"devil's right hand" is as good a classic-country lyric as anyone wrote in the late '80s. (even if i don't blame anyone who likes waylon's version better.)
Actually, Webb Wilder has pretty much the definitive version of that song (for me, at least).
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 10 March 2008 16:51 (sixteen years ago) link
guitar town is one of the best debut albums ever
― M@tt He1ges0n, Monday, 10 March 2008 16:58 (sixteen years ago) link
I love Guitar Town but like the Mats or Husker Du I'd love it more if the production wasn't so tinny.
― Euler, Monday, 10 March 2008 17:42 (sixteen years ago) link
The middle stuff for me...
Train a Comin' I Feel Alright El Corazon The Mountain
In that order, I guess. Have not heard the latest (have pretty much given up). The last decade worth of stuff became just too scattered - two or three good songs per album, but three or four embarrassingly unlistenable ones. Like Euler, the production on the earlier stuff turns me off too.
― Jeff LeVine, Monday, 10 March 2008 17:49 (sixteen years ago) link
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yeah i mean, there's a certain amount of stuff from the early to mid 80s where you just have to decide to deal with the production of the day...
― M@tt He1ges0n, Monday, 10 March 2008 17:51 (sixteen years ago) link
On "Johnny Too Bad", I love both Earle's claustrophobic production (where it sounds like you're inside the bass drum, like on the Stones "Honky Tonk Women") and the tightness of the band, the V-Roys, whose first record was produced by Earle and is another of my favorites from the 90s. I agree that a reggae direction would probably have diminishing returns.
― Euler, Monday, 10 March 2008 18:26 (sixteen years ago) link
yeah i love the v-roys, the first album especially. (their live one is good too. they were a hell of a live band. they opened for him some dates on the i feel alright tour, that was a good double-bill.)
― tipsy mothra, Monday, 10 March 2008 18:29 (sixteen years ago) link
The V-Roys' second record isn't bad either, but it's spottier. But that last song is a real tearjerker. My brother tells me Scott Miller is making some cash now working some kind of comedian tour, so that's good news.
― Euler, Monday, 10 March 2008 18:31 (sixteen years ago) link
The Mountain, but he doesn't get all the credit. I'll take Guitar Town over I Feel Alright.
― gabbneb, Monday, 10 March 2008 18:32 (sixteen years ago) link
i forgot about the v-roys they were decent! does anyone remember the hangdogs? they had this awesome song called "monopoly on the blues"
― M@tt He1ges0n, Monday, 10 March 2008 18:35 (sixteen years ago) link
El Corazon is the only I got into. It was the first one I listened to. I got I Feel Alright next and sounded kinda similiar but not quite as good so I didn't bother anymore.
― that's not my post, Tuesday, 11 March 2008 04:59 (sixteen years ago) link
the video for copperhead road is some kind of '80s country-metal peak.
― tipsy mothra, Tuesday, 11 March 2008 08:48 (sixteen years ago) link
1. I Feel Alright 2. Train a Comin'
^^^^^^ damn straight cowboy
― Kiwi, Wednesday, 12 March 2008 08:25 (sixteen years ago) link
Train a'Comin for that song and Rivers Of Babylon
― joedee, Wednesday, 12 March 2008 10:36 (sixteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― ILX System, Thursday, 13 March 2008 00:01 (sixteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― ILX System, Friday, 14 March 2008 00:01 (sixteen years ago) link
Wow, Jerusalem got a vote?
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 14 March 2008 00:18 (sixteen years ago) link