Even the dust smells hot at Willie Nelson’s Fourth of July picnic in Luckenbach, Texas. That scent mixes with suntan lotion and sweat and spilled beer, wafts of smoke, damp denim, leather. The Supersuckers play early, so the halter tops […]
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Right near the corner of Hollywood and Vine is a place called Jack’s Sugar Shack. Every Tuesday night, Ronnie Mack puts on the Barndance, an evening of country and western, rockabilly and American roots music. There’s no cover charge and […]
Jeers and laughter greet Ross Perot’s fall beneath the outsized wheels. The shot glass in the little truck’s bed sloshes whiskey as it crisscrosses Perot’s paper face. Alanis Morissette falls next, followed by Joe Camel, but Garth Brooks still stands […]
Peter Case has stumbled across a monthly stint at the once storied and recently revived folk haven known as the Ash Grove with a bold concept: Cram raw, unfiltered singer-songwriterdom down the throats of those curious fans willing to open […]
Young teens loiter outside in the bitter cold as New York City’s Mr. Henry takes the stage on the first floor the El Mocambo. The club’s main stage upstairs is reserved tonight for an All Toronto High School Battle of […]
Sitting alone onstage after he and a couple friends took a rich-and-ragged run through his own impressive body of work, Joe Henry decided to reach for some stardust when called out for an encore by a capacity crowd at the […]
“I’m sorry; I thought we played too long. I thought we played bad, and we sang bad, and I’m really sorry you didn’t have a good time.” Jeff Tweedy was doing his best to loosen the grip of wall-to-wall fans […]
From the moment he walked onstage, it was obvious Johnny Paycheck wasn’t feeling well. The veteran performer was short of breath, and he kept lifting his guitar off his chest, looking heavenward, inhaling air before singing a verse. After opening […]
I always jokingly refer to Boston as the alternative-country capital of the United States. You see, we don’t have much of that hip twang up here. We’ve got a lot of alternative rock, hardcore, folk (boy, do we have folk […]
I bought my first drum set at a pawn shop in Lubbock, Texas. Answering an ad looking for a drummer, I soon met Paul Waters, a young man who bore a striking and deliberate resemblance to Buddy Holly. He came […]
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