Uncle Tupelo

Uncle Tupelo was one of my favorite bands of that time and one of the bands I discovered while dj'ing in college, so like all of those bands they are special to me.

i love that album.. it introduced me to the entire alt-country thingamajjig..there's not a weak song on that.. and its even got douglas sahm on it.. well that and american recordings by cash and hank williams' greatest..

"if that's alright'

looooooooooooooooord

I find myself listening to UT far more often than Wilco or Son Volt. Don't know if that means I like them better, but it probably does.

UT is better!

I just put them on, and I think you're right. "March" just sounds glorious. It's like they're playing in my livingroom.

listening to this recording of their last show for the first time in forever -- http://sweetblahg.tumblr.com/post/31927248495/the-last-uncle-tupelo-show-sbd
reminded what a good singer farrar used to be! not sure what happened, but the last few things i've heard by him have sounded so weak vocally.

also a totally good guitarist! why did he give up playing lead!?

Farrar's vocals and guitar were great. I remember reading the Melody Maker review of "March 16-20" when it came out, in which the reviewer commented about Farrar's voice being 'old beyond his years', or something to that effect. Too true.

Farrar giving up lead guitar was a terrible turn of events. saw Son Volt tour the second record & zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz until Jay ripped the solo on "Chickamauga". man did I love UT. that last show is great. Tyler, if you still run your blog, could you get your hands on The Long Cut + 5 EP? man that take on "Anodyne" was so great; & "Truck Driving Man"! the fidelity was a lot better than the boots I've heard. too bad it was just a promo, but it circulated back in my tape trading days pretty widely. goes for big bucks now. I dunno, maybe it's easy to find now on the internet, but in the past I couldn't track it down.

yeah those early son volt shows kinda rolled by until chickamauga. then everyone woke up.
is some of that long cut + 5 thing on the anodyne reissue? i can't remember. i used to have it on tape too. that crazy version of suzy q ... i may actually have the whole show that those tracks came from? not sure. i'll dig around.

some of it is on the reissue of Anodyne, some on the greatest hits thing that came out (I bought both just to get those tracks) but yeah, that "Suzy Q" was insaaaaane

Farrar just lurching around, like if the Stooges had been a funk band

yeah honestly, when tupelo broke up, my brother and i thought/hoped it was because farrar wanted to do more crazy suzy q kinda guitar workouts. "he just wants to raaaaage!!"
oh hey http://captainsdead.com/uncle-tupelo-the-long-cut-five-live.html

are those links live? at work & don't wanna try

RIP Jay

maybe he'll do a mellow Bread-type album some time

trust tyler to come up with the goods.... Thank you. that "Fifteen Keys" is great.

yep, mp3s are live!

links are live. just click on the play symbol for an imbedded player. x-post

+5 thing is as good as i remembered. surprising they haven't put out a tupelo live comp or something. i'd buy it.

the acoustic "Whiskey Bottle" at the end of the ND rerelease is pretty great, Jay just fucking with us by holding out the big explosion. unresolved tension!

That UT show is great. Hard to tell the band is about to split up.

http://soundcloud.com/dan-lehr/uncle-tupelo-november-29th

My friend uploaded this over Thanksgiving. November 1990 live radio show set (taking requests) on KCOU 88.1 FM + concert later that night at the Blue Note, Columbia MO. Good shit.

coooool. don't think i've heard that one.

I had heard a couple of the covers from the radio show from tapes that were still in the KCOU archive when I worked there later, but never heard the whole show. It's sloppy but fun.

"The Uncle Tupelo Family Christmas Special"

1. I've Been Working on the Railroad (featuring Heidorn on guitar)
2. John Hardy
3. Long Black Veil
4. Dead Flowers
5. So You Want to Be a Rock & Roll Star
6. Ripple
7. Lookin' for a Love
8. Take It Easy/Peaceful Easy Feeling
9. Screen Door
10. Sugar Mountain
11. I've Been Working on the Railroad (reprise)

In the concert at the Blue Note they covered Dino Jr's "Freak Scene."

wow, cool. I think I know a few of these takes (I remember a cover of "Dead Flowers") but I'm not sure about the others. guessing (hoping?) Tweedy sings "Sugar Mountain"?

They sort of all sing it. Heidorn starts (it sounds like he might be the only one who knew all the words) and then everybody else gets in. Brian Henneman is there too.

lol "you wanna just quit and try an Eagles song?"

I only just now made it all the way through this. The Badfinger cover toward the very end is awesome. Also too bad that the tape cuts off on Cortez the Killer.

I miss this band very much

yeah both of these shows are a blast. i've heard the blue note show, but i think it was a tape that was playing too fast. this sounds right.

by the way i believe this is the complete show that those long cut five live songs come from: http://www.hearrockcity.blogspot.com/2011/07/name-me-song-that-everybody-knows.html

pretty great video overview, lots of stuff i've never seen - http://www.adioslounge.com/there-was-a-time-the-history-of-uncle-tupelo/

This was probably my favourite band in 1992. Now listening to the Live In Chicago 1994 WXRT recording. So disappointed I never got to see them live

And inspired by the Anodyne thread I finally bought the expanded, remastered version. Their pinnacle

Missed this when it came out, really great live set:

https://www.discogs.com/master/1236267-Uncle-Tupelo-Live-At-Lounge-Ax-March-24-1994

Ha. That's the set I mentioned two posts (and three years) ago ^^. Just checked. My copy is billed as broadcast by WXRT-FM.