why do you folks always forget country

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Yeah you fuckers go get some country. Seriously though I don't want to patronise because I'd put a bet on that there are people here who really like country and know way more about it than I do. However I think it's fair to say it's the most overlooked genre on ILM.

― Ronan, Thursday, 27 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

the renderers fuckin rule.

― di, Thursday, 27 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

I had country singles all over my list

― Sterling Clover, Thursday, 27 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

The Renderers! Wonderful live, those two.

― Ned Raggett, Friday, 28 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

The Renderers are fucking country? (Not that I'm quibbling; what I've heard of 'em, though, doesn't bring "country" to mind.) Is this the NZ band?

Stuff like Danielle Howle and the Scud Mountain Boys (ever-so-vaguely country) makes me happy. Stuff like Neko Case & Laura Cantrell & the Mekons posse intrigues me. If you want something to be discussed, DISCUSS IT, y'all.

― David Raposa, Friday, 28 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

Can someone tell me the deal w/Jimmy Dale Gilmore? The man is an enigma to me. Like Lefty Frizzell incarnate but always just under the horizon. or we could discuss the strange state of "pop" country. both!

― Tracer Hand, Friday, 28 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

Speaking of country, I want a broader description of it. Are alt- country acts still considered country, or are they simply alt now? What about people like Smog, Songs: Ohia, Black Heart Procession, Vic Chesnutt, are they country? Is the majority of bluegrass considered country?

― Jeff, Friday, 28 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

Jimmie Dale Gilmore was part of the Texas dustbowl kids, I think they were called the Flatlanders, along with Joe Ely and Butch Hancock. Gilmore is the most artsy of the bunch, I think--he has impeccable taste in covers, but his voice is an acquired taste. Along with Guy Clark and Townes Van Zandt and others, he formed the Austin/western sound to a certain extent.

― Mickey Black Eyes, Friday, 28 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

i like will oldham too.

and as for non-alt country, i love johnny cash and hank williams. and (moment of confession) i like some of leeann rimes' songs.

― di, Friday, 28 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

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