Over 60 years ago, steel guitarist Jerry Byrd made his first recordings with the Happy Valley Boys. He went on to grace a good chunk of country records made east of the Mississippi in the 1940s and early ’50s. A […]
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Thirty years ago, Gary Stewart’s crazed intensity sparked and glowed like a neon bar sign across a Nashville struggling to cope with Outlaws, long-haired men, loud guitars and blue jeans. His voice was a serrated nerve ending; his leonine mane […]
LINEUP SHAKEUPS: Multi-instrumentalist Leroy Bach has bid adieu to Wilco. Bach played keyboards and guitar with the band for five years, contributing to the band’s Summerteeth and Yankee Hotel Foxtrot albums. Wilco is currently working on their next album; keyboardist […]
Maybe it’s flipping the calendar over; maybe it was the success of Buena Vista Social Club, or maybe it’s something in the water, but it seems so many key video releases of late look at longtime acts that have survived, […]
Two years ago Chris Offutt published No Heroes, a book largely about his experiences returning to his hometown of Morehead, Kentucky, as a successful author and college professor. It was a book I read with particular interest, for Offutt is […]
T Bone Burnett: An evening to remember It was a great treat to finally see a piece on T Bone Burnett [ND #49, Jan.-Feb. 2004]. While there is no doubt about his track record as a brilliant producer, there are […]
1 Johnny Cash, American IV: The Man Comes Around (American/Lost Highway) 2 Ryan Adams, Love Is Hell Part 1 (Lost Highway) 3 Ryan Adams, Rock N Roll (Lost Highway) 4 Lyle Lovett, My Baby Don’t Tolerate (Curb/Lost Highway) 5 Johnny […]
Fifty-one years after his death, at the age of 29, my wife and I decided to spend New Year’s doing a self-made tourist jaunt across Hank Williams’ Alabama. I know, the idea of “Hank Williams Heritage Tourism” smacks of inauthentic […]
Anne McCue calls it a “strange journey,” as she retraces her path from arts school graduate in Sydney, Australia, to singer-songwriter, guitarist and recording artist in Los Angeles. “But if you put yourself on a path,” she says, “things are […]
BR549 found its future by returning to its past. Forced to reconsider the band’s prospects when two key members departed at the end of 2001, the remaining members of BR549 put things on hold instead of hanging it up. Rumors […]
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