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Top 10 Alt-country bands

http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/dc9/2013/04/alt_country_best_bands.php

Attached is an URL for an interesting article in the Dallas paper about the Alt-country sub-genre. I really like most of these bands. If you don't dance to the Gourds, you don't have a spine. I would add Alejandro Escovedo and Steve Earle to this group. Any other alt-country artists of note?
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martykl
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IMHO. that's a very good list. Id say that the Biggest misses are Escovedo, The Delevantes, and The Reivers.
martykl
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loomis,

IMHO, Foster and Lloyd is one of the quirkier bands to come down the road in many moons. Radney Foster is the country part and Bill Lloyd the Alt (pop) part. In the end, I think I prefer Bill Lloyd straight up, but I agree that they did some very integrating stuff together

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martykl
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If Hiss Golden Messenger qualifies as Alt-country, IMHO they go right to the top of the list. However, they sound more Alt-acoustic blues to me. Either way, Poor Moon is a stunningly good record.

Marty
martykl
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Another guy around the edges of the alt-country silo that deserves mention here is the late Jay Bennett. His solo stuff, his work with Edward (Edwin?) Burch, and his contribution to Wilco form a pretty impressive body of work IMHO.

Marty
martykl
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Another one that deserves mention is Junior Gone Wild. They played country inflected music with rock n roll energy and a sometimes very funny lyrical take on "the morality play" that informs a lot of Louvin Brothers inspired country music.
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