It's another bright sunny afternoon here in the Northeast (even though I am currently inside), so I thought some Texas alternative country music was in store. Specifically a trio of out of print albums from the 1990s all featuring Jo Carol Pierce: Across the Great Divide, an album of Austinites covering Jo Carol Pierce songs; Pierce's own release Bad Girls Upset by the Truth; and Songs from Chippy which features (among others) Pierce, Wayne Hancock, Terry and Jo Harvey Allen, Butch Hancock, and Robert Earl Keen. I know it's a little blasphemous, but I like the covers album best - a few missteps and perhaps a little dated twenty years after its release, but most of the performances and songwriting still hold up well.Across the Great Divide
| Sacrifical Island Tombstone | Psycomotor |
| Queen Of Heaven | Joe Ely |
| Across The Great Divide | Kris McKay |
| My Boyfriend | Pork with Alejandro Escovedo |
| Ruby | Loose Diamonds |
| Scratch Upon Her Windowpane | Darden Smith |
| Something More | Lords Of Love |
| Jim Henry Henley | Spot Removal |
| Reunion | Jimmie Dale Gilmore |
| Heaven And Hell (Their Exact Location) | Michael Hall |
| Does God Have Us By Twat Or What ? | Girls In The Nose |
| You Bother Me | The Wannabes |
| Buttons Of Your Skin | Lisa Mednick |
| Loose Diamond | David Halley & Rich & Katy Brotherton |
| Borderline Tango | Shoulders |
| Secret Dan | The Namedroppers |
| Blue Norther | Gretchen Phillips & Kathy McCarty |
| I Blame God | Terry Allen |
| Apocalyptic Horses | Robert Jacks & Kim Longacre |
Bad Girls Upset by the Truth
| You Bother Me |
| Blue Norther |
| Secret Dan |
| Across the Great Divide |
| Scratch upon Her Windowpane |
| Borderline Tango |
| I Blame God |
| Does God Have Us by the Twat or What? |
| Loose Diamonds |
| Daddy's Song |
| Apocalyptic Horses |
| Vaginal Angel |
Songs From Chippy
| Goodnight Dear Diary | Joe Ely |
| Across The Great Divide | Jo Carol Pierce |
| Chippy Narration | Jo Harvey Allen |
| Buildin' More Fires | Joe Ely |
| Wind's Gonna Blow You Away | Butch Hancock |
| Gonna California | Terry Allen |
| Thunderstorms & Neon Signs | Wayne Hancock |
| Fate With A Capital F | Joe Ely & Terry Allen |
| The Way I Was Raised | Jo Harvey Allen |
| Cup Of Tea | Jo Harvey Allen & Joe Ely |
| Tongues | Jo Carol Pierce |
| Low Lights Of Town | Butch Hancock |
| I Blame God | Jo Carol Pierce |
| Oil Wells | Jo Harvey Allen & Joe Ely |
| Cold Black Hammer | Joe Ely |
| Boomtown Boogie | Butch Hancock, Terry Allen, Jo Carol Pierce, & Joe Ely |
| Back To Black | Wayne Hancock |
| Just Dancin' | Jo Harvey Allen & Barry Tubb |
| Whiskey And Women And Money To Burn | Joe Ely |
| Morning Goodness | Robert Earl Keen & Butch Hancock |
| Angels Of The Wind | Terry Allen |
| Roll Around | Butch Hancock |
| Goodnight | Joe Ely |
15 comments:
Nice one, thanks!
"Bad girls" made me LOL at times.
@derfeelgooed,
Quite welcome!
@BB,
Jo Carol would be proud. :)
Thanks for the Jo Carol Pierce! I had the pleasure of seeing "Chippy" when it opened in Philadelphia. It's an amazing cast and was a lot of fun. I hope to see another appearance by Terry Allen some day.
Thanks Ish. Great tunes.
@M Sharp and lakercrazy,
Glad to do it. And jealous of M. Sharp for getting to see the stage version of Chippy. re Terry Allen - it's too bad he hasn't released anything in a long time. I wonder if he's focusing more on his artwork.
@Msharp,
Thanks for the link (I'm downloading it as I type) and the update on Terry. Very glad to see he's still musically active (after I get the boots, I'm going to go get his new releases.
Ish
Many thanks Ishka it looks a great album
@Zephyr,
I like all three of them, but my fave is definitely Across the Great Divide.
Ish
p.s. I just discovered your blog - very cool!
Thank you for Across the Great Divide.
Do you have any more by Terry Allen?
Great Blog!
Ixca,
Quite welcome. I have been thinking about pairing Terry Allen with another artist for a comp - just trying to figure out who. :)
Ish
Oh Oh Oh I finally tracked down Bad Girls Upset by the Truth! Here! And it's gone! Waaaah!
I have Across the Great Divide, which is awesome, anyway.
Cheers.
Scraps,
I re-upped all of them. Enjoy!
Ish
Oh man! THANK you!
Thank you for the update! I can't wait to give these a listen.
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