Issue #66 Nov-Dec 2006

Features
Greg Brown – Hallelujah anyway
Kasey Chambers – Don’t take it personal
Lucero – Spirit in the night
Mindy Smith – On the inside
The Decemberists – Phases and stages
The Pernice Brothers – The audience is listening
Articles
Arthur Lee: 1945 to 2006
Blood on the Racks
Box Full of Letters from Issue #66
Bradley Walker – Treating the Song Right
Catherine Russell – Genre-Jumping Cat, No Scat
Don Walser: 1934 to 2006
Etta Baker: 1913 to 2006
Field Reportings from Issue #66
Graham Lindsey – He’s About a Mover
Grandpa, Granny, and Hee Haw
Hello Stranger from Issue #66
How Nashville Became Music City: 50 Years Of Music Row
Issue #66 Nov-Dec 2006
Johnny Cash: The Biography
Josh Graves / Henry Townsend / Joe Glazer / Earl Heywood / Jumpin’ Gene Simmons / Maynard Ferguso…
Micah P. Hinson – “Taken by the Ghosts or the Gods”
Michael Hall – Music to Die To
Sally Spring – Americana Before Its Time
Steel Drivin’ Man: John Henry, The Untold Story Of An American Legend
The Producer: John Hammond And The Soul Of American Music
Live Reviews
Austin City Limits Festival – Zilker Park (Austin, TX)
Daniel Johnston’s Speeding Motorcycle – Axiom (Houston, TX)
Golden Smog – The Vic (Chicago, IL)
Guy Clark (& Friends) – Country Music Hall of Fame Ford Theater (Nashville, TN)
Hideout Block Party – Hideout (Chicago, IL)
John Prine – Hoyt Sherman Place (Des Moines, IA)
Marty Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives / Mavis Staples – Damrosch Park Bandshell (New York, NY)
Mucklewain – Whicker Park (Harriman, TN)
Sunflower River Blues & Gospel Festival – (Clarksdale, MS)
Album Reviews
Alan Jackson – Like Red On A Rose
Amos Lee – Supply And Demand
Be Good Tanyas – Hello Love
Big Bill Broonzy – Amsterdam Live Concerts 1953
Bo Ramsey – Stranger Blues
Bob Dylan – Modern Times
Bonnie “Prince” Billy – The Letting Go
Bruce Cockburn – Life Short Call Now
Butch Hancock – War And Peace
Califone – Roots & Crowns
Chris Smither – Leave The Light On
D.C. Bellamy – Give Some Body To Somebody
Dan Bern – Breathe
Dan Reeder – Sweetheart
David Davis & The Warrior River Boys – Troubled Times
Dexter Romweber – Piano
Dickie Lee Erwin – Poppin’ Johnny
Everly Brothers – Chained To A Memory (8-CD box)
Fernando – Enter To Exit
Furry Lewis – Fourth And Beale
George Winston – Gulf Coast Blues & Impressions
Gob Iron – Death Songs For The Living / Anders Parker – Self-Titled
Grayson Capps – Wail & Ride
Horsehead – Record Of The Year
Jay Bennett – The Magnificent Defeat
Jerry Lee Lewis – Last Man Standing
Joseph Arthur – Nuclear Daydream
Karen Dalton – In My Own Time
Kennedys – Songs Of The Open Road
Libby Johnson – Annabella
Lindsey Buckingham – Under The Skin
Lonesome Spurs – Self-Titled
Luca – Sick Of Love
My Morning Jacket – Okonokos
Nathan Maxwell – Happiness In Time
Paul Westerberg – “Open Season” Soundtrack
Pogues – Red Roses For Me / Rum, Sodomy & The Lash / If I Should Fall From Grace With God / Pea…
Robyn Hitchcock & The Venus 3 – Ole! Tarantula
Ronnie Milsap – The Essential Ronnie Milsap
Roy Orbison – The Essential Roy Orbison Sings Lonely and Blue Crying in Dreams
Ruby Dee & The Snakehandlers – North of Bakersfield
Sadies – Tales Of The Rat Fink soundtrack
Sparklehorse – Dreamt For Light Years In The Belly Of A Mountain
Spencer Dickinson – The Man Who Lives For Love
Steve Goodman – Live At The Earl Of Old Town
Sunny Sweeney – Heartbreaker’s Hall Of Fame
Thee Midniters – In Thee Midnite Hour
Tom Russell – Who’s Gonna Build Your Wall?
Tresa Jordan – Self-Titled
Various Artists – Old Town School Of Folk Music Songbook Volume One / Various Artists – Harry Smi…
Various Artists – Sugar Hill Records: A Retrospective / Various Artists – American Music: The Hig…
Various Artists – Why The Hell Not: The Songs Of Kinky Friedman
Vince Gill – These Days
Waylon Jennings – Nashville Rebel (4-CD box) / Waylon Sings Hank Williams
Wayne Hancock – Tulsa
Willie Nelson – Songbird