Pine State - An echo, louder now
Just put aside all of the superficial cataclysmic spectacle-related bullshit -- the uncontrolled onstage fires; the sledgehammered toilet; the raw chicken. The hulking 6-foot-8 freak in full basketball getup (plus gas mask), swinging wildly from the end of a leash. The band's very own cigar-chomping, sombreroed attorney, Lemuel
Iris Dement - Homespun of the Brave
Iris DeMent is belting out a protest song called "Wasteland Of The Free" to a packed house in Lawrence, Kansas, and even though the song is downright radical in a way that's hardly heard in this country anymore, the response is decidedly enthusiastic. The focus of
Lefty Frizzell: The Honky-Tonk Life of Country Music's Greatest Singer
When I first read this book's subtitle, I thought the author's view might be a little slanted. When I finished the book, I realized he was only stating the facts.
Cooper gives the reader the good, the bad and the ugly in both Lefty's
Country Dick: Wild, True
Country Dick Montana, drummer and vocalist for the Beat Farmers, died November 8th, 1995, after collapsing onstage at the Longhorn Saloon in Whistler, British Columbia in front of a sold-out crowd. He was 40. The cause of death was a heart attack caused by an aneurysm.
Hours after his death,
Lincoln '65 - "Dreams" b/w "Jellyfish"
Pity there are no credits on the sleeve, for this is as fine an intro as you could hope for. Alternating male and female vocalists offer two gentle songs somekinda kin to Tarnation and Mazzy Star if maybe the Cowboy Junkies were backing. Not finished, of course but one hell
John Mellencamp - Mr. Happy Go Lucky
While not as hit-packed as Scarecrow or an artistic triumph on the level of The Lonesome Jubilee, John Mellencamp's latest proves he still matters. He's hasn't abandoned his rural fix; aside from all those Hootie songs, "Key West Intermezzo (I Saw You First)