LightningBolt Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 So over the past few months, I've been really getting into these kinds of music, but I'm mostly only familiar with the basics and not much else. Wondering if anyone can point me towards some good albums from these genres. Also anything that's kind of related to these genres could work, too, like folk and country rock can sometimes be pretty close. I was hesitant to include heartland rock because I think a lot of it tends to be pretty bad, but I think it fits the general theme. Anyway, started putting together a Spotify playlist with some albums from these genres and this is what I have:The Band - The BandBob Dylan - Blood on the TracksBob Dylan - Live 1966, The "Royal Albert Hall" ConcertBob Dylan - Modern TimesBob Dylan - Nashville SkylineBob Dylan - TempestBruce Springsteen - Born in the U.S.A.Bruce Springsteen - Born to RunBruce Springsteen - Darkness on the Edge of TownBruce Springsteen - Greetings from Asbury Park, NJBruce Springsteen - Hammersmith Odeon, London '75Bruce Springsteen - NebraskaBruce Springsteen - The PromiseBruce Springsteen - The RiverBruce Springsteen - The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street ShuffleBruce Springsteen - We Shall Overcome: The Seeger SessionsGrateful Dead - Workingman's DeadNeil Young - After the Gold RushNeil Young - Everybody Knows This is NowhereNeil Young - HarvestNeil Young - Le NoiseNeil Young - Live at Massey Hall 1971Neil Young - On the BeachNeil Young - Psychedelic PillNeil Young - Tonight's the NightNeil Young - ZumaRod Stewart - Gasoline AlleyRod Stewart - Every Picture Tells a StoryThe Tallest Man on Earth - The Wild HuntThe Tallest Man on Earth - There's No Leaving NowThe War on Drugs - Lost In the DreamAny recommendations would be welcomed. In particular, newer bands I find are pretty rare in this style. I found out about The War on Drugs not very long ago and loved Lost in the Dream. I've been a fan of The Tallest Man on Earth for a while now. A few indie bands like The Gaslight Anthem, The Killers, and The Hold Steady do the heartland thing but I think they're pretty mediocre, though it's been a while since I've listened to The Gaslight Anthem or The Hold Steady so I'm open to revisiting those albums. Not big on The Killers, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan H. Posted August 1, 2014 Share Posted August 1, 2014 I was gonna say Sam's Town Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixes Posted August 1, 2014 Share Posted August 1, 2014 Uncle TupeloSon VoltLucinda WilliamsGram ParsonsWilcoWhiskeytownCalexicoGillian WelchBonnie Prince BillyBon IverAmerican Music ClubIris DementM Ward 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightningBolt Posted August 1, 2014 Author Share Posted August 1, 2014 I was gonna say Sam's TownSam's Town isn't too bad but I feel like all their albums suffer from having really good singles but really meh deeper cuts. I could probably add the singles, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RussTCB Posted August 1, 2014 Share Posted August 1, 2014 The Lone Bellow 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Streetchild Posted August 1, 2014 Share Posted August 1, 2014 Jimmy LafaveHe did some great Bob Dylan covers, but also has some great songs by himself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightningBolt Posted August 2, 2014 Author Share Posted August 2, 2014 Uncle TupeloSon VoltLucinda WilliamsGram ParsonsWilcoWhiskeytownCalexicoGillian WelchBonnie Prince BillyBon IverAmerican Music ClubIris DementM WardListened to Lucinda Williams' Car Wheels on a Gravel Road and listening to Wilco's and Billy Bragg's Mermaid Avenue Vol. II right now and they're both great. Thanks for the suggestions. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zint Posted August 2, 2014 Share Posted August 2, 2014 John Mellencamp 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightningBolt Posted August 2, 2014 Author Share Posted August 2, 2014 John MellencampI actually forgot about him somehow. He's not my favorite but I really like his album from a few years ago No Better Than This. I think it's his best album by far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan H. Posted August 2, 2014 Share Posted August 2, 2014 (edited) Uncle TupeloSon VoltLucinda WilliamsGram ParsonsWilcoWhiskeytownCalexicoGillian WelchBonnie Prince BillyBon IverAmerican Music ClubIris DementM Ward Listened to Lucinda Williams' Car Wheels on a Gravel Road and listening to Wilco's and Billy Bragg's Mermaid Avenue Vol. II right now and they're both great. Thanks for the suggestions.Sky Blue Sky and Yankee Hotel Foxtrot are Wilcos best, I suggest those two albums if you haven't already heard them.Alsohttp://youtu.be/knII3S0MZtYhttp://youtu.be/fvj2OzKnpVM Edited August 2, 2014 by LiveFromNormal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixes Posted August 2, 2014 Share Posted August 2, 2014 Uncle TupeloSon VoltLucinda WilliamsGram ParsonsWilcoWhiskeytownCalexicoGillian WelchBonnie Prince BillyBon IverAmerican Music ClubIris DementM WardListened to Lucinda Williams' Car Wheels on a Gravel Road and listening to Wilco's and Billy Bragg's Mermaid Avenue Vol. II right now and they're both great. Thanks for the suggestions.Car Wheels is such a great album...that's what introduced me to her and she's become one of my all time favoritesWilco is spun off of Uncle Tupelo (as is Son Volt)...they have veered drastically from their original roots sounding albums and have become one of the most experimental and challenging bands of the past 20 years. Can't say enough good things about them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan H. Posted August 2, 2014 Share Posted August 2, 2014 Uncle TupeloSon VoltLucinda WilliamsGram ParsonsWilcoWhiskeytownCalexicoGillian WelchBonnie Prince BillyBon IverAmerican Music ClubIris DementM Ward Listened to Lucinda Williams' Car Wheels on a Gravel Road and listening to Wilco's and Billy Bragg's Mermaid Avenue Vol. II right now and they're both great. Thanks for the suggestions. Car Wheels is such a great album...that's what introduced me to her and she's become one of my all time favoritesWilco is spun off of Uncle Tupelo (as is Son Volt)...they have veered drastically from their original roots sounding albums and have become one of the most experimental and challenging bands of the past 20 years. Can't say enough good things about them.Wilco is phenomenal. This dude knows what's up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightningBolt Posted August 3, 2014 Author Share Posted August 3, 2014 Uncle TupeloSon VoltLucinda WilliamsGram ParsonsWilcoWhiskeytownCalexicoGillian WelchBonnie Prince BillyBon IverAmerican Music ClubIris DementM Ward Listened to Lucinda Williams' Car Wheels on a Gravel Road and listening to Wilco's and Billy Bragg's Mermaid Avenue Vol. II right now and they're both great. Thanks for the suggestions. Car Wheels is such a great album...that's what introduced me to her and she's become one of my all time favoritesWilco is spun off of Uncle Tupelo (as is Son Volt)...they have veered drastically from their original roots sounding albums and have become one of the most experimental and challenging bands of the past 20 years. Can't say enough good things about them.Wilco is phenomenal. This dude knows what's up.I've actually been meaning to listen to Wilco for quite a while now but never knew they were this type of music, though it sounds like their style expanded pretty far beyond it at some point. I'll be making my way through their discography for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uncivil war Posted August 3, 2014 Share Posted August 3, 2014 Mark Knopflers solo stuff might fit what your looking for. Shangri-la has some great songs. Back to Tupelo and Song for Sonny Liston are two of my favourites. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
axlfan88 Posted August 3, 2014 Share Posted August 3, 2014 Mickey Newbury - An American Trilogy Townes van Zandt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew07 Posted August 3, 2014 Share Posted August 3, 2014 try some jackie greene, hes pretty fucking good and fits this genre Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supercool Posted August 3, 2014 Share Posted August 3, 2014 i suggest: woody guthrie buffalo springfield csn&y the birds david ackles ("subway to the country") tim hardin pete seeger and this Anthology of American Folk Music: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
durruti column Posted August 3, 2014 Share Posted August 3, 2014 (edited) I owned this book by Joyce Kornbluh for 12 years until it was lost in a forest fire which destroyed everything we owned. This book was the one I most regretted losing. It is an incredible collection of history, songs, personal anecdotes, and commentary on the most radical workers movement ever seen in the United States. It is inspiring to those who continue to struggle against oppression and poverty. It is also fun to sing and play the songs (a CD with 22 songs is included in the French version featuring Sleepy John Estes, Joe Hill, T-Bone Slim, etc.).The pictorial matter and music are especially revealing, and help illustrate the old adage that the government and bosses may have the money, guns and victories, but the workers have the best songs.This is the cover of the American version (no CD included): Edited August 3, 2014 by durruti column 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foghat43 Posted August 3, 2014 Share Posted August 3, 2014 In my opinion you haven’t even gotten to Dylan’s really good stuff yet (with the exception of Blood on the Tracks that you already mentioned)…I would definitely suggest these…The Freewheelin' Bob DylanAnother Side of Bob DylanBringing It All Back HomeHighway 61 RevisitedBlonde on BlondeTime Out of MindInfidelsAnd a few really good Neil Young albums missing from your list as well…Comes a TimeFreedomRagged GloryHarvest MoonRust Never Sleeps (this is not just one of my favorite NY albums...but one of my favorite albums of all time) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightningBolt Posted August 3, 2014 Author Share Posted August 3, 2014 In my opinion you haven’t even gotten to Dylan’s really good stuff yet (with the exception of Blood on the Tracks that you already mentioned)…I would definitely suggest these…The Freewheelin' Bob DylanAnother Side of Bob DylanBringing It All Back HomeHighway 61 RevisitedBlonde on BlondeTime Out of MindInfidelsAnd a few really good Neil Young albums missing from your list as well…Comes a TimeFreedomRagged GloryHarvest MoonRust Never Sleeps (this is not just one of my favorite NY albums...but one of my favorite albums of all time)I've listened to most of these. When I was first making up that playlist, I didn't feel like the earlier Bob Dylan stuff fit on it (but now I think they probably do idk). I haven't gotten a chance to listen to the latter two yet, though. For Neil Young I just forgot to add Harvest Moon and Rust Never Sleeps. I like Freedom, but again not really sure it fits what I'm going for (Neil Young in general only fits this theme on a few albums but I love his music so much that I added most of his early ones anyway). I'll listen to the ones here I haven't listened to yet, though.Thanks for all the suggestions, everyone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foghat43 Posted August 3, 2014 Share Posted August 3, 2014 In my opinion you haven’t even gotten to Dylan’s really good stuff yet (with the exception of Blood on the Tracks that you already mentioned)…I would definitely suggest these…The Freewheelin' Bob DylanAnother Side of Bob DylanBringing It All Back HomeHighway 61 RevisitedBlonde on BlondeTime Out of MindInfidelsAnd a few really good Neil Young albums missing from your list as well…Comes a TimeFreedomRagged GloryHarvest MoonRust Never Sleeps (this is not just one of my favorite NY albums...but one of my favorite albums of all time)I've listened to most of these. When I was first making up that playlist, I didn't feel like the earlier Bob Dylan stuff fit on it (but now I think they probably do idk). I haven't gotten a chance to listen to the latter two yet, though. For Neil Young I just forgot to add Harvest Moon and Rust Never Sleeps. I like Freedom, but again not really sure it fits what I'm going for (Neil Young in general only fits this theme on a few albums but I love his music so much that I added most of his early ones anyway). I'll listen to the ones here I haven't listened to yet, though.Thanks for all the suggestions, everyone.Yeah, I understand what you are saying...I was focused only on the artists that you had listed and missed that you were looking for music that fit into the Americana/Heartland theme...so you're right, all of my suggestions (or at least every song on each album) may not necessarily fit that theme, but it's all great music nonetheless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supercool Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 (edited) Bitter Tears: Ballads of the American Indian is a concept album released by Johnny Cash in 1964. It is one of several Americana records by Cash; as its title implies, the tracks on the album focus exclusively on the history of and problems facing Native Americans in the United States. Edited August 4, 2014 by supercool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasted Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 (edited) Nixon - LambchopInto the Great Wide Open - Tom PettyHeart Attack and Vine - Tom WaitsEl Corazon - Steve EarleAugust and Everything After - Counting CrowsGrave Dancers Union - Soul AsylumVs - Pearl JamWhiskey for the Holy Ghost - Mark LaneganGold - Ryan AdamsThese Days - Bon Jovi Edited August 5, 2014 by wasted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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