Wednesday, July 4, 2007

Roughian Country



Roughian [ruff-eee-an] adjective
1. Not played on "country" radio
2. Gritty, real, with pain
3. Usually involving booze and guns
4. See also Chris Knight and Drag the River

Been listening to Chris Knight's Trailer Tapes. Raw and beautiful. This is Knight at his best. Also picked up Drag the River's entire collection from Suburban Home Records. Been wearing 'em out. Just pure heart driven country with heavy doses of pedal steel. We highly recommend picking their stuff up. Especially now that they have disbanded.

2 comments:

Atticus Leghorn Grizzard said...

I may need to get you or Matt to send me a copy of the live Drag the River album. Suburban Records had them on backorder. Roughian is dee shit....werd to your mutha.

Anonymous said...

good to see you giving props to the real roughians!