I live in Eau Claire now it has one of the worst music scenes you could find for a town of 65K.
Most under rated band of all time
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I live in Eau Claire now it has one of the worst music scenes you could find for a town of 65K.
Some of you must have misread the title of this thread, it very clearly is not titled "Name Several Bands That Nobody Has Heard Of And May Not Really Exist"
I've got tickets, but the rest of my usual concert going group had to bail, so I'm probably bailing too. I saw them there last summer and it was one of the best shows I've seen.
CCR and Jason Boland are definitely quality artists, but I have a hard time differentiating Casey Donahew from mainstream country anymore. I think it was the Doublewide Dream song that turned me off. Just way too "trucks, American flags, and country girls" for me. Might as well have been Luke Bryan or Eric Church.
I can agree with that, should have Said Mickey and the Motorcars or Wade Bowen.
If you like Red Dirt and Texas Country, seriously consider taking a vacation for the Music Fest at Steamboat. I went this year, it's a fabulous deal - five nights of lodging, four days of skiing, and concerts for around $650. Reservations are required almost a year in advance, but I'm very glad I went.
http://www.themusicfest.com/index2.php
I'm not saying that the Beastie Boys aren't great, I listened to some Paul's Boutique the other day. I'm saying if you don't release a rap album every couple of years people move on.
I have not. I haven't lived in Eau Claire for 10+ years (I did my undergrad there). Do they tour/play much? I spend my summers up in Ely, MN and wouldn't mind wandering down to Duluth to catch a show.
I think the issues are it's too close to MSP and the college is too small to draw in any decent acts. It's a good stopping point between Madison and MSP, but there just isn't enough demand. I never really went to shows when I lived there, we always went over to the Twin Cities.
That is why Steely Dan is such a great choice as "most under-rated." They barely toured and weren't all that good to watch. Yet, their studio work was so amazing.
The worst part about being a Steely Dan fan is how often I hear their music being used as musak in HyVee or as the 5 seconds of music between bits on NPR. It is so good, but those are not the right places to hear it.
I think Steely Dan is one of those rare bands where you have a bunch of guys that are truly top-notch musicians, but yet they never fell into the trap that most of the prog rock and jazz influenced bands do - cramming a bunch of crazy solos and time changes to show how great they are.
Also, suit yourself, I'm ripping off air guitar solos in the produce section when a musak version of a song I like comes on in Hy-Vee. It's a good way to get the mouthbreathers trying to figure out which end of vegetable bag to open out of your way.
I guess I don't know if Brantley Gilbert really fits Red Dirt, probably not, but the same thing has happened to him. I heard some stuff from him a long time before he was ever known and his stuff was much better then than the stuff you hear now. I guess I'm just commenting on an example of the radio changing artists.
I also don't like your implied downtalk of Eric Church. He's one guy I like as far as radio country.
I think Eric Church is another Nashville puppet who tries to play up the "Outlaw" image to attempt to draw people who are just outside the fringes of radio country. To me there's no difference between him and Taylor Swift or Rascal Flatts.
It's not really his fault; he's just doing what the label tells him and singing the songs they write for him, and he's making a boat load of cash. Brantley Gilbert is pretty much the same thing.
If it sounds like hip hop with a Southern white guy and the occasional fiddle line, it's not my bag.
All 3 of the above need to be moved to the 'overrated' thread. Very lazy musicians.
Granted, this guy's best stuff is either solo or when he toured with a 3 piece, but the folks that claim some jackbag like Jason Aldean as talented need more time outside of CMT.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2521iMyTaL0
Not all time, but Megafaun has put out some perfect stuff.
Haven't read through this thread yet (I will), but I'm going to go ahead and assume Blind Melon hasn't been mentioned. They're considered a one-hit wonder, but 'Soup' is an absolutely delightful album. There, I said it.
Couldn't agree more. I probably listen to Blind Melon as much (if not more) than any other 90's band who lost the lead singer to heroin.
IIRC, someone mentioned them.
Yeah that makes total sense. Honestly there aren't many cultural activities in this town. Be nice if/when they pass the Confluence Project.
"Styx is the greatest band in the world and the only got a bad rep because most critics are cynical ********!"
