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
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
Gurf Morlix - Get to know him
You don't know me
You ain't got a clue
No, you don't know me
But, honey, I know you
-- "You Don't Know Me", Gurf Morlix
To know Gurf Morlix, let's start with his name:
"If you were
Encounters With Bob Dylan: If You See Him, Say Hello
The perfectly good idea behind this book is to let the fans speak for themselves. (The idea behind this review is to let a fan review them.) Previous Dylan books have tended to the biographical, the analytical or the severely trainspottery, and so this book should be a breath of
Doug Sahm - Loose-leaf memoirs
In the summer of 1973, Doug Sahm had settled into a rambling, leased wooden house on a tree-shaded hillside above the Soap Creek Saloon out on Bee Caves Road, in what was then rural Austin, Texas. His furnishings were simple: a bed, a table, two chairs, two spoons, two