Gibson Guitars blog continue their survey of random alt.country categorization (see Top 5 Essential Alt-Country Albums , 3 Great Alt-Country Obscurities and a nice write up on the Byrds, Flying Burrito Brothers and Uncle Tupelo pedal steel player Sneaky Pete Kleinow) with the excellent addition of the Top 10 Alt-Country Guitarists. Just one question, where the heck is Kenny Vaughn (Lucinda Williams, Marty Stuart) on this list?
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Totally agree! Where is Vaughn? Otherwise, I’m okay with the list. Great post!
Anyways, I thought of “Twangnation” recently when i saw these guys in philly: http://www.myspace.com/thehumblefishermen
They were drunker than hell but making really interesting music. Making quite a buzz out there, but elusive as hell with press. I’m irreversibly converted, now. Think 90’s – Soft Bulletin, Palace Brothers, etc. , “A Pre Vampire Weekend†heaven. Really cool stuff.
I’m usually one of those secret readers, but I can’t shut up about this. I was wondering if you know anything about them. You usually have a good grip on obscure avant-garde folk/country happenings. Well this is the truth. These guys will make the album of this decade.
So, basically, I’m in.
Hey hardgoldenarms, thanks for reading. I’ll check out the humble fishermen, if they sound that good drunk who knows what they might do sober!