Issue #25 Jan-Feb 2000

Features
Bob Neuwirth – A true melding of two separate styles
Jimmie Dale Gilmore – Defying gravity
Josh Rouse – In search of the lost chord
Neko Case – Destiny rides again
Osborne Brothers – A high lead, a long run
Willa Mae Buckner – Requiem for a snake lady
Articles
“I ain’t headed down this highway all alone”
Beachwood Sparks – Grievous vibrations
Box Full of Letters from Issue #26
Charlie Major – Minor change of plans
Chris Cacavas – Dinner & A Movie, family and an album
Field Reportings from Issue #26
Hank Snow: 1914 to 1999
Hello Stranger from Issue #26
Issue #26 March-April 2000
Jim Roll – Bash over Beethoven
Kelly Hogan – Absolutely torchin’ twang
Last Train Home – Those were the days
Li’l Mo & The Monicats – Hardly a passing fancy
Lilybandits – Storybook beginning
Merle Haggard’s My House Of Memories: For The Record
Press On: Hatch Show Print enters its third century knowing they can still cut it in the design w…
Retail Chart from Issue #26
Rex Allen: 1920 to 1999
Rick Danko: 1943 to 1999
Slaid Cleaves – Pastures of plenty of singer-songwriters
Live Reviews
Bottle Rockets – Lakeside Lounge (Raleigh, NC)
Donnie Fritts & Friends – Norton Auditorium (Florence, AL)
Guadalcanal Diary / Zeitgeist – Liberty Lunch (Austin, TX)
John Prine / Iris DeMent – Olympia Theatre (Dublin, Ireland)
Last Days At Lounge Ax – Lounge Ax (Chicago, IL)
Ryan Adams – Mercury Lounge (New York City, NY)
Album Reviews
Alex Chilton – Set
Amy Crenshaw & The Crosstown Boys – Self-Titled
Bad Livers – Blood & Mood
Bap Kennedy – Hillbilly Shakespeare
Benny Martin – Benny Martin’s Greatest Sounds / The “Big Tiger” Roars Again / Lover Of The Town
Bill Frisell – Ghost Town
Cat Power – The Covers Record
Chappaquiddick Skyline – Self-Titled
Charlie Burton – One Man’s Trash
Chris Gaffney & The Cold Hard Facts – Live And Then Some
Dale Watson & His Lone Stars – People I’ve Known, Places I’ve Been
Dan Janisch – Weeds
Dickel Brothers – Volume One
Dillards – A Long Time Ago
Doctors’ Mob – Last One In The Van Drives
Duane Jarvis – Combo Platter
Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci – Spanish Dance Troupe
Handsome Family – In The Air
Health & Happiness Show – Sad And Sexy
Hollisters – Sweet Inspiration
Jitters – Self-Titled
Joe Grushecky & The Houserockers – Down The Road Apiece Live
John Pennell – All The Lonely
Katy Moffatt – Loose Diamond
Kevin Bowe & The Okemah Prophets – Restoration
Lambchop – Nixon
Lee Hazlewood – Trouble Is A Lonesome Town/Cowboy In Sweden/Requiem For An Almost Lady/13/Farmish…
Paul Williams & The Victory Trio – Old Ways & Old Paths
Rich Hopkins & Luminarios – Devolver
Robert Burke Warren – …To This Day
Robin & Linda Williams – In the Company of Strangers
Rolling Hayseeds – No Place Like Home
Sara Hickman – Spiritual Appliances
Shelby Lynne – I Am Shelby Lynne
Skydiggers – Still Restless: The Lost Tapes
Steve Forbert – Evergreen Boy
Super Chikan – What You See
The Texas Plainsmen With Yodelin’ Donnie Walser – Self-Titled
Tim Finn – Say It Is So
Tommy Womack – Stubborn
Townes Van Zandt – In Pain
V-Roys – Are You Through Yet? / Mic Harrison – Don’t Bail
Wagon – Beauty Angel Queen
Warren Zevon – Life’ll Kill Ya
Willie Nile – Beautiful Wreck Of The World