The Streets of Bakersfield

[Glamrock]

Buck Owens

[Buckeye_Democrat]

1. I used to HATE country music.

Yet it's far better than the no-talent trash that I've heard from the IPhones of my young coworkers.

Example:

[mr_lebowski]

5. That's because the country music on the radio sucks almost as much ...

Check this one out ... what we call ... alternative country (aka americana) ... from their 1994 CLASSIC record, 'Trace'

can you deny
there's nothing greater
nothing more
than the traveling hands of time?
saint genevieve
can hold back the water
cuz saints don't bother
with the tear-stained eye ...

[violetpastille]

2. When I was a kid

We didn't have cable. But we did have local stations. Hee Haw was so glamorous!

And when I got to go to Bakersfield and order some french toast at a truck stop I thought "this is pretty fancy!"

Life just keeps getting fancier!

[mr_lebowski]

3. If you like the Bakersfield sound ... this is a great record ...

From the band Son Volt, led by Jay Farrar.

The man who was the other singer in Uncle Tupelo, besides Jeff Tweedy ... now of Wilco fame ...

[Glamrock]

4. Is this for everyone?

Or djoo forget who you was talkin too?

[mr_lebowski]

6. I didn't ... but I'ma make ya a Uncle Tupelo & Son Volt/Jay Farrar fan along with Wilco ...

It's a mission

I turned you onto this one already yeah?

So this one's for everyone ... a little Faces cover ...

[Glamrock]

7. You have

I am an uncle tup fan at this point. Asked for some for xmas. Me n Mrs glam were listening on Alexa while decorating the three trees. Along with gram and the Flying Burrito bros. Willie and Buck Owens. Great night. I've come a long way from the Iron Maiden/Crue fan I started out as in 7Th grade.

I love Jay. Wilco is no worse off without him, but they were better with him. Ya know?

[mr_lebowski]

8. Jay and Jeff were only in Uncle Tupelo together ... Son Volt and Wilco are their respective next

bands.

Their was another Jay in Wilco though, Jay Bennett ... he passed away, regrettably.

Sounds like a great night, decorating and playing Americana with the fam ... can't go wrong there ...

And yeah, I was quite the headbanger til I graduated HS mid-80's. Then I started listening to EVERYTHING. U2, REM, Replacements, The Alarm, The Cure, and Talking Heads .... were the biggest catalysts. That was a golden age of alternative stuff, man ...

[Glamrock]

9. Doh!

Thanks for the schooling!