Doug Sahm / Sir Douglas Quintet - The Return Of Wayne Douglas / San Antonio Rock: The Harlem Recordings 1957-1961 / The Sir Douglas Quintet Is Back! / Soul Jam
Fate had it that, like most of us, he died alone in a place that was not Texas. But it was only the untimely, unacceptable fact of this death -- sudden, and removed from the friends he had across the Lone Star State and wherever honest music is played --
Various Artists - Full Circle: A Tribute To Gene Clark
It's hard to believe the rehabilitation of the tattered legacy of Gene Clark has taken so long to instigate. The ultimate image of 1965 cool, Clark -- with his brooding, velvety voice and a sackful of moody, introspective, unforgettable songs such as "Feel A Whole Lot Better&
Willie Nelson - Red Headed Stranger
The language of myth is indirect, metaphorical, and narrative in structure....The movement of mythic narrative, like that of any story, implies a theory of cause-and-effect, a theory of history; but these implications are only rarely articulated as objects of criticism, since their operation is masked by the traditional form
Loretta Lynn - On her own
The 1990s weren't so bad for some of the country singers who used to rule the airwaves, despite their virtual disappearance from mainstream country radio. Loyal long-term fans, younger alternative country audiences, and sporadic but intense interest from the media and institutions charged with celebrating American culture have
Esquires - Cellar Lounge (Bloomington, IN)
"Can I get a page number?!" bellowed David Rawlings with all the sweaty fervor of a Pentecostal preacher at a tent revival.
"128!" barked a man from the bar.
Rawlings obediently opened the Bob Dylan songbook, thumbed to that page, placed the hefty tome on the
Scotty Campbell - Blessed and damned
Scotty Campbell says he feels a little like the town oddball who, year after year, stands on a soapbox and, in the face of indifference, rages at the world. And then one day he's alarmed to find people are paying attention.
For years, the Hamilton, Ontario, native has