Issue #1 Fall 1995
Features
Bottle Rockets – Dirty white boys got the red wine country blues
Dead Reckoning – How to succeed in the music business
Son Volt – Dim lights, small cities
The Picketts – Grungetown grass grows grangy on the Picketts side of the fence
Articles
“I am a lineman for the county….”
Crop Circles – Counterculture Country comes calling
Hello Stranger from Issue #1
Issue #1 Fall 1995
Steve Owen – Bastard on a budget
Waco Brothers – Mekon delta blues
Whiskeytown – A short interview’s journey into Hell
Live Reviews
Johnny Cash / Mark Lanegan – Rose Gardens (Portland, OR)
Merle Haggard – Ryman Auditorium (Nashville, TN)
Shane MacGowan & The Popes – First Avenue (Minneapolis, MN)
Steve Earle – Vic Theater (Chicago, IL)
Album Reviews
Blue Mountain – Dog Days
Bodeans – Joe Dirt Car
Buck Owens – box set
Chris Gaffney – Loser’s Paradise
Don Walser and the Pure Texas Band – The Archive Series, Vols. 1 and 2
Drivin’ n’ Cryin’ – Wrapped in Sky
Earl C. Whitehead & The Grievous Angels – Angels & Inbreds
Emmylou Harris – Wrecking Ball
Flat Duo Jets – Introducing the Flat Duo Jets
Freakwater – Old Paint
Geraldine Fibbers – Lost Somewhere Between the Earth and My Home
Hazel Dickens & Alice Gerrard – Hazel and Alice
Jason Eklund – Lost Causeway
Jayhawks – Bad Time / Wilco – Box Full Of Letters / Teenage Fanclub – Sparky’s Dream
Jesse Dayton – Raisin’ Cain
Jim Lauderdale – Every Second Counts
Jimmy Lafave – Buffalo Return to the Plains
Joan Osborne – Relish
Joe Ely – Letter to Laredo
Kim Richey – Self-Titled
Marlee MacLeod – Favorite Ball and Chain
Palace Music – Viva Last Blues
Paul K. & The Weathermen – Achilles’ Heel
Pete Anderson – Working Class / Stephen Bruton – Right on Time
Ron Sexsmith – Ron Sexsmith
Shaver – Unshaven: Shaver Live at Smith’s Olde Bar
Southern Culture on the Skids – Dirt Track Date
Stacy Dean Campbell – Hurt City
Tarnation – Gentle Creatures / Paula Frazer – The Hand (7-inch)
The Louvin Brothers – When I Stop Dreaming: The Best of the Louvin Brothers
Various Artists – Red Hot + Bothered: The Indie Rock Guide to Dating
Vic Chesnutt – Is the Actor Happy?
Wynn Stewart – The Best of the Challenge Masters
On the Cover: Son Volt