performance of Like A Summer Thursday is perfect and the best version of the song I’ve heard.

 

Finally available on YouTube!

 

Thread bump reminded me to share a fairly niche project I've been enjoying lately. Essentially an experimental recording project by Canadian country artist Li'l Andy, who wrote a fiction novel about a forgotten 1920s medicine show/hillbilly music legend. He then wrote a matching set of songs in the style of The Carter Family and recorded them on a wire recorder with old-time folk bands Sheesham & Lotus 'N Son and The Everlovin' Jug Band.

My understanding is that they're more known in Europe and tour the folk festival circuit here as much as they do in Canada. Saw them live in Denmark last week in full character and matching 1920s outfits and it was really well done. Definitely a bigger live experience, but the record has a lot of charm as well.

The analogue tape version of the tracks may be easier to listen to unless you have a fondness for 1920s recording technology, ha.

 

So happy this is getting a full reissue next month. One of my all-time favorite live records, the band that plays on this is so good. Will be great to have it on vinyl, was pretty close to the top of my “never been pressed” wishlist (Time (The Revelator) is of course #1 on that list…)

Also really not very “country” whatsoever nor particularly “old” compared to what we usually post in here. But I don’t think she has a thread