Hayes Carll - Live in Texas

Well I saw you on the TV
Man is that some kind of joke
You been makin a killin'
off shoes I'm fillin'
While I'm sittin' here gone broke

I said it in the last post, and I'll say it again....Hayes Carll is the best young singer songwriter in Texas. Hell, he may even be the best singer songwriter since Steve Earle......he's that good.

This is a 2 Disc live set that I culled from archive.org. The first disc and part of the second are from a Feb. 3rd, 2007 show at The Continental Club in Austin TX. This is his first ever headlining show there and he makes sure it's a good one. Highlights include, well all of it....it's a good show. Some of my favorites though are the new one "Drunken Poet's Dream", Naked Checker's", "Sit In With The Band", Tom Wait's "I Don't Wanna Grow Up", "Little Rock", "Highway 87" (is a dangerous place to be, when you pissed off all the locals and your backs agains the sea :P ), his version of "I've Been Everywhere" (houston, houston, houston, houston....), "Wish I Hadn't Stayed So Long" which segues into the rousing "Down the Road Tonight", "Rivertown", the prison license plate maker's lament "Live Free or Die", and he finishes the set out with Dylan's "When I Paint My Masterpiece".

The Rest of Disc 2 is culled from some other good shows in Texas. There is some good stuff here too, like the new one "Magnolia Wind", Eliza Gilkyson's "Midnight Runner", "Long Way Home", Bar Room Lament" and "Leave Here Standing" which turns into another rousing version of "Down The Road Tonight" to finish off the disc.

Don't miss this one folks, it is a great introduction to Hayes Carll.....who I can't say enough good things about.

http://www.hayescarll.com/

Stingaree Music Festival
Stingaree Music Festival is a this weekend, if you are in the gulf coast area of Texas DO NOT MISS THIS. I would love to be there myself, so many good acts...Hayes Carll, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Corb Lund, Old Crow Medicine Show....

Hayes Carll - Live In Texas

Hayes Carll - Live in The Netherlands (Video Clip)

A taste of what's next. This is a laid back acoustic mini-set from the best young singer/songwriter in Texas today (that's a bold statement....but true).
Songs are:

Hey Baby Where You Been
Willing To Love Again
Arkansas Blues
Wish I Hadn't Stayed So Long
Take Me Away
Good Friends
Little Rock

Some more great boots over at Hear Rock City

Lots of Uncle Tupelo, Son Volt, and a little Wilco. check 'em all out here

Live at The Blue Note 4.29.94

Acoustic Uncle Tupelo July 29th, 1990

(Don't miss this one folks!!!)

Son Volt - St. Petersburg 2-9-99

The Tupelo Report (lots of good links and 2 good shows...Son Volt - Atlanta 99 & Uncle Tupelo Chicago 10-15-93

Early Tupelo June 30, 1989

an early Wilco show (St. Louis 1995)

Gillian Welch & David Rawlings - Live and Obscure

Some more acoustic type stuff. This is a collection of live covers from Gillian & David, you may know Gillian from her work on the "O' Brother" soundtrack, and she also had a bit part in that movie. They are doing their thing here, which is rootsy folk music in the old time style of the Carter Family. Some of my favorite cuts off this are Lefty's "Long Black Veil", a killer version of Townes Van Zandt's "White Freightliner Blues" (they also do Townes' "Pancho & Lefty), the standard "I'll Fly Away", and my favorite off this "Dusty Boxcar Walls".
I don't really care for the artwork, but I found it online at this site http://jack.mauveweb.co.uk/artists/welch/lo.html which also has some more info on this album.


http://www.gillianwelch.com/
Info on Gillian

Buy her albums here (I would recommend Time The Revelator & Revival)

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Whiskeytown - Acoustic

This is a nice little acoustic set from Whiskeytown's acoustic tour supporting "Stranger's Almanac". That's about all the information I have on this, but it's a good set of tunes. The highlight of this disc is the Mountain Stage songs at the end....perfect sound quality, and great, great performances. Also worth Mention is an excellent cover of Fleetwood Mac's "Dreams".

Part 1
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Part 2
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Bad news from the Drive-By Truckers

From the DBT website

Y'ALL:

It's with a wide range of emotions and feelings that I'm announcing that we have parted ways with Jason.
The split, which I consider extremely amicable is the result of a period of personal and artistic growth from all sides which has left us with differing dreams and goals.

Jason joined our band, mid-tour, in the fall of 2001, shortly after the release of our 4th album (Southern Rock Opera). His impact on the band was immediate and profound, bringing an awe-inspiring combination of vocal range, guitar dexterity, and amazing songwriting and leading us into an era of creativity that has resulted in three albums that I will be proud of for as long as I live.

Life in a band is always a delicate balancing act of personal and musical chemistries. Having been in bands for most of my life, I still marvel that any band stays together for longer than a year. Especially if the band in question spends anywhere from 150-220 days a year on the road, as our band has done since 1998. That said, I have also likened this band to a family. A big, messy, sometimes dysfunctional one, but a family full of love all the same. It is in this spirit that I plan on Jason continuing to be a part of our lives wherever our roads and dreams take us in the immediate future.

Jason is about to embark on a tour (including a leg of dates with Son Volt) with his stellar band and will be releasing (finally) his amazing solo album "Sirens of the Ditch" <> . We all are wishing him nothing but the absolute best on every step that plays before him.

Cooley and I will have played together for 22 years this summer and DBT is about to begin it's 12th year of existence on the very day that we will be going into the studio to begin recording our 8th album. Cooley recently sent me a demo of five new songs and yesterday I demoed nine new ones for consideration. In addition to Shonna and Brad (who is coming up on ten years in the band) John Neff will be playing with us full time, playing both guitar and pedal steel. John was a founding member of the band in 96 and has already played on four of our albums and has been on the road with us, full time for going on two years.

It is my sincere and and adamant hope that everyone will support all of us, and by that I mean our band and Jason's, as we deal with this transition. Jason's tenure in this band has been one of the greatest things that has ever happened to me on a personal and musical level and our love for him and his music is in no way changed or endangered by our collective decision to move into different directions.

In addition to the upcoming THE DIRT UNDERNEATH tour and the recording of our next album, we will also be playing some special ROCK SHOW dates this summer and hope to do another leg or two of THE DIRT UNDERNEATH in the fall.

As always, the bond that we have with each other, as well as with the folks that come to our shows and listen to our records has always been one of the things that has set this band apart. We plan to continue on in that tradition and spirit and hope you will come with us as we attempt to tell another tale and Rock the nights away a little while longer.

Sincerely Yours,
Patterson Hood
Drive-By Truckers
April 6, 2007

Todd Snider - Live at The Handlebar 10-18-01

This is a nice little Todd Snider boot from a 2001 show at The Handlebar in Greenville, SC. He runs through alot of his old standards here, and tells some good storys too. He also plays a John Prine song (Illegal Smile) and a couple of Neil Young songs to finish it off. Sound Quality is not the greatest, but just turn it up......it's just really low volume. I forgot to include the artwork with the file, so you can either save the pictures above, or download the artwork by itself....sorry.

The Handlebar

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Todd Snider - A Tale of Two Frat Brothers (You Got Away With It) (Video Clip) & DVD Trailer

I love Todd Snider, he just put out a collection of outtakes and rarities (Peace, Love, and Anarchy, released this week) and has a DVD coming out in a few weeks that's going to kick all kinds of ass. From the trailer (see down below) it's looks great, and includes lots of good footage similar to this clip here from Grimey's in Nashville(which may or may not be on the DVD....hopefully it will be). I just found out there is also limited edition live album from Grimey's that just came out as well!!!! Nice!! Todd is giving us lot's of good stuff this month!


Trailer for upcoming DVD

Sir Douglas Quintet - Live From Austin TX 1981 (DVD Audio Rip)

Doug Sahm has worn many musical hats over the years. From his childhood as a country music prodigy who was offered a spot on the Grand Ole Opry (his mother declined), to the mid 60's first incarnation of the Sir Douglas Quintet (named such to cash in on the popularity of british invasion bands), to the psychedelia of Haight-Ashbury (where he lived in the late 60's), to country-rock with the reformed Sir Douglas Quintet in the late 60's & Early 70's, to none other than Bob Dylan playing on his first solo album in the early 70's, to Tex-Mex & Tejano in the 80's and early 90's with the Texas Tornados, to Alt-Country in the mid to late 90's when he sang with Uncle Tupelo on his song "Give Back The Key To My Heart" and cut a live album with The Gourds just before he died. Sahm has done alot in his career, and this set from Austin City Limits in 1981 is a good overview of most of that career. This is a DVD audio rip but the sound is great, as you would expect from an Austin City Limits show. Some of my favorite tracks include: their cover of ? & the Mysterions "96 Tears", the cover of Charley Pride's "(Is Anybody Going To) San Antone" which turns into the rocking "Texas Tornado" sometime in the middle, the cover of The 13th Floor Elevator's "You're Gonna Miss Me", my favorite Sahm song ever "At The Crossroads", and the closer....a rockin' version of "She's About A Mover" to finish it off.

Info on Doug Sahm
Info on the show
Buy the CD Here
and the DVD Here

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Sir Douglas Quintet - Who'll Be The Next In Line (Austin City Limits Video Clip)

A taste of things to come.