20th Anniversary Edition! 180g Vinyl LP!
Pressed at Quality Record Pressings!
"Jay Farrar always provided the darkest, grittiest moments in Uncle Tupelo, so it comes as no surprise that Son Volt is a rawer record than A.M., the first album by Wilco, a band led by his former partner Jeff Tweedy. Throughout Son Volt's debut, Trace, the group reworks classic honky tonk and rock & roll, adding a desperate, determined edge to their performances. Even when they rock out, there is a palpable sense of melancholy to Farrar's voice, which lends a poignancy to the music..." allmusic.com
"After touring in support of their 1993 masterpiece, Anodyne, the seminal alternative country band Uncle Tupelo split up over long-simmering creative differences between co-leadersJay Farrar and Jeff Tweedy. Tweedy recruited much of the band to form Wilco, while Farrar teamed up with original Tupelo drummer Mike Heidorn to form Son Volt, the more tradition-minded of the two Tupelo offshoots. Joined by brothers Jim (bass) and Dave Boquist (guitar, fiddle, banjo, fiddle, steel guitar), the band signed to Warner Bros. and released its debut album, Trace, in 1995. It was greeted with excellent reviews from most critics, offering a set of stark, subtle, mostly downbeat songs that drew from traditional country, folk, and roots rock. The single "Drown" was successful on both college and rock radio, and the band subsequently added unofficial fifth member Eric Heywood on mandolin and pedal steel for its second album, 1997's Straightaways." - allmusic.com
Features:
20th Anniversary Edition!
180g Vinyl LP
Pressed at Quality Record Pressings
Musicians:
Jay Farrar, vocals, guitar
Mike Heidorn, drums
Dave Boquist, guitar, banjo, fiddle, lap steel guitar, dobro
Jim Boquist, bass, backing vocals
Eric Heywood, pedal steel guitar
Craig Krampf, drums on "Live Free"
Dan Newton, accordion on "Too Early"
Marc Perlman, bass on "Mystifies Me"
Selections:
Side One:
1. Windfall
2. Live Free
3. Tear Stained Eye
4. Route
5. Ten Second News
6. Drown
Side Two:
7. Loose String
8. Out of the Picture
9. Catching On
10. Too Early
11. Mystifies Me
Pressed at Quality Record Pressings!
"Jay Farrar always provided the darkest, grittiest moments in Uncle Tupelo, so it comes as no surprise that Son Volt is a rawer record than A.M., the first album by Wilco, a band led by his former partner Jeff Tweedy. Throughout Son Volt's debut, Trace, the group reworks classic honky tonk and rock & roll, adding a desperate, determined edge to their performances. Even when they rock out, there is a palpable sense of melancholy to Farrar's voice, which lends a poignancy to the music..." allmusic.com
"After touring in support of their 1993 masterpiece, Anodyne, the seminal alternative country band Uncle Tupelo split up over long-simmering creative differences between co-leadersJay Farrar and Jeff Tweedy. Tweedy recruited much of the band to form Wilco, while Farrar teamed up with original Tupelo drummer Mike Heidorn to form Son Volt, the more tradition-minded of the two Tupelo offshoots. Joined by brothers Jim (bass) and Dave Boquist (guitar, fiddle, banjo, fiddle, steel guitar), the band signed to Warner Bros. and released its debut album, Trace, in 1995. It was greeted with excellent reviews from most critics, offering a set of stark, subtle, mostly downbeat songs that drew from traditional country, folk, and roots rock. The single "Drown" was successful on both college and rock radio, and the band subsequently added unofficial fifth member Eric Heywood on mandolin and pedal steel for its second album, 1997's Straightaways." - allmusic.com
Features:
20th Anniversary Edition!
180g Vinyl LP
Pressed at Quality Record Pressings
Musicians:
Jay Farrar, vocals, guitar
Mike Heidorn, drums
Dave Boquist, guitar, banjo, fiddle, lap steel guitar, dobro
Jim Boquist, bass, backing vocals
Eric Heywood, pedal steel guitar
Craig Krampf, drums on "Live Free"
Dan Newton, accordion on "Too Early"
Marc Perlman, bass on "Mystifies Me"
Selections:
Side One:
1. Windfall
2. Live Free
3. Tear Stained Eye
4. Route
5. Ten Second News
6. Drown
Side Two:
7. Loose String
8. Out of the Picture
9. Catching On
10. Too Early
11. Mystifies Me
