Decline of Country & The Western Civilization Part II: The Woodwind Years

Challenging the notion of what "Nashville" and "country" mean, the ever changing cast of Lambchop has turned out brilliant album after brilliant album over the last dozen years. This release is a collection of A-sides, B-sides, compilation tracks, and unreleased songs in a chronological compendium of a golden age in their career. Spanning 1994 to 1999, Decline centers around the weather worn and haunting voice of Kurt Wagner, the one constant in a band that numbers as many as twenty and as few as four, depending on the time or place. Discover a fertile musical history where Lambchop ties together influences as diverse as Porter Wagoner, Curtis Mayfield, and the Velvet Underground with contemporaries like Giant Sand, Vic Chesnutt, and Sonic Youth.