Country, Western and Bluegrass
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While listing some library records on discogs, I listened to this library record, mainly to check out the condition:
http://www.discogs.com/Various-Country-And-Western-and-Bluegrass/release/2730383?ev=item-vc
I was expecting nothing, but damn, I feel some the songs big time.
I don`t know how authentic the containing music is, despite the fact that it says on the back cover "Authentic Music Of The American Mid-West".
I can post up some clips if there is any interest.
Does anyone ride for this kind of music as well?
http://www.discogs.com/Various-Country-And-Western-and-Bluegrass/release/2730383?ev=item-vc
I was expecting nothing, but damn, I feel some the songs big time.
I don`t know how authentic the containing music is, despite the fact that it says on the back cover "Authentic Music Of The American Mid-West".
I can post up some clips if there is any interest.
Does anyone ride for this kind of music as well?
Comments
The libraries I have had with acoustic folk guitar styles have been very forgettable.
If you want more of the same you could post up a favorite cut or three and people here would point you to more of the same sound.
I like the song, "chicken reel"
I don`t now much about this stuff and in fact I only know this one record of this genre, but - even if you`re saying this jokingly -
I know where you coming from. What I heard is more sophisticated than what I expected.
Not sure if this is really the authentic stuff... Maybe there is still a bit of Alan Parker & Hawkshaw feel in it..
Tomorrow i`ll post some clips.
and they only played a musical genre called "Americana". I still don't know what it is exactly but it left a bit of impression on me and I found it quite interesting. This record reminds somehow of the music played in that show.
Can anyone school me on "Americana"?
This would be jazz, blues, country, rock, soul, funk, souljazz, spiritual jazz, northern soul, funk 45, boogie, modern soul.
In other words, 20th century popular music.
See I thought Americana was synonymous with roots music, specifically a kind of country / r&b crossover. But I have no idea, I would enjoy people dropping some knowledge on the topic and suggesting some staring points for this era..
Yeah I ride, but am totally in the dark on this shit.
I think the term was used in a bit more narrow range, otherwise it would have been useless. What pim is talking about sounds more reasonable to me.
Jimmie Rodgers, Bob Wills, Lefty Frizzell, Guy Clark, Ornette Coleman (in an hamolidic? way)
Stuff like this:
Bluegrass is kind of a different animal, but really starts with Bill Monroe. Also Earl Scruggs is great. David Grisman's Rounder Record is a great place to start too. The list of players on that record can help point you toward other really good stuff. Tony Rice, Jerry Douglas and Ricky Skaggs are all great on that record. The Punch Brothers are a newer act with some great material too. Really good players.
Sam Bush
i love "Froggy Went a Courtin"
UK session dudes doing country muzak.
Competent, but not the real deal.
Most singers don't pronounce their "g"'s. It's just more obvious with folk/bluegrass people, for some reason.
It used to drive me crazy that in Europe new names for American music are created with specific definitions that the original artists would never have recognized. Now I think it is genius. I used to hate the Northern Soul designation because it referred to a kind of music some djs and dancers liked, not a musical scene that ever existed.
So if Americana is the kind of music in those video clips, I like Americana.
Jimmy Rogers recorded all his songs for 78s. When buying reissue lps make sure they are mono. Any and all Jimmy Rogers lps are good. Beware there is at least one other artist with the same name.
Bob Wills best stuff can be found on Comps that came out in the 70s.
If you hunt you can find original Lefty Frizzel 45s and lps.
Guy Clark is a great song writer. His 70s lps are recommended (by me). If you find a country record with a Guy Clark writing credit it is bound to be good.
Don Was might define Americana. He recorded with the group Was Not Was, and has produced lots of artists.
Ornette Coleman you should already know from your interest in jazz. Get the one with the Jackson Pollack die cut cover.
I would also recommend Ry Cooder as someone who fits the Americana label.
What album is a must have?
Surely it's more like that John Prine / Guy Clark thing mixed up with a little indie / punk attitude? Or it's that band down the pub with the guy with the beard and the banjo. That sort of thing.
Right, so what's the big difference? Half of the current acts labelled "Americana" are PERFORMING straight bluegrass, country & blues...
...but know that Atkins (or his associates) produced Rich, Jennings and Nelson at one point. While they too got the sappy Nashville treatment, several of their sides in this vein are really good despite the string sections and choruses.
My own favorites are ...Continued (1969), Tony Joe White (1971), and The Train I'm On (1972), although he's generally consistent - for the most part.
Of course, there's 1969's Black & White, which has his hit "Polk Salad Annie." Side two is ruined by these substandard cover versions ("Little Green Apples"? "Wichita Lineman"?), but side one is on the money.