Americana Vinyl Tag 2024 - Courtesy of Sam St John
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- Опубліковано 13 вер 2024
- Nothing will get the fat bearded one off his arse and making a video faster than being given an opportunity to bang on about Americana.
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• Ep. 418, Americana Vin...
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A cool video. A really great number of acts I will have to listen to, thx.
@@jimmccloskey4254 Thanks Jim. Glad you find some new music to check out.
Hedley
Superb job on the tag! I suspect there are a ton of amazing folk artists in that collection. Keep the videos coming.
Cheers Jason. Yeah, you'll find quite a few folkies lurking in my collection 😎
You are the perfect person to do this tag. I am 99% sure I have no records with banjos, so I had to opt out of this one. The Sadies and Mary Margaret O'Hara! Very cool.
So Hedley, you must love one of my favorite recordings: the Calexico-Iron and Wine collaboration, "In the Reins."
@@buck13horn Yes, I do love Calexico's two collaborative albums with Iron & Wine. But then there's very little by Calexico I don't love. I still mean to pick up the album Calexico recorded backing the Scottish musician, Dean Owens. That sounded great.
Cheers - Hedley
So great to see a UK entry Hedley. So many artists I’ve never heard of. Fantastic all around. Learned a lot. Cheers mate.
Thanks Jack. It was a great opportunity for me to pull out some of my favourite artists and bands.
Of course, you'd do this one. I will, too, sometime soon. A great selection of wonderful music. Amazing how few folks around these parts are interested in this very expansive genre. Cheers Hedley !!
Yup, there was no way I wasn't going to do do this. It was a honey trap.
Country music for liberals.
@@vinylrichie007Must be why I like it 😉
I haven't thought of that Supersucker's album in a long time. That was such a nice surprise when it came out. I think it's their best one. Cool to see Kelly Hogan and the Handsome Family get some love too. I saw the Handsome Family quite a bit in the late 90's/early 2000's. Would love to see them again sometime. Super cool you made a playlist!
Back so soon - great! As usual I have a bunch of people I don't know to listen to, starting with Kassi Valazza, since you mentioned Sandy Denny when you showed her album. Cheers!
That's me. Wait ages for one video and two come at once. I'm the bus service of the VC.
I honestly think that Kassi Valazza album is fabulous. One of those records which on first listen sound like one you've known for years. That's not because she's copying anyone, just that it sounds so assured and fully formed.
Cheers - Hedley
Great video. I love Giant Sand - especially Ramp. I was listening to Calexico's The Black Light this morning. What a corker that is. I managed to see a lot of Americana bands back around 2000 to 2005. Mainly at Bonaventures in Bristol and the Borderline. My mate was massively into it all and I tagged along a lot. One of my favourite gigs was seeing Victoria Williams and Mark Olsen play. They were great, as were Richmond Fontaine. Best of all were the Sadies. Blow any band off the stage. Lots for me to check out here. Cheers, Steve.
Hey Steve! Happy new year to you.
Oh, I could've showed an Original Harmony Ridge Creekdippers as a supergroup. I bet they were good.
I was lucky that there were two venues, in York and Leeds, where the bookers were big Americana fans. As a result I saw some great artists and bands from 2000 til about 2010. Good times.
Cheers - Hedley
Wanted to tell you.. I picked up a mint copy of Aztec two-Step ( debut ) for a dollar on the way home from a record shop in West Palm Beach, Florida ! Really nice record and good songwriting ! 🙂
I don't have that one, JT. If I'm not mistaken it's got a few big names lending a hand...I'm thinking Bernie Leadon...But I can't remember who else.
Just checked...No to Bernie, but it does have Doug Dillard and John Sebastian.
Very nice ! 🙂 I just watched your Americana vid.. Good records, Hedley !
When you have a chance.. Listen to Aztec Two-Step on Elektra from 1972. I figured that you knew about it.. It is excellent, Hedley !
Of course you had to do this. Some great obscure bands there. I’ll probably do one tomorrow. Thanks for sharing
Hey! I saw you started a Blues Tag. Have you had many pick it up? Sorry, blues just ain't my thing, I don't think it'll make a good video with me showing the two blues albums I have over and over again 🤷♂️
@@anotherfatbeardedmantalkin5893 - About 5 videos so far. Maybe a little to of a niche. Anyway I hope to get my Americana Tag up this week.
I loved seeing your take on this tag, always expect lots of LPs I’m unfamiliar with and need to check out! I hope you’re doing well my friend.
Killer video
Thanks, man 👍
I’m glad you do this, Hedley. Maybe now that you’ve jumped on, I might do it. Who knows…
Anyway… watching now.
Don’t encourage him, Jon.
@@6inchpianist I’m always encouraging everyone! Why do I have such a sardonic reputation? 🤣
Come on in Jon, the water’s fine. The VC seriously needs more of your carefully thoughtful content.
@@6inchpianistThe barefaced cheek! You should be counting your lucky stars I didn’t call on you to join in.
Hi Hedley, as someone who doesn’t really know that much about Americana I found myself enjoying this interesting video.
Cheers Steve. It was a lovely opportunity to talk about some of my favourite albums.
Good response, there's many here I haven't heard of and I've jotted down many to look into later. I think credit card gonna hurt. But yeah, great job in recommending all of these. I'll check out the play list--above and beyond, thanks.
Hey! Glad there was something which tickled your fancy. I'm also pleased you mentioned the playlist, it makes putting it together worthwhile.
Cheers - Hedley
Great response to the tag, it got some really hard questions, not sure if I can do this but you did well and I got some new albums to check up, cheers!
Thanks, Janne. This Americana tag was right up my street, and it gave me a chance to show some of my favourite albums I don't think I've had the opportunity to talk about.
Hedley
@@anotherfatbeardedmantalkin5893 Yeah I notice that, well you can always do an American/Folk Video. Cheers Janne
That John Langford book looks very intriguing. I love the description of this video haha. Milk Carton Kids are so good, I saw them live in 2022 for the first time. My Americana taste dates back a bit too, so we're in the same boat haha. That's a really cool Supersuckers album cover, I've never heard of them. Thanks for hopping on this Hedley!
Thanks for setting this up Sam, I had a ball.
Just in case you didn't know, if you go to the Milk Carton Kids website you can download a couple of early albums by them.
Supersuckers were a rock/punkish band who started to mess around with putting country songs on their albums. Then, much to the annoyance of some of their fan base, they recorded Must've Been High, a full on country album.
They did a split single with Steve Earle. He covered their song Creepy Jackalope Eye, and Supersuckers did Earle's Angel Is A Devil.
Cheers - Hedley
@@anotherfatbeardedmantalkin5893 very cool! I knew about the early MCK downloads. Thanks again Hedley.
Another great video. I really appreciated your mentioning Tarnation in your last video and the Handsome Family in this one but I was hoping that you'd mention Freakwater who I think are one of the more criminally forgotten alt-country bands. Personally I'd go for "Follow the Sun" or "the Two of Us" but a lot of people picked your selection. There's no bad choice.
Hey Joe. Thanks. I do like Freakwater, I've got a couple of their albums. Catherine Irwin is a great songwriter, to be honest I probably listen to her albums more than I do Freakwater's. I think she wrote a song for Kelly Hogan, which is in the album I showed.
Cheers - Hedley
Nice to see your enthusiasm for this tag Hedley. Calexico would be my pick too I think. Not seen that Iron and Wine album before, any good? Kassi Valazza could be my thing. Handsome Family would be nice to see live I imagine. Not sure I could answer many of these...
Thanks for watching, Dale. Around the Well is the only Iron & Wine album I have on vinyl, if I don't count the two Sam Beam made with Calexico. It's an odds and sods collection, but it's not the kind which would only appeal to hard-core fans.
That Handsome Family gig I mentioned at the Leeds City Varieties, was not the couple's finest moment. Brett Sparks was really quite pissed, which was funny at first, but as you realised he was incapable of performing I got a bit pissed off...But not as pissed off as his wife Rennie looked.
Cheers - Hedley
It looks like it might be Roscoe Holcomb on the banjo cover.
I think you're right, Steven. To be fair they do look rather similar. Thin, grizzled old geezers, wearing glasses and playing a banjo.
Cheers - Hedley
Nice to see the Blanche album. I also saw them supporting the Handsome Family (in Manchester). I'd never heard of them at the time, but I was blown away by them, in fact I preffered them to The Handsome Family.
Got Digging You Up by Hazeldine, not listened to it in a long while but remember really enjoying it, will have to dig it out and give it a listen.
This tag was just made for you!
Thanks for watching, Pete. Yup, this one was right up my street. Although, I was hyper aware that much of what I showed was about 20 years old. Mind you, I was holding back some newer stuff for a couple of future videos.
I think Blanche only released two albums, I’ve heard their second but don’t have the CD. Yeah, they were clearly on the Handsome Family tour to increase their exposure. I’ve got a promo with a selection of songs from the album I bought at the gig…Or maybe it was a freebie? I remember the lead bloke was in the Johnny Cash film, Walk The Line, playing Luther Perkins of the Tennessee Two.
Cheers - Hedley
The Delmar Brothers, The Louvin Brothers, The Everley Brothers, The Outhere Brothers. Everybody say “Wey-ooo”.
I really like that Chas & Dave album. I bought it when it came out. As you say, the version of Ain’t No Pleasing You is just lovely.
I might try and have a crack at this, although it might be pretty basic.
WEY-OOO!
Pretty basic?
@@anotherfatbeardedmantalkin5893 I’m currently listening to your playlist. I’m gonna be humming that Old Ham song for days…
When I saw you uploading a vid for Americana... I'm in ! Nice that you stayed true to to genre in it's new context.. Ever since to term "Americana" was coined by DJ's heavily starting in the early 1990's. Calexico is my favorite, so far ! Steve and Justin Townes Earle are artists that I have been listening to .. Again ! Todd Snider is so so good. Vic Chesnutt would have been absolutely amazing to see live ! Oh My.. New Mexico's The Handsome family.. Cool ! Jim White is excellent.. I have a number of his albums on Cd. Nice one, Hedley 🤠
I am from Tucson and was very happy to see someone else out in the music world discussing Howe Gelb/Giant Sand. Hopefully viewers of you channel will check them out. They are great!
Hey Matthew, thanks for watching and taking the time to comment. I hope all is well in Tucson.
I think Howe Gelb is a hugely under-appreciated artist. Giant Sand and and his solo records are fabulous.
Cheers - Hedley
Hedley please do more posts, throw in your take on Lucinda Williams / Guy Clark / Lyle Lovett / Steve Earle etc !
Hey! I don't actually have any of Lucinda Williams' albums on vinyl, but I do have lots of the others...So you never know 🙂
Hi Hedley. I thought this would be right up your alley and actually tagged you for this. I do like Calexico but only have a couple of their albums. Most of my Americana artists seem to be even further out than 20 years ago. I have been trying to remedy that. You introduced me to quite a few new artists in you video. I liked seeing the Milk Carton Kids and if you like Everly Brothers tinged harmonies, I might suggest The Cactus Blossoms. I only have one album by The Handsome Family, but you have spurred me to give it a listen as I haven't played it in years. Along with introducing me to several new artists, there are quite a few that I am pretty familiar with such as Kelly Hogan, Iron & Wine, The Waco Brothers (Bloodshot was/is a fine label) and Todd Snider. Great response.
Hi Randy. Thanks for tagging me in, you were right, it was definitely up my musical street. I’ve not got to your video yet, but I’m looking forward to see your take.
I listened to the first Cactus Blossoms album, but nothing more recent. They sounded like the Everly Brothers were a big influence. In fact I very nearly showed the Everly’s Songs Our Daddy Taught Us, the stripped back arrangements really shows off their beautiful harmonies.
After the scandal which brought down Bloodshot, their new owners have resurrected the label and are promising vinyl releases of some choice albums from their back catalogue. Hopefully some of my favourites will be on the list.
Cheers - Hedley
Kim Deal was in The Breeders. I've never heard of Kelly.
I had that Blanche CD at one time but it flew the coop.
I am thinking of doing this as a comment since I don't do videos. I would have to include a bunch of folk and old timey artists. My entry would be 45s I had when I was 5.
Great and entertaining entry for his thread!
I’d love to hear your run-down, especially if you’re including some old timey music. Kelley Deal is Kim’s identical twin sister. She wasn’t on the first Breeders album, as she couldn’t get time off work apparently, but replaced Tanya Donnelly in the band when she left.
Cheers - Hedley
Great tag Hedley!! Love that Six String Drag record! Kelly Hogan, John Langford, Todd Snider and quite a few I’ve yet to discover. Always a pleasure watching your channel! ✌️
Hey Zack! Always fun to be able to show some Americana. It's shaped the last 25 years of my music listening, and continues to be.
A belated happy new year.
Cheers - Hedley
What’s the definition of Americana we’re using? Is it American Folk? Country, or Acoustic pop, etc?
Hey! I’d say it’s a music which looks to country and old school folk. Rootsy. Of course Americana could describe anything which comes from America; Jazz, Hip-Hop, Techno or R&B, but in practice it’s become used for music, art and design which looks backward. Have a listen to the playlist I put together, it should give you the idea of what I think Americana is.
I still think Calexico did the best ever cover of Alone Again Or ( even better than the Damneds' ).
I think i recall you showing Kassi Valazzi before, i streamed it and really liked it, so thanks for the reninder!.
I was lucky enough to see Vic Chesnutt in Birmingham at The Jug of Ale, probably around 1992, he played a battered old childs' sized acoustic guitar.Really engaged with the audience that were super respectful of the guy..i love his song
' Betty Lonely' heartbreaking and beautiful.
The audience kept asking permission to sing along to his songs and just laughed and said " hell yeah!!'.
I think Michael Stipe was a huge fan, was he also from Athens?.
Great video Hedley, i've learned lots here.
Hey Rob.
Yeah, their Alone Again Or with Nicolai Dunger on vocals is great. The Sadies did an amazing version when I saw them live in York years ago.
Very jealous you got to see Vic Chesnutt. Growing up in Malton, about 20 miles East of York, there wasn't a huge number of gigs to go to. We relied on acts coming to York, or Leeds when we had wheels.
Michael Stipe produced Vic's first album. There's a great song on his album Is The Actor Happy called Guilty By Association, which is a duet with Stipe.
Cheers - Hedley
Hedley, Hedley Hedley. I f I can respond it might be like many of your selections - 20+ years ago. I have seen a lot of unfamiliar artists in peoples responses. Thanks for the video, but I am not sure about pressure of a named challenge. - Chris
Sorry, Chris. I hate that passing of the buck, I should've had the balls to ignore it.
No worries. I appreciate the recognition, and am trying to figure out how I will handle this in my video.
Thanks for your selections. Much music for me to explore. Do you know the music of The Howard Hughes Suite? Ambient Americana from Wiltshire.
Hey, thanks for watching.
I’m not familiar with The Howard Hughes Suite, but I have listened to quite a few similar artists who use the pedal steel guitar to create ambient soundscapes. A number of years ago Uncut magazine had a free cover mounted CD of artists playing in that musical sandpit. Daniel Lanois was perhaps an early developer of the sound. I was actually listening to a new album by Gary Peters yesterday called Beginnings: Collected Pedal Steel Guitar Works, which is very similar thing.
Right, I’m off to check out The Howard Hughes Suite on Bandcamp.
Cheers - Hedley
@@anotherfatbeardedmantalkin5893 I'll have to give Gary Peters a listen. Lanois is terrific!! That Uncut CD would be a great listen. Hedley, perhaps there's a future video from you on pedal steel ambient soundscapes? Cheers !!
Have you listened to the Flat Five with Kelly Hogan? I'm a Todd Snider fan, could've gone with Beer Run. I have an original Jon Langford painting of Bruce Springsteen. Great video response!
Hey, Harry! I haven’t bought any of the Flat Five albums, but I have streamed them. I once had a lovely chat with Nora O’Connor after a gig about the music scene in Chicago, and bought a CDr from her. That’s great,and so is the album she released shortly afterwards, Til The Dawn.
I’m very jealous you have an original John Langford. That is so cool. He had an exhibition in London last year. I took a look online at the pictures for sale, but sadly they were a bit too pricey at the time. Maybe I’ll take a look again when my finances are a bit more rosey.
Cheers - Hedley