Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - Uncle Charlie And His Dog Ted
now that is one underated lp.. rolls and smokes the first poco IMO.
im in complete agreement that sweetheart of the rodeo is WAY overated. i like one or two jams on there and the rest is pretty much the def of yawn.. my copy is signed by hillman and mcquin too, which is kinda the only reason i aint sold it.
notorious byrds bros is the shit y'all need in your life... dr byrd is good too...
cosign on A Gift From Euphoria as well.
and if ya'll are gonna bring the doobies / guess who et al in this then i think you can place American Beauty on the list as well.
but really country rock's begining / middle and end is Gilded Palace Of Sin.
has anyone seen that clip of the Byrds on Beat Club/Musikladen? Mcguinn mannerisms is on some manson-stare freaky-deakyness singing into the camera all chemical-imbalance like and being overly expressive. it was interesting though. he looked like a hippy from the neck up because of the long hair but he was wearing the most stylin rico suave dark blue suit which i must admit was kind of a good look.
I'm not sure if McGuinn was on drugs or not but he's definitely a weirdo... dude changed his name early in the Byrds career because of some cult he was in...
I've always thought Sweetheart of the Rodeo was mad overrated, but thats partly cuz my parents and uncle love it... I'm a HUGE Byrds fan but I've never been able to really listen to that record... maybe someday (need to hear the outtakes LP)
I'd also read in a few different places that Parsons' vocals were wiped off due to his contractual obligations w/ISB
but really country rock's begining / middle and end is Gilded Palace Of Sin.
not to those of us who've heard michael nesmith.
he was doing the country-rock thing with the monkees long before the byrds thought to go there.
I gotta disagree with this. "Gilded Palace"-era Burrittos is way more of a Gram Parsons project than a Byrds one. Parsons was recording Country Rock for Lee Hazlewood with the International Submarine Band in 1965, a full year before the Monkees' debut LP, and well before Nesmith was allowed to perform any of his own material with the band. From ISB to the Byrds to the Burrittos, Parsons was the catalyst and master of Country Rock as the sound it came to be. Nesmith is truly one of the most under-rated influences and performers of Country Rock, though - consistent, too, from the late 60's all through the 70's.
Johnny Cash - Man in Black (the best by the best) John Stewart and Buffy Ford - Signals Through the Glass John Stewart - California Bloodlines
Heard tell The Country Sweetie by Bobbie Gentry is country psych, but haven't heard it yet.
Euphoria is the most overblown record, shit poor vocals and retarded pretentiousness, like Van Dyke Parks with a head injury. Fraser and Debolt on the other hand lives up to its rep as the freakiest cuntry record ever.
Heard tell The Country Sweetie by Bobbie Gentry is country psych, but haven't heard it yet.
It's "The Delta Sweete" (her second album) and although it has slightly psych-ish cover art, it's really not much different than the "Ode to Billy Joe" LP...not really any psych touches at all...having said that, I think her albums are awesome, highly recommend them to anybody, and "The Delta Sweete" is probably my favorite.
YES! I just got a copy this weekend and expected to be in for a treat...turned out to be almost entirely dissapointing.
eh, it's not that it's a BAD record, it's just his most overhyped and it's kind of a sloppy mess... Brass Buttons and Hearts on Fire are great, alot of it is so-so (esp. compared to his Burrito Bros stuff and GP...)
GP is one of my favorite records by anyone, ever... if you shit on that, you're sleeping...
i recently got a 45 of Kitty Wells doing "I've been loving you too long to stop now"
i recently got a 45 of Kitty Wells doing "I've been loving you too long to stop now"
It's not half bad, either! Kitty's voice got weirder with age (almost like a down-South Mrs. Miller), but she holds her own on this Otis Redding song. I have the album it comes from, Forever Young on Capricorn.
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now that is one underated lp.. rolls and smokes the first poco IMO.
im in complete agreement that sweetheart of the rodeo is WAY overated. i like one or two jams on there and the rest is pretty much the def of yawn.. my copy is signed by hillman and mcquin too, which is kinda the only reason i aint sold it.
notorious byrds bros is the shit y'all need in your life... dr byrd is good too...
cosign on A Gift From Euphoria as well.
and if ya'll are gonna bring the doobies / guess who et al in this then i think you can place American Beauty on the list as well.
but really country rock's begining / middle and end is Gilded Palace Of Sin.
I'm not sure if McGuinn was on drugs or not but he's definitely a weirdo... dude changed his name early in the Byrds career because of some cult he was in...
I've always thought Sweetheart of the Rodeo was mad overrated, but thats partly cuz my parents and uncle love it... I'm a HUGE Byrds fan but I've never been able to really listen to that record... maybe someday (need to hear the outtakes LP)
I'd also read in a few different places that Parsons' vocals were wiped off due to his contractual obligations w/ISB
not to those of us who've heard michael nesmith.
he was doing the country-rock thing with the monkees long before the byrds thought to go there.
I gotta disagree with this. "Gilded Palace"-era Burrittos is way more of a Gram Parsons project than a Byrds one. Parsons was recording Country Rock for Lee Hazlewood with the International Submarine Band in 1965, a full year before the Monkees' debut LP, and well before Nesmith was allowed to perform any of his own material with the band. From ISB to the Byrds to the Burrittos, Parsons was the catalyst and master of Country Rock as the sound it came to be. Nesmith is truly one of the most under-rated influences and performers of Country Rock, though - consistent, too, from the late 60's all through the 70's.
i'd rather listen to the monkees Head than those nesmiths.
that said that nitty gritty lp i mentioned earlier has a blazing take on Some of Shelly's Blues.
John Stewart and Buffy Ford - Signals Through the Glass
John Stewart - California Bloodlines
Heard tell The Country Sweetie by Bobbie Gentry is country psych, but haven't heard it yet.
Euphoria is the most overblown record, shit poor vocals and retarded pretentiousness, like Van Dyke Parks with a head injury. Fraser and Debolt on the other hand lives up to its rep as the freakiest cuntry record ever.
It's "The Delta Sweete" (her second album) and although it has slightly psych-ish cover art, it's really not much different than the "Ode to Billy Joe" LP...not really any psych touches at all...having said that, I think her albums are awesome, highly recommend them to anybody, and "The Delta Sweete" is probably my favorite.
Anything by the Flying Burrito Bros.,
Sir Douglas Quintet and solo Doug Sahm
and Uncle Tupelo too.
New stuff:
Bottlerockets
Drive By Truckers
Richard Buckner
Son Volt
and anything by these guys:
i was specifically referring to the country-rock stuff Nez did WITH THE MONKEES.
his solo records dont move me that much.
eh, it's not that it's a BAD record, it's just his most overhyped and it's kind of a sloppy mess... Brass Buttons and Hearts on Fire are great, alot of it is so-so (esp. compared to his Burrito Bros stuff and GP...)
GP is one of my favorite records by anyone, ever... if you shit on that, you're sleeping...
i recently got a 45 of Kitty Wells doing "I've been loving you too long to stop now"
It's not half bad, either! Kitty's voice got weirder with age (almost like a down-South Mrs. Miller), but she holds her own on this Otis Redding song. I have the album it comes from, Forever Young on Capricorn.