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I like some Americana mainly when electric guitars are involved
Jayhawks - personal fave
Son Volt
Peter Bruntnell (NZ/UK)
Blue Mountain
Bros. Landreth
Chuck Prophet
Counting Crows
Drive-by-Truckers
Guthrie Trapp
Golden Smog
Jason Isbell
Old 97s
Sheryl Crow
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
BTW, this sounds like a great project. Please post details of the book when it’s available.
That last one is a little personal - of all genres I'd usually assume Americana wouldn't have a place for performance art, wide-ranging cross cultural mashups, glitchy digital synths and found sound collages, but for me Califone can totally nail the feeling of Americana.
Huh, and Townes Van Zandt, of course.
You need an idea of what you are going to do, but it should be a vague idea.
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so a couple
Gram Parsons
The Dillard’s
Towns Van Zandt
Buckley
Townes Van Zandt
Guy Clark
John Cougar Mellencamp
To me, they are representative of music known as Americana.
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Is it Americana, or some kind of hybrid?
I guess in many ways you could trace the origins back to Dylan going electric, and the whole movement that seemed to spring from that (via The Band, Gram Parsons, CSNY, Creedence etc etc).
For me the essence today is the combining of acoustic and electric instruments, a respect and love of authentic country roots, bypassing the cheesy commercial Nashville influence, and then sprinkling in some more up to date indie-rock sensibilities. This is what separates it from pure "country rock" in my mind.
Any lyrics about cold beers, trucks or (ironically) the USA should instantly disqualify a song/artist from the genre IMO
In terms of specific artists, this is some of what I'm enjoying at the moment:
Neko Case
Willie Sugarcaps
Israel Nash
Jonathan Wilson
Strand of Oaks
Molly Tuttle
Courtney Marie Andrews
Jayhawks
Dawes
Margo Price
Amanda Shires
Jason Isbel
Band of Heathens
Mariel Buckley
Luke Winslow-King
Brandi Carlisle
Andrew Combes
Danial Romano
...and yes, Ryan Adams
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Sam Philips (Elvis' manager) actually said he needed to put a white face on black music so that he could make some money. That right there is begging for Joe Johnson, Bo Diddly, Muddy Waters, Keb Mo, John Lee Hooker, Junior Kimbrough, Ray Charles, BB King, Jimi. I know this reaches into "Soul" but I'd be tempted to mention Aretha, Etta, Marvin Gaye, Archie Bell, Temptations, Smokey Robinson, the Parliaments.
Also, Dolly Parton, Janis Joplin, SRV, Willie Nelson, Black Crowes, Tom Petty! I second the above John Mellencamp reference and would add Tracy Chapman.
Sort of like where does it begin and end? It's as broad a term as "Rock" really.
Edit - DOH! Its done! Well done!
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