Issue #12 Nov-Dec 1997

Features
Charlie Chesterman – High octane revisited
Fred Eaglesmith – Prairie pearl
Greg Brown – Slant of Enchantment
Jimmy Day – King for a Day
Ricky Skaggs – Going back to old Kentucky
Walkabouts – Where the buffalo don’t roam
Articles
“Someday, the train will return to these parts…”
Bo Ramsey – Feelin’ groove-y
Box Full of Letters from Issue #12
Citizens’ Utilities – That great hydroelectric power
Field Reportings from Issue #12
Hello Stranger from Issue #12
Hello Stranger from Issue #12
How to Succeed in Europe Without Really Trying
I Want To Be a Cowgirl’s Restaurant
Issue #12 Nov-Dec 1997
Mount Pilot – Pickin’ & swingin’
Nashville’s Unwritten Rules / Creating Country Music: Fabricating Authenticity
Neko Case – Canadian Virginian
Oh Susanna – Sorry, no banjo on her knee
Preacher Jack – Miracles in the strangest of places
Retail Chart from Issue #12
Roy Huskey Jr.- The Heartbeat of Country Music
Roy Huskey Jr.: 1946 to 1997
The Pistoleros – Musica del Sol
Tommy Womack – Scorched Bis-quits & Cheese
Live Reviews
Billy Dankert – 400 Bar (Minneapolis, MN)
Calexico / Richard Buckner – Cicero’s (St. Louis, MO)
Country Music Legends Fair – (Kempton, PA)
Gourds – The Brewery (Raleigh, NC)
Kim Richey / Big Back Forty – Elbow Room (Columbia, SC)
Loretta Lynn – Little Nashville Opry (Nashville, IN)
Lucinda Williams – 7th House (Pontiac, MI)
Mike Ireland & Holler – Schubas (Chicago, IL)
Red Nations Celebration – Santa Fe Music Hall (Santa Fe, NM) / Native Roots & Rhythms – Paolo So…
Roger McGuinn – Discovery Theatre (Anchorage, AK)
Ron Sexsmith – Westbeth Theater (New York City, NY)
Whiskeytown – Exit/In (Nashville, TN)
Album Reviews
Barbara Manning – 1212
Bill Kirchen – Hot Rod Lincoln Live!
Blazers – Just For You
Bob Dylan – Time Out Of Mind
Chip Taylor – Chip Taylor’s Last Chance
Cicadas – self-titled
Claire Lynch – Silver And Gold
Cornershop – When I Was Born For The 7th Time
Doc Watson & David Grisman – Doc & Dawg
Drivin N Cryin – self-titled
Emily Kaitz – Terminally Trendy Middle-Aged Rock And Rollers Are So Damned Cute
Handsome Family – Invisible Hands [EP]
Jack Williams – Across The Winterline
Jeb Loy Nichols – Lovers Knot
Jones & Leva – Light Enough to Find My Way
Karen Dalton – It’s So Hard To Tell Who’s Going To Love You The Best
Kathryn Caine – Whiteville
Lambchop – Thriller
Marcia Ball – Let Me Play With Your Poodle Dog
Marlee MacLeod – Vertigo
Matthew Ryan – Mayday
Merle Haggard – The Land Of Many Churches
Mysteries Of Life – Focus On The Background [EP]
Nadine – Back To My Senses
New Lost City Ramblers – There Ain’t No Way Out
Oblivians – …Play 9 Songs With Mr. Quintron
Original Harmony Ridge Creek Dippers – self-titled
Ramblin’ Jack Elliott – Kerouac’s Last Dream
Ray Charles – Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection
Reckless Kelly – Millican
Replacements – All for Nothing/Nothing for All
Richmond Fontaine – Miles From
Ronnie Lane with Slim Chance – You Never Can Tell
Sara Evans – Three Chords and the Truth
Sonny James – The Classic Hits of Sonny James
Steve Earle – El Corazon
Tom Russell – Song Of The West: The Cowboy Collection
Tomi Lunsford – High Ground
Townes Van Zandt – Last Rights
Various Artists – Christmas CDs
Various Artists – The Songs Of Jimmy Rodgers: A Tribute / Various Artists – Stone Country: County…
Various Artists – Used To Be: Blues From The Pacific Delta For Bill Monroe
X – Beyond & Back: The X Anthology / The Blasters – American Music