Son Volt "Electro Melodier" various artists This is the record that

This is the record that contains such classics as Drunk and Disorderly

poetic and just downright great as ever

and mailed to himself as a "poor man's copyright"-remained sealed in it's original envelope and unopened for nearly 50 years

these rousing tunes are cranked out with punk grit and determination and a brash rock n roll attitude

Son Volt "Electro Melodier" various artists This is the record that2020 was not quite what Jay Farrar was expecting for the 25th anniversary of Son Volt, the band he started in 1995 after leaving the seminal group Uncle Tupelo, whose No Depression album helped define the alt country and Americana genre. The group had just finished an Outlaw Country Cruise when the pandemic hit and sent them into their homes on lockdown. Instead of a triumphant tour marking the illustrious landmark, Farrar was forced indoors by the