Issue #42 Nov-Dec 2002
Features
Delbert McClinton – Let the good times roll
Johnny Cash – The man in black and white, and every shade in between
Johnny Gimble – “The music came up from his soul”
Kim Richey – Voices carry
Rex Hobart – The man in the mirror
Steve Earle – “I have an agenda, and I am unapologetic about that agenda”
Articles
Asylum Street Spankers – Sound off
Box Full of Letters from Issue #42
Can’t Be Satisfied: The Life And Times Of Muddy Waters
Catherine Irwin – Letting her Freakwater flag fly
Chitlin’ Fooks – Roots across the ocean
Dan Zanes – Family style
Field Reportings from Issue #42
Gordons – By and by
Hackensaw Boys – Simple is as simple does
Hello Stranger from Issue #42
HNC: Nevermind hot new country, here’s hot Nashville chicken
Issue #42 Nov-Dec 2002
John Bunzow – Liberated from the dark
Kimmie Rhodes – Bramble rose
Mickey Newbury: 1940 to 2002
Paul Thorn – No, Mas!
Pops Farrar: 1930 to 2002
Retail Chart from Issue #42
Rising to the Times
Roadkill On The Three-Chord Highway: Art And Trash In American Popular Music
Rockhouse Ramblers – Jukebox heroes
The Accountant Directed By Ray McKinnon
Thea Gilmore – Don’t follow leaders
Live Reviews
Allison Moorer / Marah – Horseshoe (Toronto, Ontario)
Austin City Limits Festival – Zilker Park (Austin, TX)
Blue Sky Jamfest – Slugger Field and Waterfront Park (Louisville, KY)
BR549 – Johnny D.’s (Somerville, MA)
Gary Louris – Slow Bar (Nashville, TN)
Mekons – Maxwell’s (Hoboken, NJ)
Neko Case – Just For Laughs (Montreal, Quebec)
Precious Bryant – Station Inn (Nashville, TN)
Album Reviews
Albert E. Brumley Jr. – 36 Greatest Gospel Memories-A Loving Tribute To Albert E. Brumley
Arrogance – 5’11”
Baptism River Ramblers – Bring Me A Little Water
Bethany Dick – This Beautiful Life
Billy Ray Reynolds – Whole Lot Of Memories
Blasters – Trouble Bound
Blind Boys Of Alabama – Higher Ground
Bright Eyes – Lifted
Bruces – The War Of The Bruces
Buddy Miller – Midnight And Lonesome
Chieftains – Down The Old Plank Road: The Nashville Sessions
Chip Taylor & Carrie Rodriguez – Let’s Leave This Town
Chris Mills – The Silver Line
Chuck Brodsky – The Baseball Ballads
Chuck Pyle – Affected By The Moon
Cliff Eberhardt – School For Love
Contenders – Self-Titled
Dale Watson – Live in London…England!
Dark Horses – Come Along
Dave Dudley – The Best Of Dave Dudley
David Grier – I’ve Got The House To Myself
Domino Kings – The Back Of Your Mind
Earl Pickens & The Black Mountain Marauders – Live At The Houston Astrodome
Elvis Presley – Roots Revolution: The Louisiana Hayride Recordings
Eyes Adrift – Self-Titled
Handsome Family – Live: At Schuba’s Tavern / Blue Mountain – Tonight It’s Now or Never
Hangdogs – Something Left To Sell: Live Crap 1995-2001
Harry Manx – Wise And Otherwise
Hayden – Skyscraper National Park
Hayseed – In Other Words…
Iron & Wine – The Creek Drank The Cradle
James Luther Dickinson – Free Beer Tomorrow
Jason & The Scorchers – Still Standing
Jenny Toomey – Tempting: The Songs Of Franklin Bruno
Joe Carson – Hillbilly Band From Mars
Joel Rafael Band – Woodeye: Songs Of Woody Guthrie
Jon Rauhouse – Steel Guitar Air Show
Junior Kimbrough – You Better Run: The Essential Junior Kimbrough
Laura Cantrell – When The Roses Bloom Again
Lee Ann Womack – Something Worth Leaving Behind
Lilly Brothers & Don Stover – On The Radio 1952-1953
Linda McRae & Cheerful Lonesome – Cryin’ Out Loud
Little Grasscals – Bluegrass
Mark Knopfler – The Ragpicker’s Dream
Max Stalling – One Of The Ways
Mike Barfield – Living Stereo
Nanci Griffith – Winter Marquee
Natalie MacMaster – Live
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band – Will The Circle Be Unbroken, Vol. III
Okkervil River – Don’t Fall In Love With Everyone You See
Otis Gibbs – 49th And Melancholy
Peter Mulvey – Ten Thousand Mornings
Peter Rowan & Don Edwards – High Lonesome Cowboy
Peter Wolf – Sleepless
Porter Wagoner – Unplugged
Radiogram – All the Way Home
Ramsay Midwood – Shoot Out at the OK Chinese Restaurant
Ray Price – Time
Resentments – Sunday Night Line-Up
Richard Buckner – Impasse
Richard Ferreira – Somewhereville
Ronnie Bowman – Starting Over
Russell Smith – The End is Not in Sight
Ryan Adams – Demolition
Shannon McNally & Neal Casal – Ran On Pure Lightning
Silos – Cuba
Slobberbone – Slippage
Steve Forbert – Any Old Time: Songs Of Jimmie Rodgers
Steve Spurgin – Tumbleweed Town
Stewboss – Sweet Lullabye
Tennessee Twin – Free To Do What?
Tim Carroll – Always Tomorrow
Tom Armstrong – Songs That Make The Jukebox Play
Tom Pacheco – There Was A Time
Various Artists – Sun Records: The 50th Anniversary Collection
Various Artists – Total Lee: The Songs Of Lee Hazelwood
Waco Brothers – New Deal
Wesley Tuttle – Detour: Wesley Tuttle
Will Kimbrough – Home Away
Will Slayden – African-American Folk Songs From West Tennessee