Frank's roots rock/Americana song of the day

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with some rockabilly and folk thrown in.

Where else to start?
Violent Femmes - American Music

"We like all kinds of music. But I like American music best."

[vitoNova]

Love me some roots and Americana, especially unfiltered, raw, primary sources.

So I prefer to go a bit further back.  

Charlie Poole on McKinley's assassination, and Teddy Roosevelt's subsequent presidency:

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The Band - The Weight

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The Band - The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down

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     I love The Band. Had their first two albums on an old PC.

[Wells]

The first song in this thread is goated. The rest are great too ofc

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The Band - Atlantic City

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Bruce Springsteen - Atlantic City

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Bruce Springsteen - The Ghost of Tom Joad

This is a much harder version of the song between Bruce Springsteen and Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine

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Skydiggers - I Will Give You Everything.

Just as The Band were a Canadian band, there are a lot of excellent Canadian roots bands and the Skydiggers, despite being unknown outside of Canada are one of them. They're still around and apparently are very good live.

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Skydiggers - A Penny More

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Suzie Ungerleider (AKA Oh Susanna) - River Blue

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Suzie Ungerleider - Baby Blues

The music video is interesting as well.

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Suzie Ungerleider with Jim Cuddy (of Blue Rodeo) - Lucky Ones

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Blue Rodeo - Try

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Blue Rodeo - Bad Timing

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Blue Rodeo - Rose-Coloured Glass

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Blue Rodeo - Trust Yourself