Howdy, This week's Fringe had no particular featured artist. Instead, I reviewed the previously featured artists of 1999 to date and previewed some upcoming information about this year's Spring Fund Drive (which kicks off Saturday). The Fringe debuted on WDVX in August, 1998, and tonight's show featured the 1000th song played since the first air date. To mark the occasion, I set aside a countdown during the show up to the 1000th song. Listeners were encouraged to write down the name of the song and the artist, because remembering such trivia could prove to be valuable during the fund drive. For fun, I also played the 100th, 200th, 300th, etc., song played in the show's history. Song #600 looked like it was going to be tricky since it was originally performed live in the studio, but fortunately P2s own Bystanders (Hey, Rob) had included it on a live EP they sent me a few weeks back. Artists making Fringe debuts this week, included: Dale Ann Bradley, Pat O'Bryan, David Allan Coe, The MoJoDeans, Johnny Paycheck, Collin Raye, and Neil Young. At any rate, here's what Fringe 1K sounded like. Songs marked with an asterisk (*) represent artists/albums that have been featured artists/albums during 1999. Fringe -- Episode #29 -- 9 PM to Midnight WDVX- FM -- Clinton/Knoxville, TN -- April 10, 1999 Stuck in the Middle -- Dale Ann Bradley -- Old Southern Porches -- Pinecastle Take Me Down -- Kelly Willis -- What I Deserve -- Rykodisc (4/14@Tennessee Theater) Six Days on the Road -- Flying Burrito Brothers -- Hot Burrito -- A&M *Vol Market Blues -- R.B. Morris & the Irregulars -- Knoxville Sessions -- Rich Mountain Bound *Shelter -- Lone Justice -- This World Is Not My Home -- Geffen Who Shot Sam -- George Jones -- Cup of Loneliness -- Mercury Slide -- The Cheeksters -- Hey, What's Your Style -- Caterina Sounds *I'm Not Ready Yet -- The Mary Janes -- Real: The Tom T. Hall Project -- Sire *When Love Is Gone -- Richard Buckner -- Real: The Tom T. Hall Project -- Sire The Sins of Memphisto -- John Prine -- The Missing Years -- Oh Boy (4/16@Tennessee Theater) *She's Left Me for Good Again -- The Bystanders -- The Bystanders *It All Depends On You -- Hillbilly Idol -- Town and Country -- HBI Baby's Cookin' -- Pat O'Bryan -- ...of Trains and Angels -- Magic Valley *Silly Me -- Greta Lee -- This Ain't Over Yet Apartment #9 -- Johnny Paycheck -- The Real Mr. Heartache -- CMF *I Took the Blame -- The Countrypolitans -- Tired of Drowning -- Ultrapolitan Long Hot Summer Night -- Blue Mother Tupelo -- My Side of the Road (4/17@WDVX Free Concert) *Six Pack of Tears -- The Deliberate Strangers -- Mood Music for Snakehandlers -- Payday Darkness on the Face of the Earth -- Willie Nelson -- Teatro -- Island (#100) Salt in My Tears -- Dolly Parton -- Hungry Again -- Decca (#200) Christ for President -- Billy Bragg and Wilco -- Mermaid Avenue -- Elektra (#300) Doggin' My Heart Around -- Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee -- Drinking in the Blues -- Classic Blues (#400) Country Boy -- Johnny Cash -- Unchained -- American (#500) God Knows When -- Radney Foster -- See What You Want to See -- Arista/Austin (#600) Charmed Life -- The Bystanders -- Live at the Down Home (#700) Outlaw's Honeymoon -- Steve Earle and the Del McCoury Band -- The Mountain -- E-Squared (#800) 1968 -- Dave Alvin -- Blackjack David -- Hightone (#900) Simple Man -- Lynyrd Skynyrd -- Box Set -- MCA (#1000) Fading Fast -- Kelly Willis -- What I Deserve -- Rykodisc ...and back to the regularly scheduled Fringe... *Better Off Believin' -- Hillbilly Idol -- Town and Country -- HBI Another Man's Done Gone -- Billy Bragg and Wilco -- Mermaid Avenue -- Elektra Light at the End of the Tunnel - The MoJoDeans -- The MoJoDeans -- Relay Hogs on the Highway -- Bad Livers -- Hogs on the Highway -- Sugar Hill *You Are the Light -- Lone Justice -- This World Is Not My Home -- Geffen The Wall -- Collin Raye -- NASCAR: Runnin' Wide Open -- Columbia Right In Time -- Lucinda Williams -- Car Wheels on a Gravel Road -- Mercury (4/29@Tennessee Theater) *Basic Information -- The Countrypolitans -- Tired of Drowning -- Ultrapolitan Mississippi -- David Allan Coe -- Recommended for Airplay -- Lucky Dog Homeless -- Paul Simon -- Graceland -- Warner Brothers Ramblin' on My Mind -- Rory Block -- Confessions of a Blues Singer -- Rounder What I Deserve -- Kelly Willis w/Bruce Robison -- Rykodisc 15th Anniversary/Acoustic Cafe Sampler -- Rykodisc Harvest Moon -- Neil Young -- Harvest Moon -- Reprise The Whole Night Sky -- Bruce Cockburn -- Rykodisc 15th Anniversary/Acoustic Cafe Sampler -- Rykodisc (5/3@Urban Art Institute) ...and that's this week's trip to the Fringe. There may or may not be a show next week, depending on how long the free concert lasts. At best, the Fringe will only be about an hour long next week, if it airs at all. When the schedule returns to normal on 4/24, I'll have a pick of some new discs to feature including The Flatirons, John Wesley Harding, Martin's Folly, The Okra All-Stars, Red Meat, and the Pinetops. I'll pick one to feature sooner or later. Look for live music on the Fringe in May, including live performances from Knoxville favorites Jacqui and the Tumblekings, as well as a solo V-Roy. Want to send music my way? Contact me at: Shane Rhyne 208 W. Glenwood Avenue, #2 Knoxville, TN 37917 Take care, Shane Rhyne [EMAIL PROTECTED] === WDVX-FM -- www.wdvx.com Tennessee Saturday Night -- Saturdays, 6 to 9 PM The Fringe -- Saturdays, 9 to Midnight _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
