Issue #22 July-Aug 1999

Features
June Carter Cash – Unbroken circle
Marty Stuart – A pilgrim’s progress
Ron Sexsmith – Not lookin’ for a hit
Vince Bell – Survival of the fiercest
Articles
44 Long – Suit makes the man
A Change Is Gonna Come: Music, Race & The Soul Of America
American Tunes
Box Full of Letters from Issue #22
Buzz Zeemer – Nothing comes easy
Cynthia Gayneau – Sister in the sun
Darrell Scott – Household man
Evie Sands – Woman unchained
Field Reportings from Issue #22
Forever Goldrush – Music in them thar hills
Hello Stranger from Issue #22
Issue #22 July-Aug 1999
Jack Williams – Blooming in the fall
Maps and Legends of Joshua Tree
Retail Chart from Issue #22
Shel Silverstein: 1930 to 1999
Song Builder: The Life & Music Of Guy Clark
Stacey Earle – Making her own name
Troy Campbell – Loose from the Diamonds
Zydeco!
Live Reviews
Bare Jr. – Elbow Room (Columbia, SC)
Bottle Rockets – Shank Hall (Milwaukee, WI)
Gomez / Mojave 3 – Berbati’s Pan (Portland, OR)
Howe Gelb – Whelan’s (Dublin, Ireland)
Jay Bennett & Leroy Bach – The Hideout (Chicago, IL)
Merlefest – Wilkes Community College (Wilkesboro, NC)
Mike Ireland – The Brewery (Raleigh, NC)
Old 97’s / Picketts – Roseland Theater (Portland, OR)
Ramblin’ Jack Elliott / Bill Morrissey – The Bottom Line (New York City, NY)
Sid Griffin & The Coal Porters / Greg Trooper – Hop And Grape (Manchester, England)
Album Reviews
Alexander “Skip” Spence – Oar
Andre Williams & The Sadies – Red Dirt
Big Joe – Self-Titled
Bill Kirchen – Raise A Ruckus
Carl Mann – Mona Lisa
Carl Sonny Leyland – I’m Wise
Cornell Hurd Band – At Large In South Austin, Texas
Dale Hawkins – Wildcat Tamer
Drive-By Truckers – Pizza Deliverance
Ernest Tubb & The Texas Troubadours – Waltz Across Texas
Fernando – Old Man Motel
Fred Eaglesmith – 50-Odd Dollars
Gerald Collier – Low Tar Taste
Gram Parsons – Under Your Spell Again
Kevin Welch – Beneath My Wheels
Koerner, Ray & Glover – (Lots More) Blues, Rags And Hollers
Little Sue – Crow
Lucy Kaplansky – Ten Year Night
Marc Olsen – Didn’t Ever…Hasn’t Since…
Mekons – I Have Been To Heaven And Back: Hen’s Teeth And Other Lost Fragments Of Unpopular Cultur…
Mike Ness – Cheating At Solitaire
No Electric Guitars – Self-Titled
Old Joe Clarks – Metal Shed Blues
Possibilities – Self-Titled
Red Star Belgrade – The Fractured Hymnal
Richard Buckner – Bloomed
Riptones – Cowboy’s Inn
Stacy Dean Campbell – Ashes Of Old Love
Tangletown – Ordinary Freaks
Tanya Savory – Town To Town
Townes Van Zandt – A Far Cry From Dead
Townes Van Zandt / Dale Watson / Neko Case / Kelly Hogan / Tift Merritt And The Carbines
Various Artists – Return Of The Grievous Angel: A Tribute To Gram Parsons
Various Artists – The Excello Story: Vols. 1-4