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I can't think of another guy this talented and so relatively unknown. nt

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tinear

In Reply to: RE: Jay Farrar posted by LWR on May 21, 2012 at 20:52:20

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Unknown? Given his Uncle Tupelo and Son Volt fame, I'd say he's very well known. -nt - Raiderman 09:32:06 05/22/12 (4)
- Well known around here.... - Ozzy 10:44:30 05/22/12 (3)
  ....or well known to the general public? Ask 10 people on the street who he is. That should be your acid test.
  
  Oz
  
  Don't worry about avoiding temptation. As you grow older, it will avoid you.
  - Winston Churchill
  - Ask 10 people on the street... - mkuller 19:00:58 05/22/12 (1)
    ...who the Vice President of the US is and they don't know.
    
    Ask 10 people involved in popular music today and they will know either him or one of his bands.
    
    Particularly if you ask musicians.
    - RE: Ask 10 people on the street... - Ozzy 03:41:52 05/23/12 (0)
      "Well Known" is a relative term and means nothing without a qualifier. It is usually referring to the "general public". If one intends for it to mean "well known to professional musicians", he should probably preface it that way.
      
      Oz
      
      Don't worry about avoiding temptation. As you grow older, it will avoid you.
      - Winston Churchill
  - RE: Well known around here.... - Raiderman 13:21:35 05/22/12 (0)
    Unfortunately nine of those ten people on the street don't have a clue.
    
    You could easily ask who James Morrison, Peter Townsend, or Richard Starkey is, and they'd all look at you with that 1000 yard stare and say "Da, I dunna know."
    
    But on the bright side, those same people will be voting for our next president. (Assuming of course they can figure out how to work the pen.)
son volt has done pretty well - musiclistener 07:37:22 05/22/12 (0)
but in the overall scheme of the music biz, he is underrated - the talents of he and tweedy have already produced admirable catalogs, with much more to come - count me as a big fan

"When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro." -HST
17 years ago - LWR 21:16:14 05/21/12 (1)
with Uncle Tupelo I said that he would be the Neil Young of the 21 st century....In my mind I was right....to American taste in music (pop shit), I missed....Glad you appreciate the cat, he is massively talented.
- Exactly! For his talent, he should be known throughout the music fan world, not just to fans of alt music. nt - tinear 08:20:10 05/23/12 (0)
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