The splintering of Uncle Tupelo into Jay Farrar's Son Volt and Jeff Tweedy's Wilco divided the Alt Country scene as bitterly as a civil war. One felt obligated to pull for one side or the other and knock the competition for stagnating or selling out. It was silly, really, since the alternative roots rock scene now has two great bands for its money, where before it had the one. Trace, Son Volt's 1995 debut, runs shank to flank with Uncle Tupelo's Anodyne as one of the f...  [+]