EXPOSED ROOTS: THE BEST OF ALT. COUNTRY Various Artists 1999

 

 

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Tracklist

1-1	Lucinda Williams–	Passionate Kisses
1-2	Blue Mountain–	Blue Canoe
1-3	Gillian Welch–	My Morphine
1-4	Whiskeytown–	Nervous Breakdown
1-5	Golden Smog–	Looking Forward To Seeing You
1-6	Jimmie Dale Gilmore–	Dallas
1-7	Freakwater–	Picture In My Mind
1-8	Meat Puppets–	Lost
1-9	Gourds*–	I Like Drinking
1-10	BR5-49*–	Bettie Bettie
1-11	Tangletown–	See Right Through
1-12	Cheri Knight–	Black Eyed Susie
2-1	The Jayhawks–	Waiting For The Sun
2-2	Kelly Willis–	Talk Like That
2-3	Steve Earle–	Guitar Town
2-4	Southern Culture On The Skids–	Too Much Pork For Just One Fork
2-5	Johnny Cash–	Folsom Prison Blues
2-6	The Handsome Family–	Weightless Again
2-7	Vic Chesnutt–	Gravity Of The Situation
2-8	Honeydogs–	Your Blue Door
2-9	Alejandro Escovedo–	Baby's Got New Plans
2-10	Marlee MacLeod–	Mata Hari Dress
2-11	Lambchop–	The Saturday Option
2-12	Gram Parsons–	In My Hour Of Darkness

THE HILLTOPS Big Black River 1991

 

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Artist Biography

by Rob Caldwell

Based in Oxford, MS, the Hilltops served as a precursor to the band Blue Mountain and the later music career of John Stirratt (Wilco, Uncle Tupelo, the Autumn Defense). One of the best and most popular bands in the North Mississippi/Memphis region during their late-'80s existence, they successfully mixed country and roots rock with punk -- imagine the Replacements if they had come from Dixie. The disparate yet harmonious elements in the music were best shown by Stirratt's tendency towards the punkier side of things, while co-leader Cary Hudson's songs were more earthy and had a more overt country influence (though were no less rocking). They released Holler on cassette in 1989 and Big Black River on CD two years later (which would eventually be re-released by Hudson's cousin's label Black Dog Records). After the band's end, Hudson and guitarist Laurie Stirratt (sister of John), by now married, moved to Los Angeles where they formed Blue Mountain before moving back to Mississippi. John Stirratt recorded an album's worth of tracks which would later be released as the Gimmecaps and joined Uncle Tupelo and then Wilco. 

 

Tracklist

1		Breakdown
2		Sidewalk
3		Strange Love
4		I'd Like To See You
5		Dead End Street
6		Big Black River
7		Old House
8		Broke Down & Busted
9		Slow Suicide
10		900 Miles
11		I Might Be The Last One
12		Judgement Day
13		Walk A Mile
14		Seafoam Green
15		One More Time
16		Blue

 

 

HU H Volume 9 CD Sampler 1995

by request

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Tracklist

1	–Circle Jerks	I Wanna Destroy You
2	–Daryll-Ann	Stay
3	–Fig Dish	Quiet Storm King
4	–Blue Mountain	Soul Sister
5	–Ash	Jack Names The Planets
6	–Gene	Sleep Well Tonight
7	–Letters To Cleo	Awake
8	–Sleeper (2)	Inbetweener
9	–Greenberry Woods*	Smash-Up
10	–Liquorice	Cheap Cuts
11	–Throwing Muses	Shimmer
12	–Misery Loves Co.	Need Another One
13	–Poster Children	King For A Day
14	–The Seymours*	Arcade Boy

BLUE MOUNTAIN Mary Jane 7 inch 1994

 

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alternative country rock from Oxford, Mississippi

Tracklist

A		Mary Jane
B		The Day They Tore Down The Hippie Hotel

BLUE MOUNTAIN self titled 1993

 

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Artist Biography

by Jason Ankeny

Blue Mountain is led by the husband and wife team of Cary Hudson and Laurie Stirratt; the roots rockers drew their name from a small town near their home base of Oxford, Mississippi, where the bandmembers first began soaking up the country, blues, and rock influences that informed their distinctive sound. Blue Mountain was founded in 1993 by vocalist/guitarist Hudson and bassist Stirratt after their previous band, the Los Angeles-based, punk-inspired Hilltops (which also included Stirratt's twin brother, John, who would go on to join the band Wilco), dissolved following the release of a lone LP, Big Black River.

Returning to Mississippi, the couple hooked up with drummer Matt Brennan and began writing and performing live. After a self-titled album -- recorded for about $1,000 -- issued on the band's own label, Four Barrel Records, Blue Mountain was signed to indie label Roadrunner, and in 1995 released Dog Days, an album cut mostly live in the studio with new drummer Frank Coutch and producer Eric "Roscoe" Ambel. Reprising a number of songs from the first release, Dog Days ran the gamut of the group's influences, incorporating everything from country hoedowns to gentle acoustic numbers to a cover of the Skip James jam "Special Rider Blues."

In 1997, Blue Mountain returned with the superb Homegrown; Tales of a Traveler followed two years later and Roots was issued in early 2001. Celebrating ten years together, the band released the live retrospective Tonight It's Now or Never in 2002. 

Tracklist

1		Bud
2		Let's Ride
3		Song Without A Name
4		Westbound
5		Mountain Girl
6		900 Miles
7		Soul Sister
8		In A Station
9		Jimmy Carter
10		Go 'Way Devil
11		Wink