Issue #15 May-June 1998

Features
Handsome Family – Wildwood flowers
Johnny Bush – Horse Opera
Parlor James – Heartbeats per minute
Pernice Brothers – American stars & bars
Articles
Baby Grant Johnson – Older than his nickname
Bindlestiffs – Ounces of hobos
Blueberries – Ripe for the pickin’
Box Full of Letters from Issue #15
Dreaming Out Loud: Garth Brooks, Wynonna Judd, Wade Hayes, And The Changing Face Of Nashville
Field Reportings from Issue #15
Hello Stranger from Issue #15
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Jono Manson – Little Big Postman
Louis Marshall “Grandpa” Jones: 1913 to 1998
Marah – Hootenanny for the inner-city soul
One Fell Swoop – All for one, one for all
Owens’ own home: The Crystal Palace has put the Buck back in Buckersfield
Retail Chart from Issue #15
Skydiggers – But not that hip
Steve Earle In Quotes
Twangfest is Here, Wish You Were Beautiful
Live Reviews
Billy Joe Shaver / Willie Nelson – Tramps (New York City, NY)
Cheri Knight – Star Community Bar (Atlanta, GA)
Dash Rip Rock / Honeydogs – Gabe’s Oasis (Iowa City, IA)
Greg Garing’s Alphabet City Opry – 9C (New York City, NY)
Jim & Dave Boquist – 400 Bar (Minneapolis, MN)
Loudon Wainwright III – Texas Union Ballroom (Austin, TX)
P.F. Sloan – Waterloo Brewing Company (Austin, TX)
Ray Price – Little Nashville Opry (Nashville, IN)
Robbie Fulks – Phoenix Theatre/Horseshoe Tavern (Toronto, Ontario)
Slaid Cleaves – Schubas (Chicago, IL)
Swamp Grass – Legend’s Corner (Nashville, TN)
Victoria Williams & The Original Harmony Ridge Creek Dippers – Park West (Chicago, IL)
Album Reviews
Alison Brown Quartet – Out Of The Blue
Angry Johnny & The Killbillies – What’s So Funny?
Billy Swan – The Best Of Billy Swan
Chris Buhalis – Kenai Dreams
Chris Whitley – Dirt Floor
Coal Palace Kings – Pine Away
Country Gentlemen – The Early Rebel Recordings: 19621971
Gourds – Stadium Blitzer
Jason & The Scorchers – Midnight Roads & Stages Seen
Jim Roll – Ready To Hang
Joe Ely – Twistin’ In The Wind
John Hartford – Aereo-Plain
Johnny Paycheck – She’s All I Got
Jules Shear – Between Us
Kieran Kane – Six Months, No Sun
Last Train Home – Self-Titled
Lee Rocker – No Cats
Liquor Giants – Every Other Day At A Time
Lou Ford – Sad, But Familiar
Luther Russell – Lowdown World
Moonshine Willy – Bastard Child
Pete Droge – Spacey And Shakin
Randy Thompson – Wearin’ Blue
Red Cravens & The Bray Brothers – 419 West Main
Robert Becker – To a Friend Unknown
Roscoe Holcomb – The High Lonesome Sound
Sam Bush – Howlin’ At The Moon
Sue Garner – To Run More Smoothly
Tex Williams – On The Air 19471949
Todd Thibaud – Favorite Waste Of Time
Trailer Bride – Smelling Salts
Trailer Trash – Live At Lee’s
Various Artists – Heritage: New Interpretations of American Roots Music
Various Artists – What’s That I Hear? The Songs of Phil Ochs
Woodys – Woodys