Features
Brian Paulson – Been there, done that
Dale Watson – The Truck Stops Here
Eric Ambel – Lord of the Lakeside
Greg Leisz – By Products, When a producer isn’t exactly a producer
Jeremy Tepper – By Products, When a producer isn’t exactly a producer
Johnny Rodriguez – Ridin’ back on more than just his thumb
Lambchop – Mutton, Honey!
Lloyd Maines – The reins run plainly in the veins
Neal Casal – Sunshine in the Shadows
R.S. Field – Outstanding in his….
T Bone Burnett – Staking his reputation on well-done records
Waylon Jennings – Tall Tales, Tiny Towns, And Texans
Wilco – Being There, Doing That
Wilco – Common Courtesy
On the Cover: Wilco
Articles
$2 Pistols – Young and in the way
Amy Rigby – Mod, but not Squad
Box Full of Letters from Issue #5
Fernando – Viciconte, not Valenzuela
Field Reportings from Issue #5
Hello Stranger from Issue #5
I Lived to Tell it All
Issue #5 Sept-Oct 1996
Ithica Gin – Sonic & tonic
Jeff Finlin – Crossing Music Row’s fine line
Slim Chance & The Convicts – Rednecks from Olympalooza
Stillwater – Running wild
Viva Edina!
Live Reviews
16 Horsepower – Schubas (Chicago, IL)
Cordell Jackson – Barrister’s (Memphis, TN)
Dale Watson – World’s Largest Truckstop (Walcott, IA)
Dwight Yoakam / David Ball – Erwin Center (Austin, TX)
Gillian Welch & David Rawlings – Aladdin Theater (Portland, OR)
Jason Ringenberg – Star Bar (Atlanta, GA)
Joe Ely / Rosie Flores / Sonny Burgess – Chicago Country Music Festival, Grant Park (Chicago, IL)
Jon Wayne – Spaceland (Los Angeles, CA)
Kevin Gordon / Kevin Johnson – The Sutler (Nashville, TN)
Son Volt – First Avenue (Minneapolis, MN)
Todd Snider & The Nervous Wrecks – Palms Playhouse (Davis, CA)
Wallflowers – LoDo Fest (Denver, CO)
Album Reviews
Al Anderson – Pay Before You Pump
Angry Johnny & The Killbillies – Hankenstein
Beck – Odelay
Black Crowes – Three Snakes and One Charm
BR5-49 – Self-Titled
Bum Steers – Self-Titled
Carter Family – Sunshine in the Shadows
Chris Hillman & Herb Pedersen – Bakersfield Bound
Church Key – Evet’s Cafe
Cox Family – Just When We’re Thinking it’s Over
Edith Frost – “Evangeline” (4-song 7″)
George Jones – I Lived to Tell it All
Giant Sand – Official Bootleg Series, Vol. 1
Greg Scott Reeves – “Let Me Go” b/w “Meteor”
Harvester – Me Climb Mountain
Haynes Boys – Self-Titled
Hazeldine – “Tarmac” b/w “Apothecary”
Iris Dement – The Way I Should
J.J. Cale – Guitar Man
Jim Lauderdale – Persimmons
Jim Ringer – The Band of Jesse James: The Best of Jim Ringer
Jonell Mosser – Around Townes
Katy Moffatt – Midnight Radio
Kris McKay – Things That Show
Libbi Bosworth – Outskirts of You
Loose Diamonds – Fresco Fiasco
Louvin Brothers – Tragic Songs of Life/A Tribute to the Delmore Brothers/Satan is Real / Blue Sk…
Lyle Lovett – The Road to Ensenada
Martin Zellar & The Hardways – Self-Titled
Merle Travis – Walkin’ the Strings Folk Songs of the Hills
Michael Eck – Cowboy Black
Neil Young with Crazy Horse – Broken Arrow
Palace Live – “For the Mekons et al.” b/w “Stable Will”
Parlor James – Dreadful Sorry
Patsy Cline – Birth of a Star
Picketts – Euphonium
Reverend Horton Heat – Its Martini Time
Rico Bell – The Return of Rico Bell
Rockingbirds – Whatever Happened to the Rockingbirds
Ronnie Dawson – Rockinitis
Rose Maddox – Rose Maddox Sings Bluegrass
Sonny Burgess – Self-Titled
Stanley Brothers – The Complete Columbia Stanley Brothers
Steve Forbert – Rocking Horse Head
Terry Anderson – What Else Can Go Right
Texas Tornados – 4 Aces
The Paladins – Million Mile Club
Tim O’Brien – Red on Blonde / Tony Rice – Sings Gordon Lightfoot
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers – Songs and Music from the Motion Picture She’s the One
Various Artists – Before the Blues Vol. 1-3
Various Artists – Insurgent Country, Vol. 3 Nashville: The Other Side of the Alley
Various Artists – Out of the Gate Again Sixteen More from the Grain Belt
Various Artists – Rig Rock Deluxe: A Musical Salute to the American Truck Driver
Various Artists – Rig Rock Deluxe: A Musical Salute to the American Truck Driver
Various Artists – Sweet Relief II: Gravity of the Situation the Songs of Vic Chesnutt
Ween – 12 Country Greats
