I've been searching for good live Slobberbone recordings for a while now and man, this is it. Download this show! Originally an FM radio broadcast, I'd classify the sound as "great bootleg quality". The band is in their prime and on fire. Live rock and roll doesn't get much better than this.
Do you have the megaupload link for this? I had it but lost it in a PC crash, and Nathans has been shut down - I'd appreciate it if u could hook me up.
I got a few Slobberbone boots as well as Brent Best's "Gumdrop" on my site, welfare-music.blogspot.com
I also am the head honcho of In The Aisles, a music/humor/look-at-how-awesome-I-am-newsletter that's been going strong (OK, not that strong) for 9 years now.
This is about "American Rock" - loud guitars, sweat, beer on the floor - music by bands that spent as much time in the their basements as a kid listening to Neil Young and Crazy Horse rock the fuck out as I did .
I'm talking out bands like Slobberbone, Uncle Tupelo, Two Cow Garage, Oakley Hall, Lucero, Drive By Truckers, Glossary, Old 97s. And there's the more main-stream bands like Wilco, Cracker... Did I mention Slobberbone?
labels that don't work for me:
"alt-country" - usually too country for me. I grew up in Queens, NY for christsakes - I have a country music threshold that shouldn't be exceeded
"roots-rock" - usually too wussy for me
"country-rock" - not bad, but often ends up leaning too much towards the wussy side of the aisle. I want more rocking.
"southern rock" - brings up mental images of a 42-year old diesel mechanic* with a beer gut and a black Harley shirt on at an Outlaws concert with his toofless old lady
* I've got nothing agaist diesel mechanics. I'm just trying to paint a picture here folks
So I ended up with the admittedly vague/broad "American Rock". If you don't like it:
(1) too bad
and/or
(2) suggest a better label. I'll consider it. If it doesn't totally suck.
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Do you have the megaupload link for this? I had it but lost it in a PC crash, and Nathans has been shut down - I'd appreciate it if u could hook me up.
I got a few Slobberbone boots as well as Brent Best's "Gumdrop" on my site, welfare-music.blogspot.com
thanks
Smitty
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