In 2009 I resolve to.....

Buy more Neil Young of course (hope you guys got the blu-rays from santa :P)




Neil Young Archives, potentially the greatest box set in the history of box sets (yes, could be better than Sojourner), is set to be released in less than 2 months....on Feb. 24th, 2009. And buddy, it ain't cheap either, here's the listing here http://www.amazon.com/Neil-Young-Archives-Vol-1963-1972/dp/B001B8PV4U (make sure to watch the video)

Now Neil has always been pretty vocal about his disdain for the compact disc, and he thinks he has finally found a media that it better than oh so sweet vinyl.....that's right, Neil is going out of the black and into the blu (oh God....sorry about that people....). I'm pretty excited about this myself as it is uncharted water for any artist and a HUGE.....I mean GRANDIOSE project. I am not however excited about the price tag, but if this thing delivers....it just might be worth it. One of the coolest aspects I think is the ability to update the data on the Blu-Rays much like one would update software or a video game. Hopefully with such a hefty price tag, the updates and extra material will not incur additional fees.

Now for those worried about this being a blu-ray only release, I wouldn't worry too much about it. First off I'm sure some of the music is bound to see CD release....if not, you know it won't be a week before someone has ripped the audio and leaked it to the internets. So don't fret folks....I for one am going to start saving....

David Rawlings Machine - Tangiers Restaurant (Los Angeles, CA 10/4/07)

If there is one thing that needs to happen in 2009, it's that Gillian Welch and David Rawlings need to make a new album. Sure they have been busy producing killer album after killer album, and guesting on killer album after killer album...but c'mon....we sometimes we need to drink straight from the well. It's been almost 6 years since Soul Journey....in that time they have given us Old Crow Medicine Show to fill the gap, they have toured with Emmylou Harris, Buddy Miller and Patty Griffin, indie darlings Rilo Kiley, recorded a song with Jenny Lewis (of Rilo Kiley) for the movie Bolt, made surprise appearences with She & Him (actress Zooey Daschenel and M. Ward), with the Decemberists, guested on Del McCoury, even Bright Eye's albums, and toured themselves under the name David Rawlings Machine....hell seems like they have been doing everything but making a new album. Well rumor is we may be graced with a 2009 Gillian Welch album...until that time, here be the most recent show of theirs I have to keep us occupied and remind us of their genius. Sound is a little iffy on this one, but a great boot none the less.

MP3 @ 192 (144MB)

David Rawlings Machine - Tangiers Restaurant

Magnolia Electric Co. - The Abbey Pub (Chicago, IL 11/3/08)

Jason Molina & company are hard at work getting their latest masterpiece ready for release sometime next year. The new album is tentatively titled "A Map of The Falling Stars" and is being produced by Steve Albini. I for one can not wait for this one to hit the shelves, and if you are like me, you probably want to hear some of those new songs....well you can either go see them live (this is the recommended way), or download this show. New songs sound like classic Molina, and old favorites sound better than ever. At the end he plays a song he says he wrote for Willie Nelson....which I have never heard of, so I looked it up.....and found nothing...hmmm. If anybody has any info on that would love to know about it.

Here's a short review of the show
Buy MECo & Songs: Ohia albums here, free downloads available here

MP3 @ 192
Magnolia Electric Co. - The Abbey Pub

A Truer Christmas 2

By popular demand (well, one guy) we have another fricken Christmas comp (I know, I know...just what the blog world needs right now). What's amazing to me is the fact that I was able to compile not one, but TWO half decent christmas comps in a fairly niche genre.

Now first off a little warning....if there is is one time of year a person should be allowed to listen to cheesey songs it is Christmas. Keep that in mind while spinning this....cause some of these would be right at home at your christmas party on a little tray with ritz crackers. But I tried to keep it a fairly even mix (believe me, I could have made it MUCH cheesier). Features one of my absolute favorite Merle Haggard songs of all time, which of course is "If We Make It Through December". I was also VERY surprised when I found a Scott Miller Christmas tune. Thanks to Payton at This Morning I Am Born Again for a few of these tracks that really helped fill out this collection.

Oh and about that Unknown Hinson track.....well nothing quite says Christmas like wifebeating (to quote one Axle Rose, take it for what it is people).

Now download this and get to singing Ho-Ho-Ho we was po po po :)


1 Hank Snow - Reindeer Boogie
2 Buck Owens - Christmas Time's A-Comin'
3 Michael Reno Harrell - More Than I Deserve
4 Commander Cody -Daddy's Drinking Up Our Christmas
5 Merle Haggard -If We Make It Through December
6 Scott Miller - Skeptical Christmas
7 Kelly Willis & Bruce Robison - A Winter's Tale
8 Doc Watson - Snowbird
9 Bill Anderson - 'Po Folks Christmas
10 Willie Nelson - Pretty Paper
11 Hank Thompson - Gonna Wrap My Heart in Ribbons
12 Jim Lauderdale - Holly And Her Mistletoe
13 George Jones - My Mom and Santa Claus
14 Tennessee Ernie Ford - Christmas Dinner
15 Old 97's - Here It Is Christmas
16 The Long Ryders - Christmas In New Zealand
17 Chuck Berry - Christmas
18 Mojo Nixon - Christmas, Christmas
19 Unknown Hinson - Black and Blue Christmas
20 The Gougers - Just Because It's Christmas
21 Dale Watson - Honky Tonk Christmas
22 Loretta Lynn - To Heck With Ole Santa Claus
23 Ernest Tubb - I'll Be Walkin' the Floor This Christmas
24 Bobby Bare - Christmas Train
25 Frontier Ruckus - Driving Home, Christmas Eve
26 Felice Brothers - Christmas Song
27 Johnny Cash - The Ballad of Harp Weaver

MP3 @ 192 (111MB)
A Truer Christmas 2

Townes Van Zandt, Guy Clark, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Bobby Rambo - Live At The Three Teardrops Tavern 5-8-92

Someone left a comment asking where to start with Townes Van Zandt and if I have any shows of his....well of course I have some shows, and here's a brand spankin' new one. All I have to say about this one is DAMN!! The sound on this one....EXCELLENT, the performances on this....EXCELLENT!!
This is basically a Townes and Guy show with Ray Wylie and Bobby Rambo thrown as a bonus. After listening to this a couple times, I'm honestly surprised this hasn't seen official release yet....it's that good. The version of Townes' "Marie" on here kills me. Other bonuses on here....learn a little back story to Guy's L.A. Freeway, learn why they call it the Three Teardrops Tavern (now a Duccati dealership). Highlight is by far the Townes and Guy singing trading songs off and singing together at the end.
This is the first I've ever heard of Bobby Rambo, but I'm very impressed by what's on here, an artist I will have to find more about. Oh and if you still want to know where to start with Townes, get Live at The Old Quarter (especially if you like this)

MP3 @ 192 (206MB)
Download Three Drops Tavern here

My latest musical obsession...

This is NQ Arbuckle out of Toronto, Ontario. Pick up their newest album XOK (the above is the title cut), you will thank me later.

From The Archives: Eliza Gilkyson - St. David's Episcopal Church 12-4-07

From The Archives - Might as well throw all the Christmas themed stuff up while the time is right. I friggen love this one, Eliza is one of my favorite artists out there right now, one of the most beautiful voices in the business. If you don't know where to start with Eliza (her catalouge can be a little overwhelming) might I recommend her excellent live album from last year Your Town Tonight.

http://www.elizagilkyson.com/
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Time to get in that christmas mood people, and I'm not talking about going shopping. This is a nice little set from Eliza that is almost gospel sounding. Don't worry, it's not preachy though. I guess playing in a church, it's bound to happen though......sounding gospel-like....not being preachy. Anyway, the sound on this is great, and she runs through some good original material and some good christmas material. Her backing band (Will Taylor & Strings Attached) run through some good christmas....ahem...HOLIDAY songs as well. Including Dreidel, Dreidel which strikes me as odd since they are play in a church. But hey, maybe that song's from the old testament :P


MP3
Eliza Gilkyson - St. Davids Episcopal

From The Archives: A Truer Christmas

From The Archives - This is from exactly 1 year ago today, and what's amazing to me is that the sharebee link is still good! This is not the only one I've come across that is still good either, so cheers to sharebee, and Merry Christmas to everyone out there in blog land

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I believe Vaughn planted the bug for this one back during the Truer Halloween post. Let me just say this, this was no easy task my friend. I found out 2 important things will compiling this: 1. There are a shit ton of christmas albums, 2. Most of them suck (as a matter of fact the cover I made reflects what I felt like doing after about the 14th listen to some crappy over produced rendition of "insert christmas song here". But I think I came up with something workable. I tried to seperate them a little so the sadder songs (christmas tearjerkers my friends) are towards the back, but some of them (like the Dwight Yoakam "santa can't stay") I couldn't decide whether they were tragic or funny. You will also come to realize I have a special love for surf music in my heart (I had to try hard to keep from puttin a ventures song on here, and the next to final draft DID INDEED have a ventures song on it). A couple of the songs were mandatory (like the "Merry Christmas From The Family" & "Santa Looked A Lot Like Daddy") but I tried to veer away from the traditional stuff. One thing on here that bugs me though is the censorship of the otherwise excellent "Oklahoma Christmas". I couldn't for the life of me find an uncensored version, doubt their even is one. I kept the song on the mix though cause hell it's still a funny song and since it's censored, you can play this mix in front of the little ones without getting on Santa's bad list....too much.

01-Dwight Yoakam-Run Run Rudolph
02-Reverend Horton Heat-Jingle Bells
03-Adam's House Cat-Santa's Out of Rehab by Christmas
04-Southern Culture On The Skids-Merry Christmas Baby
05-Robert Earl Keen-Merry Christmas From The Family (Live)
06-Asylum Street Spankers-Red Nosed Reindeer Blues
07-Los Straitjackets-God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
08-Buck Owens & Susan Raye-Santa Looked A Lot Like Daddy
09-Old 97's-Holly Jolly Christmas
10-Reverend Horton Heat-Santa On The Roof

11-Kelly Willis & Bruce Robison-Oklahoma Christmas
12-John Prine-Everything Is Cool
13-The Refreshments-My Christmas Baby
14-Ry Cooder-Christmas In Southgate
15-Robert Earl Keen-Happy Holiday Y'all
16-Dwight Yoakam-Santa Can't Stay
17-Buck Owens & Susan Raye-All I Want For Christmas is My Daddy
18-Kelly Willis & Bruce Robison-Please Daddy Don't Get Drunk
19-Clarence White-Silver Bells
20-Squirrel Nut Zippers-Gift Of The Magii

21-Roger Miller-Old Toy Trains
22-Steve Earle-Nothing But a Child (Demo)
23-The Band-Christmas Must Be Tonight
24-John Prine-Christmas In Prison
25-Red Star Belgrade-Xmas Day

MP3 @ VBRs

A Truer Christmas

From The Archives: Buffalo Springfield - The Missing Herd

From The Archives - Got a request for this a post or so down, so thought I would throw it up while I was going through the archives.

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This is a treat right here. A set of rare and live proto country-rock pioneers Buffalo Springfield. If you don't know it was Stephen Stills and Neil Young's band in the mid 60's (along with Richie Furray of Poco). The second disc of this, the live stuff.....is damned good. The rarities are good too, but I find myself spinning the live disc alot more. Features some of my favorite Buffalo Springfield songs: Mr. Soul, A Child's Claim to Fame and Bluebird (check out the extended mix at the end of disc one and the live jam at the end of disc two). If you like Neil Young......you'll probably like this one........it's got Neil Young roaring guitar work all over it.

MP3 @ 192
http://www.zshare.net/download/525347306839efea/

Torrent

Scott Miller's new album now available for limited pre-order

Butter my butt and call me excited! Scott is making his latest album (not due out officially until next march) available for pre-order on his website. This is the same album that Appalachian Refugee demos helped fund (I got mine, didja get yours?). Act fast though, the info states only 1000 pre-order copies will be available. Not only will you get the new signed and numbered CD before Christmas (least that's what the site says) he's also going to throw in a making of a making of video available on the enhanced CD!!! hot damn!!

More info and samples below (check out the vid, for a killer preview)http://www.thescottmiller.com/forcryingoutloud.html

Kinda dissapointed however that I don't see "Appalachian Refugee" on that tracklist (by far my fave track off the demos)....cool to see a Tom T. Hall cover though. Oh and also nice to see a duet with Patty Griffin on Right Here My Love

What's going on around here?

So just thought I would give you guys a little heads up as to what's going on with the site. First you may have missed the comment I made regarding my absence, so here it is up front:

Sorry guys, but OB Dan was right....I did
lose interest. Got tired of fooling with the uploads and it just got to where it
felt like an obligation. But let me tell you what, I come here after not even
checking the site for a month or two and see these wonderful comments.This one
in particular reminded me of why I started doing this in the first
place:

"jeremiah said... this is an excellent comp,
always love getting these. Hadn't heard Malcolm Holcombe before, that was a nice
introduction. Thanks for putting it together.
November 18, 2008 8:47 PM"

That's really what it's all about folks, and
in the words of the might Louvin brothers.....'tis sweet to be
remembered

So here's my plan, you may have noticed the new digs....that was step one, step two is to get all the posts in the archives upped as torrents, and properly labelled so they are easier to navigate, step three is to restructure my links and other odds and ends (most of those links are dead now anyway), and step four is to keep on posting. You guys and your comments are what keep me going and what brought me back.

About the torrents, I decided to start using torrents because they seem to have a longer shelf life than file hosting sites. So long as my hard drive functions, you can bet I'll keep em seeded, they may be slow downloads for the first few people but they will always be there. If you don't know how to use torrents and what they are, here is a good how to (BTW I recommend either uTorrent or BitTorrent).

Now I plan on bringing this blog out of the shadows a bit, pretty much everything I post on here nowadays is legit anyway, save for the samplers. If someone has a problem with a sampler I post, of course I will remove the offending material (this seems to be a recurring problem lately for other blogs). I plan on posting more news and informational type items in between the music posts. Also occasionaly will be pulling items out of the archives and featuring them. When I do this I will put a fresh download link on it.

About the samplers, no longer will I be doing a monthly Truesounds, but quarterly. This was one of the things that burnt me out before....trying to come up with a quality Truesounds each and every month by the end of the month. I think you guys will get higher quality samplers out of the deal.

Finally I need some of you guys help, while digging through the archives and re-upping and labelling I have come across a few of the older items which I no longer have due to a hard drive crash I had a year or so ago. So I'm asking you guys if you have some of these items to please send them to me at truersound@gmail.com. Right now stuff I'm missing is:

Drive By Truckers - Live Acoustic and Otherwise (this was actually the first one I made covers for)
Scott Miller - Live at Smith's Old Bar Jan. 29, 2004
Murder Ballads & Songs About Killin' (kills me I can't find this....my first "sampler" so to speak...it was the proto sampler)
Son Volt - The Search I-Tunes Exclusive Tracks

Thanks in advance, and thanks especially for sticking around

Neil Young & The International Harvesters - Austin City Limits 1984

Here's a sweet Neil Young boot from Austin City Limits 1984. Now I searched and searched for a proper cover for this but could not find one (which is strange when it comes to Neil Young boots). So I'm thinking somebody must have dicked with the track list or sequencing at some point. Regardless, it's a killer set full of country rock goodness.......big emphasis on the COUNTRY part of that statement. Check out the country version of Hawks & Doves on this thing.
1. Are You Ready For The Country?
2. Hawks & Doves
3. Comes A Time
4. Bound For Glory
5. Let Your Fingers Do The Walking
6. Are There Anymore Real Cowboys?
7. Heart Of Gold
8. Amber Jean
9. Roll Another Number (For The Road)
10. Southern Pacific
11. Needle and The Damage Done


MP3 @192 (56MB)
Torrent
http://sharebee.com/4a9e74cd

Wilco - Who Were You Thinking Of? (Live From St. Louis, MO 4-25-95)

You know usually I'm not much of a Wilco fan, and sometimes I regret "not getting it". But I still dig their first couple albums, and this here boot is a fine testament to those two albums. Sprinkled with covers and Jeff Tweedy's Uncle Tupelo songs, this thing flows like fine wine (wine....also another thing "I don't get"). If you're like me and never really got Wilco, but love Uncle Tupelo give this a listen and it might open your eyes a little (check out the song "It's Just That Simple"). If you're already a Wilco fan, well then I guess you know what to expect! There is a cool acoustic version of Gun on here (one of my fave UT songs)

MP3 @ 160 (150MB)
Torrent
http://www.zshare.net/download/52395908e5e6f736/

Scott H. Biram - Riley's Tavern (Hunter, TX 1-5-07)

The last Scott H. Biram post got a lot of love, so I thought I would throw up another one. Man this guy is killer, just him, a guitar, lot's of whiskey and a stompbox. Dirty old one man band indeed. This thing came with a shit ton of pictures from the show, I didn't include them, but some of them were pretty damn funny. The best ones are included on the artwork (which also came with it). Must've been a hell of a show.

Check out Scott's tour schedule here

MP3 @ 128 (159MB)
Scott H. Biram - Riley's Tavern

Uncle Tupelo - Live at The Blue Note 7-22-88

Man I love this show, thought I would throw it up here to make up for all the missed days (well I wouldn't say I was missing them Bob :P ). This is a very early Uncle Tupelo show....mostly covers.....but killer covers. What they are doing here is paying their dues....."if I only had a dollar........ for every time I had to play while people sat there drunk" kind of stuff. Sound on this is almost official release quality...infact with just a little mastering this would make an excellent addition to the UT catalog (wink, wink...nudge, nudge).

MP3 @ 192 (80MB)

Torrent
http://sharebee.com/b5b320855b32085

Justin Townes Earle doin' some Townes

This guy put out probably my favorite album of '08. I think he says it all in this vid, from "If you want to hear Steve Earle songs, go to a Steve Earle show" to "Townes Van Zandt is the greatest songwriter who ever lived....period....stop.......exclamation point"

Truesounds - Sept. '08

Another month, another comp....This one has some damn fine songs on it. Lot's of new releases and a couple old goodies. Featured on here are a lot of newly released tracks; from Mudcrutch (AKA Tom Petty's 35th class reunion), Blue Mountain (the killer title track to their latest), Old Crow (they found a new drug to sing about), Reckless Kelley (stealing their lyrics from Jeremiah Wright :P), Chris Knight (his new album is classic Chris Knight), Bruce Robison (sounding just like Bruce Robison), a bizarre one from Fred Eaglesmith, new band Band of Heathens (no it's not the Black Crowes), a track from the new Kasey Chambers duet album with Shane Nicholson, and so one and such. I got lazy this month and just took a screen shot of the track list. Enjoy

MP3 @ 192

Torrent

http://www.zshare.net/download/19730516bbfebffd/

Link Problems Fixed!

I have discovered what the actual problem with the links is. For some reason, Blogger does not like the apostrophes in the link names, so it cuts them off. Everything has been re-upped now.


So here's a question what site do you guys prefer to DL from? As I said, I didn't realize how annoying sharebig was, and was just using it because it was easy to upload batch loads to, and it takes files larger than 100 mb.

That is my main requirement. I refuse to split the zip files because I find that (downloading them AND uploading them) much more annoying than any site. Someitimes there is no way around that (like for very large loads such as Stories From Moondawg's Tavern) but it's a last resort for me.

I love sharebee but I find their 100mb limit very restricting. At one time they allowed 150....which would make me happy.....but they went back and changed to 100 ...grrrrr...

The Backsliders - Southern Lines

You wanted more Backsliders...you got more Backsliders. This is their final album from 1999, and while not as good as it's predecessor it's still damned good. This is another group I wish would get back together (take a page from Blue Mountain's book guys) and put out a killer album. As mentioned in the comments section of previous backsliders posts, there are numerous bands who have this band name. A blues band from Texas, a rock band from Australia...but to me, the Backsliders will always be a BAR BAND FROM NORTH CAROLINA!!

MP3
Torrent
http://www.sharebig.com/d/surrjonif/04kaOve48DAE0E50A/The%20Backsliders-Southern%20Lines.zip.htm

Red Star Belgrade - Where The Sun Doesn't Shine (Out of Print)

Red Star Belgrade are one of those groups that I just love for no explainable reason. I've never met another fan, and I've only been able to turn one other person onto their music that I know of. To me they capture everything I love about music. Rawness especially. They really remind me of Neil Young and Crazy Horse....that distorted sloppy guitar on the edge of falling apart yet still so beautiful, lyrics that had no choice but to rise from the singers deepest depths of his psych only to blend perfectly with those fabulous crunchy guitar riffs. My introduction to the band was a 10" single I bought for $3 at my local record shop called "Lose Your Temper Gain An Injury"....one spin of that and I was hooked. A year or so later I see this CD in the same store and snatched it up....it has been a favorite ever since.

Now a little history of the band, don't bother searching for them, because in the age before the world wide web it seemed like a good idea to name your band after a prestigious soccer franchise known to everyone in the world except of course anyone in the US. RSB consists of Bill Curry and his wife Grahma Harris. Bill does the guitar, songwriting and singing, with his wife filling in the rest. The story I heard was that Bill was a well known music critic and writer for NME and he got fed up with all the BS and decided to start his own band. Well I for one am glad he did. In 1995 they released 2 singles, the previously mentioned "Lose Your Temper" and the haunting "Union, SC" about child murderer Susan Smith. That song landed them a gig on the Today show as Susan Smith was a big story back then . I've never seen this footage but would love to as I wonder how they got around the dreaded "n" word. This national attention gave RSB the exposure they needed and within a year their first full length album was out on a small indie out of Chapel Hill, NC. Not sure if it got national distribution, but it sure made it to my neck. They've done a few more albums since then, and as far as I know they are still going (I Hope). Enjoy

MP3

Torrent

http://sharebee.com/f7d78242

Scott H. Biram - Preachin' and Hollerin' (Hard To Find)

Here's an early Scott H. Biram album (that's currently going for $95 on Amazon...HOLY SHIT!). This thing is killer. Just raw country-blues-punk-a-billy-whatever you want to call it (Scott calls it depression era metal :D) If you like honky tonk music, you'll probably like this. If you like mountain style bluegrass, you'll probably like this. If you like old school rockabilly, you'll probably like this. If you like punk music, you might like this. Hell if you like gospel music you might even like this. Me personally, I love it.

1. We Shall Be Free
2. Real Life Yodel
3. The Long Chain Charlie
4. Weary Visitors
5. Truckdriver
6. Ella Speed
7. Ocean Of Diamonds
8. Free Radio Talk
9. Whoa Back Buck
10. Wreck My Car
11. Tom Moore's Farm
12. Lost Case Of Bein' Found
13. Red River/Trouble In Mind
14. Get Me Religion
15. Pastures Of Plenty
16. God Don't Work
17. Never On Sunday

MP3

Buy it or Download it from Scott himself

Wondering if you need the new McMurtry album?

If this don't sway you, nothing will

Ray Wylie Hubbard and The Cowboy Twinkies (out of print first album)

Here's a super oldie but a goodie. This is Ray Wylie Hubbard's first album from 1975. Very hard to find, and very out of print. Notice the early version of Portales on here. This is pretty different from his newer sleazy greasy beautiful blues type stuff, but not THAT much different...you can still tell it Ray Wylie. Fans of Jerry Jeff Walker and Guy Clark will definitely want to check this one out

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  West Texas Country Western Dance Band
  Portales
  $60 Ford
  Bordertown Girl
  Lovin' of the Game
  Compromise
  Blackeyed Peas
  Jazzbo Dancer
  He's the One (Who Made Me #2)
  Belly of Texas
  

WMA
Ray Wylie Hubbard and The Cowboy Twinkies

Son Volt - Acoustic Radio Sessions '95-'96

Here's an oldie but a goodie. Son Volt in their prime, live on the radio. This is one of my favorite discs and I recently stumbled back upon it so I just had to throw it up here. Some of these cuts have appeared in other places (like the fantastic Retrospective) but this disc has a real solid flow to it that just takes you back. Hope you guys enjoy it.

MP3
Torrent
http://sharebee.com/88fbbd43

Re-post-tacular!

Hope this got all the requests. If there's anymore you folks want, just let me know.

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Howdy...

So lots of comments, glad to see we are back up and running. Someone requested a repost of Bottle Rockets Live in Heilbronn Germany...well you are in luck my friend because that is a recent post over at Rock Is Dead. Get it here

Someone else requested Chris Knight, can get those back up within the week. Anybody picked up the new one yet? I'm still anxious to hear it and my local shop (of course) did not have it. The didn't have blue mountain either. Now friends to understand the ramifications and implications of this you have got to understand that this particular record store used to have a VAST alt-country section dating back to 1996 or 7 when the original store opened (I say original store only because it was better, but it got bought out and absorbed by a larger established local record shop a few years later). This new record store continued with a killer alt-country section that kept my thirst for sweet sweet music quenced but it gradualy began to taper. That once proud alt-country section that used to be at least 9 rows wide is now a mere 2 rows wide, and most of that is Drive-by Truckers and Cross Canadian Ragweed.
Now this store being located in a college town my only summation is that there was a large number of former employees who had great taste in music (I know this for fact because I knew a few of them personally)....however nowadays I almost hate to go in there with their bloated prices and poor selection. One good thing is now and then a great vinyl surprise will pop up (recently picked up "Ballad of Easy Rider" for a couple bucks), but all I'm left with are fond memories that get less fond the more I frequent this store (which nowadays is fairly infrequent)

anyways I have rambled. Just wanted to say thanks for all the comments and even though I may not respond to everyone I do read every one.

I do have more out of print Backsliders coming, their second album and a repost of their live EP. And yes I have noticed there are a couple other bands calling themselves the backsliders which makes things pretty confusing when you try to search for info. No I don't have the Vol. 2 of the Possom set, don't even know if there is one....I will also try to see if I can track down the missing track.

oh, and I CAN'T FUCKING BELIEVE I missed out on batch 3 of the Appalachian Refugee demos....dammit man! I read the post at 11:45....clicked over to the site, and SON OF A BITCH! already sold out. Thanks for the heads up though Vaughn.

Out Of Print: George Jones - Best of Vol. 1 Hardcore Honky Tonk

Well, this is kind of straying a bit from the Out Of Print Classics format because this is a compilation, but in my opinion this is the finest George Jones comp that has ever been made. Just look at that track list and see how much early possum gold is on there! This right here ain't no "High Tech Redneck" or "I Don't Need Your Rockin' Chair" folks....this is THE POSSUM, singing the best damned tear jerkers ever! I can't say enough how damned good this aptly named comp is, so I won't. Just download it and see for yourself.

1. You're Still on My Mind
2. Hearts in My Dreams
3. If I Don't Love You (Grits Ain't Groceries)
4. Why Baby Why
5. Relief Is Just a Swallow Away
6. Just One More
7. Out of Control
8. Last Town I Painted
9. You Better Treat Your Man Right
10. Color of the Blues
11. Window up Above
12. Achin' Breakin' Heart
13. Mr. Fool
14. Accidentally on Purpose
15. Glad to Let Her Go
16. Talk to Me Lonesome Heart
17. Someone Sweet to Love
18. Tarnished Angel
19. Into My Arms Again
20. Tall Tall Trees

MP3 @ 224
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Out Of Print: The Backsliders - Throwin' Rocks At The Moon

So I think I'm going to start throwing up some...what I'm calling out of print classics, starting with this one. This was The Backsliders, from Raleigh, NC's first full length album from way back in 1997, and buddy it's a good one. Fans of the Bottle Rockets, and just loud twangy bar band country rock will surely enjoy this one. Standout tracks: the title track, Hey Sheriff, Paper Doll World, Last Train, If you Talk To My Baby, Broken Wings, and hell just about the whole damned thing.



1. My Baby's Gone
2. Throwin' Rocks At The Moon
3. Lonesome Teardrops
4. Crazy Wind
5. Paper Doll World
6. Last Train
7. If You Talk To My Baby
8. Hey Sheriff
9. If I Was King
10. Broken Wings
11. Cowboy Boots

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Truesounds - Summer '08

What would a comeback be without a music post? So here's a sampler to (hopefully) make up for the 3 months of downtime.



1 A Ghost To Most - Drive By Truckers
Best song off the DBT's latest?.....you decide

2 Tiger Tom Dixon's Blues - Rod Picott
A recent discovery for me via Slaid Cleaves. Song is off his 2001 album of the same name

3 Lowlight - Wrinkle Neck Mules (ft.Will Oldham)
Still love the mules my friends, this song has been bouncing around my brain for a while now....I didn't even realize it was Will Oldham singing on this one till I got a hard copy of the album.....great, great song here....further solidifying my love for the mules. Off "Pull The Brake" from 2006.

4 She's Gone - Langhorne Slim
Frantic folk? This ones got so much energy when you play it in your car your fuel economy goes up (wow that was a bad joke....). Off his new self titled label debut album.

5 Into the mystic - Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit
Most people aren't aware that Jason Isbell and his band The 400 Unit recently put out a live EP called "Live at the Twist and Shout". Well he did, and it's good....this song is off it

6 I've Got A Plan - Scott Miller & The Commonwealth
Man I just love this song....the way he sings it...that one errant chord after he says "the cod and the bean"....this song is one of his best in my opinion. Off 2003's Upside Downside


7 No One Told Me - Kane Welch Kaplin
Just a groovin' little song off their self titled album from last year.

8 Defy The Moon - Drag The River
Another new discovery for me. These guys ain't half bad, and this is off their latest 2008 album "You Can't Live This Way"

9 Frankie's Gun! - The Felice Brothers
Geez, is there a buzz about this band or what?....This is probably their most popular song, but it's also my favorite so I just threw it on here. Off their self-titled 2008 album

10 Queenie 's Song - Guy Clark
My God I love this song, It's been popping in my head here recently as there is a local pizza joint called "Queens" that I drive by daily, so I threw it on here. Off his 2002 album "The Dark".

11 Beaumont - Hayes Carll
Most of you probably already know that Hayes Carll's latest album "Trouble In Mind" is pretty damned good....here is a sampling of it.

12 Color of a Lonely Heart Is Blue - Old 97's
This is off Old 97's latest long awaited album Blame it on Gravity. If you liked their last album...you'll probably dig it (or vice versa)

13 Ain't Glad I'm Leaving - Justin Townes Earle
Sleeper/surprise album of the year?.....I think so. Off his latest "The Good Life" which rings through the speakers like they are channeling 1963 (yeah I said it)

14 I Make The Dough, You Get The Glory - Kathleen Edwards
The Canadian Lucinda? Maybe. Off her newest "Asking for Flowers"...which is a pretty damned fine album

15 Blue Side of the Mountain - Steeldrivers
What happens when you get a bunch of well travelled Nashville session musicians together to record an album?.....they make some damned fine bluegrass apparently. Off their 2008 self titled debut album....bluegrass album of the year?

16 Fireline Road - James McMurtry
Our friend Mr. McMurtry has another damn fine album out this year called "Just Us Kids". It's good.

17 Days Aren't Long Enough - Steve Earle(with Allison Moorer)
Pretty good love song and duet with his wife off last years much lauded "Washington Square Serenade".

18 I'll Be Glad - Bonnie Prince Billy (with Shannon Stephens)
What's this, Will Oldham has a new album out too....yes, and it's one of his best in my opinion. Some great, great tunes on there

19 Amsterdam - Jon Dee Graham
Word is Jon Dee Graham recently had a bad accident and is struggling with his medical bills. If you like this song, it's off his killer Live album from last year "Swept Away"

20 Things Ain't Like They Used to Be - The Black Keys
Probably stretching the boundaries I have set for this site a little, but hell I'm willing to bet more than a few of you are Black Keys fans. To my ears, this is the song of the year. I just can't get enough of it. Off their stylisticaly departed new album "Attack and Release"


MP3 @ 192
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Don't call it a comeback...

So I said check back in August...well it's August.....a few weeks in, but August no less. So where does that leave us music wise...well there are a few 08 albums I've been digging. Hayes Carll's newest is pretty damn good even if it's not as good as "Little Rock", The Steeldrivers have been scratching my bluegrass itch, Reckless Kelly's latest is classic Kelly, been digging The Felice Brothers like everyone else I'm sure, The Avett Brothers new EP ain't too bad, speaking of EP's....Jason Isbell put out a killer live one earlier this year, James McMurtry has a classic album out this year, and my favorite so far has been Justin Townes Earle's classic country throwback "The Good Life".

But really what I'm really looking forward too is all getting ready to come out. New Blue Mountain called Midnight in Mississippi is due out next week (and the album of re-recordings of their favorites Omnibus as well), a new Todd Snider album of protest songs called Peace Queer (can't wait for this one friends), a new Chris Knight album called Heart of Stone also out next week, a new Slaid Cleaves is due out later this year that I'm excited about because it's produced by Gurf Morlix. Speaking of Gurf, word is Ray Wylie Hubbard has a live album possibly coming out later this year that I'm dying to hear.

Then there is a new Scott Miller album also in the works for later this year. Scott is doing something I think is awesome, he's selling limited edition demos of said album (Appalachian Refugee) with custom unique artwork created by him to help finance the real studio album....pretty cool concept I thought....too bad I didn't find out about it till they were already sold out of the second pressing....here's to hoping for a third.

So as you can see, it's gonna be a great year for music, and I'm pretty excited about this second half.

oh, and it's good to be back guys, thanks for all the comments and support as always.

guys, I'm not dead

Really, really sorry for the dead air around here. The real world has been kickin' my ass lately and I just haven't been into it. Only reason I'm posting this (besides to keep you fine folks from worrying) is because I'm in between projects and a business trip and have half a weekend of downtime. I'll get back into it probably later in the summer.....but for now, call it a summer vacation. Don't give up though, I still have lot's in the hopper to post....just no time to post it. Check back around August or so.....until then enjoy the summer folks. Get outside....might I recommend hitting the river

(Photo is of the New River and Sentinel Point.....about 10 miles from here)

Justin Townes Earle - Madison, WI (March 29, 2008)

Justin Townes Earle's latest album "The Good Life" has really impressed me. Equal parts troubador and honky tonk (and by honky tonk I mean late 50's era country music), but not on the same songs. He really is a natural at both styles too, one of my favorite albums of 08 so far. This bootleg here is a good representation of that album, just a rollicking good time had by all and he even apes his dad's "devil's right hand" intro for Lone Pine Hill (one of my faves off The Good Life).

MP3 @ 256
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The V-Roys - Live In Austin 1998

Been diggin' on this boot for the last few days. As most of you know I'm a big fan of these guys right here, and this is an audio capture of them at the top of their game. If there are any Scott Miller fans out there that don't know, this was his band prior to going solo. They were the first band on Steve Earle's label E-Squared (whatever happened to that label?). This is good sound, good show. They play just about every song off both their albums, a Replacements cover, a V-Roys version of Scott's "I Ain't Coming Home Tonight" and one song (Can't Shake Knoxville) that has still yet to make an official album.

MP3 @ 192
V-Roys - Live In Austin

Jerry Jeff Walker & Joe Ely - Live at Antone's 1983

Here's some honky tonk for ya. You can almost smell the beer while listening to this one. This thing is cool. Mostly a Jerry Jeff affair but what Joe lacks in quantity, he more than makes up for with quality. The last few tracks feature a few familiar names coming up on stage singing as well.

MP3 @ 192
Jerry Jeff & Joe Ely - Live At Antones

Chris Knight - Lexington KY 12-30-06

Now this is a killer bootleg. An almost New Years Eve show from 2006 with his band and damn are they in high gear. The sound on this one is excellent, and the performance is damned good too. This one is a must for all Chris Knight fans.

And yes, I totaly aped CCR for the album cover :P

MP3 @ 192
Chris Knight - Lexington 2006

Chris Knight - Atlanta GA 1-28-99

Here's the earliest Chris Knight I have. A nice little solo set from 1999.

MP3 @ 192
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Steve Earle & The V-Roys - Johnny Too Bad (Video)

Now see, this is how you mix country and reggae. Not that aweful Willie Nelson album....what the hell was he smokin....oh wait.

Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Danny By The River/Winterlong (2-25-1970)

Alright, so sorry about that last post :) I had been sitting on that a long time and just couldn't help myself. Hopefully this will make up for it. This is one of my personal favorite Neil Young boots. Now I have it as "Danny By The River", but the info I found on it has it listed as "Winterlong", so I just grabbed the artwork from that. This one reminds me of the best parts of Massey Hall & Live at the Fillmore. Like most Neil Young boots the first disc is acoustic and the second electric. Features blistering versions of Down By The River and Cinnamon Girl.

1-1 On the Way Home
1-2 Broken Arrow
1-3 I Am a Child
1-4 Helpless
1-5 Dance Dance Dance
1-6 Sugar Mountain
1-7 Don't Let It Bring You Down
1-8 The Old Laughing Lady
2-1 The Loner
2-2 Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
2-3 Winterlong
2-4 Come on Baby Let's Go Downtown
2-5 Wonderin'
2-6 It Might Have Been
2-7 Down by the River
2-8 Cinnamon Girl
2-9 Outro


MP3 @ 192
Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Danny By The River/Winterlong

Chris Knight & Maureen McCormick - Chris Knight & Maureen McCormick (Rare Out of Print 1973 album)

Here's that ultra rare early Chris Knight album I promised ya. All the way back to 1973, Chris was barely 13 and just honing his songwriting skills. Sadly for this album Maureen McCormick hogs all the spotlight, but you can definitely see the promise of things to come. Nice to see he still wears the same shirt and hairstyle too.

MP3 @ 160

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comin' up...

just a quick post about what's coming up. Still working on that slobberbone sampler. After that I got a Chris Knight and a Gourds sampler in the works. Speaking of Chris Knight, I got some Chris Knight live shows and an ULTRA RARE early Chris Knight album that I'm pretty excited about.

in addition to that I have some more Neil Young I can post, found something called "on the beach sessions" but I can't seem to find any info on it....I don't think it's legit. Also got some Joe Ely and a cool Jerry Jeff Walker & Joe Ely show.

Ben Nichols & Cory Branan - Nights Like These (Richmond 8-6-07)

Here's a damn good boot. Lucero's Ben Nichols and the guy who he namechecks in "Tears Don't Matter Much" playing a nice little acoustic set together. If you're a Lucero fan you're gonna want to check this out. If you're a Cory Branan fan too ('course if you're a Cory Branan fan you're probably already a Lucero fan). They are also joined on one song by up and comers The Fox Hunt....which is cool too. Good sound and good atmosphere on this one.

MP3 @ 192

Ben Nichols & Cory Branan - Nights Like These

A Truer Easter

Who says songs about Jesus have to suck. Here's a good set of mostly straightforward gospel songs (mostly). First I want to talk about the cover image I used. Now these three crosses, exactly like those in the picture are all over this area....every road just about you will see them. They first started appearing around here in the mid to late 80's and there were many local legends about them. These legends state that a local millionaire had a near death experience during which he had a vision of God who told him he would spare his life if he spent the rest of it building these wooden crosses and placing them beside highways. Other parts of the legend state that some folks didn't take too kindly to these crosses being on their land or near their land or what have you and tried to tear them down. Supposedly one guys tractor suddenly caught on fire, one guy's boat engine died and he was stranded in a lake. One guy even supposedly had a heart attack whilst trying to remove the wooden crosses. There were also stories of lightning striking them but nothing happening, and them surviving forest fires, floods and hurricanes.
Now I don't know how true those last parts are, but a little research has confirmed that the man in question was indeed a succesful businessman from Craigsville, WV named Bernard Coffindaffer. He had a heart attack in 1982 which was when he recieved his holy vision and life's mission. Pretty interesting stuff I thought.

Here is an article about his death in the NY Times

There is even an organization that carried on his mission after his death called "Christian Crosses"

Here is some more history about Mr. Coffindaffer

Have a good Easter folks, and in the words of Billy Joe; "If you don't love Jesus go to hell"

01 Ralph Stanley - Sing Songs About Jesus
02 The Dillards - Somebody Touched Me
03 Johnny Cash - Wildwood in the Pines
04 Ray Wylie Hubbard - When She Sang Amazing Grace (Live)
05 Billy Joe Shaver - Jesus Christ Is Still The King
06 The Byrds - Jesus Is Just Alright
07 Old Crow Medicine Show - God's Got It
08 Uncle Tupelo - Satan, Your Kingdom Must Come Down
09 Link Wray - Backwoods Preacher Man
10 Tom T. Hall - Me and Jesus
11 The Gourds - Hallelujah Shine
12 Scott H. Biram - Only Jesus
13 Billy Joe Shaver - If You Don't Love Jesus
14 Slobberbone - Trust Jesus
15 The Meat Purveyors - Working on a Building
16 Jim Lauderdale - I Met Jesus In A Bar
17 Bobby Bare - Dropkick Me Jesus
18 Steve Earle - Elijah's Church
19 Scott Miller - Is There Room on the Cross for Me
20 Buddy Miller - This Old World
21 J. D. Souther - Jesus In 3/4 Time
22 Dillard and Clark - I Bowed My Head And Cried Holy
23 Earl Scruggs Revue -Gospel Ship
24 Ralph Stanley, Emmylou Harris - Great High Mountain
25 Johnny Cash - It Was Jesus
26 The Carter Family - Let the Church Roll On

MP3 @ 192
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Slobberbone - Last Show 3-13-05

How 'bout some live slobberbone to kick off spring. This is probably the best boot I have found of theirs....not only because of the significance of it being their last show, but it's just a damned good boot. They play like it's their last show....running through almost all their best songs in a single night....plenty of debauchery as well. Here is a neat little write up I found on the show itself:

It was a sad day for Texas music on March 13, 2005. That’s when people from as far away as Europe crowded into a sold-out Dan’s Silverleaf in Denton to bid farewell to the State’s reigning ‘best bar band’. That final show was short on covers and long on remembrances, for the band and the audience alike. They resurrected a “Barrel Chested” era documentary film to kick off the night, standing quietly onstage while the film rolled on a screen set up near the entrance. Then they played for a little over two hours. While the album of the night seemed to be their second release, “Barrel Chested”, they managed to cover their entire career, but went sparingly on their last and most over-produced record, “Slippage”. Fittingly enough, the crowd seemed drunker than usual, even for a Slobberbone show. So while the beer and whiskey soaked crowd raised their bottles and glasses, the band kept playing songs about, mostly, drinking. When they first emerged on the scene way back in the early to mid 90s, they were compared to Uncle Tupelo, just like every other “alt country” rock band at the time; only these guys not only had a sense of humor, they, at least to this observer, didn’t take themselves quite as seriously as that by-then-defunct Illinois band. And like UT in the early days, their songs were part punk-rock, part southern-rock and part country. They mixed banjos and fiddles with the blaring electric guitars and channeled the feedback into glorious melodic anthems to lost love, lost dreams, and whiskey. Over the years, it became apparent that they probably owed more in the way of influence to Neil Young and Crazy Horse than to Uncle Tupelo. And now that it’s all over, it looks like frontman Brent Best will continue to play the occasional solo show and the rest of us, at least locally, can wait for the inevitable reunion shows. As far as bands go, it was a great run. Here’s to them!
-jitter

and a News Article

MP3 @ 320

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Neil Young - Tonight's The Night Acetate

Many say tonight's the night is Neil's magnum opus....I don't know about that, but it's certainly a contender. This is a studio acetate of an early version of this album including a few songs that didn't make the final cut (though they did make it to other albums, like the superb On The Beach). Here is some more detailed info I found about this: http://www.sidestreetrecords.com/articles/acetateTonightsThe.html

This is worth having for the unreleased Bad Fog Of Lonliness alone (if you're a Neil Completist....c'mon I know you are)

MP3 @ 192

Neil Young - Tonight's The Night Acetate