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Topic: Looking for good old country rock bands |
Victor Denance
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Rennes, France
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Posted 22 Jan 2004 1:07 pm |
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I'm a huge fan of the Byrds country era, and the Flying Burrito Bros.
I would love to discover bands which have the same kind of tone, and of course, with some great psg licks ! |
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Walter Stettner
From:
Vienna, Austria
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Posted 22 Jan 2004 1:14 pm
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Try Poco (Rusty Young) and the New Riders Of The Purple Sage (Buddy Cage)!
Walter
www.austriansteelguitar.at.tf
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Carter York
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Austin, TX [Windsor Park]
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Posted 22 Jan 2004 1:57 pm
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International Submarine Band (w/ Gram Parsons, pre-Byrds/Burritos)
Commander Cody & Lost Planet Airmen
they're not "old", but one of my favs from the last 5 years or so (that I think fits that description) is the self-titled Beachwood Sparks cd. It's *alot* twangier than their subsequent material.
I'll try and think of others...
CY |
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Fred Glave
From:
McHenry, Illinois, USA
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Posted 22 Jan 2004 2:20 pm
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| How about Pure Prairie League, Heartsfield, Amazing Rhythm Aces, Asleep at the Wheel? Or maybe some old Dicky Betts solo albums. |
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Dave Burr
From:
League City, TX
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Posted 22 Jan 2004 2:24 pm
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The "Nashville West" with Clarence White at the helm. I've got this CD - Recorded live in 67 or 68. Wow! I don't think Clarence White gets enough credit for his contribution to this genre of music. Here's a link that tells about the album. http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&uid=UIDCASS70311101411231831&sql=Auif6zfaoeh7k
Well worth the purchase just to hear Clarence' blazing version of "Ode to Bille Joe". This album doesn't have pedal steel, but it's got Clarence White bending the strings like you wouldn't believe. Clarence White's tone and intonation on this album is unbelieveable - He was a true innovator. I believe I read somewhere, maybe in the liner notes, that he had only been playing the electric guitar a few years at the time of this recording. Clarence is known for his part in the innovation of the "B" bender (parsons/white). When you listen to this album, it sounds as if he's using one. The liner notes said he is not, which makes it that much more incredible. So sad he left this world so early in his life.
Respectfully,
Dave Burr[This message was edited by Dave Burr on 22 January 2004 at 02:30 PM.] |
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Manfred Schall
From:
Langenfeld, Germany
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Posted 23 Jan 2004 6:28 am
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Try DRB with J.D. Maness
or Brooklyn Cowboys -- Buddy Cage, too.
Not sure if that is right in country rock???
But sounds good!!
 Manfred |
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nick allen
From:
France
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Posted 23 Jan 2004 6:37 am
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... and I'm surprised no-one until now has mentioned Michael Nesmith (and his various bands), almost all with Red Rhodes playing pedal steel.
Nick |
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Jason Odd
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Stawell, Victoria, Australia
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Posted 23 Jan 2004 11:16 am
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Okay skipping the aforementioned FBBs and Byrds, and even Gram Parsons, here's my suggested key country-rock.
Rick Nelson & The Stone Country Band:
- Rick Nelson in Concert; The Troubador 1969 (1970)
- Rick Sings Nelson (1970)
- Rudy the Fifth (1971)
- Garden Party (1972)
Sings Nelson and Rudy the Fifth are ombined on one Cd by BGO Records, UK import for those outside England.
Poco:
Pickin' Up the Pieces (1969)
Poco (1970)
The International Submarine Band
- Safe At Home (1968)
(now listed as a Gram Parsons CD with the ISB)
The Expedition of Dillard & Clark
- The Fantastic Expedition of Dillard & Clark (1968)
- Through the Morning, Through the Night (1969)
Linda Ronstadt
- Hand Sown Home Grown (1969)
- Silk Purse (1970)
- Linda Ronstadt (1971)
John Hartford
- John Hartford (1969)
- Iron Mountain Depot (1970)
Nashville West
- Nashville West (rec live 1967)
The Gosdin Brothers
- The Sounds Of Goodbye (1968)
Southwind
- Southwind (1968)
Stone Country
- Stone Country (1968)
Levitt and McClure
Living in the Country (1969)
Ron Elliott
- Candlestick Maker (1969)
Beau Brummels
- Bradley's Barn (1968)
Bob Dylan
- John Wesley Harding (1968)
- Nashville Skyline (1969)
- (& The Band) The Basement Tapes (1975, cut 1967)
Mason Proffitt
- Wanted! Mason Proffitt (1969)
Albert Lee
- That's All Right Mama: The Country Fever and Black Crow Sessions (2003, cut 1969)
The Band
- Music From Big Pink (1968)
- The Band (1969)
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Obscure 1960s completist stuff only:
A lot of these are more folky, most are the roots of country rock, but a lot more folk.
Some are more rock than country.
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Euphoria
- Euphoria (1969)
West Coast country-rock, meets Texan garage punk. Weird and wonderful.
Longbranch Pennywhistle
- Longbranch Pennywhistle (1970)
Cut in '69, Eagles related, a tad more folky
Mary McCaslin
- Goodnight Everybody (1969)
Rooted in folk-country, but way too many covers.
Hearts & Flowers
- Now Is the Time for Hearts and Flowers (1967)
- Of Horses, Kids and Forgotten Women (1968)
Gene Clark
- Gene Clark & The Gosdin Brothers (1967)
Maxfield Parrish
- It's a Cinch to Give Legs to Old Hard-boiled Eggs (1971, rec 1969)
Greatful Dead
- Workingman's Dead (1970)
- American Beauty (1970)
Bamboo
- Bamboo (1969)
Horses
- Horses (1969)
The Joplin Forte
- Ain’t Misbehavin' (1969)
California Poppy Pickers
- Sounds of '69 (1969)
- Hair/Aquarius (1969 )
- Today’s Chart Busters (1969)
- Honky Tonk Women (1969)
Ian Mathews
- Matthews Southern Comfort (1969)
Shiloh
- Shiloh (1970)
Dewey Martin and Medecine Ball
- Dewey Martin and Medecine Ball (1970)
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The 1970s key stuff:
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Michael Nesmith & the First National Band
- Magnetic South (1970)
- Loose Salute (1970)
- Nevada Fighter (1971)
Swampwater
- Swampwater (1970)
Matthews Southern Comfort
- Second Spring (1970)
- Later That Same Year (1970)
Cowboy
- Reach for the Sky (1970)
- 5'll Get You Ten (1971)
New Riders of The Purple Sage
- New Riders of the Purple Sage (1971)
- Gypsy Cowboy 1972
- Powerglide (1972)
- The Adventures of Panama Red (1973)
Commander Cody & Lost Planet Airmen
- Lost in the Ozone (1971)
- Hot Licks, Cold Steel & Truckers' Favorites (1972)
- Country Casanova (1973)
- Live From Deep in the Heart of Texas (1974)
Clover
- Clover (1970)
- Forty-Niner (1971)
Pure Prairie League
- Pure Prairie League 1971
- Bustin' Out 1972
Heads Hands & Feet
- Heads Hands & Feet (1971)
- Tracks (1972)
- Old Soldiers Never Die (1973)
The Eagles
- The Eagles (1972)
- Desperado (1973)
- On the Border (1974)
Fools Gold
- Fools Gold (1976)
Dickey Betts
- Highway Call (1974)
Allman Brothers Band
- Brothers And Sisters (1973)
Asleep At The Wheel
- Comin' Right at Ya (1973)
- Asleep at the Wheel (1974)
- Texas Gold (1975)
- Wheelin' and Dealin' (1976)
- The Wheel (1977)
- Collision Course (1978)
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Not too mention the solo singers and the whole Cosmic Cowboys scene:
Guy Clark, Ray Wylie Hubbard, The Flatlanders, Jerry Jeff Walker, Jimmy Buffett, Rusty Wier, Lost Gonzo Band, Michael Martin Murphey, Bobby Bridger, Willis Alan Ramsay, Larry Hosford, Townes Van Zandt, Steve Fromholtz, Doug Sahm, Alvin Crow, Steve Young, John Stewart, Chris Darrow, John David Souther, Michael Nesmith, Garland Frady, Emmylou Harris, etc.
I'm sure I've forgotten some........ |
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Jim Cohen
From:
Philadelphia, PA
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Posted 23 Jan 2004 11:38 am
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| Wow, what a great list, Jason! Thanks for refreshing my memory of some of these! I'd also add Brewer & Shipley, with Red Rhodes on steel. |
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Jack Francis
From:
Queen Creek, Arizona, USA
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Posted 23 Jan 2004 12:19 pm
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| HOW CAN YOU FORGET GARY P. NUNN?? |
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Dave Van Allen
From:
Souderton, PA , US , Earth
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Posted 23 Jan 2004 12:44 pm
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| Thanks for the list Jason and putting Rick Nelson and the Stone Canyon Band at the top! Rudy the Fifth..."Last Time Around"....TOM BRUMLEY RULES!!!!!!!!!! what more can I say.... [This message was edited by Dave Van Allen on 23 January 2004 at 12:51 PM.] |
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Brian Davis
From:
San Francisco, USA
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Posted 23 Jan 2004 12:45 pm
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The Beachwood Sparks record Once We Were Trees is good...heavy heavy reverb on that album. The PSG may be a little too psychedelic for some. Environmentalists will love it. Also, check out their sister-band also from LA, The Tyde.
Brian |
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Dave Van Allen
From:
Souderton, PA , US , Earth
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Posted 23 Jan 2004 12:53 pm
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trivia question:
who played steel on Dewey Martin & Medecine Ball album....? |
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Larry Miller
From:
Dothan AL,USA
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Posted 23 Jan 2004 1:05 pm
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JB Arnold
From:
Longmont,Co,USA (deceased)
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Posted 23 Jan 2004 6:32 pm
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Absolutely anything with Cage, there are actually about 10NRPS albums. Don't leave out American Beauty and Workingman's Dead by the Dead. And yes, The brooklyn Cowboys are the bomb!
JB
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"All in all, looking back, I'd have to say the best advice anyone ever gave me was 'Hands Up, Don't Move!"
www.johnbarnold.com/pedalsteel
www.buddycage.net
http://www.nrpsmusic.com/index.html
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Stephen Gambrell
From:
Over there
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Posted 24 Jan 2004 6:14 am
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Heartsfield??? "This old freight car ain't gettin' any warmer..."
And Mason Proffitt??
Man, what memories. Real good bands. I remember Pure Prarie League playing at my college, and a hot local Allman Bros. cover band opened. A lot of folks left, and missed a great show, and a pretty good party/jam session later! It seemed to me, that a lot of folks down here didn't like this stuff. I guess the feeling was, if you wanted to hear country music, you'd listen to COUNTRY music. |
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Jason Odd
From:
Stawell, Victoria, Australia
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Posted 24 Jan 2004 8:26 am
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Hey JB, I didn't leave out American Beauty and Workingman's Dead by the Dead, but for completists only. Why?.. bloody long songs, I love it, but it's 2004 and you have to consider these things.
I'm sure to have left out some cool stuff, Red Rhodes is really cool on Linda Ronstadt's 1969 album, but mixed too low on most of it.
Buddy Emmons was the steel player on Dewey Martin's 1970 album, he was a ringer, but that group didnt have a line-up around long enough to even cut the album, about three version of the group cut the set.
Jay Dee is often credited with joining the group, but he just auditioned for them and went with Tony Booth instead.
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Mike Winter
From:
Portland, OR
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Posted 24 Jan 2004 8:51 am
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I'd like to toss in The David Nelson Band. David formed New Riders of the Purple Sage way back when with John Dawson. David has had a killer band of his own for about 10 years. They are home-based out here in Portland, Oregon, but are ALWAYS on the road playing somewhere. When they do their west coast hippie cowboy music, Barry Sless jumps on the steel and away they go. http://www.nelsonband.com/
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Bob Knetzger
From:
Kirkland, WA USA
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Posted 24 Jan 2004 9:32 am
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If you like the bands mentioned in this thread, you'll *love* this book:
Deperadoes: The Roots of Country Rock by John Einarson.
It's a fantastically well researched and detailed history of all the country rock bands you loved then!
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Victor Denance
From:
Rennes, France
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Posted 24 Jan 2004 2:14 pm
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Guys, I've just downloaded a song of "the Beachwood Sparks" to discover them.
It was "Confusion Is Nothing New".
It's amazing, I almost cried listening to that song.
The guitar arpegios are smooth and the steel licks add a weird ambience. The whole mix is so psychedelic !
When was it released ? If it was released during the late 60', these guys were way ahead of their time. |
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Bobby Lee
From:
Cloverdale, California, USA
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Posted 24 Jan 2004 9:01 pm
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| Try The Secret Combination. [This message was edited by Bobby Lee on 24 January 2004 at 09:02 PM.] |
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JB Arnold
From:
Longmont,Co,USA (deceased)
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