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ABOUT ME
Tagline: We may live in the city but we sure do miss the country! When You Awake is our ode to country life as well as a chronicle of the current indie country/folk/rock and roll/roots scenes in LA, New York, and any place where people listen to songs that tell stories. We're looking to bring you the best in revival goodness: Music, Style, Events, Recipes, whatever strikes our fancy...keep checking back as we update daily!
Favorite Bands:
Bob Dylan and the Band, Waylon Jennings, Gram Parsons, Steve Young, Townes Van Zandt, Guy Clark, Dolly Parton, Neil Young, Van Morrison, Merle Haggard, Willie Nelson, Leon Russell, The Byrds, The Everly Brothers, The Flying Burrito Brothers, George Jones, Lefty Frizzell, The Allman Brothers, Loretta Lynn, Emmylou Harris, Hank Williams, Johnny Cash, The Grateful Dead, The Travelling Wilburys, The Highwaymen, Beachwood Sparks, Will Oldham, My Morning Jacket, Dwight Yoakam, Gillian Welch, Patsy Cline, Porter Wagoner, Wilco, The Bees, The Pierces, The Morning Pages, The Rolling Stones, George Harrison, Jonathan Wilson, Alana Amram, Leslie and the Badgers, Howlin' Rain, Vetiver and so on
Favorite Films:
The Last Waltz, Coal Miners Daughter, Honeysuckle Rose
5 Items I Can't Live Without:
Nudie Suits, Records, Harmonicas, Guitars, Nashville
I Want to Party With:
Honky Tonk Heroes
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
New York, NY July 7, 2008 Fleet Foxes- Bowery Ballroom July 8, 2008 Shelby Lynne- Music Hall of Williamsburg July 23, 2008 Dr Dog- Bowery Ballroom July 29, 2008 Bon Iver/ Bowerbirds- Bowery Ballroom July 30, 2008 Bon Iver/ Bowerbirds- Music Hall of Williamsburg Aug 2, 2008 Vetiver/Phosphorescent- Bowery Ballroom Aug 3, 2008 Vetiver/Phosphorescent- Music Hall of Williamsburg Aug 8, 2008 Hymns- Living Room Sept 25, 2008 Built to Spill perform "Perfect From Now On"- Terminal 5 Sept 26, 2008 Built to Spill perform "Perfect From Now On"- Terminal 5
Los Angeles, CA July 6, 2008 Welldiggers Banquet- The Echo July 10, 2008 Port O'Brien- Spaceland July 20, 2008 Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings/ Feist- Hollywood Bowl July 20, 2008 A Hawk and a Hawksaw- The Echo July 20, 2008 Eleni Mandell/Olin and the Moon- Tangier July 23, 2008 Van Dyke Parks/Inara George- Tangier July 26, 2008 Howlin' Rain- Spaceland July 27, 2008 Dwight Yoakam- Greek Theatre July 29, 2008 Emmylou Harris- Pacific Amphitheatre July 29, 2008 The Watson Twins- The Echo Aug 3, 2008 Dolly Parton- Greek Theatre Aug 3, 2008 Lyle Lovett- Orpheum Aug 8, 2008 Dr Dog/Delta Spirit- El Rey Aug 24, 2008 Sondre Lerche- The Troubadour Aug 25, 2008 Bon Iver- Troubadour Sept 17, 2008 Black Crowes/Howlin' Rain- Greek Theatre Sept 17, 2008 Vampire Weekend- The Wiltern Sept 19, 2008 Vampire Weekend- The Wiltern Sept 21, 2008 My Morning Jacket- Greek Theatre Sept 29, 2008 Calexico- Henry Fonda Oct 4, 2008 Iron and Wine/ Swell Season- Greek Theatre
yeah well the dylan fest was totally lame! nothing going on!!!!! not even a street fair or something!!! it was a waste of gas and money on the towns part because they spent alot advertising it and nothing was happening not even the reading was going on! I thought it pretty rude to pride themselves as being bob dylans home town and not even have anything going but advertise it anyway...totally lame! I think NYC had the better fest
Cool site and nice piece from Ethan Miller. Have you checked out Tift Merritt? She played the Troubador in LA last month, Doug Pettibone from Lucinda William's band sat in on pedal steel. Maybe she's too Joni Mitchell and not enough Gram Parsons for this site, but worth a listen.
Hey there is a Dylan fest on the 24 in hibbing, MN too! they say it's his home town but im pretty sure he just graduated there and lived there for like a year and a half and then left for like sunset strip...could be totally wrong though!
Following last week's Tree Mixtape, we thought we'd keep with the nature theme and share some of our favorite songs about the Mountains. It starts off with some real stomp and holler tunes, leads into a number of bluegrass classics, and then ends up with a pair of contemplative odes to the beautiful hills. This is the most bluegrass based tape that we've done so far (as bluegrass IS the music of the mountains), but there are some other songs thrown in for good measure (a little Blitzen Trapper and Neil Young to go along with your banjo jams?). Check it out after the jump!
1. Loretta Lynn- High On A Mountain Top 2. Blitzen Trapper- Wild Mountain Nation 3. Doc Watson and Bill Monroe- On Some Foggy Mountain Top 4. Osborne Brothers- Rocky Top 5. Dolly Parton- My Tennessee Mountain Home 6. The Dillards- Black Mountain Rag 7. Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn- Pickin' Wild Mountain Berries 8. Flatt and Scruggs- Foggy Mountain Breakdown 9. Townes Van Zandt- My Proud Mountains 10. Neil Young- Sugar Mountain
