If you’re reading this magazine, you almost certainly own at least one album Brian Paulson has produced. He’s been pretty hard to avoid in ’90s alternative country circles, and the genre is unimaginable without such Paulson-produced landmarks as Uncle Tupelo’s […]
The early 1970s was one of the most exciting eras in country music. The Nashville Sound was on the wane, thanks in part to singers such as Waylon Jennings, Kris Kristofferson, Bobby Bare and Tom T. Hall. But as individualistic […]
R.S. Field represents one of the great hopes for Nashville. He is a maverick producer/performer/songwriter who is not afraid or ashamed to integrate Nashville’s past sounds with its present. In an era where most major-label country is either overproduced ballads […]
“Ladies-n-gennelmen, you heard it right here, ladies-n-gennelmen…” When we first heard the effusive, rambling introduction of the Carpetbaggers that the Minneapolis trio snuck onto their latest release Sin Now … Pray Later, we knew we had to find out where […]
The first time a band performs in public can be a little unsettling. And if that initial show is at a home for the mentally retarded, well, who knows what to expect. “Actually, it was really well-received,” says Slim Chance, […]
“That’s blood.” Upon closer inspection, it’s clear Chris Grabau isn’t kidding. Sure enough, those are faint blood stains on his yellow Fender Telecaster. “We were playing a show in Columbia, Missouri,” explains the soft-spoken singer-guitarist for Stillwater, “and it was […]
Though folks such as Brian Paulson and Eric Ambel have probably set the standards in recent years for producing acts that follow a more country/roots-oriented approach to rock ‘n’ roll, it’s hard to compete with the credits T Bone Burnett […]
It would be no surprise if each morning Dale Watson places his hand on his heart and recites Buck Owens’ Pledge to Country Music: “I shall sing no song that is not a country song. I shall make no record […]
Billy Joe Shaver is trying to keep to the shade, but there isn’t much, just a patch of trees, some trucks, and a big red sun. He’s shoulder to ankle in worn blue denim, and his face is sun-scarlet under […]
I’m just a soul whose intentions are good Oh Lord, please don’t let me be misunderstood. –Eric Burdon & the Animals, 1965 Misunderstood. We all feel that way sometimes. In the beginning, it’s inevitable, with only varying tones and volumes […]
