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- 1. What's with the name No Depression?
- 2. What kind of music is it?
- 3. What are the seminal recordings?
- 4. What bands used to play this stuff but don't really anymore even though
- we still talk about them?
- 5. Who are the bands that might come to my town?
- 6. Who are the up-and-coming new people?
- 7. What are the good clubs around the country to see these guys live?
- 8. Where can I find more info?
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- 1. What's with the name No Depression?
-
- There was an old Carter Family song with that name that a band called
- Uncle Tupelo used as the title song of their first big record. Then
- a chat group started on AOL with that name. Then one of the people
- on that list (Grant Alden?) started a magazine with that name in 1995.
- Then Scott Smith newgrouped alt.music.no-depression in 1999.
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- 2. What kind of music is it?
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- Punk meets honky-tonk, old weepers meet The Stones,
- countripolitan meets scruff-rock. Also called Americana, Alt-Country
- insurgent country.
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- 3. What are the seminal recordings?
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- Uncle Tupelo - No Depression
- Wilco - A.M.
- Whiskeytown - Strangers Almanac
- Steve Earle - Exit 0
- Old 97's - Wreck Your Life
- Jayhawks - Hollywood Town Hall
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- 4. What people used to play this stuff but don't really anymore even though
- we still talk about them?
-
- Wilco, Ryan Adams, Old 97's
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- 5. Who are the bands that might come to my town?
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- Caitlin Cary
- Neko Case
- The Derailers
- Steve Earle
- Tim Easton
- Alejandro Escovedo
- Jay Farrar
- Flatlanders
- Jayhawks
- Robert Earl Keen
- Jim Lauderdale
- Doug Martsch
- Mekons
- Buddy & Julie Miller
- Rhett Miller
- Billy Joe Shaver
- Supersuckers
- Lucinda Williams
- Victoria Williams and the Creekdippers
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- 6. Who are the up-and-coming new people?
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- Neko Case
- Tift Merritt
- The Pine Valley Cosmonauts
- Waco Brothers
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- 7. What are the good clubs around the country to see this stuff live?
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- Atlanta
- Star Bar
- The EARL
- Variety Playhouse
- Smith's Old Bar
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- Boston
- T T The Bears
- The Middle East
- The Plough and Stars
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- Dallas
- Gypsy Tearoom
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- Minneapolis
- First Avenue \ 7th Street Entry
- Lee's Liquor Bar
- 400 Bar
- The Turf Club
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- NYC
- C-Note
-
- 8. Where can I find more info?
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- http://milesofmusic.com
- CD sales with links to all music reviewed in No Depression
-
- http://www.gumbopages.com/music/insurgent.html
- Nice overview of the music
-
- Pick up a copy of No Depression at your local newstand
- or go their website http://www.nodepression.net/
-
- "Modern Twang: An Alternative Country Music Guide and Directory"
- by David Goodman. Record reviews and band profiles (438 pages)
- Excellent book
-
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