On the cover: Don Williams. Photo by Jim Shea; hand-tinted by Kevin D. O”Brien. Song lyric from nI Sing for Joyi by Gary Burr, Doug Johnson, and Don Williams.
FRONT PORCH
Hello Stranger; All The FixinIs; Farther Along; Box Full Of Letters; Ten Second News.
A PLACE TO BE
Road trip
The 22nd Annual Trigg County Country Ham Festival in Kentucky.
MIKED
Live reviews
John Duffey tribute in Alexandria, VA; Sandy Denny tribute in Brooklyn, NY; Freedy Johnston/Peter Case/Alejandro Escovedo in Santa Monica, CA; Bill Anderson in Newberry, SC; Eric Andersen in Cedar Rapids, IA; Michael Hurley in Portland, OR; Everly Brothers in Milwaukee, WI; Amy Ray/Danielle Howle/Beth Wood/ Rose Polenzani in Columbia, SC.
TOWN & COUNTRY
Brief regional features
Bob Egan (Oxford, MS); Radio Sweethearts (Glascow, Scotland); Beaver Nelson (Austin, TX); Cisco (Los Angeles); Tom Roznowski (Bloomington, IN); Jennyanykind (Chapel Hill, NC); Devil in A Woodpile (Chicago, IL); Lou Ford (Charlotte, NC).
THE LONG CUT
Extended features
Damnations TX (by Peter Blackstock)
J. D. Crowe (Joel Roberts)
“Portraits of the Artist By A Young Man” (photo essay by Jim Herrington)
Don Williams (by Geoffrey Himes)
Don Williams Discography (by Geoffrey Himes) No Depression web exclusive
Townes Van Zandt (by Matt Hanks)
NOT FADE AWAY
Reissues
Bruce Springsteen; Ray Charles; Gene Autry; K.C. Douglas; Skip James; Dr. West”s Medicine Show & Junk Band; George Jones.
WAXED
Record reviews
Real: The Tom T. Hall Project; Tim Carroll; Tony Joe White; Bottle Rockets; Osborne Brothers; Tom Leach; Vern Gosdin; Bare Jr.; Wes Cunningham; David Zollo; Ruthie & the Wranglers; One Riot One Ranger; Cowboy Nation; Wooldridge Brothers; Fernando; Geoff Muldaur; Pawtuckets; Mojave 3; Nancy Hess; Steam Donkeys; Ian Moore; James King; Dick Prall Band; Scott Carpenter & the Real McCoys. Compilations: Hempilation II; Fireworks Vol. 2.
BOUND
Book review
Careless Love: The Unmaking of Elvis Presley (by Peter Guralnick).
THE NO DEPRESSION TOP 40
A retail chart for September-October 1998.
SCREEN DOOR
Stuff we like
See Rock City in Lookout Mountain, Georgia.
