ok, gotta run - going to see jay farrar tonite

[KG]

bext thing about being am adult - going out to do cool stuff on a school nite! :)

[GOPisEvil]

1. Lucky you!!!

He puts on a great show! Is he still touring with Canyon? They sound better when they back him up! I've seen him twice! :thumbsup:

[KG]

2. good show.

jay played acoustic while Mark Spencer of Blood Oranges backed him up on electric guitar.


the whole uncle tupelo/son volt thing is a musical path i haven't been able to follow yet, but now that i've resume a career. CDs will be boughten!

up next - the BoDeans on thurs. nite.

[ornotna]

3. Would love to see the Bodeans

Unfortunately I have to work. :cry:

I love going to Skippers to see a show, great atmosphere, wonderful place.

[KG]

4. it's also hot as hell this time of year.

personally i think it sucks as a venue, but we're stuck with it, it seems.

[ornotna]

5. Sorry to hear that.

Apparently you're stuck with it,I enjoy going there.

[GOPisEvil]

6. I saw him with just Mark Spencer back in 2003.

That was nice, but when he had Canyon with him, he sounded SO much better.

My advice on Son Volt - listen to all the CDs, then take the best of all of them and make a mix cd. Their cds are hit and miss. Some genius stuff, and a lot of not-so-genius stuff.

[enigmatic]

7. Jay Farrar is GOD..

I've been listening to Jay since "No Depression" w/ Uncle Tupelo; UT are probably my favorite band of all-time.

If you like Jay/UT/Son Volt, you'd love Richmond Fontaine, who I think are the best band in America at the moment. Willy Vlautin has been compared to Jay voice-wise, but I always thought it was a straight cross between Jay and Jeff Tweedy. Vlautin's songs are wonderfully melancholy stuff; short stories w/ some scorching guitar and sad, sweet pedal steel to color the songs. "Lost Son" is my favorite CD, but all of them (including their new CD "Post To Wire")are must-haves. On my internet station they are staples..