"Heartworn Highways" Heartbreak

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just watched "heartworn highways" DVD. was bemoaning to better half how even in a 1975 doc on country artists you could not be prepared for how the group-playing shown (especially in larry jon wilson footage) so absurdly SHAMES almost all subsequent attempts by straightforward, soulful white people to assert an ability to really funkily PLAY. who can be excepted/defended in the LAST few decades? the black crowes? supergrass? i.e NOT the band, little feat, neil young, et al. OR can anyone give thoughts to what might have happened to this phenomena in the time since? i mean i guess there could be jam band talk but that's really not what i'm wanting to hear...

duke tenderloin, Tuesday, 9 March 2004 09:23 (twenty-two years ago)

i'll answer my own question, the occasion (NYC)

duke steak, Tuesday, 9 March 2004 09:25 (twenty-two years ago)

late royal trux, current hagerty?

duke chuck, Tuesday, 9 March 2004 09:52 (twenty-two years ago)

man, that heartworn highways dvd is incredible. ill be shocked if anyone comes near the quality of what was going on there...

olaf isaason, Tuesday, 9 March 2004 11:38 (twenty-two years ago)

GNR??!!

duke tibs, Wednesday, 10 March 2004 04:33 (twenty-one years ago)

two years pass...
i'm going to watch this tonight, i'm really excited!

Euai Kapaui (tracerhand), Tuesday, 17 October 2006 11:13 (nineteen years ago)

you should be, it's awesome

boney james and the shondells (teenagequiet), Tuesday, 17 October 2006 12:03 (nineteen years ago)

six years pass...

screening in brooklyn tonight @ spectacle theater, 7:30. producer will introduce the film and do q & a afterwards

i guess i'd just rather listen to canned heat? (ian), Friday, 25 January 2013 23:00 (thirteen years ago)

i will be drinking cheap shot & beer combos at the levy fro m6:30 to 7

i guess i'd just rather listen to canned heat? (ian), Friday, 25 January 2013 23:01 (thirteen years ago)

god i love this movie.
i wish there was more steve young in it.
i wish there was more of everyone in it, except maybe david alan coe.

i guess i'd just rather listen to canned heat? (ian), Saturday, 26 January 2013 03:56 (thirteen years ago)

otm about both steve young and coe. this movie rules

arby's, Saturday, 26 January 2013 05:45 (thirteen years ago)

three years pass...

for those who havent seen it its streaming on pitchfork right now

just sayin, Saturday, 19 March 2016 11:01 (nine years ago)

RIP Steve Young

tylerw, Saturday, 19 March 2016 14:20 (nine years ago)

Anyone have an idea what the list price is gonna be on the new RSD box? I kinda want it, but not if it's gonna be more than $60, since I already have a DVD copy of the film, and probably won't look at the book more than once. The soundtrack LPs look interesting, though.

Also, am I the only one tired of 'custom' wood boxes?

Wimmels, Saturday, 19 March 2016 15:07 (nine years ago)

my friend screenprinted those boxes. still, fuck custom boxes.

and yes, RIP steve young. very sad. heard from a few firends the other night, who then launched into a great version of rock salt & nails (yes i know it's a utah philips tune originally.)

ian, Sunday, 20 March 2016 20:53 (nine years ago)

I miss Utah Phillips.

farmboy, Monday, 21 March 2016 04:55 (nine years ago)

five years pass...

saw this for the first time & loved it

i have seen a lot of these clips before but had never watched it all together

could watch Guy Clark forever <3

i dunno if its ok to say but I kinda liked the DAC stuff? the way it just shows various things about him, things that don’t really go together, just like “here you go” - singing a beautiful ballad; dressing like a rodeo version of Macho Man Randy Savage at a prison concert; getting a convoy to Nashville

Also i love seeing Steve Young’s “Alabama Highways” so coked up he’s gnawing his own face off - wild that he can be that high & still sing & play like it’s no big deal

terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 17 August 2021 00:33 (four years ago)

Then you will probably enjoy the documentary about Guy Clark with lots of air time for Suzanna Clark, Townes and others. It’s a very moving story about their lives.

https://www.withoutgettingkilledorcaught.com/

that's not my post, Tuesday, 17 August 2021 01:17 (four years ago)

wow thx - def will look for that!!

terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 17 August 2021 01:22 (four years ago)

Tamara Saviano, who co-produced/directed/wrote the doc, also wrote a bio of the same title, and co-produced this real good trib (only clunker I recall: the track by Rodney Crowell, of all people; maybe the emotional weight was too great, since the Clarks meant so much to him ever since he first came to Nashville):

This One's for Him: Tribute to Guy Clark

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/512m72JIuGL._SY355_.jpg

2012 two CD collection, released to coincide with Guy Clark's 70th birthday. Artists include Rodney Crowell, Lyle Lovett, Joe Ely, Shawn Colvin, Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson, Emmylous Harris and John Prine, Patty Griffin, Ron Sexsmith, Rosanne Cash, Steve Earle, Vince Gill, Jerry Jeff Walker and others. The collection was lovingly produced by Grammy-winning producer Tamara Saviano (Beautiful Dreamer: The Songs of Stephen Foster) and frequent Clark co-writer Shawn Camp ("Sis Draper," "Magnolia Wind"). The tribute includes 30 tracks by 33 Americana artists who are friends and colleagues of Clark or who have been influenced by his remarkable compositions. The collection was mixed and mastered by Austin's Cedar Creek Records principal Fred Remmert.

dow, Tuesday, 17 August 2021 19:27 (four years ago)

wow that sounds great

terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 17 August 2021 20:05 (four years ago)

three years pass...

One-off screening at my local Drafthouse, did not complain about that! Had some thoughts:

https://www.patreon.com/posts/some-weekly-146-127921682

Ned Raggett, Saturday, 3 May 2025 00:26 (ten months ago)


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