Issue #63 May-June 2006

Features
Buck Owens – “I hope that they see me as absolutely honest”
Cassandra Wilson – Beyond the blues
Danielson – A wing and a prayer
Dr. John – Hoodoo Guru
Drive-By Truckers – Holding on loosely
Jon Dee Graham – The hard balance of real life renders Jon Dee Graham’s body of work all the more…
Josh Ritter – Dances with wolves
Articles
1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die
Ain’t Got No Cigarettes: Memories Of Music Legend Roger Miller
Ali Farka Toure
Billy Cowsill: 1948 to 2006
Blind Corn Liquor Pickers – The other kind of jug band
Box Full of Letters from Issue #63
Buck Owens: 1929 to 2006
Buddy Blue
Charles K. Wolfe: 1943 to 2006
Charlie Hodge
Cindy Walker: 1917 to 2006
Dwight & Buck: Bakersfield Bound
Edwin Duhon
Field Reportings from Issue #63
Gene Pitney
Hello Stranger from Issue #63
Imaad Wasif – At his most beautiful
Issue #63 May-June 2006
It Don’t Mean a Thing
James Hunter – Everybody’s Talking
Jesse Taylor
Mammals – Louder than folk
Mark Pickerel – Even if and especially when
Nikki Sudden
Opry In Nyc, Acl At Home
Retail Chart from Issue #63
Rocky Votolato – Making his mark
Rueben Aaron (R.A.) Miller
Sugar Pie Desanto – If the shoe fits
The Wrong Tool for the Job: Letter From New Orleans
Live Reviews
Bobby Osborne Tribute Concert – Belcourt Theater (Nashville, TN)
Jeff Tweedy – Iowa Memorial Union Ballroom (Iowa City, IA) / Wilco – Val Air Ballroom (West Des M…
Jesse Dayton’s Honky Tonk & Hot Rods Music Festival – Continental Club (Houston, TX)
Mavis Staples – Earl Wynn Theatre (Carrboro, NC)
Ray Davies – The Vic (Chicago, IL)
Silver Jews – The Earl (Atlanta, GA)
Van Morrison – Ryman Auditorium (Nashville, TN)
Album Reviews
Alabama – Lovin’ Livin’ Rockin’ Rollin’: The 25th Anniversary Collection
Alan Jackson / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Del McCoury Band
Albert Lee – Road Runner
Bettye LaVette – Child Of The Seventies
Bill Haley & His Comets – The Real Birth Of Rock ‘N’ Roll: 19461954
Bob Delevante – Columbus And The Colossal Mistake
Bonnie Bramlett – Roots, Blues & Jazz
Brigitte Demeyer – Something After All
Bruce Springsteen – We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions
Bryan Sutton – Not Too Far From The Tree
Dale Watson – Whiskey Or God
Danielle Howle – Thank You Mark
Darondo – Let My People Go
Dave Alvin – West Of The West, Vol. 1
David Ruffin – The Great David Ruffin: The Motown Solo Albums, Vol. 1 / Eddie Kendricks – Keep On…
Dixie Chicks – Taking The Long Way
Essex Green – Cannibal Sea
Fred Neil – Self-Titled
Garrison Starr – The Sound Of You And Me
Grandaddy – Just Like The Fambly Cat
Hank III – Straight To Hell
Irma Thomas – A Woman’s Viewpoint: The Essential 1970s Recordings
James Hand – The Truth Will Set You Free
James Luther Dickinson – Jungle Jim And The Voodoo Tiger
Jenny Scheinman – 12 Songs
John McCutcheon – Mightier Than The Sword
Johnny Cash – Personal File
Jolie Holland – Springtime Can Kill You
Josh Rouse – Subtitulo
K.D. Lang – Reintarnation
Kieran Kane, Kevin Welch & Fats Kaplin – Lost John Dean
Lanterna – Desert Ocean
Lee Roy Parnell – Back To The Well
Loudon Wainwright III – Self-Titled / Album II
Low Skies – All The Love I Could Find
Lucky Tomblin Band – In A Honky Tonk Mood
Mark Knopfler & Emmylou Harris – All The Roadrunning
Marley’s Ghost – Spooked
Marshall Chapman – Mellowicious
Matthew Sweet & Susanna Hoffs – Under The Covers Vol. 1
Mountain Heart – Wide Open
New Orleans Social Club – Sing Me Back Home
Nina Simone – Nina Simone In Concert/Broadway, Blues, Ballads/ I Put A Spell On You / Pastel Blue…
Otis Rush – All Your Love I Miss Loving
Pine Leaf Boys – La Musique
Radney Foster – This World We Live In
Rhonda Towns – I Wanna Be Loved By You
Sean Watkins – Blinders On
Seth Kauffman – Ting
Shooter Jennings – Electric Rodeo
Slick Ballinger – Mississippi Soul
Smokin’ Joe Kubek & Bnois King – My Heart’s In Texas
T Bone Burnett – The True False Identity
Tarkio – Omnibus
Three Ring Circle – Self-Titled
Tim Easton – Ammunition
Tompall Glaser – My Notorious Youth / Another Log On The Fire
Two-Headed Dog – Better Than One
Various Artists – Alligator Records 35 x 35
Various Artists – Eccentric Soul: The Deep City Label
Various Artists – Sail Away: The Songs Of Randy Newman
Various Artists – See You On The Moon
Various Artists – Strummin’ With The Devil: The Southern Side Of Van Halen (A Tribute)
Weepies – Say I Am You