Issue #60 Nov-Dec 2005

Features
Bettye LaVette – Transcendental Blues
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club – The acoustic motorbike
Blue Rodeo – On the way to everywhere
Kevin Gordon – Poetry of the blues
Laura Veirs – In through the out crowd
Neil Young – “Music just takes you wherever you want to go”
Articles
Alex Rawls- Some thoughts on the past, present and future of New Orleans music. The battle of New…
Black Boot Trio – Ten-year itch
Box Full of Letters from Issue #60
Cherryholmes – A family’s flying leap into bluegrass
Chocolate Genius – A quest for a tribe
Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown: 1924 to 2005
Field Reportings from Issue #60
Grant Alden- Some thoughts on the past, present, and future of New Orleans music. A beginning.
Hello Stranger from Issue #60
Issue #60 Nov-Dec 2005
John Coinman – Devils in the details
Jon Nolan – Back to school
Looking Back To See: A Country Music Memoir
Mary Gauthier- Some thoughts on the past, present and future of New Orleans music. Hoping for the…
No Direction, great directing
Peter Holsapple- Some thoughts on the past, present and future of New Orleans music. Beans and Rice.
R.L. Burnside: 1926 to 2005
Rednecks And Bluenecks: The Politics Of Country Music
Retail Chart from Issue #60
Robert Doerschuk- Glitter and Glue – the everyday players who bind New Orleans music together all…
Stillhouse – Still on the side
Susan Cowsill – Goin’ back to the Crescent City
Vassar Clements: 1928 to 2005
Live Reviews
Austin City Limits Festival – Zilker Park (Austin, TX)
Bruce Springsteen – Key Arena (Seattle, WA)
Club Congress’ 20th Anniversary – Club Congress (Tucson, AZ)
Spread Your Wings 5 – Neighborhood Theatre (Charlotte, NC)
Sufjan Stevens – Pearl Street Night Club (Northampton, MA)
Tom T. Hall & Friends – Country Music Hall Of Fame Ford Theater (Nashville, TN)
Album Reviews
Alternate Routes – Good And Reckless And True
Anna Coogan & North 19 – Glory
B.B. King – Original Greatest Hits
Bill Staines – The Second Million Miles
Blasters – 4-11-44
Bob Dylan – No Direction Home: The Soundtrack (The Bootleg Series Vol. 7)
Bobby Pinson – Man Like Me
Bodeans – Homebrewed: Live From The Pabst
Chicago Blues Reunion – Buried Alive In The Blues
Clumsy Lovers – Smart Kid
Corb Lund Band – Hair in My Eyes Like A Highland Steer
Dar Williams – My Better Self
Diesel Doug & The Long Haul Truckers – Mistakes Were Made (1995-2005)
Dillards – Let The Music Flow: The Best Of 1963-1979
Dion – Bronx In Blue
Dolly Parton – Those Were The Days
Emiliana Torrini – Fisherman’s Woman
Emmylou Harris – The Very Best Of…Heartaches & Highways
Fred Neil – Echoes Of My Mind: The Best Of 1963-1971
Hackensaw Boys – Love What You Do
Hank Cochran – The Heart Of Hank: The Monument Sessions
Healthy White Baby – Self-Titled
Hobart Smith – In Sacred Trust: The 1963 Fleming Brown Tapes
Hubert Sumlin – Blues Party / Healing Feeling
Idaho Falls – Concrete Prairie
Jack Williams – Laughing In The Face Of The Blues
Jamie Oldaker – Mad Dogs & Okies
Jelly Roll Morton – The Complete Library Of Congress Recordings By Alan Lomax (8 CDs, 3 books)
Jerry Douglas – The Best Kept Secret
Joan Baez – Bowery Songs
Joel Rafael Band – Woodyboye
Johnnie Johnson – Johnnie Be Eighty And Still Bad
Johnny Bush – Honky Tonic
Johnny Nicholas – Livin’ With The Blues
Jon Hardy & The Public – Make Me Like Gold
Junior Brown – The Austin Experience: Live At The Continental Club
Kip Boardman – I Must Be…
Lovesick Blues: The Life Of Hank Williams
Marah – If You Didn’t Laugh You’d Cry
Miss Leslie & Her Juke-Jointers – Honky Tonk Revival
Open Road – Lucky Drive
Patricia Vonne – Guitars & Castanets
Paula Frazer – Leave The Sad Things Behind
Pogues – If I Should Fall From Grace With God
Red Sovine – Honky Tonks, Truckers & Tears
Richard Buckner & Jon Langford – Sir Dark Invader vs The Fanglord
Richie Furay – I Am Sure
Richmond Fontaine – The Fitzgerald
Ryan Adams & The Cardinals – Jacksonville City Nights
Shame Train – She Knows The Score
Shel Silverstein – The Best of Shel Silverstein: His Words, His Songs, His Friends
Shemekia Copeland – The Soul Truth
Silver Jews – Tanglewood Numbers
Steep Canyon Rangers – One Dime At A Time
Sun Kil Moon – Tiny Cities / Iron Horse – Pickin’ On Modest Mouse: A Bluegrass Tribute
Terry Anderson & The Olympic Ass-Kickin’ Team – Self-Titled
The Band – A Musical History
Various Artists – American Primitive, Vol. II: Pre-War Revenants (1897-1939)
Various Artists – For A Decade Of Sin: 11 Years Of Bloodshot Records
Various Artists – Night Train to Nashville: Music City Rhythm & Blues, 1945-1970, Volume Two / Va…
Various Artists – This Bird Has Flown: A 40th Anniversary Tribute To The Beatles’ Rubber Soul
Wussy – Funeral Dress