Who's your favorite obscure band, musical artist?

Nice choice by friend of the friendless.

I'll add my top-shelf obscure band: Kitchens of Distinction. "The Death of Cool" and "Strange Free World" are two fantastic CDs.

 

Meet The Hoovers

http://www.myspace.com/meetthehoovers

 

Obscure? Wait, let me check the music thread and pick a name, because I don't know obscure.

 

The Atomic Bitchwax:

http://www.theatomicbitchwax.com/The%20Atomic%20Bitchwax%20-%20If%20I%20had%20a%20gun.mp3

 

David Garza. One of Austin's locals, saw him perform at a bar on South Padre Island years ago. For quite a while he had an album that was the soundtrack of my early 20s.

I'll second Guster, out of the Cambridge-Somerville, Mass. area. Their live album is incredible.

 

Somewhere in my collection are well-played albums by:

Aztec Two-Step

The Brandos

The Lamont Cranston Band

Marshall Chapman

The Dillards

Gary P. Nunn (The London Homesick Blues)

David Bromberg

LouAnn Barton

Valerie Carter

Molly and the Heymakers

And several others who have faded from memory, although their musix c lives on.

 

You beat me to it.

Think early Smashing Pumpkins without the urge to slap the shit out of Billy Corgan.

 

You and I would do well hanging out together in some honky tonk bar.
I'll add:
Alejandro Escovedo
Lucinda Williams (not obscure to many, but to the general public)
Ryan Adams (not obscure to many, but to the general public)
Whiskeytown (yes I know they're defunct)
Uncle Tupelo (yes I know they're defunct)
The Replacement (yes I know they're defunct)
Drive-By Truckers
Chris Knight
X (yes I know they're defunct)
The Blasters (yes I know they're defunct)
Dave Alvin
Kelly Willis
Kathleen Edwards
Brandi Carlisle
Garrison Starr
Clare Burson
Ron Sexsmith
Cross Canadian Ragweed
Reckless Kelly
Slobberbone (yes I know they're defunct)
The Drams
Josh Ritter
Will Kimbrough
and so many, so many, so many others ...

 

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Just saw the Two Step at an anniversary show for their first album. Never a big fan, but it was a nice night out.
My nominees, at the moment, are:

Guy Clark
Jimmie Dale Gilmore
The Kentucky Headhunters

 

Recently saw him do a two-man show ... absolutely, incredibly, faboulously brilliant.

 

Emmylou does a great live cover of Clark's "New cut road" on the CD of "Quarter Moon."

He and Delbert are two of my faves.

As far as ATS goes, I always thought my first novel would be called "Dancers All," one of the best songs on their self-titled LP. Didn't know they're still around but I haven't been in the DC area for 30 years.

 

Heard her leading off for Train last summer. She was outstanding.

Don't know if Anna Nalick can qualify anymore, but...