Various – Driftless Dreamers In Cuca Country (2xLP)

The Driftless region of Wisconsin, home to Cuca Records and hundreds of Nashville-raving pickers and singers, was a stronghold of country music in the 1960s. Influenced by old-time ethnic songs, Bakersfield outlaws, country-political rainbows and the lonesome twang of every country roadhouse, these 17 Driftless Dreamers washed up at Jim Kirchstein's Sauk City record label with little more than $100 and a yearning. The recordings gathered here are the fruits of Cuca's documentary approach, capturing the voices and stories of a culture and a glacier in decline.