The Sprit of Outlaw Country still exists thread

[delhalew]

The POP discussion reminded me how happy I am that this stuff is out there.

You won't hear it on the radio, and Nashville won't sell it, but it's out there.

Steve Earle has always done it, and he is fairly mainstream.
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He even has a son who plays real country.
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[delhalew]

There's your favorite sons of alt country...

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[delhalew]

There's these...
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[delhalew]

A new crop...

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These are two of my favorites because there aren't enough country songs that make fun of Jesus, or lamenting your ladies' drug use.

[delhalew]

Can't forget this champion.
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[GDC]

Dwight Yoakum at the Hard Rock in Catoosa Friday January 27. Tickets go on sell tomorrow, he still puts on a hell of a show.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgYs2PCgh2Y&feature=related

[delhalew]

Dwight Yoakum at the Hard Rock in Catoosa Friday January 27. Tickets go on sell tomorrow, he still puts on a hell of a show.

Dwight is a very respectable mainstream country musician...rare as a unicorn.

[delhalew]

The Stones were always good at balancing blues with honky tonk, the building blocks of rock.

I watched a documentary on the making of Exile on Main St. the other night. Good stuff. Exile is one of my favorites.

Of course, there was no shortage of good country back then. My point was that you have to look pretty hard now.

[Frozen Sooner]

Dwight Yoakum at the Hard Rock in Catoosa Friday January 27. Tickets go on sell tomorrow, he still puts on a hell of a show.

Dwight ain't Outlaw, he's Bakersfield sound. Still awesome though.

[Frozen Sooner]

No mention of The Departed?

[delhalew]

Dwight ain't Outlaw, he's Bakersfield sound. Still awesome though.

Of course you're right, but I gave him credit for coming up with a country singer that doesn't need to die.

[delhalew]

No mention of The Departed?

Well post it up ya bastard. I'll listen to it.

[Frozen Sooner]

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Sound quality isn't the best. Obviously, it's Cody Canada's new band.

[delhalew]

Not bad. I've heard one other song from them, and of course I remember CCRW.

[delhalew]

Elizabeth Cook.

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Here's an interview ,it's very fun to here her speak.
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[Mississippi Sooner]

Can't forget this champion.
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Man, the words to that song, rough though they may be, couldn't be anymore true.

[delhalew]

Man, the words to that song, rough though they may be, couldn't be anymore true.

Nobody is better at giving the finger to Nashville than Hank III. They've got it coming.

[Soonerchaz]

Great thread guys. A few of my favs...

Lucero - Last Night In Town

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xm7awckemeE

Slobberbone - Lumberlung

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5FfJHAMZuU&feature=related

Neko Case - Set Out Running (channeling her inner Patsy Cline...this girl can SING)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYGod41gG9M

[delhalew]

You're the man for filling a gap that needed filled, chaz.

[Sooner Born Sooner Bred]

You still can't beat the original Outlaws of Country. It's the single thing that TDTW and I seem to agree.

[Soonerchaz]

Not really outlaw style...but enough folkish feel to suffice. Probably my favorite song of the year...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5F1Mmr6kHpA

Can never go wrong with Uncle Tupelo...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uZQo3mtnBk

Yet another mostly unheard band.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YDnmHRPIZI

[delhalew]

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[delhalew]

You still can't beat the original Outlaws of Country. It's the single thing that TDTW and I seem to agree.
It's like anything else. Those that started it are hard to match, but I like my music collection to be ever expanding.

If you were to listen to country radio, you would think it's dead. This thread is to prove otherwise.

[delhalew]

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[GDC]

Dwight ain't Outlaw, he's Bakersfield sound. Still awesome though.

True, but he was first lumped in with Steve Earle, Lyle Lovett, etc. back in the 80s as a "New Traditionalist". Kind of an interesting discussion here about "Mainstream Country Rebels", an expression which seems oxymoronic at first.

[delhalew]

True, but he was first lumped in with Steve Earle, Lyle Lovett, etc. back in the 80s as a "New Traditionalist". Kind of an interesting discussion here about "Mainstream Country Rebels", an expression which seems oxymoronic at first.

At this point, Outlaw has almost grown to include anything that doesn't suck (churned out by the Nashville bubblegum machine), as opposed to the original 1970's Outlaw movement.

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[mingobee]

Check out Turnpike Troubadours and The Damn Quails. Not sure if "Outlaw" but some good tunes from some Oklahoma bands.

[delhalew]

Looks like the bottle rockets are playing in somebody's kitchen.

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[delhalew]

awesome collaboration

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[delhalew]

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I've been searching for a quality recording of this song for years. I still haven't found it.
"Whisky's harder to beat than a women, and it's half as sweet." Tell me that ain't country. F'd up, but country,
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[delhalew]

Yeah, it's bluegrass...whatever.
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These guys are so incredible, even without their now deceased guitar player whom they refuse to replace.

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RIP KIRK.

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[GDC]

At this point, Outlaw has almost grown to include anything that doesn't suck (churned out by the Nashville bubblegum machine), as opposed to the original 1970's Outlaw movement.

True. Here is the link I meant to post.

http://www.nodepression.com/forum/topics/where-are-the-mainstream-country-rebels

[delhalew]

True. Here is the link I meant to post.

http://www.nodepression.com/forum/topics/where-are-the-mainstream-country-rebels

I will agree that Jamie Johnson is probably as close as you'll find on country radio, still not close enough for me.

[diverdog]

del:

I like my country music sung by rascals...so to speak. They need to have had a storied past, history of drug use, smoking more cigarettes than are available in North Carolina, been broke more than once, can kick some *** and had lost more loves than any of us can imagine. Most of all they need to look like they just walked out of jail or have actually been in jail. There is very little in todays country music that I like and I do not know if there is anyone out there that is truly outlaw other than the original outlaws.

I mean no offense but some of the singers in the videos you posted looked.....well....pussified. Sorry.

This video kind of sums it up from a man who is the very definition of outlaw:

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[pphilfran]

You don't get more down and out than Seasick Steve...

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[cleller]

Nobody is better at giving the finger to Nashville than Hank III. They've got it coming.

There is some strong outlaw DNA in that Williams blood. They must have duck feathers on their backs.

[Sooner Born Sooner Bred]

del:

I like my country music sung by rascals...so to speak. They need to have had a storied past, history of drug use, smoking more cigarettes than are available in North Carolina, been broke more than once, can kick some *** and had lost more loves than any of us can imagine. Most of all they need to look like they just walked out of jail or have actually been in jail. There is very little in todays country music that I like and I do not know if there is anyone out there that is truly outlaw other than the original outlaws.

I mean no offense but some of the singers in the videos you posted looked.....well....pussified. Sorry.

This video kind of sums it up from a man who is the very definition of outlaw:

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[delhalew]

You don't get more down and out than Seasick Steve...

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Seasick is an interesting character, but I'm going to resist the urge to spin off into blues...for now.

[delhalew]

For diverdog: Almost forty years after the fact, it's hard to find guys that look the part anymore. The Avett Bros are pretty soft, Ryan Adams has surely never been in bar brawl. Jason Isbell has a babyface, but as a former member of the Drive-by Truckers, he has tons of outlaw cred.

If it's any consolation, I look like I just got out of prison...

Most importantly, what about the music, Lmao.

[delhalew]

I cannot think of Outlaw without thinking of Waylon. On the money.

There's good reason for that. He is the unanimous poster boy for everything outlaw.

On that note...
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[hawaii 5-0]

Love this thread. Thanks everyone. Keep up the good work.

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[delhalew]

Hearing Emmy Lou Harris, Allison Krauss, and Gillian Welch's voices all together is about the prettiest thing I've ever heard.
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[delhalew]

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[diverdog]

For diverdog: Almost forty years after the fact, it's hard to find guys that look the part anymore. The Avett Bros are pretty soft, Ryan Adams has surely never been in bar brawl. Jason Isbell has a babyface, but as a former member of the Drive-by Truckers, he has tons of outlaw cred.

If it's any consolation, I look like I just got out of prison...

Most importantly, what about the music, Lmao.

Del:

I do like some of the music you posted. Steve Earl is a favorite of mine. He hosts Sirius Outlaw show and he has forgotten more about music than I will ever know.

[delhalew]

Steve plays some great Townes Van Zandt tracks, which is nice because I don't know them well enough to dig em up on my own.

[delhalew]

Dude wrote half the country classics we all know and love.

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[delhalew]

Speaking of Steve Earle, this is one of my favorites songs these days. I like to play and sing it for my daughter.

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[delhalew]

Digging these guys.

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[Soonerchaz]

Hey delhalew...you familiar with Phosphorescent? Bet you'd enjoy them!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8J1mK3jats

[delhalew]

First time hearing Phosphorescent, but it sounds pretty good.

[diverdog]

Steve plays some great Townes Van Zandt tracks, which is nice because I don't know them well enough to dig em up on my own.

Luv Townes Van Zandt.

[Soonerchaz]

Luv Townes Van Zandt.

I've always loved Steve's tribute to TVZ...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4WOys7sWvU