***********Official Red Dirt Country Thread***********

Not red dirt but it's definitely been a Keith Whitley type of evening. Gone too soon, one of the great voices of all time.

 

My buddy is playing drums for Bleu now.

 

Sounds like Evan Felker (Turnpike) had an extremely rough night sobriety wise at Steamboat yesterday. All over twitter how messed up and bad he looked/acted/sounded during their set, saw posts of support from BJ Barham (American Aquarium) and Jason Boland's drummer among others.

Think most of us that have seen them live have caught a bad show from him, but apparently last night was rock bottom of sorts. Hope he gets some help.

Had a friend at Hangover Ball the other night that said he was worse than usual there too.

 

Yeah, I've told the story here but I've seen him get so slammed that he forgot his fellow band members names during the intros. I not spending any more money seeing them live. I'm 5/5 on "Wow he's way too fucked up" shows.

 

I caught them in November in Atlanta, and they were very good. No issues there, but they didn't play an extremely long set, no encore and he mentioned being ready to get to the bar a couple times during the show. Time before I caught a bad one in Memphis where he was forgetting words in the middle of songs and had to move to the next.

 

Yeah, that's about right. He gets this thousand yard stare, stops interacting with the crowd, and seems like he's trying with everything he has to remember the words. Eventually he'll miss an entire verse and they will wrap up the set with no encore after 1-2 more songs.

 

To me it sounds like more of a problem than just "cutting it out".

Didn't Randy Rogers or someone in another band have to go to rehab? Josh Abbott maybe?

 

Didn't Jason Boland?

 

Maybe that's who it was. Think Rogers is the one who got caught cheating

 

Boland had a legit problem and went to rehab. Josh Abbott became a self righteous faggot who got caught cheating on his wife and blamed it on drinking. Then he became an ultra look at me faggot about not drinking anymore

 

Know Josh Abbott admitted he had an alcohol problem right around the time the cheating stuff came out.

 

Boland went to rehab and Abbot cheated

 

Rogers is only guilty of making shitty music for the last 5 years.

 

Jinks is great.

Check out John Moreland if you haven't already.

 

John Moreland is so ridiculously good

 

^^no idea if good, but dawes and john moreland is good enough for me

 

yeah he's a big fella. and tatted up all down his arms. haven't seen him live yet. He's opening for Isbell across Europe in January

 

Wish Dave Cobb could've got Moreland onto that Southern Family concept record he's putting out in March.

 

what is this. Cobb is so huge now, it's great

 

Southern Family, the new compilation album from producer Dave Cobb, is already one of the most anticipated releases of 2016. The record unites country radio stars like Zac Brown and Miranda Lambert with Americana favorites Jason Isbell and John Paul White for a tribute to songs of the south.

The Black Crowes' Rich Robinson, Shooter Jennings, Holly Williams and Brandy Clark also contribute. It's an ambitious project, and one that Cobb was initially hesitant about pursuing.

"Can you imagine going into a major label and saying, 'Hey, I have this great idea for a concept record?'" he tells Rolling Stone Country. "It's usually the last thing that somebody wants to hear."

Instead, Southern Family got the green light and will be released March 18th on Cobb's Low Country Sound, an imprint of Elektra Records. Cobb spoke at length about the album during an interview with Rolling Stone Country at Nashville's RCA Studio A, where he was recording "You Are My Sunshine," Morgane Stapleton's contribution to the project, which features her husband Chris Stapleton.

What was the genesis for Southern Family?
Southern Family started because there was a record that got me into a lot of good music and really changed my life, White Mansions. It's a concept record about the American Civil War, written by an English guy, Paul Kennerley, who had never been to America. He just summed it up so well. Everything on that record spoke to me. I've been possessed with it and I try to convert everybody to it for years. I really steal half of my tricks from that one record.

Where did the idea come from to make a concept album? They're not exactly en vogue in the age of the single.
A friend and I were talking and he said, 'You should make a concept record.' I laughed him off the phone. . . But the more I thought about it. . .it came to me: Southern Family, because everybody has a great story, about their parents, their grandparents, brother, sister. Everybody has an intimate story and it was something that everybody could relate to. I wanted to have really talented artists custom write and do songs that mean a lot to them, and also just make the song that maybe they wouldn't put on their record: the deep song, or the song that doesn't fit in the queue or wouldn't be a single. I wanted them to do the most honest song they could possibly do.

And people really brought it and poured their hearts out. They were enjoying the fact that they could do a song that wasn't precious or didn't have to fit a mold. It was a song they wouldn't put on their album, and it's been a lot of fun.

In the Stapletons' case, they actually cover "You Are My Sunshine." Does that fit in the Southern Family template?
Yeah, they're songs that mean a lot to them. "You Are My Sunshine," that's a song you hear from birth.

So, boiled down, what is the concept?
The concept is Southern family. It's everybody writing personal songs about their family growing up in the south. And the second bigger concept is taking all these talented artists and putting them all together. Selfishly, I wanted Chris to be on the same record as Jason Isbell, and Morgane to be on the same record as John Paul White or any of the other people who have done it. We got really fortunate and it keeps growing.

It's about bringing these artists that are right under the surface. I think the Stapletons and Isbell and all these artists are artists that are going to matter in the future. They are legitimate timeless artists and this scene is bubbling right under a lot of people's ears. It's strength in numbers of having so many gifted, talented artists together, unify, and make one record for the right reason.

And by the scene, you mean today's singer-songwriter renaissance?
Yeah. It really is capturing the John Prines of the future. None of us can ever be him, but it's about these caliber of artists that really write something and sing something that matters. Putting them all together is like forming a football team of tough people.



Read more: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/n...-southern-family-album-20151228#ixzz3wcgOSuo8
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1. John Paul White, “Simple Song”
2. Jason Isbell, “God Is a Working Man”
3. Brent Cobb, “Down Home”
4. Miranda Lambert, “Sweet By and By”
5. Morgane Stapleton with Chris Stapleton, “You Are My Sunshine”
6. Zac Brown, “Grandma’s Garden”
7. Jamey Johnson, “Momma’s Table”
8. Anderson East, “Learning”
9. Holly Williams, “Settle Down”
10. Brandy Clark, “I Cried”
11. Shooter Jennings, “Can You Come Over?”
12. Rich Robinson (featuring the Settles Connection), “The Way Home”

 

Drinking problems? This is country music fuckers.

 

Uhhhh...when did he "stop" drinking?

I had him drinking straight from a fireball whiskey bottle at LJT.

 

For a little while he did after his wife caught him. He did a show here with Daryl Singletary, Randy, and Stoney and when they brought shots to the back of the stage Josh walked up to the microphone to announce that he didn't need the shot because he wasn't drinking anymore. It was incredibly douchey

 

Saw them in Charlotte around Halloween and they were really good. Hopefully he gets it together cause they have a great sound.

 

New Randy Rogers Band album out tomorrow. Have liked everything I've heard off of it so far.

https://www.yahoo.com/music/song-premiere-the-randy-rogers-band-team-up-with-201728804.html

http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2015...lutes-texas-in-new-song-san-antone-exclusive/

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/n...auss-salute-the-gypsy-life-on-yonder-20160107

 

Jamey Johnson

 

new RRB is definitely good. Just finished up first listen.

 

One of the GOAT songs.

 

First song off of Hayes Carll's upcoming new album.

http://www.npr.org/2016/01/19/463184888/songs-we-love-hayes-carll-the-love-that-we-need

 

Just started listening to him semi-recently. Good stuff.

 

EdmondDantes You should come to Lincoln for the Troubadours show on Feb 13th. Nebrasketball plays early in the day and then the Troubadours that night.

 

One of the best.

 

So I was listening to Kasey Anderson and was wondering why he hadn't made a record in a few years. And read this on his wiki...that'll put a dent in your recording career:

 

Bingham at Billy Bob's tonight

 

I'm smashed and there's no go good RDC no good tonight.


wtx

 

Bingham is the absolute fucking man. Nearly cried when he played Hallelujah, nearly came when he covered Atlantic City.

Have nearly $100 in singles in my wallet from the post concert strippy trip.

Great weekend.

 

I had an Evan Felker night. Don't remember writing this or what I was trying to say.

 

John Moreland making his network TV debut on Colbert tonight.

 

Can't wait to see him at Bonnaroo. I was really surprised to see him on the lineup.

Stapleton, Isbell, and Moreland. Not bad.

 

Doesn't seem like a Bonnaroo type of guy, but glad he's getting more pub for sure.