Issue #30 Nov-Dec 2000
On the cover: On the cover: Merle Haggard. Photograph by Jim Herrington. Song lyric from “I”m Still Your Daddy” by Merle Haggard.
FRONT PORCH
Hello Stranger; Box Full Of Letters; All The Fixin”s.
A PLACE TO BE
Regional portrait
The demise of a bus depot in small-town Wisconsin.
MIKED
Live reviews
Willis Alan Ramsey in Dallas, TX; Emmylou Harris in New York City, NY; Jay Farrar, Peter Bruntnell in London, England; Jeff Tweedy in Chicago, IL; Dolly Varden in St. Louis, MO; Flatlanders in Austin, TX.
TOWN & COUNTRY
Brief regional features
Bill & Bonnie Hearne (Santa Fe, NM); Dallas Wayne (San Jose, CA); Special Consensus (Chicago, IL); Phil Cody (Venice, CA); Slim Cessna”s Auto Club (Denver, CO); Jim & Jennie & the Pinetops (Bucks County, PA); Laura Cantrell (Brooklyn, NY); Rex Hobart & the Misery Boys (Kansas City, MO); Fair River Station (Monticello, MS); Terri Hendrix (Austin, TX).
DON”T ASK ME NO QUESTIONS
Q&A
Dan Penn (interview by Paul Cantin).
THE LONG WAY AROUND
Extended features
Extended features Hangdogs (by Patrick Langston)
Bap Kennedy (by Tim Perry)
Richard Buckner (by Bob Townsend)
Gourds (by Peter Blackstock)
Big Sandy & His Fly-Rite Boys (by Sandy Masuo)
Merle Haggard (by Kurt Wolff)
Los Lobos (by Geoffrey Himes)
NOT FADE AWAY
Reissues
The Best Of Broadside 1962-1988; Phil Ochs; Arhoolie Records 40th Anniversary Collection 1960-2000; Carter Family; Louisiana Hayride/Elvis Presley; Hank Williams Jr.; Carl Perkins; Marshall Crenshaw; Marty Stuart; Noel Boggs; O”Kanes; Sky Kings.
WAXED
Record reviews
Willie Nelson; 16 Horsepower; Paul Burch & the WPA Ballclub; Van Morrison & Linda Gail Lewis; Josh Graves/Billy Troy; Waco Brothers; Southern Culture On The Skids; Drive-By Truckers; Michael Hall & the Woodpeckers; Kieran Kane & Kevin Welch; Geoff Muldaur; Bobby Sutliff; Dana Cerick; Austin Lounge Lizards; Kurt Neumann; Hot Club Of Cowtown; Lou Ford; Li”l Band Of Gold; Mollie O”Brien; Jean Caffeine; Puerto Muerto; Carpenter Ants; Burnt Taters; Riptones; Larry Barrett; Damien Jurado; Jon Wayne. Tributaries: Badlands: A Tribute To Bruce Springsteen”s Nebraska. Bound: Christgau”s Consumer Guide To Albums Of The ”90s (by Robert Christgau); Make Music While You Can (by Ramona Jones); Footnotes.
THE NO DEPRESSION TOP 40
A retail chart for July-August 2000.
SCREEN DOOR
Stuff we like
Robert Altman”s Nashville.