Lucero 8/15 little silver heart

via youtube.com #1. This is my all-time favorite Lucero Song. #2. We have moved out of Americana at this point and decidedly into “Alt-Country”. #3. The lead singer looks like a fatter version of Brady Effler. Posted via web from Rob Alderman

Uncle Tupelo – Chickamauga (Video)

via youtube.com As promised…Farrar and Tweedy before the war. You can try to choose between them, but why do that when you can listen to them both at the same time? Just sayin… Posted via web from Rob Alderman

Son Volt on Austin City Limits

via youtube.com Like I said earlier, I love both Wilco and Son Volt, so in the interest of fairness, I wanted to give you a little live Son Volt. I listen to this a lot while I grade papers (like I’m doing this afternoon). I know that Jay doesn’t sing pretty, but it does my …

WILCO – GUN

via youtube.com You can tell an awful lot about an Americana fan (and a music fan in general) by how they feel about the breakup of Uncle Tupelo. Generally, most people fall into one of two camps. They love Jay Farrar or Jeff Tweedy, and then they feel the need to fight and argue over …

Vigilantes of Love – Solar System (live)

via youtube.com This afternoon, i’m going to shout out to a few of the greatest Americana bands you’ve ever seen, and none of them rank higher than this band out of Athens Georgia, The Vigilantes of Love. I chose this particular version of the song to kick off with because it features Kenny Hutchins on …

U-MV144.1 – Frank Black – Headache

via youtube.com Speaking of Frank, here is the greatest song he ever did in his solo career. (in my humble opinion…) It also happens to be the biggest single he had. This is usually not the case with great songwriters. Typically, their singles suck. Not this one. Posted via web from Rob Alderman