Good afternoon. I’ve been enjoying a very quiet Saturday afternoon, listening to Hayseed’s new record, In Other Words. I saw Hayseed once and only once, at Twangfest in St. Louis in 1998. His stellar performance that night led to my discovery of his debut record, Melic. Melic is a fantastic record — not one I’d define as “alt-country” but more as country-folk. It remains to be one of the best records I’ve heard in years — a classic. I’ve a feeling that In Other Words may sink in just the same…
Other than Hayseed, I listened to another mellow record that has been tagged “alt-country” — Canyon’s Live In NYC. Canyon reminds of early Neil Young, Scud Mountain Boys, Bonnie Prince Billy, and Smog…so far, so good.
Just picked up the new Pretenders record that critics worldwide are proclaiming to be their best in a decade. It’s good, no doubt about that!
Welp, I’m in a Cracker mood now…going to pull out Forever and Garage D’Or and make Jeff some music…
Rave on!
Dave