Issue #53 Sept-Oct 2004

Features
Buddy Miller – Well I hate to see your sun sinking down and the path you take while you’re losing…
Camper Van Beethoven – That gum you like!
Cowboy Jack Clement – Singers are a pain in the ass if you want to know the truth about it. Most …
Jason Ringenberg – A reckless country’s soul
Mavis Staples – Soul folk in action
Paul Williams – There’s a higher power
Tift Merritt – The big picture
Willie Nelson – Gonna catch tomorrow now
Articles
Agnes “Sis” Cunningham: 1909 to 2004
Bill Lowery / Jimmie Lee Fautheree / Robert Quine / Ersel Hickey
Elvis, Dolly, and Dock
Field Reportings from Issue #53
Hayden – Introspectively yours
Hello Stranger from Issue #53
Issue #53 Sept-Oct 2004
Jesse Harris – They’re playing his song
Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison
Mercy, Mercy Me: The Art, Loves and Demons of Marvin Gaye
Michelle Anthony – Sing out!
Music Scenes: Local, Translocal, and Virtual / Live from Fitzgerald’s: Songs and Stories of an Am…
Nora O’Connor – Cutting the mustard
Otis Gibbs – Lost and found
Ray Charles – Going down slow: A remembrance of Ray Charles
Ray Charles: 1930 to 2004
Retail Chart from Issue #53
Sally Timms – Battle Him of the Republic
The Bluegrass Reader
Tim Eriksen – Everything new is old again
Voices of the Country
We Are all Berliners
Live Reviews
Beth Orton – Orange Peel (Asheville, NC)
Devendra Banhart / Joanna Newsom – Vaudeville Mews (Des Moines, IA)
Gram Parsons Tribute – Universal Amphitheatre (Universal City, CA)
Hal Willner’s Neil Young Project – Prospect Park Bandshell (Brooklyn, NY)
Ray Charles Funeral – Willie Nelson / Stevie Wonder / B.B. King / Glen Campbell – First AME Churc…
Rhonda Vincent & The Rage / Mountain Heart – Red, White & Bluegrass Night – Ryman Auditorium (Nas…
Richard Thompson – Toad’s Place (New Haven, CT)
Rodney Crowell – McGonigel’s Mucky Duck (Houston, TX)
Telluride Bluegrass Festival – (Telluride, CO)
Album Reviews
Bill Lloyd – Back to Even
Billy Joe Shaver – Billy and the Kid
Charlie Mars – Self-Titled
Chris Richards – Tumblers & Grit
Chuck Prophet – Age of Miracles
Court & Spark – Witch Season
Dan Bern & the IJBC – My Country II
Dave Van Ronk – …And The Tin Pan Bended, And The Story Ended
Dream Syndicate – Ghost Stories / Dream Syndicate – The Complete Live at Raji’s
Drive-By Truckers – The Dirty South
Elvis Costello & The Attractions – Almost Blue: Deluxe Edition
Everlast – White Trash Beautiful
Giant Sand – Is All Over the Map
Gina Villalobos – Rock ‘n’ Roll Pony
Guided by Voices – Half Smiles of the Decomposed
Hank Locklin – Generations in Song
Heidi Howe – Give a Hootenanny: Twangy Tunes About Lovin the Earth for Ages 1-101
Ian Moore – Luminaria
Ian Tyson – Ol’ Eon
James Talley – Journey
John Conlee – Classics / Hoyt Axton – Flashes of Fire: Hoyt’s Very Best 1962-1990
Johnny Horton – Live Recordings from the Louisiana Hayride
Jolie Holland – Escondida
Jon Dee Graham – The Great Battle
Josh Williams – Lonesome Highway
Junior Brown – Down Home Chrome
Kasey Chambers – Wayward Angel
Kay Adams – Wheels and Tears / Dick Curless – Tombstone Every Mile / Red Simpson – Roll, Truck, R…
Kieran Kane & Kevin Welch with Fats Kaplin – You Can’t Save Everybody
Laura Veirs – Carbon Glacier
Lloyd Green – Master of the Steel Strings
Los Lobos – Ride This: The Covers EP
Lucille Bogan – Shave ’em Dry: The Best of Lucille Bogan
Mark Lanegan – Bubblegum
Melonie Cannon – Self-Titled
Mendoza Line – Fortune
Nashville Bluegrass Band – Twenty Year Blues
Obsoletes – Is This Progress?
Onion Creek Crawdaddies – Barn Burners & Bathtub Bourbon
Paul Thorn – Are You With Me?
Paul Westerberg – Folker
Po’ Girl – Vagabond Lullabies
Ray Charles – Genius Loves Company
Roane County Ramblers – Complete Recordings 1928-1929
Roger Clyne & The Peacemakers – Americano!
Sadies – Favourite Colours
Shawn Camp – Live at the Station Inn
Shelley Campbell – Blue Ridge Reveille
Silos – When the Telephone Rings
Steve Earle – The Revolution Starts…Now
Steve Wedemeyer – Disclose
Tandy – To a Friend
Terri Hendrix – The Art of Removing Wallpaper
Uncle Dave Macon – Keep My Skillet Good and Greasy
Various Artists – A Tribute to Jimmy Martin, “The King of Bluegrass”
Various Artists – Beautiful Dreamer: The Songs of Stephen Foster
Various Artists – Escovedo 101: Songs of Alejandro Escovedo
Various Artists – Fort Worth Teen Scene (1964-1967), Vols. 1-3
Various Artists – Por Vida: A Tribute to the Songs of Alejandro Escovedo
Various Artists – Unbroken Circle: The Musical Heritage of the Carter Family
Vassar Clements – Livin’ with the Blues
Vic Chesnutt – Little/West of Rome/Drunk/Is the Actor Happy?
Wailin’ Jennys – 40 Days