Howdy, Welcome to the newly expanded version of the Fringe. Yep, that's right, the Fringe is now consists of three hours of music to make the regular WDVX listener sit up and say, "Hey! That ain't bluegrass." Well, some of it is. Some of it, most definitely, ain't. This week I got the chance to feature tracks from one of the great new independently produced discs that found its way into my mailbox this year-- Hillbilly Idol. These fellas for certain are making music with a nice traditional honky-tonk sound to it. If you haven't given their new disc, Town and Country, a listen, you ought to. As usual, contact information, upcoming features, etc., are detailed at the end of the playlist. Here's how the first three tour of the Fringe turned out. Fortunately, the S.S. Minnow came through unscathed on the other end of the journey. Artists making their "Fringe debut" include: The Cache Valley Drifters, Asylum Street Spankers, Valentine Smith, Kick at Heaven, Joe Henry, Rory Block, and The Ravyns. Fringe -- Episode #23 -- 9 PM to Midnight WDVX- FM -- Clinton/Knoxville, TN -- February 20, 1999 White Room -- The Cache Valley Drifters -- White Room -- CMH Outlaw's Honeymoon -- Steve Earle & the Del McCoury Band -- The Mountain -- E-Squared Country Pie -- Bob Dylan -- Nashville Skyline -- Columbia It All Depends on You -- Hillbilly Idol -- Town and Country -- HBI Colonel John's B.B.Q. -- Asylum Street Spankers -- Hot Lunch -- Cold Spring Lovin' You -- The Lovin' Spoonful -- Hums of the Lovin' Spoonful -- Castle Communications After the Mardi Gras -- Al Anderson -- Pay Before You Pump -- Imprint Someone Before Me -- Hillbilly Idol -- Town and Country -- HBI Tulsa County -- The Byrds -- Ballad of Easy Rider -- Columbia Tulsa Telephone Book -- Calexico -- Real: The Tom T. Hall Project -- Sire Better Off Believin' -- Hillbilly Idol -- Town and Country -- HBI Shades of Grey -- Robert Earl Keen -- Picnic -- Arista/Austin Disappointing Mary -- Valentine Smith -- Back on Earth -- Another Round Recording Barroom Girls -- Gillian Welch -- Revival -- Almo My Maker and Me -- Bob Egan -- Bob Egan Time to Get A Gun -- Fred Eaglesmith -- Lipstick, Lies, and Gasoline -- Razor & Tie Harlan Man -- Steve Earle & the Del McCoury Band -- The Mountain -- E-Squared (all the above artists will be appearing in Knoxville in the next month) Straight to My Heart -- Hillbilly Idol -- Town and Country -- HBI Run From Your Memory -- Chris Knight -- Chris Knight -- Decca Hound Dog -- Elvis Presley -- Elvis 56 -- RCA Half Empty -- Hillbilly Idol -- Town and Country -- HBI Truck Driving Woman -- The Cadillac Cowgirl with Her Back Door Men -- High on the Hog -- Sur California Blues -- John Fogerty -- The Blue Ridge Rangers -- Fantasy Fall on the Sword -- Kick at Heaven -- Live at Sun Mountain -- Found Dog When It Rains I Get Wet -- Hillbilly Idol -- Town and Country -- HBI This Old Porch -- Lyle Lovett -- Lyle Lovett -- Curb/MCA Somebody's Got to Stay -- Justin Petraitis -- Autumn Breeze -- Justin Petraitis That's Just About Right -- Jeff Black -- Birmingham Road -- Arista/Austin Big Wheel -- Jim Croce -- The 50th Anniversary Collection -- Saja Speed of the Sound of Loneliness -- John Prine -- German Afternoons -- Oh Boy By Now -- Hillbilly Idol -- Town and Country -- HBI Behind This Veil -- Kevin Meisel -- Coal and Diamonds -- Thursday Cover It Up -- Billy Bremner -- A Good Week's Work -- Gadfly Trampoline -- Joe Henry -- CMJ: New Music April 1996 -- CMJ If It Were Only Easy -- Hillbilly Idol -- Town and Country -- HBI The Week of Living Dangerously -- Steve Earle -- Ain't Ever Satisfied -- Hip-O Born Fighter -- Nick Lowe -- Basher: The Best of Nick Lowe -- Columbia The Ways of the World -- Hillbilly Idol -- Town and Country -- HBI Bull Rider's Last Ride -- Don Walser and the Pure Texas Band -- Bull Riders: Chasing the Dream Soundtrack -- Cold Spring Money -- Jerry Lee Lewis -- The Jerry Lee Lewis Anthology -- Rhino Statesboro Blues -- Rory Block -- Confessions of a Blues Singer -- Rounder All My Love Is Gone -- Lyle Lovett -- Joshua Judges Ruth -- Curb/MCA I Don't Need the World -- The Cheeksters -- Hey, What's Your Style -- Caterina Sounds Raised on the Radio -- The Ravyns -- Fast Times at Ridgemont High soundtrack -- Full Moon/Elektra Those Shoes -- Hillbilly Idol -- Town and Country -- HBI Across the Alley from the Alamo -- Pine Valley Cosmonauts with Robbie Fulks -- Salutes the Majesty of Bob Wills -- Bloodshot Tears'll Be Pouring -- The Countrypolitans -- Tired of Drowning -- Ultrapolitan And that's it. Another week on the Fringe over and done with. Tune in next week and hear our featured artist-- Portland, Oregon's Countrypolitans. Here's another indie disc that has been living full-time in my CD carousel. I am looking forward to featuring this next week. Hey! You've read this far, so why not take a moment to ask yourself this question? Should your music be included on the Fringe? Do you have that certain Fringe-like quality I need to make the show complete? Why not send your disc, press materials, etc., to my attention at: Shane Rhyne 208 W. Glenwood Avenue, #2 Knoxville, TN 37917 The Fringe...lemony-fresh Take care, Shane Rhyne Knoxville, TN [EMAIL PROTECTED] NP: Duke Daniels, Help Is on the Way
