A revival of veteran acts and an explosion of new blood in the '90s threatened to rival Southern Rock's golden era. This week: bands of the '90s redefine what it means to be Southern.
Another really good piece - thank you. Since you include here some bands that aren’t strictly Southern, I’ll add a shoutout to Lone Justice’s excellent 1985 Jimmy Iovine-produced debut album. I bought it at the time and still have it. They were from California but the music - and especially Maria McKee’s voice - coulda fooled me. It’s a real shame they pretty much broke up after that first album (they put out another after that but it was basically a Maria M record).
Excellent post, again! I enjoyed the Pt. 1 Spotify playlist and look forward to this one.
Appreciate the props you give the Dan Baird album - both "Love Songs" and "Buffalo Nickel" are some of my favorite LPs of the era. Dan's still putting out good stuff as a solo artist & with Homemade Sin too.
Lifelong Dan devotee here, and you're right. I've got all the solo and HS stuff from over the years. Plus his work with the Bluefields, the Chefs (wth Stan Lynch) and all his other side hustles.
Excellent survey, as usual! Your line about never getting the Hootie hate is perfect. I never listened to them other than when they popped up on the radio, but they got my respect when I realized they had grafted lines from “Idiot Wind” onto their biggest hit. And, although I hate to admit it, I was that guy who always had to point this out to people.
Another really good piece - thank you. Since you include here some bands that aren’t strictly Southern, I’ll add a shoutout to Lone Justice’s excellent 1985 Jimmy Iovine-produced debut album. I bought it at the time and still have it. They were from California but the music - and especially Maria McKee’s voice - coulda fooled me. It’s a real shame they pretty much broke up after that first album (they put out another after that but it was basically a Maria M record).
Funny you mention that - just interviewed them last week!
https://www.nodepression.com/viva-lone-justice-delivers-first-new-music-from-cowpunk-legends-in-decades/
Cool!
Excellent post, again! I enjoyed the Pt. 1 Spotify playlist and look forward to this one.
Appreciate the props you give the Dan Baird album - both "Love Songs" and "Buffalo Nickel" are some of my favorite LPs of the era. Dan's still putting out good stuff as a solo artist & with Homemade Sin too.
...and the Yayhoos, of course!
Oh yeah! Great stuff, Roscoe + Dan = genius, wish they'd done more than the 2 LPs.
Lifelong Dan devotee here, and you're right. I've got all the solo and HS stuff from over the years. Plus his work with the Bluefields, the Chefs (wth Stan Lynch) and all his other side hustles.
Excellent survey, as usual! Your line about never getting the Hootie hate is perfect. I never listened to them other than when they popped up on the radio, but they got my respect when I realized they had grafted lines from “Idiot Wind” onto their biggest hit. And, although I hate to admit it, I was that guy who always had to point this out to people.
Ha! As did I, that and the Dillon Fence shout-out, which was even a double-entendre!