Issue #21 May-June 1999

Features
Chip Robinson – Sliding in and out of grace
Jimmy Martin – In the Hall of the Mountain King
Mandy Barnett – Sweet Dreams Are Made Of This
Ronnie Dawson – Big D
Rosie Flores – More than a cowboy’s sweetheart
The Old 97’s – You can’t please everyone, so you’ve got to please yourself
Articles
A Good-natured Riot: The Birth Of The Grand Ole Opry
Baker Maultsby – Song of the South
Baseboard Heaters – Fire down below
Box Full of Letters from Issue #21
Charles Sawtelle / Buddy Knox
Dave Moore – Nine years later, but better late than never
Farmer Tan – Real old teenagers
Field Reportings from Issue #21
Film at Eleven: “Hands on a Hard Body” Directed by S.R. Bindler
Gary Floyd – We’re an American band — just ask the Germans
Hello Stranger from Issue #21
Issue #21 May-June 1999
Johnny Smoke – Stickin’ with ya
Mary Lee’s Corvette – Princess of the city, maybe but no relation to Little Red
Monte Warden – Putting the wheels back on the wagon
Nevermind the barbershop, here’s Floyd’s Country Store
Retail Chart from Issue #21
Workin’ Man Blues: Country Music In California
X-angels – Mamas, don’t let your cowboys grow up to be exes
Live Reviews
“A Night On The Townes” With Butch Hancock & Friends – Cactus Cafe (Austin, TX)
By The Hand Of The Father (“Un Viaje Del Siglo Veinte”) – Las Manitas (Austin, TX)
Dave Alvin / Robbie Fulks – Double Door Inn (Charlotte, NC)
Greg Trooper – Pine Hill Farm (Durham, NC)
Haynes Boys / Burn Barrel – Lakeside Lounge (New York City, NY)
Neil Young – Paramount Theatre (Seattle, WA)
S.P.I.T.T.L.E. Festival – The Brewery (Raleigh, NC)
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers – Fillmore (San Francisco, CA)
Album Reviews
“Groovey” Joe Poovey – “Groovey” Joe Poovey’s Greatest Grooves
Alejandro Escovedo – Bourbonitis Blues
Amazing Rhythm Aces – Chock Full Of Country Goodness
Bill Lloyd – Standing On The Shoulders Of Giants
Boo Hewerdine – Thanksgiving
Buffalo Springfield – Buffalo Springfield
Chip Taylor – Seven Days In May…A Love Story
Chris Smither – Drive You Home Again
Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown – Blackjack
Cornell Hurd Band – At Large In South Austin, Texas
D. Braxton Harris – Deep Dark Black
David Allan Coe – Recommended For Airplay
Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver – The Original Band
Elvis Presley – Sunrise
Gene Clark – Flying High
Gourds – Ghosts Of Hallelujah
Iain Matthews – Excerpts From Swine Lake
Ian Tyson – Lost Herd
Jack Logan – Buzz Me In
Jerry Reed – Pickin’
Jim & Jesse – The Old Dominion Masters
Jimmy Lafave – Trail
Jimmy Murphy – Electricity
June Carter Cash – Press On
Latin Playboys – Dose
Lucy Kaplansky – Ten Year Night
Meat Puppets – Meat Puppets II
Mojo Nixon & The Toadliquors – Sock Ray Blue!
Pete Krebs & The Gossamer Wings – Sweet Ona Rose
Phranc – Milkman
Radney Foster – See What You Want to See
Ray Wylie Hubbard – Live At The Cibolo Creek Country Club
Rex Allen – The Last of the Great Singing Cowboys / Spade Cooley – Shame on You: The Western Swin…
Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant – Swinging On The Strings: The Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant Collection, …
Stephen Bruton – Nothing But The Truth
Various Artists – The Complete Sun Singles, Vol. 6
Volebeats – Solitude
Wilf Carter – Cowboy Songs