Jim Roll wrote:
> There was a comment made in the (SXSW Saturday??) Statesman by the
> columnest on the inside cover, that named CHicago as a highly
> over-rated music scene in that he had never heard such bad singing
> and fake accents,etc. I think he named Freakwater among others . .
Yep, I've said that out here, oh, 30 or 40 times <g>. When I was
there, if you take away Robbie Fulks, you're not left with much (the
Wacos are fun, but face it, they're a rock band). Since then, the
fabulous Kellys -- Kessler and Hogan -- have emerged, along with
Anna Fermin, so perhaps things are getting better. Although
Chicago scores extra negative style points for Moonshine Willy and
the Handsome Family, two of the worst alt.country bands of all
time (though, I did like a couple of HF songs Mark Wyatt played for
me, and though I'm told they're quite nice people, they're not my
bag of chips live).
Bring it on, CK.
Dave
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