Son volt tear stained eye12/31/2023 Want to know what's included? Here's the track listing, which should inspire - wait for it - no depression. Banjo Solo D Em G D Verse 2 D G Seein' traces of. Genevieve can hold back the water, A D but saints don't bother with a tear stained eye. Chorus D Em Can you deny, there's nothin' greater G D nothin' more than travelin' hands of time Em St. Tweedy, of course, moved on to a little band called Wilco, while Farrar followed his own muse and began a new musical outfit known as Son Volt.Īmazingly, two decades have passed since that infamous Uncle Tupelo schism, and to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Son Volt's debut album, Trace, not only are we reissuing it, but we've also digitally remastered it and expanded it to include previously-unreleased demos for eight albums tracks as well as a second disc containing a concert from February 12, 1996. G I would meet you anywhere western sun meets the air A D I'll hit the road, never lookin' behind. In fact, they were so great that they couldn't last: the two guys that led the band - Jay Farrar and Jeff Tweedy - hit a wall whilst working with each other that was simply too difficult to scale, leading them to go their separate ways…or, more specifically, Farrar left and Uncle Tupelo disintegrated. There’s no debate on this subject I’ve even read an interview with Jeff Tweedy when he admits as much.Once upon a time, there was a band called Uncle Tupelo. 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. The reissue of Son Volt’s classic first album includes a Bottom Line show that I attended on February 12th, 1996.
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