Seen this?

[ksol1460]

http://www.countrycalifornia.com/a-country-gothic-playlist/Read more... )

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[ksol1460]

"Gentle Annie" written by Stephen Foster, recorded by Asa Martin & many others.

[wickedanima]

No Patsy Cline? PISH POSH.

Patsy Cline - Crazy
Cowboy Junkies - Misguided Angel
Elvis - Always on My Mind
Lefty Frizzell - Long Black Viel

Also, I think the father of Psycobilly weirdness deserves an honerable mention, being that its Hill-Billy punk-rock : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-ukX1DqfIA

[ksol1460]

Well, I got a little annoyed because they left out Jim White's "Still Waters".

I have a recording of Long Black Veil by the Bastard Sons of Johnny Cash that sounds like it was scraped off the bottom of a coffeepot in the records office of the county courthouse.

[wickedanima]

...

That sounds so beautiful!

[ksol1460]

I think so, too. Here 'tis.
http://www.sendspace.com/file/cv1hi3

[theuppitywoman]

There are some gems on the Murder Ballads album by Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds. Very country in feel & deliciously dark.

[wickedanima]

I might be picking, but I feel like the Murder Ballads have a more Western feel.

We should make a list of westerny feeling stuff too. Rural can be Western too!

Like...

Echo and the Bunnymen - Killing Moon

[theuppitywoman]

Have to admit, I don't know the difference.

[ksol1460]

Rural can be anywhere. Regional is things like Western, Southeastern, Southern, or Midwestern like me.

[wieselkind]

Plenty of british folk songs have that Gothic feel, after all the (British) Romantic and Gothic literary movement were very much inspired by folk tales and music.