Sunday, March 2, 2008

Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited Again (Outtakes)


Here we have some excellent outtakes from one of my favorite Dylan albums. This is good stuff here folks. The accompanying info says this was dubbed off studio acetates. I promised this a while back so just thought I would (finally) deliver.

All you ever wanted to know about Highway 61 Revisited

MP3 @ 192
Dead Link

Thursday, February 28, 2008

holy shit, one whole year

so I've been doing this for a year now, I remember how naive I was when I first started this, then I got caught up in some blog fued which was ridiculous. Glad I stuck it out.

in honor, here are all my "Truer Samplers" that I have made

ATS01 - Southern Culture On The Skids
ATS02 - Old 97s
ATS03 - Ray Wylie Hubbard
ATS04 - Drive By Truckers
ATS05 - Scott Miller/V-Roys
ATS06 - Texas Music 1970 - 79
ATS07 - Bottle Rockets
ATS08 - Whiskeytown
ATS09 - Alt Country 1990 - 2000 Vol. 1
ATS10 - Alt Country 1990 - 2000 Vol. 2
ATS11 - Alt Country 1990 - 2000 Vol. 3
ATS12 - Alt Country 1990 - 2000 Vol. 4
ATS13 - Tom T. Hall
ATS14 - The Sadies

Truesounds - Feb. '08

Another month another comp. This month we have some more exciting new additions. First off is Mark Junger and the Whistling Mules, who I was turned onto by a couple of commentors here. Also have The Dark Horses on here which is a song I heard on some website somewhere. Then we have some more Gougers and Fox Hunt goodness, really liking those guys. Anyway, enjoy guys.

01 Mark Jungers & the Whistling Mules Look Away
off his album from last year, I'm assuming debut album. Really love the 2nd position strat quack on this one
02 The Gougers Sleeping Pills
another killer song of thier latest "Long Day for The Weathervane"
03 The Fox Hunt Change My Ways
from their latest, really liking this song and these guys. Good ole West Virginia boys
04 The Dark Horses (I pity) the poor bastard
don't know much about this, just know I like the song and it's from 2005 I believe
05 Will Kimbrough Wind Blowing Change
from last year's "Americanitis", cool little song from Todd Snider's main man
06 scott h. biram goin' home
the dirty old one man band himself kickin' out some jams here. From his 2006 album I believe
07 Wrinkle Neck Mules Sugar & Sunshine
MORE Mules, can't get enough of these guys. Off their 2006 album (I can't seem to remember album names today)
08 Jubal Lee Young As I Lay Dying
one listen to this song and there is no denying this guy is from Steve Young's loins
09 Gurf Morlix Worth Dyin' For
producer guitarist extraordinaire with a cool little song off last years album
10 Todd Snider Lonely Girl
just some classic Todd Snider here
11 Slaid Cleaves One Good Year
I actually meant to put this on last month's comp (new year, get it), off his album "Broke Down" (ha, I remembered that one)
12 Chris Knight The Band Is Playing Too Slow
one of my favorite Chris Knight songs, off his second album
13 Ryan Bingham Hard Times
more new Ryan Bingham, off his new album "Mescolito"....it's good, check it out
14 Levon Helm False Hearted Lover Blues
More Levon Helm Dirt Farmer goodness
15 Kasey Anderson Wake Up
off his latest album "The Reckoning"
16 Peter Case Every 24 Hours
off Peter Case's newest, "Let us Now Praise Sleepy"
17 Buddy & Julie Miller In Memory Of My Heart
don't remember what album this is from, but I think it's on their duets compilation
18 Drive By Truckers Home Field Advantage
Shonna takes the helm here, from DBT's newest album "Brighter Than Creation's Dark"
19 Jason Isbell The Magician
Shonna's ex here (and ex-trucker), off last year's "Sirens of the Ditch"
20 The Gourds Last Letter
this song is a killer way to end this set, off their newest "Noble Creatures"

MP3 @ 128
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Wednesday, February 27, 2008

Commander Cody - Hill Auditorium - Ann Arbor - Michigan - 1969




Damn, it's been about a month since my last post.....sorry guys just haven't had a chance. This one has actually been in the can for a while but I'm just now getting around to posting it. This is pure bar room honky tonk. Nothing less, nothing more. Just listen to Kirchen blast out those classic classic country guitar licks.....always puts a smile on my face. Call this a primer in rowdy country rock for those less fortunate :P

MP3 @ 192
Commander Cody - Ann Arbor (Part 1)
Commander Cody - Ann Arbor (Part 2)

Monday, January 28, 2008

Emmylou Harris - Live with James Burton 1976


What we have here is vintage country rock friends. Didn't get much information with this one, just that it was Emmylou Harris with James Burton....sometime in 1976. I take that to mean that this is her with the Hot Band, and this is shortly after "Elite Hotel" came out. Just know this, it's damn good and worth downloading. 'nuff said.



MP3 @ 256
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Gram Parsons & The Fallen Angels - Live in Boston 1973


This is what I would like to refer to as a rough recording. It's still pretty listenable, but this is probably for Gram completists only. His voice....which I usually don't like....is very good on here, not the recording but his voice. It suites these recordings well. And of course Emmylou is on this one too....her voice as always is angelic. The band is pretty hot too.



MP3 @ 192
Gram Parsons - Live in Boston 1973

Thursday, January 24, 2008

A Truer Sampler14 - The Sadies


Surf, bluegrass, byrdsian psychedelia, garage rock, country, spaghetti westerns, canada. If you like any 2 of those then odds are your gonna like The Sadies. If you like all of them then buddy you're gonna love 'em. Hailing from Canada The Sadies have been going at it since 1998. Core members are lead singer/guitarists Dallas and Travis Good, it's like someone locked them in a room when they were kids with nothing but ventures, byrds, various garage rock records, and two guitars. What came out is damned good. They can play.....buddy can they play. Some of the best b-bender licks since Clarence White invented the damned thing. They are known as one of the best live bands around too. Whether they are backing Alt Country diva Neko Case, dirty soul legend Andre Williams, or punk rock twangster Jon Langford....all of whom they have toured with and released album collaborations with.

This was kind of tricky to do, cause their songs are best heard on their albums...with all the quirky instrumentals and all. I tried to include some of that feel by adding some of my favorite instrumentals on here but it's still not the same.....the albums are great, get the albums. Their latest one New Seasons is in my opinion probably their best album and certainly one of the best albums of last year. Do not pass it up, if you like this get that album...it will not dissapoint.


An Afterthough: GO SEE 'EM LIVE! (courtesy Rockstar Aimz)

http://www.thesadies.net/
http://www.myspace.com/thesadies
Sadies Message Board
Buy their stuff here
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sadies
Video for "The Horseshoe"
Sadies Interview

MP3 @ 128
ATS14 - The Sadies

Tuesday, January 22, 2008

Scott Miller/The Gougers - Live At Stubbs BBQ Austin TX 6-7-07


Speaking of BBQ.....here's a cool show of one of my new favorites opening for one of my old favorites. That's right, The Gougers opening for Scott Miller. This is a nice boot. The Gougers set is damned good (except for the partial Manheim Station), and the Scott Miller set is on par with his latest live album (though not mastered near as well....as expected). It's nice to hear some old V-Roys songs out of Scott too. This set actually reminds me of both Reconstruction and the V-Roys live album "Are You Through Yet?" as it includes the aforementioned V-Roys songs and one of my fave covers he does, Neil Young's "Motion Pictures".

MP3 @ VBR

speaking of Ray Wylie

Here's a nice little interview from this past August.



Can't wait for that new album....and a live version of Snake Farm wouldn't be too bad either. That's his son playing with him BTW. Some pretty good licks coming out of that young man. I'm excited about a new Ray Wylie album I tells ya

Ray Wylie Hubbard - Hideaway BBQ Raleigh NC 10-12-07


Here's some new Ray Wylie. Not the greatest recording in the world, but listenable. What's nice is the couple of new songs he throws in. And man the cover I made makes me huuuungry. Anybody else out there a fan of carolina style BBQ. If your not familiar with carolina style BBQ, it's smoked dry, pulled, put on a bun, then you douse it yourself with your favorite vinegar sauce....which consists of tomato-y vinegar or vinegar-y vinegar (Lexington sauce....with spices). Top it off with some slaw on top.....it's the only way to eat a BBQ sammich I tells ya.

MP3 @ 192
Ray Wylie Hubbard - Hideaway BBQ

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