Americana Tag 2024 for Sam St. John The Genre Defined

20 examples that define the wide genre of music known as Americana. A tag created by Sam St.John. Please subscribe to Sam’s channel and participate with videos and comments.
I tag my friend Rod The Happy Hippy Vinyl Guy to a response video.

[@mazzysmusic]

Great music. Ill get to this one; probable sometimes next eeek

[@GlenKellawayfromthebasement]

Awesome..will look forward to your video..it should interesting..👍❤glen

[@samstjohn1994]

That would be awesome Mazzy!

[@yardism]

Fantastic

[@GlenKellawayfromthebasement]

Thank you

[@dennislind8411]

Nice job Glen. Your enthusiasm is amazing!

[@GlenKellawayfromthebasement]

Thanks Dennis..this one excited me very much..

[@canadianstudmuffin]

Cool questions and answers. Yes, prog rock and other genres can get a bit confusing and even silly... In the long run it's all just music. Yes, that Eddie Vedder album is amazing!

[@GlenKellawayfromthebasement]

Silly..just like you Larry🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

[@musicinthehouse]

Love these picks, many new to me. Thank you. Going to grab that Steve Earle Washington Square Serenade!

[@GlenKellawayfromthebasement]

It is his best album in my opinion..

[@darcyska]

Excited for this one! A genre I know so little about, but can certainly appreciate hearing the perspective from fans of what I might want to check out. You're right about the term - sort of like Canadiana could be put on The Guess Who, Tragically Hip, even Barenaked Ladies or Rush

[@GlenKellawayfromthebasement]

Hope you find something to check out👍

[@jimmccloskey4254]

Big Bromberg fan. From 1974 to last year, about 100 shows, all the different bands as well as solo.

[@GlenKellawayfromthebasement]

That is awesome..me too..Saw him countless times..That David Bromberg Band in the 70’s was the best band out there..They were amazing..

[@jasonarsenault3791]

Great job Glen. Billy strings is on my get to know list for 2024. It’s a long list already. Ha. Hope he swings by your neck of the woods this year.

[@GlenKellawayfromthebasement]

He ain’t comin’..I gotta go on a road trip..

[@samstjohn1994]

He's unreal Jason

[@beerandvinyl]

This was incredible Glen - well done!

[@GlenKellawayfromthebasement]

Thanks Alex

[@rachelsghost]

Nicely done, Glen I need to get to your Earl Scruggs upload as promised. I'll make that happen after I finish watching this video. You know wayyyyyyy more about this topic than I do. However, I want to support Sam so I'll give it a try. 🙏👍

[@GlenKellawayfromthebasement]

Thank you and I am confident you will rock this thing as always❤❤glen

[@whatthejim]

Wow you actually met John Prine, very good response Glen. I love that Eddie Vedder album, I love the Band self titled as well.

[@GlenKellawayfromthebasement]

Thanks Adam…love that Eddie Vedder album too.

[@RandyforRoyals]

That Bela Fleck album is perfect for the banjo cover. The Seldom Scene record you showed is the only one I have but I do enjoy it and need to check out their other recordings. Lucinda Williams is my favorite Americana artist and Car Wheels is my favorite by her. I picked "I Will" as well but forgot to give Tony Furtado any credit. It's always good to see Blackie & The Rodeo Kings. Great duet pick although Alison Moorer is now Mrs. Carll. I have albums by three of your lesser known Americana artists. Great tag response.

[@GlenKellawayfromthebasement]

Thanks Randy..I will be over to watch yours❤👍glen

[@BobbyGass5]

Hi Glen. Americana to me was always Bob Dylan number one. Hank Williams, Bruce Springsteen, Pete Seeger, Woody Guthrie, Bob Wills, they all come to mind. A lot of people thought the Band was Americana when they came out even if they were Canadian.... Cheers.

[@happyhippythevinylguy]

This is a great tag!

[@GlenKellawayfromthebasement]

Awesome..custom made for you Rod…👍❤

[@peterhovestad4654]

This playlist features music from the movie Searching for the Wrong Eyed Jesus. Beautiful, dark, moody. kzbin.info/aero/PLyqre3kyIPy88ggEMkdizdSOwUJdKonpL&si=pP1M-fvwHI4WY_rw Also check Richmond Fontaine “The High Country” kzbin.info/aero/OLAK5uy_nHnPzJL30tRtUKjHFBYoV61lgFxbPbG1A&si=9gHQ5mJGncoaByZ8

[@ArturoGofunkez]

You gave me a ton of recommendations here. I guess I'm not done buying music yet! Have you heard the South Memphis String Band? It's Alvin Youngblood Hart, Luther Dickinson and Jimbo Mathus. They've done two records, I think, and Home Sweet Home is my favourite. It's mostly guitar, banjo and mandolin, and very old-timey, blues focused. One of my relatively recent favourites is someone I never hear spoken about by anyone in the VC - Jake Xerxes Fussell. He's from Georgia, and plays a lot of traditional Southern folk songs, mostly finger-picking on a Telecaster in the Piedmont style. He's made four albums since 2015, and they're all great, especially the first three. Great video, and a great ending to a video about Americana - with a record with four Canadians on it!

[@GlenKellawayfromthebasement]

I guess you just got even with me..now I have to empty my wallet again..lol..thanks so much Arturo..

[@user-gh1tn5sr2v]

Great tag. Have you checked out Goose Creek Symphony? Great band from the 70's.

[@GlenKellawayfromthebasement]

Been years since I heard them

[@harrysmusicroom]

We had the same choice for acoustic Beatles cover, it's just a beautiful song. I LOVE David Bromberg's music, IMO his version of Mr. Bojangles is definitive.

[@GlenKellawayfromthebasement]

Hey Harry..Bromberg’s Mr Bojangles is definitive..Demons In Disguise is a great album…nice to see someone else is a Bromberg fan..

[@bigjuan4u]

Some good stuff to plough through. I think the band ‘America’ would fit in there. Still love their first self titled album; ‘Never found the time’ especially, but loaded with other goodies. Not connected to the ‘Americana’ strand but you mentioned ‘Julia’; Ramsey Lewis does a really nice instrumental version on his album ‘’Plays The Beatles Songbook’. Worth checking out if you find the time.

[@GlenKellawayfromthebasement]

That Julia cover has gotta be good..

[@bigjuan4u]

@@GlenKellawayfromthebasement Hi Glen, is ‘has gotta be good’ an expression in Canada? Does it mean you have listened to it and liked it, or, taking its literal meaning, are you saying if it isn’t any good there may be serious repercussions for me wasting your time?

[@NorthernRevolutions]

Oh sure, steal my Black & The Rodeo Kings answer. Well, I'm not going back to reshoot so we'll have one the same.

[@GlenKellawayfromthebasement]

Nothing wrong with both talking about a great band..look forward to your video..

[@user-fi8yg9wn3l]

Hi Glen I love the Allman Brothers band tom petty the band Neil Young classic rock is the best ever

[@GlenKellawayfromthebasement]

Not sure what that has to do with Americana topic but I love those bands/ artists too

[@samstjohn1994]

Absolutely love this! Mighty Poplar, so good! I knew you'd show that Bela record. I haven't heard that Bromberg, I'm going to have to sample it. Aoifie is a cool lady! Thanks for being the first on this, Rod is a great pick!

[@GlenKellawayfromthebasement]

Thanks Sam..this was the most fun I have had making a video in a long time..Right in my wheelhouse..you did a great job kicking this off👍❤glen

[@samstjohn1994]

You're too kind man, I'm glad you enjoyed it. It was a blast getting the questions organized!

[@alexandervaneijken7741]

In my humble opinion the Americana genre started with the first album of The Band Ironic because four of the five members were your countrymen.

[@GlenKellawayfromthebasement]

No argument here..perhaps maybe working on the basement tapes in 1968..

[@frenchvinyladdict]

Hi Glen, very interesting what you said about prog rock, well which bands could be ranked in that ''category'', which not, etc...This is a genre i'm very into at the moment. Last summer i read that incredible book written by French author Aymeric Leroy which doesn't rightly begins in 1969 with the release of King Crimson's 1st album, but provides a thorough overview of who were already ''prog before the prog'' (prog-esque or prog-ish as Scot TheProgCorner always says), which mid-/late-60s bands paved the way for the next generation of bands who were going to popularize progressive rock from the early-70s on. As you said, Procol Harum and The Moody Blues have certainly played an important part in the emergence of the genre. I often mention in my videos other bands such as e.g., Family, The Strawbs et Fairport Convention who were IMHO massive sources of inspiration for all that generation to come (Yes, Genesis, Gentle Giant,etc..) That being said, today's topic was Americana😊 when it comes to that genre, the one album that springs to my mind is ''The Fantastic Expedition Of Dillard & Clark'', great entries, always interested to learn more about it, and i know you're a good banjo player, Julia is a beautiful Lennon song, cheers from Montréal

[@GlenKellawayfromthebasement]

Sounds like a very interesting book…I love Dillard Clark..great stuff

[@morrisgautreau6704]

Since you love Ry Cooder, then I have to ask if you seen the 1986 movie 'CROSSROADS'? (Not the 2002 stupid one with Brittney Spears). The one staring Ralph Macchio and Joe Seneca. It's about a wannabe blues-guitar virtuoso finds an old blues player and hopes he can teach him a long-lost song by legendary musician Robert Johnson. I'm sure you'd love it. Ry Cooder wrote a lot of the music for it!

[@GlenKellawayfromthebasement]

Seen it many times and own the soundtrack album..

[@morrisgautreau6704]

@@GlenKellawayfromthebasement Of course you did! ha ha! Awesome, I do love that movie and soundtrack.

[@bobf.5538]

People send you music .how does one do that .I see no PO box address or an email.

[@GlenKellawayfromthebasement]

My e mail is [e-mail]..