At 3:04 PM -0400 on 4/22/99, the guy who said, "You have to
understand, Bob, Robbie Fulks and the Wacos *are* our music scene"
wrote:
>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).
The Handsome Family opened for Vic Chesnutt recently. Wow. The sucking
sounds are still echoing in Schuba's. The Timbuk 3 of alt country,
except with less content.
Nice voices, though (we were right up front and got the stage mix,
which was pretty good). And to be fair, this wasn't a crowd that wanted
to see anyone other than Chesnutt, and the HF knew it and handled it
humorously. (Among themselves. We could hear the off-mic stuff pretty
well.) Nonetheless, that isn't enough for me.
Bob
