Hi Jeff
I too was unfamiliar with Son Volt until now so naturally I'd never heard this tune. All I can say is Wow! ... What a great performance. Your playing and singing are fantastic, very professional ... and you seem so very comfortable with it. Thanks for enlightening me (and what appears to be a few others) about Son Volt with your great rendition.
Ken
Busking Son Volt
Jeff,
I always enjoy your posts as you come up with a song that either I haven't heard in a long time or never at all. Great job on this song all around. Playing, singing and recording quality. I must say I admire your playing style on this one. Strumming with a bit of fingerpicking on the high strings. Great job!!! I'll have to go check this artist out now. Thanks for sharing.
MarkM
I always enjoy your posts as you come up with a song that either I haven't heard in a long time or never at all. Great job on this song all around. Playing, singing and recording quality. I must say I admire your playing style on this one. Strumming with a bit of fingerpicking on the high strings. Great job!!! I'll have to go check this artist out now. Thanks for sharing.
MarkM
There might be more Son Volt/Farrar fans here than you think. (Most, perhaps, not big forum-posters.) In my case, I saw Uncle Tupelo in a bar in Normal, Illinois, in 1989, where there were maybe 20 people in the room, and was blown away and forever changed by the experience. I was already a country fan (meaning the real stuff, not the Nashvillian suburban-pop), and I was already a punk fan. Those guys lashed those things together in a way I could never have envisioned. We all know, or should know, what happened over the next decade or so. They started it. A couple of 22-year-olds from Belleville, Ill.
I later saw them at The Vic in Chicago in 1993, a few months before the breakup. I've seen Son Volt a few times (and, yeah Wilco, too) over the years since then. I appreciate Wilco, but Son Volt is the one that carries on the Tupelo tradition - sometimes to a fault.
I later saw them at The Vic in Chicago in 1993, a few months before the breakup. I've seen Son Volt a few times (and, yeah Wilco, too) over the years since then. I appreciate Wilco, but Son Volt is the one that carries on the Tupelo tradition - sometimes to a fault.
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Jeff, this comes across as honest, understated vocals with beautifully balanced picking and strumming.
Worth imitating !
Pierre
Worth imitating !
Pierre
Hey all, sorry for the delayed response to all of the great comments - was out of town all day enjoying a little March Madness...
Buddy - appreciate the comment, especially about the sound quality - I consider you one of the recording “gurus” here with the quality of stuff you’ve posted
Cori - wow, where to start...man, your comments mean a great deal to me, given the fact that you’re the one who recommended Son Volt to me in the first place, and have obviously been a fan of theirs for years (yes, you were the fan I was referring to). Really hoping to hear you do “Windfall” sometime. Thanks also for the comment on Here Comes The Sun - I really enjoyed “Mighty MattB” as well.
Tony - thanks for the kind words. I actually thought your choice of song for Matt’s thread was spot on, especially with the heartfelt way you performed it.
Craig - appreciate the comments - I’ve a lot to learn about all this recording stuff, your kind words are definitely encouraging!
Chris - thanks for checking it out, glad you enjoyed it.
Daryl - thanks, glad you like the hybrid picking.
Tommy, Willem & Ken - thanks for the comments, I think you’ll find this band definitely worth checking out!
Vanessa - thanks so much for the kind words on both songs, it means a lot!
Mark - really appreciate the comments. I don’t know why I tend to gravitate to more obscure or forgotten tunes, but I’m glad you enjoy them.
Mike - (or as I refer to you, our “Ian specialist”) - thanks for the kind words
Walt - thanks for sharing that; that has to be pretty cool, knowing that you basically witnessed the birth of a whole genre of music. I find the whole Uncle Tupelo/SonVolt/Wilco story pretty fascinating. I guess it’s not surprising that Farrar and Tweedy had irreconcilable creative differences, given the divergent paths their bands took after the breakup.
Bob & Pierre - thanks so much for the kind words, much appreciated!
- Jeff
Buddy - appreciate the comment, especially about the sound quality - I consider you one of the recording “gurus” here with the quality of stuff you’ve posted
Cori - wow, where to start...man, your comments mean a great deal to me, given the fact that you’re the one who recommended Son Volt to me in the first place, and have obviously been a fan of theirs for years (yes, you were the fan I was referring to). Really hoping to hear you do “Windfall” sometime. Thanks also for the comment on Here Comes The Sun - I really enjoyed “Mighty MattB” as well.
Tony - thanks for the kind words. I actually thought your choice of song for Matt’s thread was spot on, especially with the heartfelt way you performed it.
Craig - appreciate the comments - I’ve a lot to learn about all this recording stuff, your kind words are definitely encouraging!
Chris - thanks for checking it out, glad you enjoyed it.
Daryl - thanks, glad you like the hybrid picking.
Tommy, Willem & Ken - thanks for the comments, I think you’ll find this band definitely worth checking out!
Vanessa - thanks so much for the kind words on both songs, it means a lot!
Mark - really appreciate the comments. I don’t know why I tend to gravitate to more obscure or forgotten tunes, but I’m glad you enjoy them.
Mike - (or as I refer to you, our “Ian specialist”) - thanks for the kind words
Walt - thanks for sharing that; that has to be pretty cool, knowing that you basically witnessed the birth of a whole genre of music. I find the whole Uncle Tupelo/SonVolt/Wilco story pretty fascinating. I guess it’s not surprising that Farrar and Tweedy had irreconcilable creative differences, given the divergent paths their bands took after the breakup.
Bob & Pierre - thanks so much for the kind words, much appreciated!
- Jeff
>Walt - thanks for sharing that; that has to be pretty cool, knowing that you basically witnessed the birth of a whole genre of music. I find the whole Uncle Tupelo/SonVolt/Wilco story pretty fascinating. I guess it’s not surprising that Farrar and Tweedy had irreconcilable creative differences, given the divergent paths their bands took after the breakup.
They aren't called "the Lennon and McCartney of Belleville" for nothing. The parallels are almost eerie in some ways. If you haven't done so, check out a book by Greg Kot about Wilco (can't remember the title offhand). It's got the whole UT story in there. And while I'm not the world's biggest Wilco fan, that story's not bad either (I like them, just not nearly as much as UT or Son Volt/Farrar). Also, the Wilco movie, "I Am Trying to Break Your Heart" might be the most riveting and dramatic rock-doc ever made.
They aren't called "the Lennon and McCartney of Belleville" for nothing. The parallels are almost eerie in some ways. If you haven't done so, check out a book by Greg Kot about Wilco (can't remember the title offhand). It's got the whole UT story in there. And while I'm not the world's biggest Wilco fan, that story's not bad either (I like them, just not nearly as much as UT or Son Volt/Farrar). Also, the Wilco movie, "I Am Trying to Break Your Heart" might be the most riveting and dramatic rock-doc ever made.
Jeff- Great job! I am one of those Son Volt/Wilco fans that Walt mentioned, though I'd say I generally prefer Wilco. However, in Son Volt's defense, Windfall is one of my top 10 all-time favorite songs..... and I don't think any Wilco songs fall there.
Suzi
Suzi