{"id":12264,"date":"2024-02-26T20:52:14","date_gmt":"2024-02-26T20:52:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=12264"},"modified":"2024-02-28T22:30:24","modified_gmt":"2024-02-28T22:30:24","slug":"music-going-all-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=12264","title":{"rendered":"MUSiC: Going All Country\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"447\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/img_7932-1-1024x447.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12263\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/img_7932-1-1024x447.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/img_7932-1-300x131.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/img_7932-1-768x335.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/img_7932-1.jpg 1334w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Champ Hood, Walter Hyatt and David Ball.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019m not quite sure how I stumbled upon these guys, but Uncle Walt\u2019s Band, are an interesting discovery. They no longer exist, chiefly because two thirds of the group are deceased. But the do now have a <a href=\"https:\/\/unclewaltsband.com\">website<\/a>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I think I must\u2019ve found them exploring the Omnivore record label website. Omnivore released the Yester\/Henske <em>Farewell Aldebaran<\/em> album (and some other obscure Yester material). Anyhoo, having discovered Uncle Walt\u2019s Band, I\u2019m now a fan. And I\u2019ll be exploring their output in due course. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For now, this is a fave:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"525\" height=\"296\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/x3vMMlSR-CI?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Love it!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Lyle Lovett is a massive fan of these guys. And I can totally get why. But I also discovered that they had been championed, early on, by Willis Alan Ramsey, also a new name to me. He had a star studded debut out in 1972, which I\u2019m checking out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"857\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/img_7964-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12276\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/img_7964-1.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/img_7964-1-300x251.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/img_7964-1-768x643.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Around that time he encountered Uncle Walt\u2019s Band, persuading them to relocate to Nashville, and trying to helm an album with them. This didn\u2019t come off, so they moved back to (?), and recorded their own debut LP, <em>Blame It On The Bossa Nova<\/em>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This latter has been reissued on the excellent Ominvire label, remastered, with lots of bonus material. I just ordered a brand new copy off Amazon, for less than \u00a35!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/img_7965-1-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12278\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/img_7965-1-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/img_7965-1-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/img_7965-1-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/img_7965-1-768x768.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/img_7965-1-100x100.jpg 100w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/img_7965-1.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Can\u2019t wait to get stuck in to this!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The histories of both Uncle Walt\u2019s Band, and Willis Alan Ramsey, are rather odd and interesting. UWB never achieved they success they merited, eventually going their separate ways. Their leader, Walter (uncle?) \u2018Walt\u2019 Hyatt, was killed in a domestic US plane crash, aged just 46, in \u201891. Champ Hood died from cancer in 2001.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"450\" height=\"297\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/img_7934-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12280\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/img_7934-1.jpg 450w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/img_7934-1-300x198.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Walter Hyatt, in jovial cigar chompin\u2019 mood.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Only bassist David Ball remains. And his story is interesting; he had to pester his way into the group, originally a duo, just Wyatt and Hood. He was told &#8211; so I\u2019ve heard online &#8211; to \u2018come back when you can play [upright] bass\u2019. A guitarist and singer in his own right, he nevertheless did just that. And joined the group as bassist and third voice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/img_7966-1-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12283\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/img_7966-1-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/img_7966-1-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/img_7966-1-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/img_7966-1-768x768.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/img_7966-1-100x100.jpg 100w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/img_7966-1.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sole solo survivor\u2026<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>His successful solo career sees him back on guitar and lead vocals, in a somewhat more \u2018trad country\u2019 line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Something I feel compelled to add, in regard to Uncle Walt\u2019s Band, is what a trio of beautiful men they are, or rather were. You\u2019d have thunk this combo of great talent, fab voices, excellent songs, <em>and <\/em>good looks, would make them a shoo-in for music biz success. But, no\u2026 \u2018twas not to be!<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019m not quite sure how I stumbled upon these guys, but Uncle Walt\u2019s Band, are an interesting discovery. They no longer exist, chiefly because two thirds of the group are deceased. But the do now have a website! I think I must\u2019ve found them exploring the Omnivore record label website. Omnivore released the Yester\/Henske Farewell &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=12264\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;MUSiC: Going All Country\u2026&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paGwUa-3bO","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12264"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12264"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12264\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12336,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12264\/revisions\/12336"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}