Well hell, DownSouth came through on the request for UT's Colorblind & Rhymeless demos and requested this demo tape here. This was Uncle Tupelo's second demo tape. Half of it live and the other half studio, kind of like an Alt Country version of GnR's Lies :PListening to these demos are great! Reminds me of how important UT really were. I could only imagine what it was like back in those days in Belleville to see these guys at this era. And while listening to these demos (which are heavier on the punk influence the further you go back) it occurs to me that these guys found the PERFECT blend of country and punk. Other groups tried it in the 80's (you know what they call COWPUNK) but UT really figured out how the two could actually blend, instead of simply playing Hank Williams with powerchords. Just listen to the cover of Black Flag's Gimme, Gimme, Gimme for the prove ;) With this they clearly show that there is not much difference between honest to God country and honest to God punk.....the fundamental commonality being they both rely on three chords and the truth....as the old adage goes.
Anyway, I have rambled on now....I will also say I really like the version of There Was A Time on this one with the harmonica intro. Reading through some of those articles over at Factorybelt.net one of them they state they dropped the harmonicas out of some of their songs so as not to sound too "heartland". Really interesting articles over there....especially check out the one about their mothers.
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