Gram Parsons & The Fallen Angels
[Editor's note: In recent discussions with a couple of our contributors, Rob Patterson and Bud Scoppa, we discovered that both had been among a small crowd on hand for a Gram Parsons gig at New York's legendary Max's Kansas City nightclub in March 1973.
Steve Earle - Can't Keep a Good Man Down
I can still hear them blaring in the back of my mind, those gleaming brass trumpets and trombones, thrusting right and left, toward one end zone and then the other, as the University of Texas marching band zipped through "The Wabash Cannonball". Aside from "The Eyes of
Shane MacGowan & The Popes - First Avenue (Minneapolis, MN)
"This town is so depressing. This is the most depressing town we've ever been in."
Those were the first words Shane MacGowan slurred to the large and sweaty First Avenue crowd at his first appearance in Minneapolis in many, many years. The crowd cheered wildly, of
Merle Haggard - Ryman Auditorium (Nashville, TN)
When Merle Haggard returned to the stage of the refurbished Ryman Auditorium for the second time in 13 months, he probably had all the immortals who had stood there before him in mind. To the delight of the many blue-collar fans in attendance, he opened the show with a
Johnny Cash / Mark Lanegan - Rose Gardens (Portland, OR)
Rosy-fingered dusk tripped slowly down green terrace steps, folding chairs, sculpted roses, and halfway through Mark Lanegan's second solo show settled an indirect glow across the stage. All in the time it took Lanegan to work through a half-dozen songs from his two solo albums and
Emmylou Harris - Wrecking Ball
Though Emmylou Harris new album is titled Wrecking Ball, that could also be the description of the tool Daniel Lanois brings into the producers booth and attacks Harris past efforts with. This album is so unlike Harris other albums that when I played it at a recent backyard barbecue, all