tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8757398021270225218.post4970898149688309301..comments2023-12-30T20:24:29.179-05:00Comments on Setting The Woods On Fire: The Last Of The Gram Parsons Originals - Gram's Solo AlbumsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8757398021270225218.post-5080179882288632072008-09-18T07:53:00.000-04:002008-09-18T07:53:00.000-04:00Well, I think I'm a 'Anodyne' man. It has a few of...Well, I think I'm a 'Anodyne' man. It has a few of my favorite Farrar songs on it (Chickamauga, Slate) and my favorite Tweedy song (Madrid) not to mention the definitive take of 'Give Back the Key to My Heart' by one of my beloved shaggy dogs, Doug Sahm (who I was fortunate enough to see perform with Son Volt at the Liberty Lunch in Austin in the mid-90's). Cheers to you for your opinions!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8757398021270225218.post-52644488471141145822008-09-17T17:08:00.000-04:002008-09-17T17:08:00.000-04:00The Son Volt Retrospective certai-nly has some gre...The Son Volt Retrospective certai-<BR/>nly has some great stuff on it. Medicine Hat is probably one of my favourite Son Volt songs and I also<BR/>enjoyed their versions of the Basement Tape's 'ain't no more cane'and their haunting take on Big Star's 'Holocaust'.<BR/> How about we end this discussion by naming our favourite Uncle Tupelo album while we're on the subject. In my experience UT fans usually fall into two camps, those that believe that they never bettered 'No Depression's raucous blast into a new era and those that<BR/>believe they peaked with 'Anodyne' the album they bowed out on.<BR/> Although all were of the highest quality for me personally my favourite is 'Still Feel Gone' which I felt was more cohesive than the debut, also containing some of the band's most powerful songs. Anyway, thanks vaughn for your comments and thanks Paul for letting us drag this post into all manner of directions. But we've ended with Jay Farrar, who in many ways is a natural heir of the Gram Parson's tradition even if he's probably more Woody Guthrie thse days.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8757398021270225218.post-16122554846781908852008-09-17T15:17:00.000-04:002008-09-17T15:17:00.000-04:00No need to apologize guys, I'm loving the discussi...No need to apologize guys, I'm loving the discussion, just too busy to join in right now. Keep it going. That's what this site is hear for.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07401395043889488168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8757398021270225218.post-53619830983317285402008-09-17T15:10:00.000-04:002008-09-17T15:10:00.000-04:00Yes Anonymous, the Jay Farrar/Son Volt thing is a ...Yes Anonymous, the Jay Farrar/Son Volt thing is a slow burning sound that burrows itself into psyche. TRACE is amazing but it set a standard that the rest of his work always had to measure against and most of it isn't "like" that record. The Son Volt Retrospective is a great collection, especially the acoustic versions. I'm a sucker for that version of 'Medicine Hat' off that.<BR/>Sorry Paul if we've taken over this comment section.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8757398021270225218.post-83527000352532547932008-09-16T15:08:00.000-04:002008-09-16T15:08:00.000-04:00I wouldn't disagree about Wilco to be honest. I ju...I wouldn't disagree about Wilco to be honest. I just thought that YHF was an ambitious, forward thinking album that was very much a 'cosmic rock' record in the spirit Gram Parsons envisioned. I really enjoyed YHF at the time but find myself returning more oten to Son Volt. Not just Trace either. Wide String Tremelo has grown to become a real favourite of mine too<BR/>as well as some of their more recent stuff. Not as immmediately welcoming as Wilco, maybe Jay Farrar just has more depth in his music. This summer I spent alot of time listening to Farrar's 'The Slaughter Rule' soundtrack and I highly reccomend it to any Jay Farrar fan that hasn't heard it yet.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8757398021270225218.post-17926634004791088512008-09-16T12:33:00.000-04:002008-09-16T12:33:00.000-04:00The Meat Puppets are a great choice! To be honest,...The Meat Puppets are a great choice! To be honest, I have a real bug up my ass when it comes to Wilco, I'm much more a Son Volt fan than am of them (I can't even define why exactly, and I really do love Wilco's, 'California Stars' song off of MERMAID AVENUE). There's just something about Wilco that I find arch. I feel the same about Conor Oberst too.<BR/>Now Gene Clark, there's the man, I have become such a Clark fantatic over the last ten years, I can't get enough of him.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8757398021270225218.post-84884080438128661542008-09-15T17:06:00.000-04:002008-09-15T17:06:00.000-04:00I can see where your coming from with 'Workingmans...I can see where your coming from with 'Workingmans Dead' and most people would probably sgree with you but 'American Beauty' has always been my favourite of the two. Totally agree about the Band's brown album which certainly fits the bill perfectly, as does 'The Fantastic Expedition Of Dillard and Clark' which is another shining example of the unique majesty of Gene Clark at his best. 'Exile's a good shout also.<BR/> How about 'Up On the Sun' and 'Yankee Hotel Foxtrot' as two more recent albums that encompass the continuing progression and ambition of Gram's cosmic vision.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8757398021270225218.post-88915209662950373702008-09-15T15:41:00.000-04:002008-09-15T15:41:00.000-04:00I always thought 'WORKINGMAN'S DEAD' was a better ...I always thought 'WORKINGMAN'S DEAD' was a better album than 'AMERICAN BEAUTY' in that regard (it's all subjective) but The Band's eponymous THE BAND(the brown album) certainly set the bar high on that scale. <BR/>Other candidates are 'The Fantastic Expedition of Dillard and Clark'(too bad Gene Clark couldn't have held on to that longer). Also, the Rolling Stone's EXILE ON MAIN STREET is their amazing take on the Gram formula and probably wouldn't exist if Keith hadn't met Gram (of course Gram might STILL exist if he hadn't met Keith)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8757398021270225218.post-8930855814137830002008-09-14T14:11:00.000-04:002008-09-14T14:11:00.000-04:00I disagree about the not especially cosmic influen...I disagree about the not especially cosmic influences. The Everly Brothers 'Roots' is certainly one of the most blissed out, cosmic American records I have ever heard, and one of the best country rock albums of the era. And if Gram coined the termthen in my opinion Michael Nesmith epitomised the sound wonderfully on his 'Magnetic South' and 'Loose Salute' albums. Can anyone think of the ultimate 'Cosmic American' album of all time, one that truly captures the spirit, ambition and vision that Gram Parsons had in mind. 'American Beauty' would be another album that springs to mind with Gene Clark's 'No Other' perhaps being the best and most ambitious intepretation of Gram Parson's cosmic vision to date. Can anyone think of a better example, or a more recent one?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8757398021270225218.post-5256268179854727512008-09-14T05:25:00.000-04:002008-09-14T05:25:00.000-04:00This is really wonderful. I feel like I've found a...This is really wonderful. I feel like I've found a diamond mine. Thanks a lot.<BR/><BR/>Nigel<BR/><BR/>PS - If any of you want to hear/download some great boozing songs, I've just posted a half dozen on my blog:<BR/><A HREF="http://carnivalsaloon.blogspot.com/2008/09/six-pack-to-go.html" REL="nofollow">Carnival Saloon: Six-Pack To Go</A>Nigel Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02785166677784087005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8757398021270225218.post-49062009522938650052008-09-12T19:05:00.000-04:002008-09-12T19:05:00.000-04:00Thanks a lot Paul for this great series of Gram re...Thanks a lot Paul for this great series of Gram related posts. Keep doin what yer doin.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8757398021270225218.post-6160042166747534262008-09-11T10:03:00.000-04:002008-09-11T10:03:00.000-04:00Well said, Vaughn!Well said, Vaughn!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8757398021270225218.post-74900828541386757342008-09-11T08:20:00.000-04:002008-09-11T08:20:00.000-04:00Thanks for all of these compilations.I've been a G...Thanks for all of these compilations.<BR/>I've been a Gram devotee for sometime now but hearing these versions (in a sense, what Gram heard) gives a greater depth of understanding to what he was trying to do with his art. He was a success to these ears, in a major way.<BR/>Old-school Country music owes as much to Gram as he owed to it. He was a curator as well as a creator. He exposed many to some of the best music this country has to offer through his "Cosmic" influence. And most of those changed by what he has wrought don't even know who Gram Parsons is. I think he would have found perverse joy in that. <BR/>Long live Gram Parsons!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8757398021270225218.post-39785067221322559172008-09-09T19:24:00.000-04:002008-09-09T19:24:00.000-04:00The four influences above supplied the "American M...The four influences above supplied the "American Music" portion of "Cosmic American Music." The "Cosmic" portion of the equation was supplied by another kind of "influence" that was not musical.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8757398021270225218.post-25309427879306629402008-09-09T19:13:00.000-04:002008-09-09T19:13:00.000-04:00None of those influences strike me as especially c...None of those influences strike me as especially cosmic, though, man.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8757398021270225218.post-29237393549743946182008-09-09T10:52:00.000-04:002008-09-09T10:52:00.000-04:00The missing track will be posted next week, when m...The missing track will be posted next week, when my new CD arrives in the mail.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8757398021270225218.post-53151745098839683132008-09-09T10:46:00.000-04:002008-09-09T10:46:00.000-04:00This is excellent! Thanks so much.This is excellent! Thanks so much.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8757398021270225218.post-67995958569208205102008-09-09T10:30:00.000-04:002008-09-09T10:30:00.000-04:00I WISH I had the original of We'll Sweep Out the A...I WISH I had the original of We'll Sweep Out the Ashes. The cover may be my favorite Gram Parsons song of all. But Streets of Baltimore and California Cotton Fields are great, and so is That's All It Took. Thanks, Paul, for another great post.<BR/><BR/>MarcAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8757398021270225218.post-90052618251478713242008-09-09T02:30:00.000-04:002008-09-09T02:30:00.000-04:00great posting, just awesome.came here via thehypem...great posting, just awesome.<BR/>came here via thehypemachine.com<BR/>ill be checking back on you guys...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8757398021270225218.post-23277613959948959582008-09-09T00:58:00.000-04:002008-09-09T00:58:00.000-04:00Oh yeah! I don't have that one. Anybody???Oh yeah! I don't have that one. Anybody???Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07401395043889488168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8757398021270225218.post-79831402661716635412008-09-09T00:27:00.000-04:002008-09-09T00:27:00.000-04:00You missed Carl Butler and Pearl's "We'll Sweep Ou...You missed Carl Butler and Pearl's "We'll Sweep Out the Ashes In the Morning" but thanks! Especially happy about "That's All It Took"<BR/><BR/>Allen from CalgaryAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com