Keep forgetting to come back to this thread.
That Grizzly Bear album was certainly interesting, very strange collision of so many styles, but too many to really fit the bill for what I'm looking for. That being said, it'll certainly remain in my library for future listening, I definitely enjoyed it regardless. It's much more ambitious than the sort of ambition I'm looking for. The incorporation of wooshy atmospheric sound design and cinematic synthscapes pushed that album far outside of the realm of rootsy organic southern music. I'm looking for ambition without the incorporation of purely electronic instruments, no synths, ambition to get the most out of traditional blues / country / bluegrass / rock instruments.
Over the last week the closest I've come to my target is The Doobie Brother's album Stampede.
While it's still The Doobie Brother's massive classic arena rock sound here, this album seems to draw far more influence from southern styles than some of their more funky / groovy work. Neal's Fandango is a massive country-rock epic and throughout the album are a handful of brilliant multi-acoustic textures.
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There's 3 reason why the Rolling Stones are better. I'm going to list them here. 1. Jimi Hendrix from Rolling Stones was a better guitarist then Jimmy Page 2. The bassist from Rolling Stones isn't dead 3. Rolling Stobes wrote Stairway to Heaven and The Ocean so we all know they are superior here.
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