Son Volt - Dim lights, small cities
Catchin' an all-night station
Somewhere in Louisiana
It sounds like 1963
But for now
It sounds like heaven.
--"Windfall," Son Volt
It's a warm, incandescent, comforting burnt-orange blur. The slim needle of the AM radio dial in that old Chevy stationwagon, dimly lighting
Southern Culture on the Skids - Dirt Track Date
At first blush, the presence of these ersatz white-trash exponents on a major label, even after a slew of indie releases, defies reason. Then you hear David Hartman's cowbell clear as, well, a bell on "Voodoo Cadillac", and Rick Miller's chooglin' guitar