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Top five Americana ( type) tracks.

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tintinandpip 29 Nov 2016

Looking for some musical suggestions, I will start it with these five Americana / non mainstream tracks. ( Not necessarily performed by the original artist)

Wagon wheel performed by Old Crow Medicine Show

The Weight performed by Gillian Welch

The night they drove old Dixie down performed by The Band

Red dirt girl performed by First Aid Kit

Intella Hotel Performed by Peter Case

keith-ratcliffe 29 Nov 2016

In reply to tintinandpip:
Lucinda Williams 2 Kool to be forgotten

felt 29 Nov 2016

In reply to tintinandpip:

Katie Cruel, Karen Dalton
Anything from Workingman's Dead

Phil West 29 Nov 2016

In reply to tintinandpip:

Drive By Truckers, Lucero, Craig Finn?

Frank the Husky 29 Nov 2016

In reply to tintinandpip: Good thread. How about anything by Mandolin Orange:

Boots of Spanish Leather:

Old Ties and Companions:

Little Worlds:

cb294 29 Nov 2016

In reply to tintinandpip:

Good thread!

I nominate
Dave Rawlings and Gillian Welch, Wrecking Ball:
Gillian Welch, Annabelle:
Townes Van Zandt, Pancho and Lefty:
Townes Van Zandt, Waiting around to die: (although the rear view mirror version is better)

Lots of stuff by Bonnie Prince Billy / Palace Music, e.g. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvayTqmH0ek&list=PL0Mzaq-b13FoNiEwgZWDM...

Lots of stuff by the Cowboy Junkies

CB

cb294 29 Nov 2016

In reply to felt:

Amazing!
CB

Ramblin dave 29 Nov 2016

In reply to felt:

> Katie Cruel, Karen Dalton

Great!

And also jogged my memory a bit as to what Cath and Phil Tyler reminded me of when I saw them the other day. So they'd be my recommendation:
https://cathandphiltyler.bandcamp.com/track/wethers-skin
https://cathandphiltyler.bandcamp.com/track/dearest-dear
https://cathandphiltyler.bandcamp.com/track/long-time-travelling

redscotti 29 Nov 2016

Lucinda Williams - Car Wheels on a Dirt Road (album)

OP tintinandpip 29 Nov 2016

In reply to Frank the Husky

Never heard of Mandolin Orange before, sounding great ,they could be the soundtrack for the 1000 mile trip to the Alps at Christmas.
Lots of other good suggestions as well.

cragtyke 29 Nov 2016

In reply to tintinandpip:

The Legendary Shack Shakers

or JD Wilkes offshoot the Dirt Daubers

The Pine Hill Haints Alabama ghost music.

Frank the Husky 30 Nov 2016

In reply to tintinandpip: The two best albums to get are "Such Jubilee" (where Little Worlds and Old Ties come from), and "This Side of Jordan". There's a new one out this year called "Blindfaller" but I've not heard it yet.

mike123 30 Nov 2016

In reply to tintinandpip:
Just 5 ?
Decemberists - make you better
Cowboy junkies - to live is to fly ( but all of black eyed man )
Townes van zandt - if I needed you ( hard to choose an album, but probably live at the old quarter )
The felice brothers - radio song , but the best you tube is frankies gun - riding September ( fans of 70s motorbikes beware , this will have you checking your credit card balance )
Uncle tupelo -moonshiner ( but just about anything )
Tried to copy you tube clips from iPad but youngest sprog seems to have locked Ben and hollys little kingdom on the clip board . No bad thing, but time place substances .

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eric the good 30 Nov 2016

In reply to tintinandpip:

Wayfaring Stranger performed by Jack White
Six Days on the Road performed by Taj Mahal
may be up your street.

Nordie_matt 30 Nov 2016

In reply to tintinandpip:
Anything by William Elliott Whitmore

Or Scott H. Biram

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Dauphin 30 Nov 2016

In reply to tintinandpip:
No Ry Cooder or John Prine or Chris Smither?

D

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eric the good 30 Nov 2016

In reply to tintinandpip:

Also ,Anything by the Carolina Chocolate Drops

salancaster 01 Dec 2016

In reply to tintinandpip:

Hi Andy

Some extras - but belters

Check out Richmond Fontaine, brilliant live band. Great albums. 'Post to Wire' is a good starter.

Then

Cracker - 'Kerosene Hat' with this hidden track - number 69 at the end

Neko Case - 'Fox Confessor Brings The Flood'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GoVN2ziFUbE&list=PLDoPCsvzd_uUdw676E1cJ...

The Hold Steady - 'Boys and Girls of America' more on the rockier side

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Isvn_Dsj2bA&list=RDIsvn_Dsj2bA#t=33

Not too leftfield but maybe something there for one or two of those thousand or so miles.

Bon chance

Stuart

Neil 01 Dec 2016

In reply to salancaster:

Hayes Carll, plenty of good stuff but this remains a favourite...

OP tintinandpip 01 Dec 2016

In reply to salancaster:

Hi Stuart
Saw Richmond Fontaine in Matlock a few years ago, a fine evening and bought a CD as well. I fell off at Crookrise on Saturday and badly bruised ( not broken) my heel so have been cooped up all week, the music thread has been a good distraction. ( I saw you at Crookrise as I limping off). I will check your other recommendations.
Andy

tomrainbow 01 Dec 2016

In reply to tintinandpip:

Kevin Morby's new album The Singing Saw is brilliant...as is Okkervil River's latest, Away.

A9 01 Dec 2016

In reply to tintinandpip:

Americana - few current favourites . .

Tommy Jarrell - Little Maggie
Bob Dylan - Worried Blues
Adam Hurt - Brushy Fork of Johns Creek
Chance McCoy - Yew Piney Mountain

Hank Williams - Ramblin Man

Bob Kemp 02 Dec 2016

In reply to tintinandpip:
Nice idea this, thanks. Already found a few new things...

I don't know about top five, but here's a few suggestions:

To add to the Richmonde Fontaine and Decemberists suggestions, the Delines, who have connections with both, are well worth checking out -

Other suggestions:
Hurray for the Riff-Raff:

Spooky southern gothic from Jim White:

Alela Diane -

Sam Phillips (the other one): https://soundcloud.com/esopusmag/teilhard-by-sam-phillips

Rigid Raider 02 Dec 2016

In reply to tintinandpip:
This is a rich seam to mine! I'll have to sit down with the good speakers and listen to this lot tonight as I've been looking to refresh my iPod collection for a long time. The OP's link to Red Dirt Girl by First Aid Kit was a great start as I like FAK and only have the Mark Knopfler/Emmylou Harris version of Harris's poignant song.

For me the classic American rock ballad has to be Sweet Home Alabama.

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keith-ratcliffe 03 Dec 2016

In reply to Rigid Raider:
The Emmylou album Wrecking Ball is just full of great tunes & performances - Lucinda Williams & Neil Young as backing artists can't be bad. Title track & Sweet Old World are highlights.