alt.music.no-depression FAQ (monthly posting)
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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?
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.
2. What kind of music is it?
Punk meets honky-tonk, old weepers meet The Stones,
countripolitan meets scruff-rock. Also called Americana, Alt-Country
insurgent country.
3. What are the seminal recordings?
Uncle Tupelo - No Depression
Wilco - A.M.
Whiskeytown - Strangers Almanac
Steve Earle - Exit 0
Old 97's - Wreck Your Life
Jayhawks - Hollywood Town Hall
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
5. Who are the bands that might come to my town?
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
6. Who are the up-and-coming new people?
Neko Case
Tift Merritt
The Pine Valley Cosmonauts
Waco Brothers
7. What are the good clubs around the country to see this stuff live?
Atlanta
Star Bar
The EARL
Variety Playhouse
Smith's Old Bar
Boston
T T The Bears
The Middle East
The Plough and Stars
Dallas
Gypsy Tearoom
Minneapolis
First Avenue \ 7th Street Entry
Lee's Liquor Bar
400 Bar
The Turf Club
NYC
C-Note
8. Where can I find more info?
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