the vulgar boatmen history is kind of complicated and im sketchy on details so anyone is welcome to correct me they have connections to a lot of bands because they've never been stable as an outfit I actually don't know who all the people in the band have played with but You And Your Sister was produced by Walter Salas Humara who is the main guy in the Silos so thats the silos connection as for uncle tupelo (son volt/wilco) connection i dont think theres anything besides vulgar boatmen being embraced by the alt. country "movement" or whateever you wanna call it the most comlicated thiong about vulgar boatmen is that they've split into two bands, one in chicago and one in...i forget but the south somewhere the other thing is the main singer and songwriter of the v boatmen Dale Lawrence sings on Mysteries Of Life's first record, tours with them and might have joined the band i dunno rumors abound about them but i dont know any more than that as for silos they have connections with everybody in the alt.country genre cause eeveryone loves him and he shows up everywhere that probably wasnt very helpful except that i didnt realize how little i knew about them another underrecognized (though they could never be worshipped enough to please me) is Giant Sand, though off shoots like Calexico and Friends Of Dean Martinez are getting some exposure Giant Sand is criminally unknown in general im sure plenty of people will disagree with me but i have to say that they are the best band in america if not the most talented group of three musicians, for variety's sake there is no possible way to beat them (except maybe with lots of computers and synths and stuff) they certainly dont appeal to everyone in all of their forms, they can be a little heavy musically the description i give of their music is: metalhead bob dylans riding hobbyhorses through the barrio i could prolly name many other bands but I must do school work ---Ev -- I'm just a shy boy sitting in a house When everyone's gone

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