Linda Ray wrote:
Yah. Actually, all UT started was P2. Well, and Postcard, of
course. Well okay and No Depression Magazine, but, hey.
Uh, you can bet dollars to donuts that P2 would've happened on its
own. The accidental spawning of P2 off of Postcard nicely
coincided with the general
At 5:34 PM -0500 on 3/5/99, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Guess they didn't know about Joe Ely's tour with the Clash. UT was a
decade too late.
Yeah but, can't a decade too late also mean brand new to a new generation?
Well, sure, if they've got no perspective. Asleep at the Wheel invented
OH boy. Man Terry, you really have my blood boiling up here in Ann Arbor,
and I am sure this debate has happened here before. But I am gonna bite
anyways.
On Fri, 5 Mar 1999, Terry A. Smith wrote:
This stuff confuses me, as does the idea that a "movement" evolved around
Uncle Tupelo and
Jim says:
I also challenge the idea that Alt. Country suddenly includes Bluegrass,
Countrypolitan, Old Time, Folk, Punk-a-billy, Cowpunk, etc. Those things
existed as genres before Alt. Country and No Depression ever surfaced.
So did country-rock.
I think ultimately the reason that all of
James Gerard Roll wrote:
> I think you've got your head in the sand if you think that Uncle Tupelo
> was not at the helm of the current No Depression/Alt. Country ship. This
> does not mean that they are a great band or that there wasn't
> non-commercial country prior to UT, (much as one would
On Fri, 5 Mar 1999, Dave Purcell wrote:
reference to Tweedy because I'll gladly nominate Jack as the most
overrated of the Beats. No one would've heard jack about Jack if
Ginsberg hadn't tirelessly shopped and promoted his work. "On
The Road" will always be a jackoff work compared to
At 10:14 AM -0500 05/3/99, Dave Purcell wrote:
In my best Beavis voice, I'd respond, "Uh...so what?" Uncle Tupelo wasn't
at the helm of *anything*. The media made them, in retrospect, the leader
of this so-called movement. Terry's point is well stated: country
rock/roots rock has been around
James Gerard Roll [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I mean how can people deny UT's influence when the Alt. Country Bible (No
Depression) is named after one of their albums?? Somebody help me here??
ND is *some* people's bible. Honestly I have never even seen a single
issue of it. Last night I read
Jim's ps -- for me the term 'alt. country' indicates the combination of (post
Nirvana) ALT-rock and traditional COUNTRY. UT/Jayhawks exemplefy this
movement.
I mean how can people deny UT's influence when the Alt. Country Bible (No
Depression) is named after one of their albums?? Somebody
Who's are the Scorchers?
NW
Some overrated roots band from the 80s.
The future of nothing, as far as I can tell.
marie
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Who's are the Scorchers?
NW
Some overrated roots band from the 80s. The future of nothing, as far as I can tell.
marie
As far as I can tell, Jason and the Scorchers was an important cowpunk band.
And a hell of a live
On 5 Mar 1999, Bill Gribble wrote:
ND is *some* people's bible. Honestly I have never even seen a single
issue of it. Last night I read a couple of the interviews in the ND
book and I was not blown away by the writing. And I have never
listened to a single Uncle Tupelo album. I saw Son
On Fri, 5 Mar 1999, Terry A. Smith wrote:
ps I think Jim might have taken my post a little bit wrong, because, I'll
admit, it didn't have a great deal to do with Tera's post that was copied
in that message. Her post just indirectly sparked those thoughts; I
wasn't necessarily challenging
On Fri, 5 Mar 1999, Terry A. Smith wrote:
And how does "No Depression" as a name for a magazine prove anything about
Uncle Tupe's music itself? They're the media, right? If they see Uncle
Tupelo as big influential innovator, that's fine. But it doesn't
necessarily prove anything. -- Terry
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of farming, just like I did.
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From: James Gerard Roll [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Date: Friday, March 05, 1999 1:24 PM
Subject: Re: Tweedy quote/alt.country (LONG and IRRITATED)
On Fri, 5 Mar 1999, Terry A. Smith wrote:
ps I
Exactly, man. The facts is the facts. Hell, I went right out and I bought a
pistol right after I heard "Gun" because I worship Uncle Tupelo. And that's
not all - when Anodyne came out I rented a car and drove to the New Madrid
fault and slept there for a few days in my flannel t-shirt and blue
Jeff Copetas dreamt this up:
Exactly, man. The facts is the facts. Hell, I went right out and I bought a
pistol right after I heard "Gun" because I worship Uncle Tupelo. And that's
not all - when Anodyne came out I rented a car and drove to the New Madrid
fault and slept there for a few
On Fri, 5 Mar 1999, Terry A. Smith wrote:
And how does "No Depression" as a name for a magazine prove anything about
Uncle Tupe's music itself? They're the media, right? If they see Uncle
Tupelo as big influential innovator, that's fine. But it doesn't
necessarily prove anything. --
Guess they didn't know about Joe Ely's tour with the Clash. UT was a
decade too late.
Yeah but, can't a decade too late also mean brand new to a new generation?
NW
In a message dated 3/5/99 12:14:35 PM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
writes:
I am merely stating that one of the main
journals reviewing Americana music (does anyone dispute this?? I am sure
there will be) is named after a UT album.
I thought that was a Carter Family song.
I
Guess they didn't know about Joe Ely's tour with the Clash. UT was a
decade too late.
and the unfortunate part of this is joe ely has yet to really find his
decadeone of those artists who has been mining this "genre" (whatever the
hell you folks want to call this genre) for yrs and yrs yet
In a message dated 3/5/99 9:14:18 AM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
writes:
/colorBig deal, indeed. I agree completely with Terry, though -- it does
get awfully fucking tiresome to read the tripe about UT starting
some big movement, especially when one reads the oft-repeated
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