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Merle Haggard - Stay a Little Longer

Merle Haggard - Stay a Little Longer

In a 1996 feature in The Austin Chronicle, Merle Haggard told interviewer Tim Stegall, "I'll play the game now. I'll do everything I'm supposed to do, and see if that's what it is." He was speaking of Nashville, and his

Fair River Station - Back to Bluegrass

"Hard times are hanging 'round my door," Wayne Turnage sings on the opening of Fair River Station's 16 Cuts, the band's debut disc on Black Dog Records. Listening to his husky, time-worn voice, it's not hard to believe. He's

Dallas Wayne - That's How I Got to Springfield

Dallas Wayne Jr. was born in Springfield, Missouri, in 1956 and grew up in nearby Branson and Cape Girardeau, but he was over 40 years old before a phone call to Finland from a friend he met in Chicago finally hooked him up with Springfield's roots-rock wonders, the

Christgau's Consumer Guide To Albums Of The '90s

In his intro to Rock Albums Of The '70s, longtime Village Voice scribe Robert Christgau claims, "I've tried to grade every '70s rock album worth owning" -- an assertion that flirts precipitously with both hubris and foolhardiness. But excepting the much cherished (and by

Carter Family - In The Shadow Of Clinch Mountain (12-CD box)

With all due respect to the labels that have helped to keep the recorded legacy of the original Carter Family in print during the CD era, this new release on Germanys Bear Family label leaves them all in the dust. Here, on eleven CDs, are all 287 surviving tracks recorded

Hank Williams Jr. - Hank Williams Jr. And Friends / The Bocephus Box

Love him or hate him, Hank Williams Jr. is his own man. After years of growing up under the thumb of his mother and her desire to have his career serve only as a tribute act to his father, Hank Jr. rebelled, intent on establishing his own musical vision and

Sky Kings - From Out Of The Blue

Considering their musical pedigree, its amazing the Sky Kings were never allowed to take flight. Bill Lloyd (Foster & Lloyd), John Cowan (New Grass Revival), Rusty Young (Poco) and occasionally Pat Simmons (Doobie Brothers) convened in 1991, recorded two full albums for two labels (RCA Nashville and Warner Bros.), played