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Alt.Country
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Matt Steindl
- Posts: 431
- Joined: 2 Jan 2002 1:01 am
- Location: New Orleans, LA, USA
I just got back in from a week at the beach, and was surprised this thread was still going.
Once again, this wasnt supposed to be some big judgement call. I personally hate all labels when it comes to music. How do you non-traditional PSGers describe the music you play? This is as close as I can come to label my music.........."I play Vibrotwang Country Space Rock!" Seriously, when people preasure me to categorize my tunes, that is what I tell em.
I went to college in the midwest and had the good fortune of seeing Uncle Tupelo about 20 times, and their shows were much more similar to the Minutemen(punk) than Hank Williams. They never had a PSG player live, and they rocked more than anything. I think people associated their back porch lyrics w/ country music, more than the music itself. Then Rolling Stone called them a country rock band to watch, then they started to sound a little more country.
Anyway, labels or not, there is a ton of great music out there that will never make it to the radio, and it just happens that a lot of it has PSG on it.
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Mattman in "The Big Sleazy"-:
S-10 Dekley, Suitcase Fender Rhodes, B-bender Les Paul
Once again, this wasnt supposed to be some big judgement call. I personally hate all labels when it comes to music. How do you non-traditional PSGers describe the music you play? This is as close as I can come to label my music.........."I play Vibrotwang Country Space Rock!" Seriously, when people preasure me to categorize my tunes, that is what I tell em.
I went to college in the midwest and had the good fortune of seeing Uncle Tupelo about 20 times, and their shows were much more similar to the Minutemen(punk) than Hank Williams. They never had a PSG player live, and they rocked more than anything. I think people associated their back porch lyrics w/ country music, more than the music itself. Then Rolling Stone called them a country rock band to watch, then they started to sound a little more country.
Anyway, labels or not, there is a ton of great music out there that will never make it to the radio, and it just happens that a lot of it has PSG on it.
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Mattman in "The Big Sleazy"-:
S-10 Dekley, Suitcase Fender Rhodes, B-bender Les Paul
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Brian Wetzstein
- Posts: 138
- Joined: 20 Dec 2001 1:01 am
- Location: Billings, MT, USA
Hi Matt. I am a new pedal steel player living in Seattle. There seems to be very few "straight" country bands here. Most are country influenced rock or something like that... I play PSG live with a band here. It seems like most bands do not want to get labeled alt.country or anything else. Personally, I don't care what it is called if I get to play! I'm hoping to do some recording with my band soon, but playing live with them is great for now. There are some sound files on the band site: www.starletsweb.com
fun post.
Brian in Seattle.
fun post.
Brian in Seattle.
Up here in the Mountain Empire near the "Birthplace of Country music"...East Tennessee/South West Virginia..we call Real Country Music "Traditional Country" . Now that defines just about any good country music that was sung and/or recorded since AP Carter and Gang, and Jimmy Rogers...to today..including artist like George Strait,Alan Jackson,George Jones. Alison, Reba and some others would fit that category also in some instances. It's strange that some of the rockers of not so distent past..qualify as country and even some cases..Traditional Country...
Now the NEW NAME...AMERICANA!!
Now the NEW NAME...AMERICANA!!