Issue #48 Nov-Dec 2003

Features
Bottle Rockets – Hell of a spell
Don Rigsby – Facing the music
Handsome Family – Tragic songs of life
Josh Ritter – Moscow skyline
Merle Haggard – Branded man
Wanda Jackson – She’s about a mover
Articles
Blind Lemon Jefferson: His Life, His Death, And His Legacy
Bob Pinson: 1934 to 2003
Box Full of Letters from Issue #48
Eight Miles High: Folk-Rock’s Flight From Haight-Ashbury To Woodstock
Field Reportings from Issue #48
Floyd Tillman: 1914 to 2003
Glen Bonham – Bluegrass blooded
Goin’ to Kansas City, I’m gonna get me some…barbecue
Hello Stranger from Issue #48
Highway to Heaven Revisited
Honky Tonk: Portraits Of Country Music 1972-1981
Issue #48 Nov-Dec 2003
Jeff Klein – All you need is clove
Johnny Cash: 1932 to 2003
Mainlines, Blood Feasts, And Bad Taste: A Lester Bangs Reader
New views of the blues
Pat McLaughlin – Stop making sense
Retail Chart from Issue #48
Richmond Fontaine – Willy and the poor boys
Rodney Hayden – A keen sense of country
Ronnie Dawson: 1939 to 2003
Rusty Truck – Who’s zoomin’ who
Sheb Wooley / Slim Dusty / Wilma Burgess / Redd Stewart / Tary Owens
Two Time Polka – Dance this mess around
Unfinished Business: The Life And Times Of Danny Gatton
Warren Zevon: 1947 to 2003
Live Reviews
Austin City Limits Festival – Zilker Park (Austin, TX)
Beaver Nelson / Jud Newcomb / Michael Fracasso / Adam Carroll – Six String Cafe (Cary, NC)
Benefit For Alejandro Escovedo – Slim’s (San Francisco, CA)
Blind Boys Of Alabama – Bumbershoot Festival (Seattle, WA)
Blue Rodeo / Oh Susanna – Cat’s Cradle (Carrboro, NC)
Canyon / Jay Farrar – Metro (Chicago, IL)
Jesse Winchester – Bearsville Theater (Bearsville, NY)
Joe Henry – Sunset Tavern (Seattle, WA)
R.E.M. / Wilco – Red Rocks (Morrison, CO)
Album Reviews
Albert Lee – Heartbreak Hill
Autumn Defense – Circles
Band Of Blacky Ranchette – Still Lookin Good To Me
Ben Atkins – Mabelle
Carla Bozulich – Red Headed Stranger
Charlie Walker – Greatest Honky Tonk Hits
Chip Taylor & Carrie Rodriguez – The Trouble With Humans
Chris Scruggs – Honky Tonkin’ Lifestyle
Cracker – Countrysides
Darrell Scott – Theatre Of The Unheard
Delbert McClinton – Live
Dixie Hummingbirds – Diamond Jubilation
Downpilot – Leaving Not Arriving
Ellis Paul & Vance Gilbert – Side Of The Road
Flaco Jimenez – Squeeze Box King
Frog Holler – Railings
Glen Campbell – The Legacy (1961-2002)
Innocence Mission – Befriended
James Blood Ulmer – No Escape From The Blues: The Electric Lady Sessions
Jan Smith – Tin Heart
Jason Ringenberg – A Day At The Farm With Farmer Jason
Joe Isaacs – Dreaming Of Home
John Gorka – Old Futures Gone
Johnny Cash And June Carter – Live Recordings From The Louisiana Hayride
Jud Newcomb – Turbinado
Kaz Murphy – Devil In The Barn
Loudon Wainwright III – So Damn Happy
Luther Wright & The Wrongs – Guitar Pickin’ Martyrs
Matthew Ryan – Regret Over The Wires
Mercy Brothers – Strange Adventure
Moe Bandy & Joe Stampley – The Ultimate Moe & Joe / Mickey Gilley – Room Full Of Roses / Gilley’s…
Nadine – Strange Seasons
Neil Young – On The Beach / American Stars ‘N Bars / Hawks & Doves / Reactor
Paul Burch – Fool For Love
Paul Westerberg – Come Feel Me Tremble
Renee Austin – Sweet Talk
Robert Bradley & Blackwater Surprise – Still Lovin’ You
Robert Earl Keen – Farm Fresh Onions
Sam Bush & David Grisman – Hold On, We’re Strummin’
Stanley Brothers – The King Years 1961-1965 / Ralph Stanley – Poor Rambler (His Complete King and…
Steve Earle – Just An American Boy: The Audio Documentary
Thea Gilmore – Avalanche
Tipton Hill Boys – Lucky
Tommy Womack Band – Washington, D.C.
Various Artists – Blues In The Mississippi Night / Various Artists – The Story of the Blues
Various Artists – Beautiful: A Tribute To Gordon Lightfoot
Various Artists – Country Got Soul, Volume One
Various Artists – For Anyone That’s Listening: A Tribute To Uncle Tupelo
Various Artists – Just Because I’m A Woman: Songs Of Dolly Parton
Waterboys – Universal Hall
Waylon Jennings – Waylon Live: The Expanded Edition