Earl Scruggs Revue - Live at Kansas State

Here's a long out of print album from the aforementioned Earl Scruggs Revue. Released in 1972, this gives a good glimpse of what Earl Scruggs was into at the time.....not your typical bluegrass. After splitting with Lester Flatt in the late 60's, he formed a new band with his sons. With a loose atmosphere, amplification, and a slew of songs from the likes of Dylan and Baez. This is a good album....a fun album. You can tell Scruggs was having a blast playing music with his family.

If anybody has the album that came out shortly before this called "Family & Friends" (also out of print) please share, I've been looking and looking for a digital copy of it.

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Earl Scruggs Revue - Live At Kansas State

This is what it's all about folks...

The Byrds & The Earl Scruggs Revue playing Dylan's "You Ain't Goin' Nowhere". If this clip doesn't define country-rock, then I don't know what does. I mean the mighty Clarence White on B-Bender plus the immortal Earl Scruggs on 5-string.....!!!!! Amazing!!!!.
If you've never heard of The Earl Scruggs Revue, it was Scruggs' band with his sons in the early 70's. They were (gasp..) a "bunch of longhairs". They made a few great albums back then, most notably Anniversary Vol.1 & Vol. 2 which featured a plethora of guests similar to Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's masterpiece of an album (that may be an understatement) "Will The Circle Be Unbroken". Only here's the twist, instead of a bunch of hippies enlisting bluegrass legends, they were bluegrass legends enlisting hippies. People like McGuin, Loudon Wainwright III, Charlie Daniels, Johnny Cash, Buffy Saint-Marie, & legendary producer Bob Johnston. A highly reccomended album if you enjoy this clip.

Terry Allen - Live at Threadgill's Austin, TX 9-7-07

Here's a rare treat for your hearin' ears, a Terry Allen boot. If you're not familiar with Terry Allen this is a great place to start. The Sound quality is excellent, and the set list is too. Includes one of my favorite songs which he co-wrote with Guy Clark (yeh, that's the caliber of performer we're talkin' about here)....."Queenie's Song". Terry Allen is probably more well known (in certain circles) for his artwork, which you can check out here: http://www.terryallen.com/ I think Terry himself says he is "a painter who just happens to write songs on the side".....something like that.

So if you dig guys like Blaze, Guy, McMurtry, Townes, or Steve Earle's folk side....you'de probably dig this as well.

Here's more info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Allen_(singer)

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Terry Allen - Live At Threadgill's

Lucero - Live at WESN (11-22-02)

Heres a cool acoustic Lucero show from 2002. Recorded in a radio studio so you know the sound quality is good. It's a pretty interesting boot just because it's so similar to "The Attic Tapes", except there are newer songs on this one. Anyway, if you liked "The Attic Tapes" you will most likely dig this.

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Lucero - Acoustic Live at WESN

The Sadies - Schubas Tavern Chicago, IL Dec. 2001

Here's a cool little Sadies show from way back in '01. Pretty killer set here, and The Sadies aren't known for their live shows for nothin' boys. If you're not familiar with The Sadies, they are killer instrumentalists who play their own mix of surfabilly-bluegrass-country-delic-gospelpunk.....check em out. This is a good place to start. They have an official live album that, while a killer album, is much like a modern rap record(:-P).....you know, plagued with just a touch too many guest appearences (cough cough..jon spencer..cough).

I didn't get much information with this one, so all I know is that it was recorded at Schubas Tavern in December of 2001. I have another Sadies boot I will be putting up that features some steel guitar and is equally killer, so look forward to that if you are a fan.

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Steve Earle - Live in London 5-13-96

OK, so I'm back online....so without further delay, here is a damned good Steve Earle boot. Sounds like this was some kind of radio show, not really sure. All you need to know is the sound is excellent and he was touring in support of his then just released masterpiece "I Feel Alright".....need I say more.

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Truesounds Aug. '07

Allright folks, this will most likely be my final post for a few weeks at least. The last "Truesounds" comp. was a success, so I decided to make it a monthly thing. I usually burn (almost) monthly mixes for myself anyway, so it works out pretty good.

01-Hayes Carll-Beyond The Blues (this is off this year's Peter Case Tribute album, which has a shit-ton of awesome people on it like Todd Snider, Buckner, Joe Ely, McMurtry, Prine....etc . I'm a big Hayes fan so I love anything new I can get from him)
02-Scott H. Biram-Lost Case Of Being Found (the sensational one-man-band himself, this is off his album from last year "Graveyard Shift")
03-David Childers and The Modern Don Juans-Little Summertime Girl (these guys are a recent discovery for me, and I'm really diggin' them. This song is off their new album "Burning In Hell"
04-Wrinkle Neck Mules-Cadillac Limousine (another recent discovery, this song is off of this year's "Wicks Have Met")
05-Johnny Cash-God's Gonna Cut You Down (it's Johnny Cash.....what more do I need to say. Off of last year's posthumously released "American V")
06-King Wilkie-Wrecking Ball (yet another recend discovery....a great little bluegrass band. This is off their most recent, 2007's "Low Country Suite")
07-Ollabelle-High On A Mountain (soul-country-gospel.....this band features Levon Helms daughter. Off last year's "Riverside Battle Songs")
08-The Sadies-Anna Leigh (I love the surf-twang of the Sadies, this one is off this year's "New Seasons")
09-Blanche-So Long Cruel World (I was turned onto this band by one of you guys in the comments.....I don't remember who, but you know who you are, thanks. Off 2004's "If We Can't Trust The Doctors")
10-Blaze Foley and The Beaver Valley Boys-Cold, Cold World (I love Blaze Foley, this one is off of last year's release from the vaults "Cold, Cold World")
11-Dwight Yoakam-I Don't Care (Just As Long As You Love Me) (this is off Dwight's forthcoming Buck Owens tribute album)
12-Son Volt-Highways and Cigarettes (off of their newest, 2007's "The Search")
13-Bobby Bare Jr's Young Criminal-Where Is My Mind (Bobby Bare's son doing what is arguably the pixies most famous song....his is a very subdued take on it...but interesting. Off of last year's "The Longest Meow")
14-The Gourds-Promenade (man I love this one, been in my head for days.....off their just released "Noble Creatures")
15-The Corb Lund Band-The Truth Comes Out (Canadian country-rockers Corb Lund & co.'s song about climate change :).....not exactly.....but a good song. Off his 05 album "Hair In My Eyes Like A Highland Steer")
16-Porter Wagoner-Eleven Cent Cotton (Porter Wagoner is back this year with an excellent album called Wagonmaster.....if you crave vintage country sounds.....get it)
17-Frank Carlier-White Trash (West Virginia local sings about life in west virginia...this song is very "Bottle Rockets-ish". Off of last year's "Americana 101".....this song rocks BTW)
18-Sarah Borges and the Broken Singles-Lonely Town of Love (newcomer Sarah Borges (pronounced Bor-Gess.....that's right, she's portuguese) comes on strong with this one off her 07 album "Diamonds In The Dark". This one reminds me of a twanged up Letters To Cleo song)
19-Two Cow Garage-No Shame (off their newest album "Three", crunchy alt-country in the vein of Lucero & Slobberbone)
20-Red Star Belgrade-Song For Ed (I love the first line in this one: "the alcoholics are calling you an alcoholic". This is a very Neil Youngish rocker. Off 2004's "The Real Traitors")
21-Lucero-Noon as Dark as Midnight (Just a good song to finish it up with, off 2005's "Nobody's Darlings)

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The Fabulous Johnny Cash Show - Houston, TX 3-14-61

Talk about a rare treat, this one's for you old time country fans. This is a fantastic recording of a Johnny Cash Show concert in it's entirety from 1961. Featuring George Jones, and Roger Miller before they became household names, and also features old time country songbird Rose Maddox. The sound of this is incredible considering it's a bootleg from 1961. Sure there are some hiccups here and there, but overall it's great. John R. was in fine form this night too, as his set is just how you would imagine a 1961 Johnny Cash concert to sound. This is a must download for any country music fan.
Sorry folk, but I didn't make a back cover for this, 'cause I wanted to hurry up and just get it up here for you.

Disc 1
01 Johnny Western “When the Grass Turns Green”
02 Johnny Western “It Only Hurts for a Little While”
03 Johnny Western “Ballad of Paladin”
04 Roger Miller “Footprints in the Snow”
05 Roger Miller “Invitation to the Blues”
06 Roger Miller “That’s the Way that I Feel”
07 Roger Miller “Half a Mind”
08 Roger Miller “Tall Tall Trees”
09 Roger Miller “Billy Bayou\Home”
10 Roger Miller “In the Summertime”
11 Roger Miller “Where Your Arms Used to Be”
12 Gordon Terry “Wild Honey”
13 Gordon Terry “Almost Alone”
14 Gordon Terry “Orange Blossom Special”
15 Gordon Terry “The Mule” (clip)
16 (clip) Claude Gray “Start Draggin’ the River for Me”
17 Claude Gray “I Just Want to be Alone”
18 Claude Gray “Family Bible”
19 Claude Gray “I’ll Just Have a Cup of Coffee, Then I’ll Go”
20 Claude Gray “My Son Calls Another Man Daddy” (?)
21 George Jones “Ragged but Right”
22 George Jones “Accidentally on Purpose” (breaks up, not good quality)
23 George Jones & Roger Miller “Ways of the Word, Ways of a Woman”
24 George Jones & Roger Miller “Long Time to Forget”

Disc 2
01 George Jones “White Lightnin’”
02 George Jones “Window Up Above”
03 George Jones “Treasure of Love”
04 Rose Maddox “Down Down Down”
05 Rose Maddox “Kissing My Pillow”
06 Rose Maddox “I Want to Live Again”
07 Rose Maddox “North to Alaska”
08 Rose Maddox “Tramp on the Street”
09 Rose Maddox “Gotta Travel On”
10 Rose Maddox “Sally Let Your Bangs Hang Down”
11 Rose Maddox “Philadelphia Lawyer”
12 Johnny Cash and the Tennessee Three “Big River”
13 Johnny Cash “I Guess Things Happen That Way”
14 Johnny Cash “Rock Island Line”
15 Johnny Cash “Instumental” (?)
16 Johnny Cash “Five Feet High and Rising”
17 Johnny Cash “I Got Stripes”
18 Johnny Cash “Folsom Prison Blues”
19 Johnny Cash “I Walk the Line”
20 Johnny Cash “Lead Me Father”
21 Johnny Cash“Ballad of Harp Weaver”
22 Johnny Cash“The Rebel Johnny-Yuma”, spoofs of Ernest Tubb, Eddy Arnold,
and Elvis, gunshots!
23 Johnny Cash “Luther’s Boogie”
24 Johnny Cash “Goodbye Little Darling”

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Todd Snider & Nancy Griffith - In Touch With The Devil You Know

Here's an interesting recording, Todd Snider being interviewed by Nancy Griffith about his 2006 masterpiece "Devil You Know". The real highlights here though are the duets they do together....man, I wish they would collaborate together on an album sometime.....really sweet harmonies coming from these two. Just listen to their take on "You Got Away With It" & Griffith's "It's A Hard Life".....superb.

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Neko Case - Grand Prairie, TX 8-10-07

Here's a nice little show from alt country's favorite songbird Neko Case. It's a pretty good set too, though it's a little short. Not as rollicking as the official live album with the Sadies (Tiger's Have Spoken) but a rare treat none-the-less, and it's good to hear some songs from her excellent "Fox Confessor Brings The Flood" album in a live format.

01 Things That Scare Me
02 Teenage Feeling
03 The Tigers Have Spoken
04 Maybe Sparrow
05 Favorite
06 If You Knew
07 Buckets Of Rain
08 I Wish I Was The Moon
09 Hold On, Hold On
10 Knock Loud
11 Band Intros
12 John Saw That Number

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