Mount Pilot - Pickin' & swingin'
In Chicago these days, a band's mere admission of Uncle Tupelo influence is an act of defiance worthy of respect. Critics and cognoscenti sniff, "Yeah, I've heard 'em," meaning: "Heard one; heard 'em all." But Mount Pilot's recent
Roy Huskey Jr.: 1956 to 1997
Roy Huskey Jr. died Sept. 6, 1997, in Nashville, Tennessee, of lung cancer, after having been diagnosed with the disease in June 1996. He was 40 years old.
His father, Roy M. Huskey (who, ironically, went by the nickname "Junior"), also had been a highly respected Nashville bassist,
Nashville's Unwritten Rules / Creating Country Music: Fabricating Authenticity
If a good ol' boy such as Garth Brooks can fill Central Park, clearly the world needs a book (or two) that dismantles the machinery of Nashville, pokes around and finds out exactly how it operates. With his Unwritten Rules, Billboard scribe Dan Daley ponders the schizophrenia of Music
Chip Taylor - Chip Taylor's Last Chance
Correctly believing 1973's Last Chance to be the best of his pre-comeback outings, Chip Taylor has taken the matter of reissuing into his own hands. It's not exactly a lost classic, but it is a simple, charming, and perhaps unintentionally revealing portrait both of the
Merle Haggard - The Land Of Many Churches
Merle Haggard's tributes to Jimmie Rodgers and Bob Wills are well-known to contemporary fans, but few know that in 1971 Haggard recorded another one, an album he called "a sort of tribute to an old friend of mine, who is truly #1. Of course," he
Ray Charles - Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection
When Willie Nelson celebrated his 60th birthday with a televised bash in Austin a few years ago, his musical guests ranged from B.B. King to Bob Dylan to Lyle Lovett. All had come to pay homage to Nelson, but there was one other artist to whom both host and