Roots, Twang and an Alternative
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Alternative | This was a MOVEMENT not a musical scene It incorporated the perceived anti-commercial nature of early country |
| Alternative | It adopted the anti-establishment attitude of the 1960s country rock It employed a Do-It-Yourself aesthetic |
| Alternative | It spoke to a youth generation It was regionally based |
| Terminology | Americana, Country Rock, Progressive Country, Roots Revival, Grange Rock, No Depression, Twangcore, Roots Rock |
| Alt Country | Alt country as a movement was defined in opposition to Commercial Country yet there was constant exchange and shared influences |
| Alt Country | Alt country was an ideological way of collecting the musical forces, events, sounds, and practices that happen outside of commercial country |
| Identified by... | attributes of "genuine, authentic, sincere" yet employed irony |
| Forefathers | Gram Parsons, Neil Young, Bob Dylan, Grateful Dead, entire NY folk-rock scene, Waylon Jennings, Hank Williams Sr., early blues musicians |
| Musical Inspiration | Carter Family, Jimmie Rodgers, hillbilly singers, country gospel, honky tonk musicians |
| Uncle Tupelo | Jay Farrar, Jeff Tweedy, Mike Heidorn From Belleville, Illinois 1990 album No Depression (Carter Family - No Depression in Heaven) Magazine started in 1995 (No Depression) |
| 1980s Roots Rock/Punk/Alt Country Slice | Steve Earle, Jayhawks, Whiskeytown |
| Western Swing, Retro Rockabilly Slice | BR5-49 |
| Americana/Bluegrass/Acoustic/Folk Slice | Robin and Linda Williams, Gillian Welch (Orphan Girl) |
| Singer-Songwriter Slice | Darrell Scott |
| Independent Texas Slice | Junior Brown, Robert Earl Keen Jr, Lucinda Williams, Pat Green |
| Local Scenes | Tift Merritt and Two Dollar Pistols |
| Second Generation Careers Slice | Johnny Cash, Dolly Parton, Willie Nelson, Emmylou Harris, Rosanne Cash |
| Alt Country as Genre? | Ryan Adams - Heartbreaker |
| What Happened to Alt Country? | Trend ran its course under that name, rhetoric changed Commercial country changed too |
| What Happened to Alt Country? | "Roots" is the new "alt country" (so the types of music are still around just called different things now) Music industry and fan base got used to the artist-centric model of fan identity |
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