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  1. 01-05-2009, 17:32 #1
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    I seem to be drawn to many bands who were great, but not widely recognised as such.

    I guess this is because I've got most of the obvious stuff & for a long time have had to search harder & wider for new music - and unavoidably ending up cruising the backwaters & dark alleys of recorded sound.

    I've not got much time at the moment but here's one band that are special to me:

    Big Star http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JC0Wa...eature=related

    More later.............


    By the way:
    Cover versions are a good place to start. It's an easy way in & gives you something familiar to grab onto when getting into a new band.

    'The Covers Project' is a handy tool - a database of cover versions. Each band/artist is listed with covers they've done, as well as songs of theirs that others have covered. http://www.coversproject.com/
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    Big Star seemed to flash brightly in the late 80's when everyone fell in love with Teenage Fanclub and realised that Bandwagonesque sounded just like Big Star. Alex Chilton came out of retirement and they toured for a while. I've never checked them out personally, mind...

    Here's a few thoughts...

    Dinosaur Jr should have been bigger than Nirvana.
    Pale Saints should have been bigger than My Bloody Valentine.
    Mick Softley should have been bigger than Donovan.
    Arthur Brown's Kingdom Come should have been bigger than The Crazy World...
    The Shamen with without Mr C should have been bigger than The Shamen with Mr C

    Not sure if this was what you had in mind, but it's an interesting theme to explore!
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    .......................so what about ..................

    The Screaming Trees deserved to be so much bigger than they were............
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJIEZ...eature=related
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1k_Wp...eature=related

    Michelle Shocked
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hffcyJ1GAg
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cJZy...eature=related
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q15Pl...eature=related

    Gene
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nmRv...eature=related
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZZHcENtkxU
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjXqy...eature=related

    The Faith Brothers
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSKCg0Yq2o0
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHlh9...eature=related
    -'please 'scuse the videos ............I know, I know, there are only so many shots you can take of an album cover before it gets boring (......and that number would be 2)..........
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmhjO...eature=related

    ....and Beechy, I was going to mention Teenage Fanclub!
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAMqJP4VvdE
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bM-u1...eature=related
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5FVm...eature=related

    The Jayhawks
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GYZt...om=PL&index=36
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Xp_t...eature=related
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FCLq...eature=related
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsjdD...eature=related

    The thing about all those performers & songwriters above is that they have a knack of writing stuff that you feel you already know.

    I haven't even sighted the shores of obscuredom yet!! Much more to come.
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    Ron Sexsmith....

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oNFRWXDSA8
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    Tommy Emmanuel A truly amazing guitar player
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    Loves anything from Pain of Salvation to Jeff Buckley to Django to Sarasate to Surinder Sandhu to Shawn Lane to Nick Drake to Rush to Beth Hart to Kate Bush to Rodrigo Y Gabriela to The Hellecasters to Dark Sanctury to Ben Harper to Karicus to Dream Theater to Zero Hour to Al DiMeola to Larry Carlton to Derek Trucks to Govt Mule to?

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    Martin Stephenson (both with & without) The Daintees


    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQ4hH...eature=related
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TYh7Hlr_5k
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZNgj...eature=related
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    Quote Originally Posted by The Grand Wazoo View Post
    Martin Stephenson (both with & without) The Daintees


    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQ4hH...eature=related
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TYh7Hlr_5k
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZNgj...eature=related
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdV4J...eature=related
    Chris, Wholly humble heart is in my top 10 all time greatest tracks. I do agree, very underrated as you say.
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    Midlake - a totally overlooked band, just check out some of these tracks... follow the links from this one..

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtpSi...eature=related

    http://midlake.net/blog/
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    I love the Jasmine Minks, they should have been bigger than they were... 'Cut Me Deep' is a beautiful song...

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38xbRxrnwqk

    Murrumbidgee Whalers released on self-financed 7" in 1988 which is classic indie-guitar record. One side of this was featured on a fanzine 7" I have ('Giving Way To Trains', free on a 7" with House Of Dolls magazine issue 10). Strangely I can't find any online samples of this, but VinylTap have a copy of the fanzine EP for no money so check it out!
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    I've just rediscovered The Chesterfields http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbu1iVoLVoE great indie pop that should have gone places.

    The Brilliant Corners http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4FaAipULzg - not the best sound on this, but it's a fantastic jangly guitar sound, with superb song titles... like 'Why Do You Have To Go Out With Him When You Could Go Out With Me'

    The Darling Buds http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyZMhaaPEUc - this bunch set up their band with a grant from The Princes Trust! Great tunes and a foxy singer to boot. Joyous stuff!

    Pop Will Eat Itself... they were contenders to be honest. Indie royalty where I came from. But they only got big after they got crap. Def Con One was their zenith http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7Wm4qXC_j4
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