I've seen him a few times in Phoenix and he always puts on a great show. He's slowed down a bit with age, but he's still just a blast to go see.AMEN!
Robert Earl Keen has a bunch of really great songs.......
I am going to see him do his annual Christmas show this year at the Ryman. What a blast that show is. Last year I saw it in Midland TX and the year before @ Austin City Limits. It is now part of our annual Christmas festivities.
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I like that station....... just wish Mojo Nixon would tone it down with his language. I cannot listen to the station with our grandson in the car and he loves that music......his favorite song is REK/Todd Sniders "Play a Train Song."I find myself listening to Outlaw Country on Sirius more and more.
But when they play Hank3 I can't change the station quick enough.
for the threadAMEN!
Robert Earl Keen has a bunch of really great songs.......
I am going to see him do his annual Christmas show this year at the Ryman. What a blast that show is. Last year I saw it in Midland TX and the year before @ Austin City Limits. It is now part of our annual Christmas festivities.
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Takes place in Memphis, springtime (April-ish.) It's an outdoor show that's a mini-music festival (which they headline. Food trucks, vendors, all the works. It's a fun time.Lucero Family Picnic is now on my short list. When do they typically have that?
Thanks. Saw today that they announced the 2017 date as April 22nd. Going to try to make that one work.Takes place in Memphis, springtime (April-ish.) It's an outdoor show that's a mini-music festival (which they headline. Food trucks, vendors, all the works. It's a fun time.
If you do PM me and I'll meet ya for a beer or bite to eatThanks. Saw today that they announced the 2017 date as April 22nd. Going to try to make that one work.
Saw the full band twice in the last 18 months. They are still touring a lot as Old 97s. Rhett just tours more.Rhett played a small venue last time he was in MIlwaukee, and is coming back in February at an even smaller place. Great for fans, but I hope he's doing alright. Its been a few years since he had the band together as far as I know. Some of my friends know him pretty well, so we always get tickets and usually get to hang out in the back after the show. He's a great guy, fun to hang with.
Bob Wills is still the kingWho belongs on the Mount Rushmore of Texas musicians?
I think Bob Wills, Townes Van Zandt and Willie Nelson are three easy picks. Who is the fourth? ... Oh Duh, Buddy Holly.
That's a funny story and it will be a great show.Brief amusing story. A few weeks ago I convinced my reluctant wife to go with me to see Jason Isbell and she unexpectedly loved it. One of the few acts we agree on is Lyle Lovett, whom we've seen together twice. We also both love John Hiatt, but have never seen him. We've tried but life always gets in the way. So two days before Christmas I happen to be listening to a radio station out of Beaumont, about an hour away and I hear an ad for an upcoming Lyle Lovett/John Hiatt show in town. I immediately raced home and ordered tickets for us and printed the tickets and wrapped them up as a present to her and put it under the tree. She never listens to Beaumont radio so I figured she would be shocked.
Christmas morning we are waiting for our still-asleep niece to get up so we can open presents. My wife suggests we each pick one out for the other to open while we wait for the niece to wake up. I get her the Lyle/John tickets and she gets one for me. She opens it up and her eyes get real big and she goes Are these John Hiatt and Lyle Lovett tickets? I am shocked! Now open yours!"
Of course you know where this is going. She got me the same thing, almost the same seats. She had signed up for alerts any time John Hiatt shows were announced several years ago. Anyway, anybody want to go see them in Beaumont in February? I've got an extra pair.
This would require going to Beaumont, right?Brief amusing story. A few weeks ago I convinced my reluctant wife to go with me to see Jason Isbell and she unexpectedly loved it. One of the few acts we agree on is Lyle Lovett, whom we've seen together twice. We also both love John Hiatt, but have never seen him. We've tried but life always gets in the way. So two days before Christmas I happen to be listening to a radio station out of Beaumont, about an hour away and I hear an ad for an upcoming Lyle Lovett/John Hiatt show in town. I immediately raced home and ordered tickets for us and printed the tickets and wrapped them up as a present to her and put it under the tree. She never listens to Beaumont radio so I figured she would be shocked.
Christmas morning we are waiting for our still-asleep niece to get up so we can open presents. My wife suggests we each pick one out for the other to open while we wait for the niece to wake up. I get her the Lyle/John tickets and she gets one for me. She opens it up and her eyes get real big and she goes Are these John Hiatt and Lyle Lovett tickets? I am shocked! Now open yours!"
Of course you know where this is going. She got me the same thing, almost the same seats. She had signed up for alerts any time John Hiatt shows were announced several years ago. Anyway, anybody want to go see them in Beaumont in February? I've got an extra pair.
There's always a downside to everything good!RedmondLonghorn said:This would require going to Beaumont, right?
i don't. "Bro-country" is the label applied by people who think any song with a truck/hot girls/beer in it is the same. They're not. I'm fine with people who don't like particular songs...and I'm certainly guilty of not liking bands who NEVER do anything else than one type, but I don't like labels for groups of people.Okay, but you gotta admit that "Bro-Country" totally works as a label, right?
They are all helpful labels, in that they differentiate from the horrid and unlistenable mainstream "Modern" or "Young" country.i don't. "Bro-country" is the label applied by people who think any song with a truck/hot girls/beer in it is the same. They're not. I'm fine with people who don't like particular songs...and I'm certainly guilty of not liking bands who NEVER do anything else than one type, but I don't like labels for groups of people.
I think Alt Country is a bad label too. Texas country at least makes sense....a certain sound started there, like Bakersfield country. Alt-country, as it gets applied, is too broad to be helpful
meh, ok.They are all helpful labels, in that they differentiate from the horrid and unlistenable mainstream "Modern" or "Young" country.
I am no expert, for sure. But on Sirius, if it is on Outlaw or Roadhouse, I can usually listen to it, even if I don't love it.meh, ok.
e.g. I think a few of FlGaLine songs are horribly canned and too predictable. But "Dirt" and "H.O.L.Y." are well written.
but I like some parts of all the country genre, so you and I are very different there.
You tell me. (Note: questionable sound quality)
https://youtu.be/sFROU-4EOE0
My favorite tends to shift over time between Shake Your Magnolia, Like I Am, Good One Comin' On, and Pretty Little Lie.
2 things:Powerful and heartbreaking.
Ugh, at the risk of peppering this thread with shameless "look at me" posts, I recorded a live cover of this song alone in a room one evening four months after Chance passed away. It is the closest I've come to being able to incorporate anything even remotely related to his battle into a performance. It's just too hard.
https://youtu.be/UstrRQNM7ns
I get that you hate the pop crossover stuff...many do. But, like the genre, the Highway can surprise you. Played John Mayer - "In the Blood" the other day and it is SPECTACULAR. They also intro'd me to Midland and Luke Combs.I am no expert, for sure. But on Sirius, if it is on Outlaw or Roadhouse, I can usually listen to it, even if I don't love it.
All of their other country stations drive me away within a few seconds. Except the Bluegrass one, but that really is a different category in my mind.
There may be nothing more subjective than taste in music.I get that you hate the pop crossover stuff...many do. But, like the genre, the Highway can surprise you. Played John Mayer - "In the Blood" the other day and it is SPECTACULAR. They also intro'd me to Midland and Luke Combs.
Wow, so appreciate the kind words. It's a fun hobby. And, yes, I wear the godawful tericloth wristbands at every show. For better or worse, it's sorta my thing and people expect it. It does help keep the sweat off my playing hands, but I'd be lying if I said that was the only (or even primary) reason I wear them.2 things:
1) it's no wonder you do shows...damn, you're good at both the guitar AND the vocals.
2) what's the deal with guitars players and wristbands...whether leather (Aldean) or the Bjorn Borg wristbands you're sporting in the first (I HOPE those are for sweat)
DO I NEED TO BUY SOME, PLEASE ADVICE!!!
Horriblemeh, ok.
e.g. I think a few of FlGaLine songs are horribly canned and too predictable. But "Dirt" and "H.O.L.Y." are well written.
I've got Yoakum, Simpson, Stapleton, Isbell and Old 97s and recommend them all. Saw Isbell a week ago for the third time and it was a great show as usual.some recent stuff I'm digging:
Dwight Yoakum - Swimming Pools, Movie Stars
Sturgill Simpson - Sailor's Guide to Earth (yes, its a little less country than prior records)
DBT's 3 disk live record from 2015
OCMS - Blonde/Blonde tribute record
Margo Price Midwest Farmer's Daughter
Stapelton From a Room Vol. 1
Isbell's Nashville Sound
Old 97s Graveyard Whistling
Wearing this one out. Saw Rhett Miller solo acoustic last Saturday and he still has his fastball. He played "Jesus Loves You" (my favorite). "Good With God" and "She Hates Everyone" off of the new album and they sounded great.some recent stuff I'm digging:
Old 97s Graveyard Whistling
We've seen him solo and with the band in the past year. Great professionals, always tight, great shows. We have an in with Miller so usually get comped and spend some time with him after the show. Its one show that we never have any problems getting the ladies to join us. All the girls love Rhett - its been that way ever since I first saw him play about 20 years ago.Wearing this one out. Saw Rhett Miller solo acoustic last Saturday and he still has his fastball. He played "Jesus Loves You" (my favorite). "Good With God" and "She Hates Everyone" off of the new album and they sounded great.