Back with an album reflecting the easy going '70s style rock of its predecessor, Wilco's newest seems almost on a par with that very underrated album. Try this:
Sorry for being so quiet, busy. So, back come The Dexateens with an easy-going acoustic country rock set, redolent of the late '60s and early '70s heyday with more than a touch of The Jayhawks. Try these:
Off to see the Handsome Family next week, with their strange ideas about the world, murder ballads, gothic country. Oh yes, and now sweet love songs with an occasionall dollop of homage to 50s and 60s harmony groups. Try these:
A twang to part three. This was the era that saw country hit the rock mainstream, through the likes of the Stones. It was also the year that saw the second of the prison recordings that saw his credibility restored. There is a raw energy to these recordings that chimed well with the rock and roll generation.
Townes van Zandt's second and third albums were released in 1969. His second, Our Mother the Mountain, featured some of his great songs, even though he would record many of them again without the somewhat florid arrangements. This though, is mighty fine.
At the real cutting edge were Gram Parsons' Flying Burrito Brothers with The Gilded Palace of Sin (great title), as country rock edged closer to country itself:
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