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@DaveInDenver The work Alan Lomax did can never be overstated. The concept of “American music” essentially owes all praise to Lomax.

Here’s my favorite Sam Chatmon video:
 
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@DaveInDenver The work Alan Lomax did can never be overstated. The concept of “American music” essentially owes all praise to Lomax.
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Hard to say.

Sure, yes of course Alan (and to give full credit his father, John, as well) Lomax.

But Ralph Peer and his remote recordings. For my money he's the guy.

Hat tip to Don Law, Art Satherley and especially Ernie Oertle. Everyone knows why them.

Not to forget Richard Jones and Clarence Williams at OKeh.

And George Hay and his WSM Barn Dance.

It's impossible to read, listen, watch or digest it all.

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The Land Where the Blues Began | Folkstreams

In the late 1970s Alan Lomax traveled to Mississippi with filmmaker John Bishop and folklorist Worth Long and made this film about the African American…
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View: https://youtu.be/o-nr1nNC3ds


"Pedestrian at Best"
Courtney Barnett
Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit (2015)

I love you, I hate you, I'm on the fence, it all depends
Whether I'm up or down, I'm on the mend, transcending all reality
I like you, despise you, admire you
What are we gonna do when everything all falls through?
I must confess, I've made a mess of what should be a small success
But I digress, at least I've tried my very best, I guess
This, that, the other, why even bother?
It won't be with me on my deathbed, but I'll still be in your head
 
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@DaveInDenver those first two albums she put out are pretty dang good. I’ve said it before but there’s tons of cool stuff coming out of Australia the last decade or so.
 
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Going to see the Maria Schneider Orchestra in about an hour at the Newman Center at DU. Fine, very fine, Friday Night Music!
 
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Been digging on yet another Aussie. Kind of Courtney Barnett meets Liz Phair.


View: https://youtu.be/bE2iwUwRh68


"You'll Never Get Your Money Back"
Alex Lahey
The Answer Is Always Yes (2023)


I respect anyone who covers The Bottlerockets (really, that puts you in the John Hiatt orbit), Lucinda Williams, Emmylou Harris and Steve Earle. Plus they're local to Boulder. Heck yeah! I'm not sure if it's intentional channeling Dolly Parton and Dwight Yoakam with "Two Doors Down" but I like it either way.


View: https://youtu.be/BLHUSUz0V78


"Two Doors Down"
Mackenzie Rae & Buckshot Moon


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nGiJwAOT1Y


"Welfare Music" and "Guitar Town" and "Can't Let Go" and "Two More Bottles Of Wine" (that I recognized anyway)
Mackenzie Rae & Buckshot Moon
 
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Listening to a show called "Studio B" that's hosted by a dude named Dave W. Phillips and is broadcast on a station here in GJ, KWSI 100.3. The show is on Friday nights but it's not real clear to me who it is or where it's coming from originally. But to, no doubt, the delight of @Hulk it's pretty much Pitchfork but even more obscure indie music.

Anyway, I liked a couple and was able to find them on Youtube, so here you go.


View: https://youtu.be/llAxZSW3Dac


"High Tea"
HotWax
Invite me, kindly EP (2023)



View: https://youtu.be/A7DG7zGzVUc


"Knocking on the Door"
The Bites
Squeeze (2023)
 
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It first came to my attention that bluegrass bands were covering Nirvana when I went to a show at Cervantes way back in November 2017.

That Pickin' On Nirvana was made of Colorado bluegrass bands.

Frank Wott (Big Time Rascals) on doghouse bass
John Bush (Burn It Blue) on guitar
Chris Elliott (Ragged Union) on banjo
Jess Rose Moidel (Shaky Hand String Band) on fiddle
Steven Homan (Big Time Rascals) on drums

To my surprise there was another band who did a real record of Nirvana songs. These guys, Iron Horse, come from, where else, but Muscle Shoals (technically from Killen), Alabama.


View: https://youtu.be/yckGkBAobJA


In this version Iron Horse
Vance Henry (guitar)
Anthony Richardson (banjo)
Ricky Rogers (bass)
Tony Robertson (mandolin)

I'd like to credit the drums but I'm not sure who is playing here. Sorry Mr. (Seriously?) A Drummer In A Bluegrass Band Guy.


FWIW, a few props to the local guys.

Rueben's Train is very old American folk song, probably from the 19th century but the first known recording was perhaps 1905 and it's a staple covered to this day by old tyme, bluegrass, country and many others. Billy Strings does it a lot.


View: https://youtu.be/u9BawoeC_gY

This is the whole show. I'm pretty sure I've mentioned Ragged Union before.


View: https://youtu.be/7C6k9a5qZ_0

More beer, bluegrass and Nirvana.


View: https://youtu.be/AasMODC99UE

You old timers, recognize this perhaps since Thin Lizzy covered this song, which is an old Irish folk song. The Dead and The Dubliners did it, Metallic did, too. U2 and The Pogues have also. This version is much closer to the Phil Lynott version than the traditional one, though.

www.irishcentral.com

The history of Ireland's beloved "Whiskey in the Jar"

The story behind one of Ireland's best-known ballads "Whiskey in the Jar," which has gone on to be covered by the likes of Thin Lizzy, Metallica, and even The Grateful Dead.
www.irishcentral.com www.irishcentral.com


View: https://youtu.be/lYgJmnEkSGU
 
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@DaveInDenver Speaking of bluegrass - and as I sit in the parking lot of King Sooper with the dog while Karen grabs camping supplies - I just found out my buddy Martin Gilmore won the songwriter’s contest at the Telluride Bluegrass Festival. Couldn’t have happened to a more talented, nicer guy.

Here he is covering Bill Monroe
 
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