Whiskeytown — A Song For You
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Oh my land is like a wild goose
Wanders all around everywhere
Trembles and it shakes til every tree is loose
It rolls the meadows and it rolls the nails
So take me down to your dance floor
And I won't mind the people when they stare
Paint a different color on your front door
And tomorrow we will still be there
Jesus built a ship to sing a song to
It sails the rivers and it sails the tide
Some of my friends don't know who they belong to
Some can't get a single thing to work inside
So take me down to your dance floor
And I won't mind the people when they stare
Paint a different color on your front door
And tomorrow we will still be there
I loved you darlin', and now I'm leaving
And I can see the sorrow in your eyes
I hope you know a lot more than you believe in
I hope the sun don't hurt you when you cry
So take me down to your dance floor
And I won't mind the people when they stare
Paint a different color on your front door
And tomorrow we will still be there
And tomorrow we will still be there
Wanders all around everywhere
Trembles and it shakes til every tree is loose
It rolls the meadows and it rolls the nails
So take me down to your dance floor
And I won't mind the people when they stare
Paint a different color on your front door
And tomorrow we will still be there
Jesus built a ship to sing a song to
It sails the rivers and it sails the tide
Some of my friends don't know who they belong to
Some can't get a single thing to work inside
So take me down to your dance floor
And I won't mind the people when they stare
Paint a different color on your front door
And tomorrow we will still be there
I loved you darlin', and now I'm leaving
And I can see the sorrow in your eyes
I hope you know a lot more than you believe in
I hope the sun don't hurt you when you cry
So take me down to your dance floor
And I won't mind the people when they stare
Paint a different color on your front door
And tomorrow we will still be there
And tomorrow we will still be there
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I haven't heard the original in ages. So when this started, I thought Ryan Adams had been listening to a lot of GP. Then I realized it was a cover. Good cover.
A touch speeded up would suit my taste.
peyotecoyote wrote:
Not that I'm complain'n about this rendition, it's good, but could somebody please download some Gram Parsons'...that would be super!
Man, I would sure love to hear some Gram here!
I loved this.I'm more familiar with Ryan's solo stuff.I'm going to look out for the tribute album.May I point you all in the direction of a FAB tribute album by (mostly) Scottish acts,performing Frankie Miller songs:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/B000063XZH/ref=dp_olp_2/026-8435601-4954039
Off of the top of my head,the only non Scottish acts are Rod Stewart and Joe Walsh.
3 CDs and hardly a duff song amongst them.
Not that I'm complain'n about this rendition, it's good, but could somebody please download some Gram Parsons'...that would be super!
Gram... 
Excellent....
i hope ryan doesn't end up in the joshua tree desert...
GREAT song, SUPERB album. This has to be one of the very best tribute albums to any artist ever produced. Look at the names of the people who contributed, for starters. Excellent musicians all. And their versions of the songs are outstanding. I can listen to it again and again.
And I have a good story. I drove out to Joshua Tree to do some camping several years ago with a visiting European friend. We arrived at night and went into 'town' for a beer at the one watering hole. I had just been educating my friend on some of the better, underground American music including Gram Parson, Victoria Williams and others. So anyway we walk into the bar and who do we find getting ready to play a little hometown set but local residents Victoria Williams and Mark Olson (formerly of the Jayhawks), aka the Rolling Creekdippers. They played a bunch of their own songs and near the end of the show did In My Hour of Darkness. It was just shortly after I had really gotten into this album so it was a real serendipitous moment for me. All in the company of about 30-odd people.
Lucinda Williams does a nice cover of this on the Gram Parsons tribute DVD. Haven't heard the CD yet but sounds like it would be worth picking it up.
Sa-weet! Love this song any way it comes.
damn cool. gets better with each minute listening to it.
ain't nothin' but the real thing, baby
*barf*
This is a really good tribute album. Emmylou is on it and I especially like Beck's cover of Sin City. Gram Parson's is one of my personal favorites (although I think my kids could do without his music :0).
What a gorgeous song. Cranking it up.
peyotecoyote wrote:
Parsons' and Harris' version of Love Hurts that was beautiful.
agree!
Helchat wrote:
Beautiful song! I thought it WAS Gram Parsons at first hear....... Thanks, Bill, and ........ Rest in Peace Gram, you grievous angel.... 
yes, yes, that's why it sounded familiar to me - I would love to hear some Gram Parsons on RP - how 'bout Parsons' and Harris' version of Love Hurts that was beautiful.
excellent song! I like the original too with Emmylou Harris singing with Gram Parson's
phillips wrote:
blah. this makes me sleepy 
me too
We really need to hear more from this album, more often. One of the best tribute albums ever made IMO.
I can't listen to "High Fashion Queen" without tapping my toes; Elvis does his best torch song mode on "Sleepless Nights", and Gillian Welch basically defines melancholy on "Hickory Wind".
Great great great great great great!
"- in my-y-y-y ShanGriLa..."
Beautiful song! I thought it WAS Gram Parsons at first hear....... Thanks, Bill, and ........ Rest in Peace Gram, you grievous angel....
smadanayr wrote:
Never felt like I do about Ryan Adams before, and of course the Whiskeytown stuff is fantastic. I crave for anything new from him, everytime i know its just going to make me feel even more alive.. pretty strange really?! Can anyone else recommend anything similar that I will fall in love with?
Try Ray Lamontagne - produced by Ethan Johns ( of Ryan Adams fame)
ploba wrote:
i LOVE ryan adams (especially jacksonville city nights and love is hell part 1) and I love this song!!!
This is THE song that got me started on the whole ALT. Country scene - a real gem, from Return of the Grevious Angel .... Ryan is a bit unpredictable, but he's truly a gifted and prolific artist. :)
i LOVE ryan adams (especially jacksonville city nights and love is hell part 1) and I love this song!!!
R.I. P. Graham.
smadanayr wrote:
Never felt like I do about Ryan Adams before, and of course the Whiskeytown stuff is fantastic. I crave for anything new from him, everytime i know its just going to make me feel even more alive.. pretty strange really?! Can anyone else recommend anything similar that I will fall in love with?
Ryan Adams is one of a kind, but I think you also might like Richmond Fontaine. Start with the album Post to Wire.
Never felt like I do about Ryan Adams before, and of course the Whiskeytown stuff is fantastic. I crave for anything new from him, everytime i know its just going to make me feel even more alive.. pretty strange really?! Can anyone else recommend anything similar that I will fall in love with?
drjimmy wrote:
This is sweet. From this one album I discovered Whiskeytown--which led to Ryan Adams; Steve Earle; Wilco--which led to Uncle Tupelo, Son Volt, the Minus Five, and Loose Fur; the Mavericks--which led to Alejandro Escovedo, and so on it goes.
It started with the Byrds for me. Then Buffalo Springfield. And the rootsy madness continues to this day 40 years later.
Scientists announce a new double-clone: David Gray and Bob Dylan in one.
"...In - my - Sha- a- a- angrila.."
7.
blah. this makes me sleepy
Note to whoever this is: Being just like Bob Dylan entails more than singing with a whiny voice.
oh thank you thank you :sunny.gif:
Sweet Song !
the_circe wrote:
i had a similar evolution, altho it started with uncle tupelo, then to sun volt and wilco, then i started to pay attention to more chicago and bloodshot babies like neko case and alejandro and ryan adams/whiskeytown/gillian welch. he gets such a bad rap, sometimes understandably so, but i really love his music.
This road seems to have many travellers :)
the_circe wrote:
i had a similar evolution, altho it started with uncle tupelo, then to sun volt and wilco, then i started to pay attention to more chicago and bloodshot babies like neko case and alejandro and ryan adams/whiskeytown/gillian welch. he gets such a bad rap, sometimes understandably so, but i really love his music.
But where does Kevin Bacon fit in?
I uploaded Gram Parsons' "Streets of Baltimore" a while back, and so far it has not done very well on the LRC.
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Gram Parsons - Streets Of Baltimore reviewing 13/14
drjimmy wrote:
I was supposed to leave work to pick up my kid a few minutes ago. He'll just have to wait!
And you'll have a great excuse! "Sorry I made you wait son, but I got held up at work..."
There's not many tribute albums I want to have, but this is an exception. GP was great, and the performances recorded on this CD (at least the ones I've heard) are a fitting tribute.
I was supposed to leave work to pick up my kid a few minutes ago. He'll just have to wait!
bubble_headed_beach_blond wrote:
thieves! thieves! that's the band opening! (is it sampled?!?!)
I thought the same thing! I wondered who was covering The Weight!
thieves! thieves! that's the band opening! (is it sampled?!?!)
Lynny wrote:
She is a friend of mine and a great person. I am so happy for her success. No one deserves it more.
Hey, that's great! I've uploaded this song and recently Sweet Water by Tres Chicas (as you will know also with Caitlin Carry) which unfortunately didn't make it to the playlist. I sang along many times with that one at the top of my lungs
Marley wrote:
Whiskeytown featured a great female vocalist and fiddle player named Caitlin Carry. She's singing backup on this. She also sings lead on a few of their songs and now has a solo album since the band broke up.
She is a friend of mine and a great person. I am so happy for her success. No one deserves it more.
drjimmy wrote:
This is sweet. From this one album I discovered Whiskeytown--which led to Ryan Adams; Steve Earle; Wilco--which led to Uncle Tupelo, Son Volt, the Minus Five, and Loose Fur; the Mavericks--which led to Alejandro Escovedo, and so on it goes.
i had a similar evolution, altho it started with uncle tupelo, then to sun volt and wilco, then i started to pay attention to more chicago and bloodshot babies like neko case and alejandro and ryan adams/whiskeytown/gillian welch. he gets such a bad rap, sometimes understandably so, but i really love his music.
drjimmy wrote:
This is sweet. From this one album I discovered Whiskeytown--which led to Ryan Adams; Steve Earle; Wilco--which led to Uncle Tupelo, Son Volt, the Minus Five, and Loose Fur; the Mavericks--which led to Alejandro Escovedo, and so on it goes.
Great post. This is what it's all about, isn't it?
This is sweet. From this one album I discovered Whiskeytown--which led to Ryan Adams; Steve Earle; Wilco--which led to Uncle Tupelo, Son Volt, the Minus Five, and Loose Fur; the Mavericks--which led to Alejandro Escovedo, and so on it goes.
I don't know if it's on purpose, or maybe it's too far-fetched, but the interaction between the guitars reminds me of Keith Richards' and Ron Wood's and the Stones (especially Keith) were closely connected to Gram Parsons.
Not as magical as Gram Parsons' and Emmylou Harris' original (one of my alltime favourites) but this is a very good, contemporary version in its own right.
Whiskeytown featured a great female vocalist and fiddle player named Caitlin Carry. She's singing backup on this. She also sings lead on a few of their songs and now has a solo album since the band broke up.
Anyone know who is singing Emmy Lou's lines on this version? Nicely, done, BTW--very similar to the original, but that's close to Whiskeytown's own voice anyway.
More Gram would fit in nicely to the playlist. (Hint, hint.)
In a world filled with mediocre tribute albums, this one is quite a success, methinks. Highly rated! I haven't checked, but I find it hard to believe that this was one of the first times this tune has been played on RP. More, more, from the whole album!
I just glanced at the other songs on this album. Sounds like a great tribute. Time to drive to the desert with a gallon of gasoline and a box of matches.