i don't think their albums were u.s. releases (because i paid import prices), but check out Fellow Travelers.
their lead singer, Jeb Loy Nichols, had a song on the Good Will Hunting soundtrack, but i really liked the group stuff better. dub/country/reggae with poignant lyrics about loss, love, walking in the rain, and being poor.
http://www.jebloynichols.co.uk/fellow.htm
anyone else ever heard of them?
later. J.