Issue #8 March-April 1997
Features
Bad Livers – Deconstruction of the labels
Guy Clark & Mickey Newbury – Old friends
Jimmy Webb – For the sake of the song
Kim Richey – Sweetness follows
Supersuckers – Spaghetti western
Tarnation – Who in Tarnation?
Articles
Bound to Leave This Dark Behind
Box Full of Letters from Issue #8
Bruce Robison – Deep in the heart of outlaw country
Cowslingers – Hank most certainly didn’t do it this way
Dew Daddies – Soda chasers
Field Reportings from Issue #8
Goody Blick & The Country Kind – Hailing from the state of cornfusion
Hello Stranger from Issue #8
Issue #8 March-April 1997
Jeff Hart & The Ruins – If Jesse don’t like it
Little Sue – Like the lion in The Wizard of Oz
Rank Outsiders – On the inside track
Skeeterhawks – Following the real jukebox heroes
Sycamores – Out of the Paisley and into the basement
This ain’t Dollywood – There’s golden lore in them thar hills
Willard Grant Conspiracy – There’s a kind of hush
Zeftrons – Venturing beyond Vacationland
Live Reviews
A Tribute To Townes Van Zandt – Cactus Cafe (Austin, TX)
Barndance Ninth Anniversary – Jack’s Sugar Shack (Los Angeles, CA)
BR5-49 – Johnny D’s (Boston, MA)
Buddy Holly Tribute – Surf Ballroom (Clear Lake, IA)
Here Be Monsters – Chopin Theater (Chicago, IL)
Jeff Tweedy With Bob Egan – Lounge Ax (Chicago, IL)
Joe Henry – 400 Bar (Minneapolis, MN)
Johnny Paycheck – FitzGerald’s (Berwyn, IL)
Mr. Henry – El Mocambo (Toronto, Ontario)
Peter Case’s First Flight – Ash Grove (Santa Monica, CA)
Album Reviews
Alison Krauss & Union Station – So Long, So Wrong
Apocalyptica – Apocalyptica Plays Metallica By Four Cellos
Blacktop Rockets – What’ll Ya Have?
Buck- Fifty Boys – self-titled
Buick MacKane – The Pawn Shop Years
Burns Sisters – In This World
Byrds – Sweetheart Of The Rodeo
Carter Family – Give Me The Roses While I Live
Charlie Daniels Band – The Roots Remain / The Outlaws – Best Of…Green Grass & High Tides
Charlie Rich – Feel Like Going Home: The Essential Charlie Rich
Chris Whitley – Terra Incognito
Dead Reckoners – Night Of Reckoning
Dirty Three – Horse Stories
Dusty Wright – self-titled
Ex-husbands – self-titled
Flying Pigs – Desi
Gene Clark – This Byrd Has Flown: The Essential Gene Clark
George Morgan – Room Full Of Roses: The George Morgan Collection
Glen Campbell – The Glen Campbell Collection (1062-1989)
Great Plains – Homeland
Greg Scott Reeves – “Black Boots” / “Original Owner”
Hank Shizzoe – Low Budget
Jayhawks – Sound of Lies
Jean Caffeine – Knocked Down 7 Times Got Up 8
Jimmy LaFave – Road Novel
Kamikaze Cowboy – Hurry Sundown
Kate Campbell – Moonpie Dreams
Kaz Murphy – One Happy Camper
Lefty Frizzell – That’s the Way Love Goes: The Final Recordings of Lefty Frizzell
Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs – ‘Tis Sweet To Be Remembered: The Essential Flatt & Scruggs
Mary Lou Lord – Martian Saints!
Mike Henderson & The Bluebloods – First Blood
Nanci Griffith – Blue Roses From The Moon
One Riot One Ranger – Faces Made For Radio
Paul Burch & The WPA Ballclub – Pan-American Flash
Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys – Short Life of Trouble: Songs of Grayson and Whitter
Rex Griffin – The Last Letter
Richard Buckner – Devotion & Doubt
Rock*a*teens – Cry
Rosie Flores & Ray Campi – A Little Bit of Heartache
Scroat Belly – Daddys Farm
Slaid Cleaves – No Angel Knows
Son Volt – Straightaways
Southern Culture On The Skids – Santo Swings
Stephen W. Terrell – Picnic Time for Potatoheads
Texas Tornados – “Little Bit is Better Than Nada”: The Nada Mixes
Tim Lee – All That Stuff
Townes Van Zandt – Rear View Mirror
Townes Van Zandt – The Highway Kind
Utah Phillips & Ani Difranco – The Past Didn’t Go Anywhere
Various Artists – Bubbahey Mudtruck (North Carolina Compilation)
Various Artists – Peace In The Valley: A Country Music Journey Through Gospel / Various Artists …
Various Artists – Poor Man, Rich Man: American Country Songs Of Protest
Various Artists – Revival: Brunswick Stew & Pig Pickin
Various Artists – Straight Outta Boone County
Whiskeytown – “Theme for a Trucker” / “Heart Is Broken” / “The Strip” / “Houses on the Hill”