Will music like this ever return?

the only music i've listeined to that was made recently was Lynyrd Skynyrd's latest album

Well Seeker,

Yes, music it dead. The Band was the last of it's breed so you're going to have to go alternative. Go underground young man! Drive-by Truckers, Junior Brown, Omar and the Howlers, Gillian Welch and David Rawlins. Go back to the influences. Bessie Smith, Son House, John lee Hooker, Muddy Waters. Go to Johnny Cash and Hank Williams Sr. We got no choice unless you want to spend the rest of you life puking in the car over what comes over your radio.

There is all kinds of great music out there, you have to actually look for it, though. Gone are the days when yer local radio station would bring you cool tunes.
Ya know, most of THE BAND's music would not really be seen as rock music today, more like one of those wishy-washy categories like "alt.country" or some such. If you are into this kind of music, check out BLUE RODEO - great harmonies, intelligent songwriting, good musicianship and authentic emotion - these are the things that characterised The Band's music.

I whole-heartedly agree and have often thought about whether rock is dead. It doesn't get much better than The Band and for the most part music now is nothing more than weak, mediocre crap. There is still good music going on it is just not in the mainstream and can be hard to find, but I am enjoying going back in time and discovering some of the great artists from back in the day. As a 27 year old it is refreshing and also reassuring to know that there are other people of my generation who actually know who The Band are and love their music.

theseeker420.....

I know exactly where you're coming from and I have found myself in that same situation numerous times with a lot of my friends. Just a simple, laid-back afternoon/evening cookout and maybe even a few hands of Texas Hold'em, and before long, someone(if not everyone) wants to hear some tunes. They almost always say "It doesn't matter, just play something." So I take it upon myself to give them a taste of what I consider to be "real" music, perhaps cranking up The Band, some old Little Feat albums, CCR, or even some Grateful Dead. Within a minute or so of the first song, the questions and comments start rolling in.

"Who the hell is this?"
"Are these people still alive?"
"What is this garbage?" (the only question that bothers me)
"I've never heard this before." (my personal favorite)
"What year is this from?"......and so on and so on and so on.

I typically give them MY crash course in Music 101, and explain a little bit
about the artist/band/album that I chose to play. Most of the time they will open their minds and listen. Other times they will just turn their nose up at the music and never give it a chance.

I'm only a few years older than you(pushing 30....REALLY pushing), and it seems like so many people my age, or close to it, are listening to all of the bubble gum pop, alternative rock, American Idol, and catch-phrase country music that is blasted morning, noon, and night on FM radio. While I refuse to judge them based on the music they choose to listen to, it's just not my cup of tea. I always have, and always will, prefer the talented musicians of the 60's and 70's, whose songs still mean more than most of today's "chew em up, spit em out" artists ever will.

As far as music like that which is performed in The Last Waltz ever returning.....it has. It's just not in the mainstream and you may have to dig around a little bit to find it. There's a large number of artists/bands that are making great music these days, and you're most likely to find these musicians by that old-fashioned advertising.....word of mouth.

I was recently informed of a website....www.archive.org/audio....that allows downloads of entire concerts/shows by "trade-friendly" artists. You can also choose to download individual songs from whatever concert you're interested in. The site contains quite a few "jam" bands, and while the dominant force on the website is the Grateful Dead, with well over 2000 shows to download, there are other bands and artists that may interest you. With over 1000 artists and 20,000+ concerts available, I'm sure the site contains something you'll find to your liking.

Not to get carried away, but...
-Grateful Dead
-Warren Zevon
-Little Feat(old & new)
-Country Joe McDonald
-Robert Randolph and the Family Band
-Derek Trucks Band
-String Cheese Incident
-Radiators
-Dirty Dozen Brass Band
-Mutual Admiration Society
are just a few bands that are listed on the archive.

When I first started downloading from archive.org/audio, I was overwhelmed by the amount of great music that was right at my finger tips. The site also contains some artists that I've never heard of before, so I simply pick a band name at random and give them a try. I've been able to find many "diamonds in the rough" using that method.

My #1 Diamond in the rough -- New Monsoon...fantastic band with a very tight sound and amazing musicianship.

Give the archive a try, and find yourself some new music to enjoy. Spread the word.




-When we're done with it, you can have it- J. Garcia

I have spent some time thinking about where music is going, and going on and on (in my mind and to other people, lol) about how much current music sucks. and how the music back then was way way better, which it was. I've thought about how great it would be if a new band would come out with stuff like back then...
but now, I've sort of realized that was was going on then was more than the music. it was a creation of the times, and of all these many many great musicians feeding off of eachother. an album would come out and everyone would have to improve on it. and there was all this going on...there was a whole scene.
and for that reason, that good old music will never be recreated, and if something else is going to come out, it will be really different, and might not appeal to people like me whole love the old music...like hip hop. in the early days of hip hop, I take it that there was a bit of a scene going on. that was something...but it wasn't the same thing.
any new, big music scene is gonna have to be different. it's either that, or you get these bands I've heard of--Dressy Bessy and the Redwalls, there's others too--that are just building off of what it is 30-40 years old. and there's people saying how good they are, "they sound like the beatles!" or they're really influenced by certain "old" people. but the truth is, they aren't making music from their heart, or their surroundings. They are just in love with the past (as am I) and this makes me think, what does their music mean anyway?
if it's just the music, I suppose that's fine for some people, but it can never be exactly the same...and the bands that try to make it the same aren't really doing anything new, like it was back then...and the newness was a big part about what it was back then...so it's not even really the same.
so basically...I just think there's stuff there, but no it will NEVER be the same...and all I can do is watch movies and listen to music and dream about how it was...

In my vacation I was in a small bar where some real music lovers played (in a mix band) they played some of the old songs and did it very well. They played the same tracks every 4 nights, and I was there every night.

I mean, from the media you will always only be able to see something about the *beep* mainstream crap. So go get an account in a undergroundmusic forum or something then you'll learn some great underground names who plays REAL music.

My farvorits today is still Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton (who still makes great music - Eric Clapton's crossroad guitar festival i.g.)

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