Issue #13 Jan-Feb 1998

Features
16 Horsepower – Sinners in the Hands of a Twangry God
Chris Knight – The River’s Own
Doc Watson – Way Down Watson
Freakwater – Spring forward, fall back
Victoria Williams – Desert Bloom
Articles
Blue Rags – Life during ragtime
Box Full of Letters from Issue #13
Cactus Tracks & Cowboy Philosophy
Cash: The Autobiography
Chris Mills – Welcome to the real world, kid
Damnations – Daughters of the Americana Revolution
Field Reportings from Issue #13
Hayseed – Backwoods hillbilly jumps bale
Hello Stranger from Issue #13
Highway Matrons – Mother of all roads
Issue #13 Jan-Feb 1998
Lonesome Brothers – Not on’ry and mean, either
Old Joe Clarks – Not the New Jack Swing
Rainer Ptacek: 1951 to 1997
Retail Chart from Issue #13
Robert Palmer: 1945 to 1997
Screen Door from Issue #13
That’s All Right, Elvis: The Untold Story Of Elvis’s First Guitarist And Manager
Tonebenders – Bent into shape
Where there’s no depression: Carter Fold treasures the tradition of country music’s First Family
Willie P. Bennett – Squirrel of the Rodeo
Live Reviews
Beck – El Rey Theatre (Los Angeles, CA)
Bill Kirchen & Too Much Fun – Sweetwater Saloon (Mill Valley, CA)
Del McCoury Band – Bill’s Music Shop & Pickin’ Parlor (Columbia, SC)
Derailers – Continental Club (Austin, TX)
Ex-husbands – Lounge Ax (Chicago, IL)
John Fahey – Tramps (New York City, NY)
Mickey Newbury – Bluebird Cafe (Nashville, TN)
Son Volt / Buick MacKane – Cat’s Cradle (Carrboro, NC)
The O Jeez – Double Door (Chicago, IL)
Tribute To Steve Goodman – Medinah Temple (Chicago, IL)
Album Reviews
44 Long – Collect Them All
Archie Roach – Looking For Butter Boy
Barbara Dane – Anthology of American Folk Songs / The Kossoy Sisters With Erik Darling – Bowling …
Bill Withers – Live at Carnegie Hall
Bobby Hicks – Fiddle Patch
Butch Hancock – You Coulda Walked Around The World
Cheri Knight – The Northeast Kingdom
Chris & Carla – Runaround / Willard Grant Conspiracy – Archy’s Lullaby
Chuck Prophet – Brother Aldo
Corey Harris – Fish Ain’t Bitin’
Donnie Fritts – Everybody’s Got A Song
Dottie West – Are You Happy Baby: The Dottie West Collection (1976-1984)
Drive-By Truckers – “Bulldozers And Dirt” / “Nine Bullets”
Elaine Summers – Transplanting
Fred McDowell – The First Recordings
Golden Delicious – Old School
Harvester – Camper Van Landingham
Hollisters – The Land Of Rhythm And Pleasure
J.D. Crowe & The New South – Live In Japan
John Jennings – Buddy
Kevin Johnson & The Linemen – Parole Music
Longview – Longview
Lorne Greene & His Western Classics – On the Ponderosa
Martin Simpson – Cool And Unusual
Michael Hurley – Snockgrass
Neal Casal – Field Recordings
Paul Burch & The WPA Ballclub – Wire To Wire
Paul Burlison – Train Kept A-Rollin’
Pete Krebs – Western Electric
Riders in the Sky – Public Cowboy #1: The Music of Gene Autry
Rising Shotgun – Spotlight / Will Oldham – “In My Mind”
Robin & Linda Williams – Devil of a Dream
Sacred Steel: Traditional Sacred African-American Steel Guitar Music In Florida
Sherry Rich & Courtesy Move – self-titled
Sid Griffin – Little Victories
Silos – Long Green Boat
Terri Binion – Leavin’ This Town
Various Artists – American Primitive Vol. 1: Raw Pre-war Gospel (1926-36)
Various Artists – Coal Mining Women
Volebeats – “Maggot Brain (Parts 1 & 2)”
Waco Brothers – Do You Think About Me / Jon Langford – Skull Orchard
Will Oldham – Joya