What songs embody that 'spooky' country & western feel?
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What songs embody that 'spooky' country & western feel - twang, tremolo, reverb, minor chords, dark vocals, preferably from the 1930s-1950s? I'm thinking of the American West and Southwest around the mid 20th century - night time scenes of dusty roads and loneliness. I've heard songs like this all my life, but have very few points of reference. Google is pointing me to stuff like Alan Jackson :/ The lesser known the better, but interested in any artists & songs you'd recommend... thanks!
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Neko Case, check out Blacklisted.
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neroli
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sb-SVPJM4L4 by Lee Hazlewood and Nancy Sinatra maybe? I feel like it's a little bit country but definitely weird and possibly creepy. (Fair warning: I find the video to be flat out ridiculous)
hegemone
Don't know if country blues is within the realm of what you're looking for, but http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yd60nI4sa9A? There's a http://www.radiolab.org/blogs/radiolab-blog/2012/apr/16/crossroads/ to go along with his music, too.
eponym
The Sadies "Darker Circles"
backwards guitar
Ghost Riders In The Sky? Can't get much spookier than that. Skip James's recording from the 20's/30s are superb--fingerpicking, minor tunings, and an uncanny falsetto. Ferinstance, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rv-_mzVBSF8.
Sing Or Swim
Sons of the Pioneers -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amDo-KqUjpA, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UiSMyyj-Ac, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMqKv7BOg_s, etc.
FelliniBlank
Roscoe Holcomb http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cJRRc8FToQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CD5yMpYjtM Roy Acruff http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRbfQrKcVjg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idFTT0qRGd4 Molly O'Day http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRaRxSN4V2M http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkQzBppVwhI Stanley Brothers http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mevmoxEsT1g http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hk4FP7_EtKM
hydrophonic
Everly Brothers--http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3U3xWcDicGo Rex Allen Jr. does a very cool version of that same song, think his version was done in the 60s, slightly morelonesome than the Everlys'.
PaulBGoode
I see that someone already mentioned Revenant. That made me think of John Fahey. I know he's probably newer than what you're looking for, but I felt it was worth mentioning. Nobody takes roots music and feeds it through a psychedelic southern gothic meat grinder quite like he does. Blind Willie Johnson's "Dark Was the Night..." is also another song to look up. Pretty much the definition of haunting.
6and12
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