I've been listening to Sierrra Ferrel's Long Time Coming for the past few weeks. Man, what a banger.

She's got a killer voice.

You gotta check out Sarah Shook - she's a bit rougher sounding.

Blue Dirt of Paradise. I've been enjoying the hell out of this all summer long. Baritone vocals, honky tonk piano, expansive and melodic guitars are all deftly handled. No idea who it is as the musicians are anonymous.

Whatever my inner "Country Music..." equivalent of being a straight edge music fan is?

It is throwing stuff all over the room trying to process the mere suggestion that this stuff is actually "Country..." music.

Not that I don't love you buds just the same, just sayin'.

All that said...

If we're casting wide net?

This one is a keeper.

Brazilbilly.

go to Robert's Western World.

Get you a bologna sandwich and a cheap beer.

Try not to mess with "security" so you gotta leave before they kick you out.

Yeah we kinda failed that last one, me and the wife, but it was a fun night.

Real country. Dudes that can play

Jerry Jeff Walker - Janet Says

GuyLaCroix wrote: Mon Oct 18, 2021 6:38 pm I've been listening to Sierrra Ferrel's Long Time Coming for the past few weeks. Man, what a banger.

Ooh, I like how campy and kind of vaudeville some of that stuff is- there's like a gypsy jazz undercurrent.

I love some of Sturgill Simpson and Jason Isbell's records, in terms of pretty big name contemporary people who don't play stupid Nu country. All of Neko Case's catalog is great to me, but she's less country every album. In fact a lot of the newer stuff I like kind of crosses the line into folk.

Joan Shelley is a magician.



Don't even get me started on classic country, there's a deep well there. I tend to like the outlaw/lefty country stuff the most from the 60's-90's. Townes Van Zandt, Merle Haggard, Steve Earle, Kris Kristofferson, John Prine.

Go to a thrift store and buy every 25 cent best of record that the sleeve is made to look like it is embossed leather. It's probably good. Also, Tom T. Hall records with the song Little Baby Ducks on them. Also, and I might be alone here, every Roger Miller record. Buck Trent was a bad ass too.

The Ken Burns PBS documentary might point you to some good and interesting artists.