Son volt tear stained eye8/28/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() There’s no debate on this subject I’ve even read an interview with Jeff Tweedy when he admits as much. Wilco’s album, A.M., came out first and had some good songs – Box Full of Letters, Passenger Side – but didn’t hold a candle to Trace. I only caught one Uncle Tupelo show, at Tramp’s in NYC on December 9th, 1993.Īt first, there was broad consensus that Son Volt was better than Wilco. Boon, True to Life…the soundtrack to my senior year. Every one of those albums is great – I still listen to them – but it was Still Feel Gone that knocked me over the head. I jumped on the Uncle Tupelo bandwagon in 1991-1992, when my college roommate returned from some vacation or other with three new CDs: Bird Brain by Buffalo Tom, Joyrides for Shut-Ins by The Cavedogs, and Still Feel Gone by Uncle Tupelo. As everyone knows, those two bands grew out of Uncle Tupelo who – along with The Jayhawks, The Bottle Rockets, and a few others – at least embodied but possibly invented “alt country” with its Americana themes and acoustic/electric blend. It was exciting to see those early Son Volt shows, in part because the music was so good, but also because of the Son Volt vs. In the end, we conferred with the bartender, who understood – sort of – and was doing pretty well that night anyway. We considered leaving movie passes, which we’d purchased at a discount through some program at our place of employment, but decided that was too ridiculous/embarrassing. I think we had enough money for one more round, but not enough to leave a tip. And, we couldn’t go to the ATM, because we had great seats at the bar during a long show in a crowded room AND there was a huge line outside. But my friend James and I were young, and either didn’t have credit cards, or were afraid to use them. I know, this shouldn’t have been a problem. First, a member of the audience called out for Tear-Stained Eye at the exact right time, prompting Jay Farrar to actually say something other than “thank you” on stage: “Did you have the set list in advance?” More importantly, I remember running out of cash. I have two vivid but not-very-interesting memories of that CMJ show. It was a CMJ show at Brownie’s on August 7th, 1995. In fact, this one happened before Trace came out, and would have been the first time most of us heard Windfall, Tear-Stained Eye, Drown, etc. What’s more, Son Volt played only one show that night, though the venue always required artists to perform two shows.Īs I listened to that show – which was, by the way, incendiary – I recalled another Son Volt show I saw during their early days. I saw all those acts and many more at The Bottom Line, but loud, electric bands were a rarity. I went to The Bottom Line a lot in those days, in part because I lived around the corner at Bleecker and MacDougal, but more because Allan Pepper presented the acts I was learning from: singer/songwriters like Townes Van Zant, Guy Clark, James McMurtry, Steve Forbert, Steve Earle, Ferron, Bill Morrissey, and Greg Brown. ![]() Like radio broadcasts, webcasts etc.The reissue of Son Volt’s classic first album includes a Bottom Line show that I attended on February 12th, 1996. Maybe it's time for Transmit Sound to give us another clarification of what's OK and what's not. I thought I knew Jay's rules, but I could be mistaken. It may sound like I was being somewhat of a tattle-tale, but I just didn't want anyone doing anything that would jeopardize the torrenting/trading of Jay's music for everyone else. I was a little confused to say the least. They said that Jay's policy says nothing about radio broadcasts. When I brought the radio torrent to the mods, they had no idea what I was talking about. Sticky was the first person to alert me to it and then one of the viachicago mods pulled the torrent. That one really puzzled me because two months earlier, I posted the very same torrent and was told to take it down because Jay's policy of not allowing taping/trading of soundboard recordings also applied to radio broadcasts. I refused to download it but they did not seem too concerned about it.Īt the same time this one was up, there was another one called "Acoustic Radio Sessions" that they were OK with. Gorgeous songs such as 'Windfall' and 'Tear Stained Eye' are but a few of the albums highlights. When this torrent went up on, I brought it to the attention of the mods because a number of the tracks were official releases. No Description Available No Track Information Available Media Type: CD Artist: SON VOLT Title: TRACE Street Release Date: Domestic Genre: ROCK/POP. ![]()
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