Snide: Need Cuntry Recs

Snide 01.14.17	Any recs from any country artists would be wonderful!
DominionMM1 01.14.17	get off the computer and go listen to townes van zandt right fucking now unless you get your music from your computer in which case dl townes van zandt right fucking now
Snide 01.14.17	Is that an album or an artist?
Dewinged 01.14.17	This is a job for BoneyKing.
FullOfSounds 01.14.17	Sturgill Simpson This is a job for BoneyKing. [2]
wtferrothorn 01.14.17	This is a job for BoneyKing. [3] The Bonester was born for lists like this
DominionMM1 01.14.17	"Is that an album or an artist?" jesus christ snide. he was an artist. check out s/t, our mother the mountain and delta momma blues.
Snide 01.14.17	@Dominion: I'll give Townes Van Zandt's self titled a try first! @Full: I'll give Sturgill Simpson a try, any particular album recs? @BoneyKing: Please help me find good country fam
L4titudes 01.14.17	Townes Van Zandt
DominionMM1 01.14.17	also check waylon jennings- dreaming my dreams
Jots 01.14.17	steve earle - i feel alright junior brown - 12 shades of brown gram parsons - grievous angel jim lauderdale - planet of love clint black - killin' time
DominionMM1 01.14.17	For 80s stuff I'd rec: George strait- strait country Dwight yoakam- guitars cadillacs etc Clint black- killin time
Drifter 01.14.17	Old: Marty Robbins - Gunfighter Ballads New: Zac Brown Band - The Foundation
TVC15 01.14.17	Shawn Colvin - A Few Small Repairs
FullOfSounds 01.14.17	His latest one
theBoneyKing 01.14.17	Ask and you shall receive! Be forewarned, in terms of albums I'm more familiar with relatively recent stuff and a lot of what I like is more alt-country/Americana as opposed to straight up country but I have a pretty solid knowledge of who the classic country acts are across the years. For classic country: -Townes Van Zandt I understand is pretty essential even though I've only heard a handful of his songs. -Willie Nelson, for an album try Phases & Stages but I'm sure a greatest hits comp won't hurt either -Merle Haggard, again not sure on specific albums but a compilation should suffice, I have his Down Every Road comp but it's kind of massive and I'm blanking on specific songs atm -Waylon Jennings - Dreaming My Dreams -Johnny Cash - At Folsom Prison is essential, only heard it a handful of times myself though -Hank Williams - 40 Greatest Hits For some of the more recent (as in 90s to present) alt-country styled stuff: -Lucinda Williams - Car Wheels on a Gravel Road -Sturgill Simpson (nice one Full), Metamodern Sounds In Country Music is a bit closer to classic country in the songwriting, A Sailor's Guide to Earth (my 2016 AOTY) explores soul a bit more and is a bit more accessible to non country fans -Uncle Tupelo - No Depression (the quintessential alt-country album, if not necessarily one of the best) -Guy Clark - Dublin Blues -Steve Earle - El Corazon -Ryan Adams - Heartbreaker -The Jayhawks - Hollywood Town Hall Ok that's far from a comprehensive list, some of these are more personal favorites and sorry for my lack of specific knowledge of the older classics. Also I steered away from mainstream modern country because it mostly sucks but if that's the kind you want...sorry I can't help ya
TVC15 01.14.17	I prefer Cash's At San Quentin but Folsom Prison is great as well. Also Tom Wait's Mule Variations is a great experimental alt-country album as well
theBoneyKing 01.14.17	Some good recs there too Dominion and Johnny, haven't heard of that Clint Black album myself but since you both recommended it it must be essential, I'll add it to my personal to check lists.
americanohno 01.14.17	Most of the things already recommended are great and I would second them. Here are a few country songs I love and relevant youtube links... "Black Soul Choir" by 16 Horsepower https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-vpAn15-vE "Waitin' Around to Die" by Townes Van Zandt https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxPQfx6UWiA "Tell Me Something Bad About Tulsa" by Merle Haggard https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvyQE7rE-Tg "As Soon as I Hang Up the Phone" by Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aENuY6eAgOA "Ramblin' Man" by Hank Williams https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V41gDDWEPso "I'm Leavin' Now" by Johnny Cash & Merle Haggard https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsoHV6mg7r8
Dewinged 01.14.17	There is this tribute to Townes made my Neurosis members that is also pretty sweet.
TVC15 01.14.17	Oh and also try that song "Accidental Racist" by Brad Paisley and LL Cool J this is a joke, don't listen unless you want cancer/AIDS
theBoneyKing 01.14.17	Snide's going to be a better-educated country fan than I am by the end of this lol
americanohno 01.14.17	@ Dewinged I remember that being good but if I recall they were all pretty faithful covers (acoustic guitars, hushed vocals) and you can defintely do heavy metal covers of Townes' songs without it coming off too cheesy. I would have preferred something more like this Walkabouts cover of "Snake Mountain Blues": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDxAg250sHk sadly they puss out and skip this verse: Love of blackskin woman She won't do you no wrong Slow to start moaning She don't moan for long
theBoneyKing 01.14.17	^ what a classic verse
TVC15 01.14.17	Ooooh duh forgot Ween's 12 Golden Country Greats
theBoneyKing 01.14.17	Isn't that album just a meme though?
TVC15 01.14.17	@Boney piss up a rope :P
wtferrothorn 01.14.17	Shhh Boney, memes are all he knows
ArsMoriendi 01.14.17	"Isn't that album just a meme though?" No, it's a solid 3.5 that mixes humor with golden era style country
theBoneyKing 01.14.17	"No, it's a solid 3.5 that mixes humor with golden era style country" So yeah a meme ;-P
ArsMoriendi 01.14.17	It's legit a good album though, I feel like if I liked country more I'd probably even 4 it.
Snide 01.14.17	Thank you all so much for the recs! Gonna be jamming these. It's a genre that I really want to get into more, I feel like I've been missing out by ignoring it in the past. (Just got off work)
theBoneyKing 01.14.17	This RYM user also has some pretty comprehensive alt-country and outlaw country lists and artist mixtapes: https://rateyourmusic.com/list/Kentucky_Outskirts
TheSpirit 01.14.17	Just watch a few episodes of Nashville
DominionMM1 01.14.17	Oh, and I can't stress hank williams enough. I'm so lonesome I could cry is like the greatest song ever written.
DominionMM1 01.14.17	Here's a pretty comprehensive list of stuff too: http://www.sputnikmusic.com/list.php?memberid=429519&listid=73302
Snide 01.14.17	Also another question for everyone in here. What exactly is "bro-country", is it satire?
Deathconscious 01.14.17	The Handsome Family - Singing Bones the theme song to the first season of True Detective is on this album.
ZippaThaRippa 01.14.17	are YOU satire?
neekafat 01.14.17	Shawn Colvin - A Few Small Repairs [2] Good one, TVC Mary Chapin Carpenter - Stones in the Road All of the Dixie Chicks Natalie Maines era, please
americanohno 01.14.17	Bro country is generally used to refer to Florida Georgia Line, Luke Bryan, Jason Aldean (kinna), et al. Frat boy country basically.
DominionMM1 01.14.17	https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bro-country
Mort. 01.14.17	"Well, I've been experimenting with country for my new music" whats wrong with you
JamieTwort 01.14.17	How can this be a job for Boney if he hasn't even heard Townes Van Zandt's debut in it's entirety? smh If you haven't guessed my rec is Townes Van Zandt - Townes Van Zandt
MillionDead 01.14.17	Townes IS really lit. Try Eric Strickland and the B-sides. Chet Atkins too. Also Ian & Sylvia's album Early Morning Rain is fucking essential, which it isn't listed on this site, but it damn well should be.
theBoneyKing 01.14.17	Haha Jamie, I mean yeah I love country but I wouldn't call myself an expert per se. I know what the good stuff is, I just haven't necessarily gotten to it all over the course of my exploring. I also generally prefer alt-country to straight-up country in general.
NeroCorleone80 01.14.17	How has no one mentioned Will Oldham
JamieTwort 01.14.17	Just to clarify, that wasn't a dig at you at all, Boney (not that you seemed to take it that way anyway), just me being enthusiastic about what I consider the most essential country album.
theBoneyKing 01.14.17	Oh yeah you're right, I didn't take that as a dig at all. Nero, I've still only heard I See a Darkness but judging on that Oldham's songwriting isn't quite traditionally country enough for it to be a good choice for this sort of list.
NorthernSkylark 01.14.17	Not listening to twz is gaping hole in your country authority boney, you know what you have to do now.
theBoneyKing 01.14.17	Fuck it, you're right and life's too short, I'll listen to his self-titled right now
NorthernSkylark 01.14.17	Great place to start!
guitarded_chuck 01.14.17	everyone check richmond fontaine
guitarded_chuck 01.14.17	damn yeah boney townes might even be the goat
guitarded_chuck 01.14.17	ryan adams' albums with the cardinals are great too, jacksonville city nights is my favorite its a 5 imo
p4p 01.14.17	Marty Robbins - Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs Ryan Addams - Heartbreaker Willie Nelson - Red Headed Stranger Mickey Newbury - Looks Like Rain John Prine - s/t Woven Hand - s/t Bonnie Prince Billy - I See a Darkness
NeroCorleone80 01.14.17	"Nero, I've still only heard I See a Darkness but judging on that Oldham's songwriting isn't quite traditionally country enough for it to be a good choice for this sort of list." Viva Last Blues is a bit closer to traditional country.
theBoneyKing 01.14.17	Ah fair enough