Beyond Nashville: The Twisted Heart of Country Music (2001)

About this title: The rise of the so-called "No Depression" (named after the Carter Family song) alternative country movement in the 1990s coincided with commercial country's hard left turn into pop/rock territory. Less a reaction to the slick "hat acts" (Garth Brooks, Tim McGraw, et al.) than an attempt to keep country's historical line pure and direct, the movement was invaluable in keeping traditional country music in the public consciousness at a time when radio simply wouldn't play it. A wonderful two-disc collection, Beyond Nashville charts the history of country from its varied roots in blues, folk, and ... read more

Tracks:

1. Looking for a New Mama [Rodgers]
2. When Our Lord Shall Come Again [Intro & Theme] [Traditional]
3. Rock Island Line [Leadbelly]
4. Bubbles in My Beer [Wills/Walker/Duncan]
5. Blue Moon of Kentucky [Monroe]
6. I Ain't Got No Home [Guthrie]
7. Long Gone Lonesome Blues [Williams]
8. Always Late (With Your Kisses) [Frizzell/Crawford]
9. Mystery Train [Parker/Phillips]
10. Why Baby Why [Jones/Edwards]
11. Put Your Cat Clothes On [Perkins]
12. Were You There When They Crucified My Lord? [Traditional]
13. Chicken Reel [Traditional]
14. The Bottle Let Me Down [Haggard]
15. I Am a Pilgrim [Traditional]
16. Little Red Hen Blues [Mahal]
17. Long Black Veil [Dill/Wilkin]
18. Lazy Days [Parsons]
19. Glendale Train [Lawson]
20. Medley Live from Northern Quebec: Cash on the Barrelhead/Hickory Wind [Louvin/Louvin]
21. Nitty Gritty [Sahm]
22. Dallas [Gilmore]
23. To Be Young (Is to Be Sad, Is to Be High) [Adams/Rawlings]
24. I Don't Wanna Talk About It Now [Harris]
25. Run on for a Long Time [Traditional]
26. Until the Day I Die [Earle]
27. Orphan Girl [Welch]
28. Temptation of Egg [Geib]
29. Must Be Love [Earle/Ducas]
30. Evening Mass [Willard Grant Consp]
31. One Night Stand [Williams]
32. Beyond Belief [Costello]
33. So Much Wine [Sparks/Sparks]
34. Pissed Off 2AM [Escovedo]
35. The Desert [Callahan]
36. Comfort Me [Linkous]
37. Windfall [Farrar]
38. Atlas Nails [Johns]
39. Handcuffed to a Fence in Mississippi [White]
40. Ted's So Wasted [Ungerleider]
41. Theme (Sunnyside) Out/XET Station Break [Carter]
42. Paloma Guarumera [Gutierrez]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.