Blodwyn Pig, Rootboy Slim (and the Sexchange Band), Wow!!! Nice to know there are other fans besides myself out there. I still have the first two Blodwyn Pig lps, saw them live in '71 opening for Procol Harum at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in LA. Great show.
I never had a chance to see Rootboy Slim, but I liked his first album. One of a kind, no doubt about it, but unfortunately unknown in the West.
Crowded House is back on tour. Tim Finn isn't in the line-up this time out.
Marty
PS I'd add The Delevantes, The Feelies, The Reivers, Utopia, Rockpile, and The New Radicals to the list.
PPS I'm not sure why Squeeze qualifies as a guilty pleasure - Difford and Tillbrook are at the very top of the post Lennon/Macca heap, IMHO. They were a fantastic live show to boot.
Genesis w/ Gabriel Moody Blues w/ Pinder Strawbs Be Bop Deluxe City Boy Yes w/ Wakeman and Bruford Fleetwood Mac w/ Welch Byrds (original 5) Deep Purple w/ Gillan Emerson, Lake, and Palmer
Jimmdavis: After Trace and AM (which both seem to be Uncle Tupelo material), Son Volt and Wilco did not do it for me, so much. I admire Wilco for moving in new directions, while Jay F. seems to be doing the same sort of stuff, but I've tended to sell discs from both groups when I've picked them up.
Have you checked out Two Cow Garage, from Columbus? One of the best rock bands now playing, for my money, and solidly in the No Depression tradition.
And to return to the demised band theme, you might try St. Louis' Nadine, and their very fine "Downtown Saturday."
Second Thin Lizzy. Though they still occasionally tour with Gorham and Sykes, TL without Philo is . . . well . . . not Thin Lizzy. He was one of the greatest frontmen to ever prowl a stage, and with him at the helm, Lizzy were one of the best rock bands I've ever heard or seen. Still in the top three of the best shows I've ever been privileged to see.
Not too many are familar with them - but they were excellent - and Tom was one of the first openly gay rockers out there. "Sing if your glad to be gay" was such a great anthem - many a straight man - myself included could be seen singing along. Now that's a endoresment.
Gonna have to say Morphine. Was looking forward to a whole lot more good old dirty music from those guys. Agree with Neutral Milk Hotel, also. Those guys were at least a full decade ahead of their time -- would be great to hear what they sounded like today.
Cytocycle, I'd forgotten all about the Judy's... first saw them in about 1984, when they played at my high-school auditorium!
Jdoris, I too was going to mention Uncle Tupelo. Fortunately, I'm also a huge fan of Wilco / Son Volt / Loose Fur, and will be seeing Wilco in Austin this September, for about the jillionth time.
They were supposed to have reunited in 2005 and I saw them in NYC - an incredible show - but it's a year and a half later and still no new material, and no more touring. I don't think Lisa and Brendan can be around each other long enough to get an album done.
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