moving city/moving house

just a quick note. i'm currently in the process of moving from leeds to london where i will be starting a new job at ealing studios. for the time being i'll be located in east london. i will have limited access to the internet for the next few weeks and will be busy setting up/settling in, decorating my new flat etc. these mountains is playing a number of shows as one half of 'ten' including the shhhh festival in london on the 22/01, shows in bristol, wales and newcastle amongst others. there is also a small european tour at the end of february, including dates in france and berlin. i'll try and update the blog as often as i can [providing i can persuade my girlfriend to lend me her computer/wait until she's gone to work]. please continue to check back for updates. thanks for your patience...i should also thank all those people in leeds who have provided love and support, collaborators and those who have helped me out over the years. you know who you are, i shall miss you.

door cassette release

noise duo door release their second record this month: a limited edition cassette entitled 'puppets of nostalgia'. recorded in leeds during november 2010 the cassette runs for 30 minutes and features new compositions. door formed last year in leeds and consists of bryan smith [tsar, stamina nudes etc] and jonny fryer [these mountains]. further releases to be announced via these mountains blog.

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flatlands

heartworn highways

this homespun documentary soundtrack celebrates a circle of some of the finest songwriters in progressive country, just as they were starting to come into their own. the intimate informality of the mid-'70s performances finds guy clark at the center of that circle of texans relocated to nashville, with the then-unknown rodney crowell and steve earle among his acolytes. all of them sound impossibly, irrepressibly young, though the early songs of townes van zandt(particularly "waitin' 'round to die") already carried the world on their back. among the highlights are a christmas eve party at the nashville home of guy and susannah clark, where the singalong ranged from his "that old time feeling" to the crowell-led finale of a spirited "silent night." it's fascinating to hear these artists in their formative stages, making music for fun and for each other, in light of what they would become. --don mcleese

a complete list of songs performed in movie:
guy clark - "l.a. freeway"
larry jon wilson - "ohoopee river bottomland"
david allan coe - "keep on trucking"
big mack mcgowan & glenn stagner "the doctor's blues"
guy clark - "that old time feeling"
townes van zandt - "waitin' around to die"
david allan coe - "old man tell me"
barefoot jerry - "two mile pike"
rodney crowell - "bluebird wine"
steve young - "alabama highway"
guy clark - "texas cooking"
gamble rogers - "black label blues"
peggy brooks - "lets go all the way"
the charlie daniels band - "texas"
david allan coe - "penitentiary blues"
david allan coe - "river"
steve earle - "elijah's church" (partial)
ensemble - "silent night"

"extras" bonus songs on dvdguy clark - "desperadoes waiting for a train"
townes van zandt - "pancho & lefty"
richard dobson - "hard by the highway"
the charlie daniels band - "long haired country boy"
guy clark w/ rodney crowell - "ballad of laverne and captain flint"
john hiatt - "one for the one for me"
steve earle - "darlin' commit me"
david allan coe - "thank you, jesus"

party at guy clark's housesteve earle - "mercenary song"
rodney crowell - "young girls hungry smile"
richard dobson - "forever, for always, for certain"
billy callery - "question"
steve young - "I'm so lonesome I could die"
steve earle & rodney crowell - "stay a little longer"
guy clark - "country morning music"

click here to listen to part one and here to listen to part two