| An interface for fans of the older country rock and progressive country music canon and of current Alt. country/Americana artists who at least have their hearts in the right places. Gram Parsons, Chris Hillman, The Eagles, NRPS, Mike Nesmith, Mason Proffitt, McKendree Spring, Iain Matthews, The Byrds, Dillard & Clark, Cochise, Fotheringay, Ian Tyson, Michael Martin Murphey, Kris Kristofferson, Jerry Jeff Walker, David Bromberg, Rick Nelson, Poco, Manassas, James Talley, John Prine, Guy Clark, Townes Van Zandt, Billy Joe Shaver, Willie Nelson, Emmylou Harris, Kate Wolf, Nanci Griffith, Tony Rice, Doc Watson, Steve Young, John Stewart, Utah Phillips, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Mark Knopfler are just the tip of the iceberg of the music we love. (Your moderator has researched almost every country rock album ever relaesed and owns the most esoteric stuff from the music's 1970s peak and wants other like- minded people to join up and assert that good taste lives on).
Influences including early country, brother harmony duos, hillbilly boogie, rockabilly, honky tonk, Bakersfield, bluegrass, and folk-rock are all stuff we wanna discuss.
We also invite fans of latterday Alt. Country and Americana acts to join. So whether you enjoy Wilco, Uncle Tupelo, Freakwater, Gillian Welch, Lucinda Williams, the Jayhawks, or Pat Green, Old '97s, or others, pitch in your $0.02.
-JAY |
