The Sadies

fantastic band and also the best band pic ever

https://i.imgur.com/K6nV6tJ.jpg

Sadies brother Dallas Good has passed.

They were such juggernauts on stage, these guys.

wow, shit. one of those bands everyone took for granted while forgetting that the reason they were taken for granted was because they were always a fucking great time.

OTM

Wasn't even 50.

Tons of tributes pouring in, from Canadian peers (Ron Sexsmith, Randy Bachman, folks from Arcade Fire, Sloan, et al.) to others in his orbit (Jon Langford, Steve Albini).

so sad. a legend. one of the great live acts of the era, and one of the last i saw pre-pandemic. deeply thankful i got to see them as often as i did.

oh no. I hadn't really explored them before, but had recently checked out the CD Darker Circles and boy what a knockout. kinda alt country but had a lot of Notorious Byrd Brothers, Blasters, etc

The late Dallas Good wrote the bio to promote the new (unbelievably good) Sadies album and it is essential reading

https://www.yeproc.com/artists/the-sadies/

Thanks, hadn't heard of that one! (And yet I still get bombarded by this label re bands I don't care about: what the hell, Yeproc?)
Wrote this album review-as-show-preview when they were coming to Columbus OH in '09:

John Doe & The Sadies
John Doe (still with the reunited X) and The Sadies (colleagues of Neko Case) take a well-timed ride on Country Club ‘s honky tonk marriage-go-round of old school classics. These testimonies are more affecting for passing by a little faster (and funnier, as the Sadies punctuate git-through-it wit). The Sadies also carefully steer Doe across neon shadows, to truly see: “This ain’t no life. But it’s my life!” Another soul saved by (or for) the jukebox!
05/10 @ The Rumba, 2507 Summit St.
10 p.m.

best Sadies album: go!

Hmm, dunno, but I did just buy tickets to see them with Jon Langford and Sally Timms this summer.

They were great last night as a trio, first backing Langford and Simms, then on their own. I've long taken them for granted, but man, nothing better than garage-tinged country-rock saturated with spaghetti western and surf guitar twang.