Issue #47 Sept-Oct 2003
On the cover: Lyle Lovett, photograph by Todd V. Wolfson. Song lyric from “In My Own Mind” by Lyle Lovett.
FRONT PORCH
Hello Stranger; Box Full Of Letters; Field Reportings; Farther Along (Sam Phillips).
Mark Zingarelli”s Lunch Counter Diaries
MIKED live reviews
Telluride Bluegrass Festival in Telluride, CO; Alejandro Escovedo benefit in Chicago, IL; Neil Young & Crazy Horse in Columbia, MD; Thorns, Jayhawks in Seattle, WA; Martin Stephenson, Avett Brothers in Durham, NC; Twangfest in St. Louis, MO.
TOWN & COUNTRY brief regional features
Randy Weeks (Los Angeles, CA); Los Lonely Boys (San Angelo, TX); James Mathus (Efland, NC); Rosie Thomas (Seattle, WA); Patrick Park (Los Angeles, CA); Steve Turner (Seattle, WA); Bocephus King (Vancouver, BC); Valorie Miller (Asheville, NC).
A PLACE TO BE regional portrait
Clarksdale, Mississippi. (Eric Babcock & Paige La Grone Babcock)
DONT ASK ME NO QUESTIONS Q&A
Joan Baez. (Linda Ray)
THE LONG WAY AROUND extended features
Robert Randolph (Daniel Durchholz)
My Morning Jacket (Allison Stewart)
Thad Cockrell (Barry Mazor)
Shelby Lynne (Michael McCall)
Lyle Lovett (Geoffrey Himes)
Mike Seeger (Jon Weisberger)
SITTIN & THINKIN essay
The relationship between artist and audience. (Geoffrey Himes)
NOT FADE AWAY reissues
Willie Nelson; Jim Reeves; Merle Travis; Jessi Colter; Little Miss Cornshucks; Terry Allen; Bob Neuwirth; New Riders Of The Purple Sage; Thee Midniters; Beat Farmers; Continental Drifters; Rock City; Flight Of Mavis; Vulgar Boatmen; Pearls Before Swine; Holy Modal Rounders; Down In The Basement; Jimmy Martin; Lilly Brothers & Don Stover; Tex Ritter; Carl T. Sprague; Tennessee Ernie Ford; Johnny Horton.
WAXED reviews
Rodney Crowell; June Carter Cash; Marty Stuart; Emmylou Harris; Patty Loveless; Willie Nelson & Ray Price; Dwight Yoakam; Warren Zevon; Howard Tate; Mavericks; Del McCoury Band; Danny Barnes; Joe Henry; Chris Knight; Tim OBrien; Amy Allison; Josh Rouse; Marshall Crenshaw; Jay Bennett & Edward Burch; Trailer Bride; Brave Combo; North Mississippi Allstars; Colin Linden; Guy Davis; Blazers; Graham Lindsey; Oh Susanna; Mojave 3; Weakerthans; Marc Olsen; Centro-Matic; Dead End Angels; Eastmountainsouth; Po Girl; Blue Highway; Ruthie & the Wranglers; Shakin Apostles; Howard Kalish; Houston Brothers; Cash Brothers; Barn Burning; Tywanna Jo Baskette; Kristie Stremel; Kris Delmhorst; George Usher Group; Gene Pistilli; Justin Lute; Jon Shain; Jim Campilongo Electric Trio; Sleepy Jackson. IMPORTS: St. Thomas; Alice Texas. TRIBUTARIES: Louvin Brothers; Patsy Cline; Peggy Lee (by Maria Muldaur); Sister Rosetta Tharpe; Johnny Cash. LIVE WIRES: Kris Kristofferson; Tracy Nelson; Grey DeLisle; Wayne Hancock; Heybale. FILM AT 11: Heartworn Highways; Steve Earle; Waylon Jennings; Jimmy Martin; Sam Cooke; Allison Moorer; Alison Krauss & Union Station; Scruggs/Watson/Skaggs. BOUND: Col. Tom Parker; Tim Buckley.
THE NO DEPRESSION TOP 40
A retail chart for May-June 2003.
SCREEN DOOR stuff we like
Songs inspired by sports. (Peter Blackstock)