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Peter Blackstock

Joe Ely - Letter to Laredo

The first clue that Joe Ely is up to something different on Letter to Laredo is in the thank-you credits, where the Lubbock legend tips his hat to writers Garcia Lorca, Michael Ventura and Cormac McCarthy. The next clue is the disc's second track, a cover of Tom

"I am a lineman for the county...."

"I am a lineman for the county...."

Those unforgettable words first rang out of the radio in 1968, with songwriter Jimmy Webb's majestic melody gliding on the wings of Glen Campbell's sweetly aching, longing croon into the No. 3 spot on the Billboard charts a few weeks later. It was the only time

Son Volt - Dim lights, small cities

Son Volt - Dim lights, small cities

Catchin' an all-night station Somewhere in Louisiana It sounds like 1963 But for now It sounds like heaven. --"Windfall," Son Volt It's a warm, incandescent, comforting burnt-orange blur. The slim needle of the AM radio dial in that old Chevy stationwagon, dimly lighting the