Oh man, I love that Kate Wolf song. My wife and aunt actually sang it together at our wedding reception.
I could lobby for a bunch of Tanya Tucker tracks, but this has to be the gothiest country #1 ever.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFLdZ2JQ-bE
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Monday, 27 February 2023 02:22 (one year ago) link
xpost - i'm a big fan of Nanci's version of "Dallas" by the Flatlanders.
― ian, Monday, 27 February 2023 02:25 (one year ago) link
also i love and adore kate wolf. writer of one of the saddest songs of all time - "you're not standing like you used to."
And she sings a remarkable version of this Paul Siebel song -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUF-ZIR7i9A
― ian, Monday, 27 February 2023 02:27 (one year ago) link
A couple of early '60s classics here: Skeeter Davis, "The End of the World," and Patsy Cline, "She's Got You."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHa6a3FtPJg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owNATIdymvs
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Monday, 27 February 2023 02:31 (one year ago) link
Shoutout to another couple of pioneers - Eva Davis & Samantha Bumgarnerhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMiF8QfmZqo
― ian, Monday, 27 February 2023 02:36 (one year ago) link
and this one... goodness mehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzZIXHRNVKs
― ian, Monday, 27 February 2023 02:39 (one year ago) link
In case nobody has mentioned it... Harper Valley PTA.
― ian, Monday, 27 February 2023 02:44 (one year ago) link
Hell yeah. Have you listened to the Cocaine & Rhinestones episode about that?
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Monday, 27 February 2023 02:52 (one year ago) link
Spreadsheet has been updated with what was mentioned today. Let me know if I've missed anything.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1wZG8IgHCDheS-83yJpnIQC0pu-cdciuZ9suKwPs0Q4E/edit#gid=0
When we submit the first page, with ilxor name etc, do we then get the ballot pages? All I'm seeing is the first page, not having hit Submit yet (please don't tell me it's because I'm stuck with Windows 7!)― dow, Sunday, February 26, 2023 1:35 PM (six hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
― dow, Sunday, February 26, 2023 1:35 PM (six hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
Hm, it should show one large form with 8 questions, not just the 1st username Q. Can someone else verify that the other questions are showing up?
First time voting in one of these: Do we get some kind of confirmation email after we've submitted, or can we go back and look at our ballot?― jon_oh, Sunday, February 26, 2023 4:23 PM (four hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
― jon_oh, Sunday, February 26, 2023 4:23 PM (four hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
I don't believe you get a confirmation email but I'm happy to verify that I've received and/or share your ballots with you. I got your ballot and can email it to your email address if you like.
― Indexed, Monday, 27 February 2023 03:00 (one year ago) link
Also want to give shoutouts and seconds to the folks who mentioned Hem, Kathleen Edwards, and Lee Ann Womack today. I'd recommend Rabbit Songs, Asking for Flowers, and The Way I'm Livin' from each. I voted for the latter in the 2010's decade poll.
I think this is one of the most powerful country songs of the last decade:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jo6jTj1GEGI
― Indexed, Monday, 27 February 2023 03:08 (one year ago) link
re: the Linda Ronstandt discussion upthread, Trio will absolutely be on my ballot, and I may find room for her take on "Willin"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzI6jDqi7OY
― Indexed, Monday, 27 February 2023 03:12 (one year ago) link
Since Alison Krauss hasn't been mentioned, I'll throw out New Favorite (album) and her work on Oh Brother Where Art Thou as must-hears, too.
― Indexed, Monday, 27 February 2023 03:16 (one year ago) link
I went on a tear a few years seeing how many Dottie West albums I could find (there are approximately 873 of them), but this standout from the latter end of her career is fully a JAM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1IDSHa0UUo
Dottie West - A Lesson In Leavin'
There are a probably a handful of others I'll throw into consideration, but I'll need to revisit them to figure out which ones
― ⓓⓡ (Johnny Fever), Monday, 27 February 2023 03:22 (one year ago) link
xpost
Ronstadt's "Willin'" is definitive to me, it's the one I grew up on.
And definitely second Krauss, though for me the Now That I've Found You compilation is hard to beat. I think it stands as an independent album because some of it was unreleased and a bunch of songs were from scattered projects not widely available. And it includes this song, which I will probably vote for.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SCOimBo5tg
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Monday, 27 February 2023 03:27 (one year ago) link
(speaking of definitive covers)
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Monday, 27 February 2023 03:30 (one year ago) link
Some greats:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxN2oEo1_7I
Pam Tillis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miIqI9Gql9M
Roseanne Cash
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ElCpHuiWkA
Kathy Mattea
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPG1n1B0Ydw
Jennifer Nettles
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VV956MtRFpM
Lee Ann Womack’s been mentioned but this song is a fucking killer
― INDEPENDENTS DAY BY STEVEN SPILBERG (President Keyes), Monday, 27 February 2023 03:41 (one year ago) link
Yeah Krauss rescued bluegrass for me. I am decently steeped in the music (I live in Virginia and play the mandolin, after all) but I have never had any affection for the "high lonesome" male vocal sound.
To this day, pretty much the only bluegrass-esque voice I want to hear is hers. I mean
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcRZ_J_VgNc
― nat king cole slaw (Ye Mad Puffin), Monday, 27 February 2023 04:02 (one year ago) link
Don't believe anyone has mentioned Lone Justice. This Tom Petty penned track was my introduction to the band and remains my favorite. Will consider it for my tracks list:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atyxS9ty8NA
― Indexed, Monday, 27 February 2023 04:11 (one year ago) link
Tipsy I am no longer able to embrace "I Hope You Dance," or "Seven Year Ache" (both songs got overexposed for me) but Martina McBride's "Independence Day" gets me still.
― nat king cole slaw (Ye Mad Puffin), Monday, 27 February 2023 04:18 (one year ago) link
I'll definitely vote for Lone Justice - their best stuff was probably the live and demo recordings they made BEFORE their first album.
re: k.d. lang, my favorite's always been this one - will probably vote for the album too:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaxV7o__ewA
― birdistheword, Monday, 27 February 2023 05:25 (one year ago) link
I always loved this song from their debut:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mn7bLEigTEw
― birdistheword, Monday, 27 February 2023 05:28 (one year ago) link
I feel like some Mekons songs qualify here, but not all
crtl-f Patsy Cline Crazy not found, we can all agree on that yeah?
― obsidian crocogolem (sleeve), Monday, 27 February 2023 05:58 (one year ago) link
and check out this amazing compilation tracklist, I could basically vote for these plus Linda Ronstadt
https://www.discogs.com/release/12393307-Various-A-Womans-Side-Of-Love-Vol-1-
― obsidian crocogolem (sleeve), Monday, 27 February 2023 06:01 (one year ago) link
damn, this thread's made it through almost an entire day without a mention of ashley monroe. this can not be allowed, ilm.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyFD-YevcEM
― fact checking cuz, Monday, 27 February 2023 06:03 (one year ago) link
Sally Timms' solo albums do, of course.
Also Carla Bozulich/Geraldine Fibbers, even though I haven't heard much of her solo stuff beyond her cover of the Red Headed Stranger album.
― Chris L, Monday, 27 February 2023 11:30 (one year ago) link
Going to kill me to narrow things down and pick one track or album from the legends:
Loretta Lynn - "Fist City," "You Ain't Woman Enough" or "Coal Miner's Daughter"?Patsy Cline - "Walkin After Midnight," "Crazy," or my personal favorite, her cover of "Lovesick Blues"Emmylou Harris - I am partial to Roses in the Snow and Quarter Moon in a Ten Cent Town, but there are at least three others worth considerationDolly Parton - "Jolene," "Coat of Many Colors," "9 to 5," or maybe even "Muleskinner Blues"
Will probably end up voting for a couple of Miranda Lambert albums and Hell on Heels, too. Am still partial to Crazy Ex-Girlfriend and Platinum, though I know a lot of the board's gotten behind The Weight of These Wings.
― Indexed, Monday, 27 February 2023 14:45 (one year ago) link
Spreadsheet updated with a whole bunch of names I pulled from some of the links shared in this thread. Hopefully this is helpful as a pseudo Nominations list, but please keep the recommendations coming, and I will try to update accordingly.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1wZG8IgHCDheS-83yJpnIQC0pu-cdciuZ9suKwPs0Q4E/edit?usp=sharing
― Indexed, Monday, 27 February 2023 15:27 (one year ago) link
Don't think Rose Maddox has been mentioned yet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zu7a3VKQeY
― Indexed, Monday, 27 February 2023 15:28 (one year ago) link
It was technically a bigger pop hit (#1) than country hit (#17), but I still think "Ode to Billie Joe" belongs in the mix.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Monday, 27 February 2023 16:30 (one year ago) link
Bit of a country dilletante, but adore this. Hopefully the brief snatch of George Jones doesn’t rule it out.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?HLdzZ7ovC8A
― Dan Worsley, Monday, 27 February 2023 17:14 (one year ago) link
Hopefully this works. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLdzZ7ovC8A
― Dan Worsley, Monday, 27 February 2023 17:18 (one year ago) link
This list from 2008 has 100 names for your consideration (not all of whom I know by any means): https://www.countryuniverse.net/features/100-greatest-women/
yeah, I discovered this site (and this list) 15 years ago, and it had a pretty big impact on my country taste.
― INDEPENDENTS DAY BY STEVEN SPILBERG (President Keyes), Monday, 27 February 2023 17:39 (one year ago) link
I mentioned McCaslin's Way Out West as a great gateway, and I'm gonna list The Chicks' 2-CD Top of the World Live as gateway-retrospective-sumna of their selectively expansive repertoire up to that point (hopefully there will be a follow-up from more recent tours, like when they added "Nothing Compares To You" a few nights after Prince passed). Title track and others may do for Patty Griffin, whose songs can lend themselves to adventures in country per se, but her albums are more Adjacent--maybe limit mention of that, focusing more on the work of women who are brave-crazy enough to ride the Holy Nashvegas bullshit train for a while---
― dow, Monday, 27 February 2023 17:42 (one year ago) link
Deana Carter- Strawberry Wine (her most well-known song)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Up06CryWQpE
Her album Story of My Life was talked about a lot back on the Rolling Country threads--more rocking, not a hit, but very cool:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKepv-_LvEU
― INDEPENDENTS DAY BY STEVEN SPILBERG (President Keyes), Monday, 27 February 2023 17:45 (one year ago) link
Trisha Yearwood
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyTriK6qpAQ
― INDEPENDENTS DAY BY STEVEN SPILBERG (President Keyes), Monday, 27 February 2023 17:53 (one year ago) link
And someone has to mention the Judds ffs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=texxrsahb_k
― INDEPENDENTS DAY BY STEVEN SPILBERG (President Keyes), Monday, 27 February 2023 17:55 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRpBtjIcOEM
Faith Hill- Stealing KissesMasterpiece
― INDEPENDENTS DAY BY STEVEN SPILBERG (President Keyes), Monday, 27 February 2023 18:03 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fM_jnS-MjY
Suzy Boggus
― INDEPENDENTS DAY BY STEVEN SPILBERG (President Keyes), Monday, 27 February 2023 18:11 (one year ago) link
Ashton Shepard
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjHfGQv9JGE
― INDEPENDENTS DAY BY STEVEN SPILBERG (President Keyes), Monday, 27 February 2023 18:15 (one year ago) link
I mentioned McCaslin's Way Out West as a great gateway, and I'm gonna list The Chicks' 2-CD Top of the World Live as gateway-retrospective-sumna of their selectively expansive repertoire up to that point (hopefully there will be a follow-up from more recent tours, like when they added "Nothing Compares To You" a few nights after Prince passed). Title track and others may do for Patty Griffin, whose songs can lend themselves to adventures in country per se, but her albums are more Adjacent--maybe limit mention of that, focusing more on the work of women who are brave-crazy enough to ride the Holy Nashvegas bullshit train for a while---― dow, Monday, February 27, 2023 11:42 AM (twenty-nine minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
― dow, Monday, February 27, 2023 11:42 AM (twenty-nine minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
Yeah, I struggle with how to rank Patty, as she's definitely more folk than country; however, her tracks have been covered and cited by so many different country musicians as to qualify her in my book. Living With Ghosts, in particular, feels worthy. Someone shared this ridiculously great video of Dolly and Bette Midler doing "Moses" in the Patty thread a while back:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWcFJbXA1X0
― Indexed, Monday, 27 February 2023 18:20 (one year ago) link
yeah, the songs are good for country, though her own production can get pretty out-there, in good-to-great ways, for the most part (now I think I am gonna incl. some adjacent or at least indie, Bloodshot etc. countryiod)
― dow, Monday, 27 February 2023 18:55 (one year ago) link
countryoid, that is.
― dow, Monday, 27 February 2023 18:56 (one year ago) link
I'll definitely vote for Lone Justice - their best stuff was probably the live and demo recordings they made BEFORE their first album.re: k.d. lang, my favorite's always been this one - will probably vote for the album too:---birdistheword
re: k.d. lang, my favorite's always been this one - will probably vote for the album too:---birdistheword
― dow, Monday, 27 February 2023 19:04 (one year ago) link
Working on cleaning up and plugging holes in the "nominations" spreadsheet, which now has 113 artists. If anyone has recommended albums for the 70 artists who currently do not have one (or others for ones that do), please post them, and I'll add them.
Also gave k.d. lang's Shadowland and Absolute Torch and Twang a spin this morning because of this thread. Good stuff.
― Indexed, Monday, 27 February 2023 20:20 (one year ago) link
I see Sara Evans on the spreadsheet. I really love her version of Radney Foster's "Real Fine Place to Start"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrdCBkXB91I
― INDEPENDENTS DAY BY STEVEN SPILBERG (President Keyes), Monday, 27 February 2023 20:28 (one year ago) link
album noms:
Sunny Sweeney- Heartbreaker's Hall of Fame, Concrete
― INDEPENDENTS DAY BY STEVEN SPILBERG (President Keyes), Monday, 27 February 2023 20:31 (one year ago) link
xpost Driving back from WI to IL yesterday I scanned through what felt like four country channels, and came across this great Sara Evans song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06o-EYH9svs
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 27 February 2023 20:38 (one year ago) link
more albums:
Elizabeth Cook- BallsKim Richey- Chinese BoxesTift Merritt- TambourineLaura Cantrell- Not the Trembling KindMary Gauthier- Mercy NowLydia Loveless- Somewhere Else
― INDEPENDENTS DAY BY STEVEN SPILBERG (President Keyes), Monday, 27 February 2023 20:44 (one year ago) link
Just so many to choose from. Here's a heartbreaker from Reba:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pdSzY5QbxU
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 27 February 2023 20:47 (one year ago) link
xps I was going to post "Suds in the Bucket"; definitely among my favorite country radio hits of the early 2000s. "She left her suds in the bucket and her clothes hanging out on the line -- YEEHOOO!"
― Indexed, Monday, 27 February 2023 21:18 (one year ago) link