Son Volt Returns

Still, I'm glad to hear Jay is back with the band. Mike Heidorn is fab drummer.

Beyond that, that's going to be the most boring webcam in the history of the internet.

http://www.guitarworld.com/artistindex/art/9512.sonvolt1.gif

http://www.kcuvradio.com/admin/upload/sonvolt.jpg

http://www.guitarworld.com/artistindex/art/9512.sonvolt1.gif

Jay Farrar's stuff never connection with me emotionally, I have to admit. I'm a Wilco man.

Though he could sing the classifieds, and it sound alright.

but you must like al green!!

i too like son volt; i was sad when they dropped off the radar (were they ever really on the radar?)

hahahahahahahaha

I know what you're saying, but I've met people in totally unknown local bands that act like they're fucking David Bowie.....

I just heard a Son Volt song I'd never heard - in Home Depot of all places - and it really struck me! Gave up on this band after most people already had, but I guess this tune - "The Picture" - is from 2007's The Search - anyone heard this album? Is it all good like this and full of horns and stuff?

i haven't heard that record, i don't think. the first "Son Volt" reunion record was pretty dreary for the most part. too bad the reunion discussed at the top of this thread never really happened!

i was a huuuuuge uncle tupelo fan but honestly son volt was always one of the most boring live bands.

they were cool the first time i saw them (circa 1995), but every other time after that, yeah, pretty dull. always wished that farrar would loosen up a little and just kinda jam, but he doesn't seem into it.

I've heard it, I think that was one of the three tunes worth hearing. The rest were pretty boring, from what I recall. I think their most recent, American Central Dust, is more worthy of a listen but still not a patch on the first two records.

does mike heidorn play at all anymore? he was a pretty cool drummer.

for me this band is like that girl you were into & she was your life & then she dumped you & then you were really despondent & then years passed & you realized your life was better for having lost her.

I still love the way she brushed her hair from her forehead the first side of Trace though.

does mike heidorn play at all anymore? he was a pretty cool drummer.

― tylerw, Tuesday, September 28, 2010 5:42 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

yeah the heidorns were from mpls, mike used to be a bartender at a bar i went to, nice dude

http://softskull.com/falling-cars-and-junkyard-dogs/
guess farrar has a memoir coming out? or something. does not sound too exciting.

In this collection of beautifully crafted autobiographical vignettes that encompasses everything from the people Jay Farrar has met and the places he’s journeyed over 20 years as a traveling musician, to his formative childhood experiences, to his parents’ cultural identity as Missouri Ozarks.

As a child, he marveled at the eccentric habits and mannerisms of his father, though it has taken over 40 years to fully appreciate his guidance. Recollections of Farrar’s father are prominent throughout the stories. Ultimately, it is music and musicians that are given the most space and the final word since music has been the creative impetus and driving force for the past 35 years of his life.

In writing these stories, he found a natural inclination to focus on very specific experiences; a method analogous to the songwriting process. The highlights and pivotal experiences from that musical journey are all represented as the binding thread in these stories—if life is a movie, then these stories are the still frames.

CHICKAMAUGA

also tell us more about how tweedy tried to pork your wife

haha, now there's an article i wish i'd never read

nothing like a middling, slightly condescending pfork review to get me to check out the new son volt record. first song sounds pretty nice!

gonna take a lot more than that to get me to check out a Son Volt record in 2013. nude photos of Jay in the gatefold?

https://search.mog.com/v2/albums/81061393/image.jpeg?size=800
if you squint you can see him cowering behind one of those trees

bare trees

i dunno, this is sounding solid... so far no real attempts to "rock," which I think is a good idea.

ooh mid tempo songs!

I really only love Jay when he rocks, like in 2013 I'll take "Route" over "Windfall"

haha! how about this lyric: "There's a world of wisdom inside a fiddle tune"

wow.

I want more """"""dance"""""" jams like "Blind Hope" too

whoa dude, album took a total left turn into ummagumma territory!

[jk, just trying to get you to listen to it]

wish this guy would go all Greetings from LA sexx jams

I think I just listened to about half of this, can't really remember already

lol, here's an excerpt from that memoir

The first time I left [Uncle Tupelo] was when the bass player woke up my girlfriend, who was sleeping on the back equipment van bench, to profess his love for her when I was responsible for driving up front. The reason for leaving the band the aforementioned second time was for artistic and band direction differences of opinion. I spoke the words, “I have the desire to be your friend. It’s just not possible in the context of this band.” The bass player responded with belligerent vitriol. I walked away… [Later] The bass player and I then shook hands. I said “Good luck,” as the bass player said nothing in response.

"bass player" lol

I spoke the words, “I have the desire to be your friend. It’s just not possible in the context of this band.”

so natural!

The bass-player ended up having some pretty good luck after all, perhaps too much...

i'm the man who loves you vs. i have the desire to be your friend

man real talk i love the first son volt record but i was huge tupelo guy in HS and shit and i'm still kinda bitter for seeing son volt like 3 times live and being bored to shit every time

OTM

“I have the desire to be your friend" is pretty epic though

I'm sorry, but this isn't Son Volt, it's just the Jay Farrar Experience.

Anyone know what the Boquists are up to these days?

Very few songs put me into the mind set of a such specific time & place the way that "Drown" by Son Volt does & I hold it forever in my heart but, I probably walked out of one Son Volt M@tt mentioned.

So I doubt I'll listen to this new record but I will say that is an excellent album cover.

one of the boquists was bartending at a place i went to in st. paul....

(couple years ago)