i want the name of the one person responsible for the white dude in the old man hat voice

I was thinking about going to see Sturgill Simpson on Wed, but not only is it sold out, he's opening for this guy:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOzmOZQdcYY

I really can't take this shit, I think it might be my least favorite genre of music.

That is the epitome of old man hat music. Absolutely no regard for the times, except to hire a video guy who makes it look like one long instagram photo. Shit.

this is like watching josh charles trying to audition for the role of lightnin hopkins

"no regard for the time" = exactly. It's like this guy thinks that "Americana" is an actual genre of music that was popular in the nineteenfthoriftties

Something about this bill is making me IA. Sturgill Simpson is so the opposite of this guy -- legit outlaw country expertly played/sung.

surprised the sturge is opening that bill, pokey just seems so run-of-the-mill

yeah. it's sold out too, wonder if it's more for him than pokey.

I don't really like these songs but I feel that with time I could train myself to like them and to understand what distinguishes the successes among the young men with old man hats from the failures.

i hate that video/song a lot, i shut it off two seconds after he started singing

jack wall2 months ago
a breath of fresh air in a world of crap music
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Tenacious V5 months ago (edited)
This song makes me wanna spit nickels and whistle Dixie out my asshole!
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RobertJStewart106 months ago
These guys have a truly unique sound, that is both jaunty and authentic.

fasteddie41451 month ago
My girl and I saw Pokey and the boys at a music festival in town. You could tell from the expression on people's faces that they had no clue what to expect....I elbowed my girl lightly and said "watch their faces when the band starts" as expected 2 Pokey fans entered that tent and 502 Pokey fans exited that tent.....

"no regard for the time" = exactly. It's like this guy thinks that "Americana" is an actual genre of music that was popular in the nineteenfthoriftties

Or as I like to call it: The Nineteenthrifties

This song makes me wanna spit nickels and whistle Dixie out my asshole!

Music that good, AND it aids in daily regularity?

Oh great, now we're in Gumby.

both jaunty and authentic.

I didn't dare share my love for this hat guy...until now.

http://www.wonderingsound.com/feature/keeping-music-secret-adam-torres/

although i guess its really jeff buckley and devendra having a baby that wears a hat...

y'all please help me make both jaunty and authentic the new No xxx, no credibility

btw that story how's life shared upthread about mistaking Jack Johnson for a middle-aged sadsack is almost hilarious enough to justify God'd baffling decision to create Jack Johnson

hatless old-man voice white dude was really throwing his soul into a furiously strummed acoustic gnarls barkley cover on the subway platform last night. ime the train has never taken longer to arrive.

c'mon people am i really the first to link to this guy

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=I5exsScaHWo

that pokey guy upthread and his band bought records from me after they played at the green river festival in town one year. olde-tymey records. they were nice enough.

Pokey is pretty much a fiend in human shape and is often seen slowly tooling about town in a Studebaker on white walls. Far below Pokey Reese, Pokey the horse, any other Pokey you would care to name in the Pokey sweepstakes.

http://hhhhappy.com/the-soul-voice-is-dominating-the-charts-and-more-than-likely-here-to-stay-are-you-a-fan/

I skimmed this article and my eyes kept getting wider and wider.

lol i know right

Peking Duk? Hiatus Kaiyote? Saskwatch? Chet Faker? smfh

"Sydney producer Joyride, a bearer himself of a James Brown-esque croon"

"erogenous vocal chords" (sic)

Just stop. Really.

that link reads like a clickhole link

Frankie Lee's old man hat game is off the hook

http://www.folkradio.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/frankie-lee-american-dreamer.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsacGSJsydI

not the typical voice but seems just as phony and annoying

saw langhorne slim at a radio show taping last month and yeah, white dude in the old man hat voice

Is there a name for the female equivalent of this? Apropos of nothing, here are two different young women covering the same Arctic Monkeys song using exactly the same overly-affected singing voice that I hear from so many female indie/folk musicians. Every phrase ramps up from a vocal fry/bottom of range syllable, every vowel stretched out of recognition, etc.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVLFbGryE9s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tC-mRtBYTHs

Arkansas is a hotbed of all this, male and female versions, and I fear it may never end.

i think someone might have gotten upset on here when i called it the old cat lady voice. needs a better name though. it's so big with kids at talent shows. it's kinda the default voice for girl with acoustic guitar on youtube.

oh god i hate this way of singing. the UK has its own special variant of mid-late 20s female singer-songwritey over-affectations.

kind of reminds me of a less-Irish-soudning Dolores O'Riordan or something.

definitely seems internet-derived too. though you can trace it to specific singers that were pre-internet. like cat power and her peer billy holiday. at least kill whitey freak folkers don't try to sound like karen dalton anymore.

it IS kind of impressive how far-reaching it is though. i mean 12 year old girls across the nation slurring their words in the exact same world-weary way.

my really unpopular hipster opinion: i can't listen to karen dalton at all. i can't take that voice. would much rather listen to the sibylle baier style or sandy denny-style brit folk voice.

I think of this as Nelly Furtado-ism

It may not be entirely accurate but I usually associate this kind of thing with those radio stations that label themselves "coffee house"

i can't even remember what nelly furtado sounds like. feel like mentioning beth orton but she enunciated pretty clearly.

but also amy winehouse. she was a big influence on amateurs. and adele obviously.

especially if you watch amy doing acoustic stuff on youtube.

hey this is a good thread

scott you mentioned a while back itt "the river" in western MA, it's like ground zero for this kind of stuff. "featureless" "ahistorical" "tasteful" very accurate. part of this intersects very neatly w/ "craftsmanship consumerism artisanal" craft beer gastropub single origin coffee

that pokey lafarge thing is bad, but people love this shit. americana. i think i would be quite okay w/ a band like that at our local farmers market, it would be fun and theyd be wearing costumes like that but this shit is EXTREMELY popular and i can't hang with that. i dont really know much about mumford and sons but bland white folk-based pop is very popular and everyone recommends them as like "hey you like music a lot dont you, these guys are really good... this woman can really sing ... this guy is a really good songwriter"

Phil - see here for another take:

birth of the flattened cool: the origins of the indie voice?

this woman can really sing ...

i like saying this to people and then putting on lene lovich