My brother got me into this scene a while ago. Great music! Maybe you've seen it but there is a guy in Sweden who has a website dedicated to it...The Swedish Embassy of Gothic Country.
Actually where I pulled some source information from for this article. Big fan of this scene and sound - have been for about 16 years or so, now. Highly underrated material in there.
Check that whole sound out - it’s some highly underrated stuff. And, I have yet to play Charleston. Would love to come that way! Unfortunately, it may not be until next year, but hopefully. Fingers crossed. Hopefully times will get better for all artists to get back on the road at some point.
The Denver guys all made their mark on Southern or American Gothic / Death Country / whatever else people wanna call it. They never wanted to be mainstream, much like their folk / blues / country etc. forebears.
Check out Reverend Glasseye, too. He passed through Slim Cess and Munly’s projects in the past.
Excellent article, Zachariah! I was raised on honky-tonk and Jimmie Rodgers' records and that left an imprint on my musical soul. Recently, I've been enamored by the multi-volume set, Columbia Country Classics, especially "Volume 1, the Golden Age".
To borrow the phrase from Greil Marcus, the music that you've described here is the sound of old, weird America. The sound that was too weird and old to sell so it had to be changed.
My brother got me into this scene a while ago. Great music! Maybe you've seen it but there is a guy in Sweden who has a website dedicated to it...The Swedish Embassy of Gothic Country.
Actually where I pulled some source information from for this article. Big fan of this scene and sound - have been for about 16 years or so, now. Highly underrated material in there.
Furiously adding to my listening list. Do you ever play in Charleston, SC?
Check that whole sound out - it’s some highly underrated stuff. And, I have yet to play Charleston. Would love to come that way! Unfortunately, it may not be until next year, but hopefully. Fingers crossed. Hopefully times will get better for all artists to get back on the road at some point.
The Denver guys all made their mark on Southern or American Gothic / Death Country / whatever else people wanna call it. They never wanted to be mainstream, much like their folk / blues / country etc. forebears.
Check out Reverend Glasseye, too. He passed through Slim Cess and Munly’s projects in the past.
This (Danish I think?) documentary about David Eugene Edwards called The Preacher is excellent: https://youtu.be/_0lZdfyAYZI?si=UPeku1SkJrL5wMxB
Excellent article, Zachariah! I was raised on honky-tonk and Jimmie Rodgers' records and that left an imprint on my musical soul. Recently, I've been enamored by the multi-volume set, Columbia Country Classics, especially "Volume 1, the Golden Age".
To borrow the phrase from Greil Marcus, the music that you've described here is the sound of old, weird America. The sound that was too weird and old to sell so it had to be changed.
Thanks for writing this!