Issue #14 March-April 1998
Features
Alejandro Escovedo – The true believer
Hank Thompson – Hank Still Does It That Way
Jolene – After The Dazzle Of Day
Mary Lou Lord – Singer-songfinder
Michael Fracasso – Slow Turning
Mike Ireland – Starting over
Peter Case – Street Legal
Ramblin’ Jack Elliott – The Rambler
Articles
American Paint – On a white picket fence
Bonkers – Rusty tubes never sleep
Box Full of Letters from Issue #14
Carl Perkins: 1932 to 1998
Cliffie Stone: 1917 to 1998
Dieselhed – Sorry, they’re not ‘no country’
Duane Jarvis – Nevermind Americana, here’s the British Invasion
Field Reportings from Issue #14
Gerald Collier – Pow! Right in the Kisser
Hello Stranger from Issue #14
Issue #14 March-April 1998
Johnny Dowd – Working man’s blues
Lonesome Bob – Not Onry and Mean
Lullaby For The Working Class – We got yer glockenspiel right here
Meat Purveyors – You want fries with that?
Mercury Dime – Double buffalo nickels on the Mercury Dime
One man’s trailer is a radio treasure
Owen Bradley: 1915 to 1998
Retail Chart from Issue #14
Working on a Building
Live Reviews
Bob Dylan – The Metro (Chicago, IL)
S.P.I.T.T.L.E. Festival – The Brewery (Raleigh, NC)
Slaid Cleaves – Schubas (Chicago, IL)
Steve Earle / Buddy & Julie Miller – The Phoenix (Toronto, Ontario)
Vic Chesnutt / Lambchop / Paul Burch / Cyod – Lucy’s Record Shop (Nashville, TN)
Whiskeytown / 6 String Drag – Trees (Dallas, TX)
X – Trocadero (San Francisco, CA)
Album Reviews
American Lesion – Self-Titled
Austin Lounge Lizards – Employee Of The Month
Blue Highway – Midnight Storm
Buck Owens – Sings Harlan Howard/Sings Tommy Collins / Buck Owens & His Buckaroos – In Japan! / Y…
Charley Pride – In Person
Dale Ann Bradley – East Kentucky Morning
Dale Watson – Good Luck N’ Good Truckin’
Danielle Howle & The Tantrums – Do A Two Sable
Deans – Shindig At Newton’s
Disciples Of Agriculture – This Same Fate
Dock Boggs – Country Blues: Complete Early Recordings (192729)
Dorsey Dixon – Babies In The Mill
Emerson & Waldron – The Best Of Emerson & Waldron
Free Dirt – Self-Titled
Hangdogs – East Of Yesterday
Holy Cows – Blueberrie
James Iha – Let It Come Down
Jamie Hartford – What About Yes
Jim & Jesse – Y’all Come: The Essential Jim & Jesse
Jim Ford – Harlan County
Jim Lauderdale – Whisper
Kevin Gordon – Cadillac Jack’s #1 Son
Little Sue – Chimneys & Fishes
Marty Robbins – Marty After Midnight
Matt Flinner – The View From Here
Mertons – A Standing Ground
Neilson Hubbard – The Slide Project
Neutral Milk Hotel – In The Aeroplane Over The Sea
Nick Lowe – Dig My Mood
Ray Condo & His Ricochets – Door to Door Maniac
Rex – 3
Rhythm Rats – I Believe I’ll Go Back Home
Richard Shindell – Reunion Hill
Sharecroppers – Good Medicine
Steve Earle – Early Tracks
Tammy Wynette – D-I-V-O-R-C-E / George Jones & Tammy Wynette – Golden Ring
Tommy Keene – Isolation Party
Tonio K. – Ole
Utah Phillips – The Telling Takes Me Home
Various Artists – Black Banjo Songsters
Various Artists – From Where I Stand: The Black Experience In Country Music (3-CD set)
Various Artists – Legends Of Country Music: The Best Of Austin City Limits
Various Artists – Na Mele O Paniolo: Songs of The Hawaiian Cowboy
Various Artists – The Horse Whisperer (soundtrack)
Various Artists – Where Have All the Flowers Gone: The Songs of Pete Seeger
Wanktones – Live At The Fontana Bowlarama