We leave you this weekend dear reader with a little treat in the form of a new cover of the Carter Family’s ‘Weeping Willow’ by Ruston Kelly, whose ‘Dying Star’ album was one of our highlights of 2018. He told Stereogum: “To say I’ve been influenced by the Carter Family is an understatement. When I first heard their 1927 recordings—considered the ‘Big Bang’ of country, folk and Americana music—I was changed forever; Maybelle Carter remains one of my greatest musical influences.” Apologies for it being in annoying Spotify format but beggars and choosiness. Have a good one.
Ruston Kelly covers Carter Family classic – Listen
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Classic Americana AlbumsClassic Americana Albums: Turnpike Troubadours “Diamonds and Gasoline”
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Classic Americana Albums: Great Speckled Bird “Great Speckled Bird”
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Classic Americana Albums: Drive-By Truckers “The Dirty South”
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Classic Americana Albums: Gram Parsons “Grievous Angel”
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Classic Americana Albums: Nanci Griffith “Other Voices / Other Rooms”
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The First TimeThe First Time: Tim Martin – The Boomtown Rats Colston Hall, Bristol 28th June1978
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The First Time: Guy Lincoln – The Pink Fairies, The Marquee Club, London, 3rd August 1976
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The First Time: Darren Lumbroso – The Jam, Michael Sobell Sports Centre, London, 12th December 1981
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The First Time: Martin Johnson – The Who, ABC Theatre, Stockton-on-Tees, October 22nd, 1970
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The First Time: Richard Parkinson – Magna Carta & Gillian McPherson, Carlisle Market Hall, September 1971
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