The Man in Black

'All-Star Tribute to Johnny Cash' lives up to its title Claudia Perry * 04/08/99 The Star-Ledger Newark, N.J. (Copyright Newark Morning Ledger Co., 1999) The hair was gray, and the face was a little craggier than usual. But it was still

Jones Fair, Vodka Bottle Doing Fine

JONES LISTED IN FAIR CONDITION * 04/08/99 The Ottawa Sun (c) Copyright 1999 The Ottawa Sun. All Rights Reserved. George Jones is back in the hospital, two weeks after being released following a near-fatal car crash. The country singer was taken to

Jesse Stone

JESSE STONE AMONG FOUNDERS OF ROCK 'N' ROLL * 04/08/99 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (Copyright 1999) Jesse Stone, a major influence on 20th-century music who wrote "Shake, Rattle and Roll" and helped develop many of Atlantic Records' biggest hits,

Patsy Cline

Riffs, Rants, Raves, Reflections Crazy . . . for Patsy Cline, Always KENT ZELAS * 04/08/99 Los Angeles Times Copyright 1999 / The Times Mirror Company Patsy Cline's journey into American mythology began, like many, with a death by

Booze and Music

Media Giants To Sell Music Online By SETH SUTEL * 04/08/99 AP Online Financial/Business Copyright 1999 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. NEW YORK (AP) - Hoping to beef up their presence online, media conglomerates Seagram Co. and

The Final Clip

. In the meantime, you are in very good hands with other 'clippers'. All the best folks - see you somewhere down the road, Phil Connor

Century of Country

Century of Country debuts Wednesday Newswire * 03/29/99 Lethbridge Herald All material copyright Thomson Canada Limited or its licensors. All rights reserved. NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Minutes into the 13-part Century of Country documentary, it's clear

Charles Sawtelle

Obituary: Charles Sawtelle Paul Wadey * 03/29/99 The Independent - London (Copyright 1999 Newspaper Publishing PLC) *THE SELF-proclaimed "Greatest Show in Bluegrass", Hot Rize was for 12 dazzling years amongst the finest outfits in the genre,

Steve Earle

Recording Stars Sing Farewell to Major Labels By Brian Steinberg * 03/29/99 The Wall Street Journal (Copyright (c) 1999, Dow Jones Company, Inc.) * NEW YORK -- Before country-rocker Steve Earle planned his latest album for Time Warner Inc., its record

Rosie Flores

Album Reviews Rosie Flores 'Dance Hall Dreams' showcases her tasteful guitar * 03/26/99 Chicago Daily Herald (Copyright 1999) Rosie Flores, "Dance Hall Dreams" (Rounder) * * * Somehow, while the New Traditionalist movement

Waco Brothers

Waco Brothers, Wacoworld (Bloodshot) Curtis Ross * 03/26/99 The Tampa Tribune (Copyright 1999) The biggest favor you could ever do a Waco Brothers CD is never to see them live. In person, the Wacos come on like six banditos trapped in the

Odds and Sods

NEW ALISON KRAUSS ALBUM IN THE WORKS Tribune Media Services * 03/26/99 Sun-Sentinel Ft. Lauderdale (Copyright 1999 by the Sun-Sentinel) *Alison Krauss, who took an armful of titles at the 1995 Country * Music Association awards show, is

Several Words on F

FREAKWATER DUO GOES THE DISTANCE FOR EACH OTHER Kevin McKeough * 03/26/99 Chicago Tribune (Copyright 1999 by the Chicago Tribune) Who says long-distance relationships don't work? Janet Beveridge Bean and Catherine Ann Irwin mostly have lived

Hadacol

HADACOL "Better Than This" Checkered Past Geoffrey Himes * 03/26/99 The Washington Post Copyright 1999, The Washington Post Co. All Rights Reserved Hadacol is a Kansas City quartet named after the alcohol-laden 24-proof "patent medicine" that

To Quote Jimmy Martin, 'I'd Like to Get Me a Piece of That

TRISHA JOINS OPRY BY AP * 03/16/99 The Toronto Sun (c) Copyright 1999 The Toronto Sun Singer Trisha Yearwood got a special gift after she was inducted as the newest cast member of the Grand Ole Opry. Before a full house Saturday, Opry star

Roger

A RISKY BEAUTY WILCO WALKS ARTISTIC TIGHTROPE TO PRODUCE ... BY JOSHUA OSTROFF, OTTAWA SUN * 03/14/99 The Ottawa Sun (c) Copyright 1999 The Ottawa Sun. All Rights Reserved. SUMMER TEETH WILCO Sun Rating: 3 1/2 out of 5 *

For you song writers

This Web site, at www.outofservice.com/country, has one simple yet * amusing purpose: to generate lyrics in the style of a country music song.

Tom Russell

TOM RUSSELL'S HISTORY BY DAVID VEITCH* 03/14/99 The Calgary Sun (c) Copyright 1999 The Calgary Sun. All Rights Reserved. THE MAN FROM GOD KNOWS WHERE -- Tom Russell: The death of Russell's * father inspired this ambitious, 74-minute song-cycle/folk-music

Family and Religion - hhhmmmmm!!!!

Family And Religion * Earle, McCoury -- bluegrass at its best Wayne Bledsoe, News-Sentinel entertainment writer * 03/13/99 The Knoxville News-Sentinel (Copyright 1999) *There are few things more shocking than seeing bad boy Steve Earle in a

The Man With Two First Names

Now playing the star: Joe Henry Joel Reese * 03/12/99 Chicago Daily Herald (Copyright 1999) Joe Henry is done with the earnest singer-songwriter acoustic guitar thing. Done, finished, finito. Close the book. Henry, the guy who recorded two

A Man With His First and Last Name Reversed

ELLIS PAUL // Folk singer coming to The Wire Barry Fox * 03/12/99 The Harrisburg Patriot (Copyright 1999) Like the athlete he once was, folk-star-on-the-rise Ellis Paul feels like he is finally in `the zone.` For the last seven years

Car-Mounted Vodka Bottle

Crash renews cell phone doubts // Singer recovering, but worries about driving distraction arise Patriot News * 03/11/99 The Harrisburg Patriot (Copyright 1999) *Country music giant George Jones, it now appears, will recover from serious

Chris Wall

He Gave Music a Shot Singer-songwriter Chris Wall was tending bar in Corona del Mar when he heard the sounds that put him on the trail to a country career, hit song and his own record label. JOHN ROOS * 02/24/99 Los Angeles Times Copyright 1999 /

We'd Like to Introduce You to Our Friend .....

FARM AID co-founder Neil Young wins 1999 Patrick Lippert Rock the Vote Award * 02/23/99 PR Newswire (Copyright (c) 1999, PR Newswire) CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Feb. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- MTV Networks' Rock the Vote honored FARM AID Co-founder Neil Young and his wife

Grammy Awards We'd Like to See

Grammy Awards we'd like to see RICK MITCHELL * 02/24/99 Houston Chronicle (Copyright 1999) Tonight's Grammy Awards celebrate the best, or at least the biggest, pop music had to offer in the past year. Not all of this year's 95 Grammy

Son of Mr. Earle

* ALBUM REVIEWS | BLUEGRASS MIKEL TOOMBS * 02/25/99 The San Diego Union-Tribune (Copyright 1999) THE MOUNTAIN * STEVE EARLE AND THE DEL McCOURY BAND E-Squared * * * Country's hard-timer collides with the light-fingered pickers

Wintergrass

* BLUEGRASS FANS WILL GET AN EARFUL AT TACOMA FESTIVAL PATRICK MACDONALD * 02/25/99 The Seattle Times (Copyright 1999) --- Festival preview "Wintergrass," featuring Tony Rice, Peter Rowan, Chesapeake, IIIrd

The Return of Mr. Earle

U. Texas-Austin: CD REVIEW: Steve Earl and the Del McCoury Band's 'The Mountain' * 02/25/99 (c) 1999 Copyright U-Wire. All Rights Reserved. By Will Furgeson, Daily Texan (U. Texas-Austin) * AUSTIN, Texas -- Singer-songwriter Steve Earle has never been content

Mr. Earle Rides Again

* Bluegrass thrives, despite country aficionados calling it a weed Jim Patterson * 02/25/99 The Fort Worth Star-Telegram (Copyright 1999) *NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Not long before he died, bluegrass founder Bill * Monroe confided to country music star

Bride of Mr. Earle

* Country-Rocker Does Bluegrass Proud --- By Craig Havighurst * 02/26/99 The Wall Street Journal (Copyright (c) 1999, Dow Jones Company, Inc.) * Steve Earle and Del McCoury make unlikely compadres, musical or otherwise. Mr. Earle, 44, a veteran singer/

Grammy, What Big Ears You have ....

GRAMMY AWARD WINNERS * 02/26/99 York Daily Record (Copyright 1999) Complete list of 41st annual Grammy Award winners announced Wednesday: Record Of The Year: "My Heart Will Go On," Celine Dion. Album Of The Year: "The Miseducation

May Day!!

Ryan makes connection JEFFREY LEE PUCKETT * 02/26/99 The Courier-Journal Louisville, KY (Copyright 1999) When Matthew Ryan called from his Nashville home a few days ago, he had the new Paul Westerberg album spinning beautifully in the

The Resurrection of Mr. Earle

Discs; Earle reaches `Mountain' * 02/26/99 Boston Herald (Copyright 1999) *STEVE EARLE AND THE DEL McCOURY BANDThe Mountain (E-Squared)4 stars *Singer-songwriter Steve Earle's near-miraculous personal and artistic recovery from the depths

The Dr. Said to Give Him Jug Band Music, It Seems ........

Folk; Jim Kweskin and Co. catch the spirit with jug band DANIEL GEWERTZ * 02/26/99 Boston Herald (Copyright 1999) Jug band legend Jim Kweskin has a new band, yet he has hired neither a booking agent nor a publicist, and there's no immediate

Mr. Earle Strikes Again

* Bluegrass gets jolt from Ricky Skaggs and Steve Earle By Jim Patterson Associated Press writer * 02/27/99 Deseret News Copyright (c) 1999 Deseret News Publishing Co. * NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Not long before he died, bluegrass founder Bill *

Dave Alvin

Well-traveled Alvin is poetry in motion Steve Dollar * 02/28/99 The Atlanta Journal - The Atlanta Constitution (Copyright, The Atlanta Journal and Constitution - 1999) Successful career strategies don't appear to have much of a place in the

Ray Charles

Books: Reviews and Opinion SOUL SURVIVOR Uh-huh: Defying odds, Ray Charles became legend with his trademark blend of blues and jazz, breaking the color barrier without compromising Miriam Longino * 02/28/99 The Atlanta Journal - The Atlanta Constitution

Roger, .....

WILCO GOES TO THE LIMITS `SUMMERTEETH' CHALLENGES BAND - AND SINGER * 02/28/99 Chicago Tribune (Copyright 1999 by the Chicago Tribune) Jeff Tweedy thought he had blown it. Tweedy and his bandmates in Wilco - Jay Bennett, Ken Coomer and John

Mr. Earle Strikes Yet Again

* Making Hay in the Field of Bluegrass * Country stars Ricky Skaggs and Steve Earle go back to their roots with releases that are indicative of the folk genre's rising status. MICHAEL McCALL* 02/28/99 Los Angeles Times Copyright 1999 / The Times Mirror Company

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Is It or Is It Not?

There has been some interesting dialogue on BGRASS-L about Steve Earle, the new CD, and what bluegrass 'is' and what bluegrass 'is not'. Some opinion would suggest that Mr. Earle's new CD is only bluegrass when he is not singing. What follows is a few clips from some of the BGRASS-L discourse

Don minus Phil

SWEET DREAMS AT DON EVERLY'S COUNTRY INN YOU CAN CLOSE YOUR EYES AND DRIFT BACK IN BOB ALEXANDER * 02/14/99 The Tennessean (Copyright 1999) Column: GETAWAY Kentucky You are the dearest land outside of heaven to me.

Mr. Earle amd Ms. Willis

EARLE CLIMBS THAT MOUNTAIN * TALENTED ARTIST TURNS HIS ATTENTION TOWARDS BLUEGRASS BY FISH GRIWKOWSKY * 02/15/99 The Edmonton Sun (c) Copyright 1999 The Edmonton Sun. All Rights Reserved. * THE MOUNTAIN: Steve Earle and the Del McCoury Band (ADA) -- If

Ms. Willis

Kelly Willis all grown up; A new album. Her own songs. john t. davis * 02/18/99 Austin American-Statesman (Copyright 1999) `My Gawd," said Kelly Willis' luncheon companion. "The last thing I'd think you wanted to look at is another plate of

Del

* The Del McCoury Band - Inside story: Taking bluegrass to the masses DAN FINK * 02/19/99 York Magazine (Copyright 1999) It's a hectic time for Del McCoury these days. In the past year, he switched to Ricky Skaggs' Ceili Music record label,

Another Bluegrass Definition

* Basically Bluegrass/ Bluegrass goes slightly out of bounds with Northern Lights Tanya Bell* 02/19/99 The Gazette (Copyright 1999) *Many bluegrass bands are happy to stick to the traditional style started by Bill Monroe and the Blue Grass

Back in Black

Man In Black looks back * 02/19/99 Belfast News Letter (Copyright 1999) *JOHNNY CASH - country music's Man in Black - lived on the wild side of life over a large part of his singing career, and his reputation as a drug addict and acknowledged

Mr. Earle

* SOUND CHECK // Steve Earle turns to bluer pasture * 02/19/99 The Orange County Register REVIEW COUNTRY * Steve Earle and the Del McCoury Band "The Mountain," E-Squared *If you're going to cross the country-folk-rock line and do your

MP3

Spinner.com to Offer MP3 Downloads; Leading Internet Music Service Adds Digital Download Capability to Its 100 Plus Channel Player * 02/22/99 Business Wire (Copyright (c) 1999, Business Wire) BURLINGAME, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 22, 1999--Spinner.com,

For Twangfest

Having trouble breaking the ice? Nothing stimulates good conversation and eventual friendship like the unorthodox opening of a beer bottle. A book titled "99 Ways to Open a Beer Bottle Without a Bottle Opener," and hawked by the site of the same name, is your perfect-bound ticket to increased

Lloyd Maines

GUITARIST MAINES PROUD OF DIXIE CHICKS DAUGHTER * Jack Hurst * 02/12/99 Chicago Tribune (Copyright 1999 by the Chicago Tribune) A Dixie rooster is coming to town. Lloyd Maines, influential Texas record producer and father of Dixie Chicks lead

George Jones and Bluegrass

IT'S A TRADITION * GOOD IS GOOD, BE IT BLUEGRASS OR COUNTRY MUSIC, SAY THE ORGANIZERS OF * THE SUNSHINE STATE BLUEGRASS AND TRADITIONAL MUSIC FESTIVAL Steve Webb * 02/12/99 Sarasota Herald-Tribune (Copyright 1999) *For a country music fan, it is

Jim and Jesse

JIM AND JESSE: * DEFINING BLUEGRASS, DEFYING CONVENTION Steve Webb * 02/12/99 Sarasota Herald-Tribune (Copyright 1999) Jim McReynolds, who with brother Jesse McReynolds formed one of * the earliest groups to perfect the high lonesome sound of

E-X-H-U-M-E

SOUTH TENNESSEE MAY EXHUME TAMMY WYNETTE'S BODY * 02/09/99 Orlando Sentinel (Copyright 1999 by The Orlando Sentinel) NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The Nashville-area medical examiner said Monday * he would consider exhuming the body of country music star

Emmylou

Emmylou Harris carries on crusade against music categories BRIAN MCCOLLUM * 02/07/99 The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Copyright 1999) What's in a name or a music category? You can bet that an Emmylou Harris song filed under any of them would sound

Clips

I notice there are a number of people posting clips to the list and that has caused me to sort of have a hard look at what I have been doing in that regard. I say that because if 'we' all post clips together than there is a chance of overwhelming the list with traffic that just gets 600 plus

Cowboy Poets

COWBOY POETS TIP THEIR HATS TO LIFE IN '90S Tom Knudson02/01/99 The Sacramento Bee (Copyright 1999) Outside, the temperature hovered around 5 degrees. Ice clung like iron to sidewalks. Clouds of automobile exhaust drifted across frozen

Unforgettable

* NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The 1998 songs that country music will be ... JIM PATTERSON * 02/05/99 The Associated Press Political Service (Copyright 1999. The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved) *NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The 1998 songs that country

Vital Rock of the 60's - you had to be there man!!

GETTING BACK IN TUNE: VITAL ROCK OF THE '60S TV SOUNDTRACK TRIES TO CAPTURE THE PERIOD, BUT FOR THE RECORD, HERE ARE THE ORIGINALS JIM FARBER * 02/03/99 New York Daily News (Copyright 1999 Daily News, L.P.) No decade produced music more

Jon Randall

Former Nash Rambler Randall starts a new `Morning' * 02/03/99 (c) Copyright 1999 BPI Communications, Inc. All Rights Reserved. BPI Entertainment News Wire Feature (600) By DEBORAH EVANS PRICE Billboard * NASHVILLE (BPI) -- Jon Randall is known as one

Steve Earle

PLUCKING AT HEARTSTRINGS * STEVE EARLE'S FINE BLUEGRASS JIM FARBER * 02/02/99 New York Daily News (Copyright 1999 Daily News, L.P.) *STEVE EARLE AND THE DEL McCOURY BAND "The Mountain" (E-Squared) *Steve Earle likes to

Internet Jock

THE INTERNET JOCK STATIONS AROUND THE WORLD CAN BUY FOUR-HOUR SHOWS; FROM THIS OREGON AIR TALENT - AND DOWNLOAD THEM FROM THE WEB Steve Woodward * 02/01/99 The Spokesman Review SPOKANE (Copyright 1999 Cowles Publishing Company)

Bottle Rockets

Doolittle's Bottle Rockets spark interest on the road By DYLAN SIEGLER Billboard * 02/01/99 BPI Entertainment News Wire story (c) Copyright 1999 BPI Communications, Inc. All Rights Reserved. * NEW YORK (BPI) -- Country rock outfit the Bottle Rockets

The Opry

HOW THE OPRY CAN RETURN TO ITS HEYDAY JIM PATTERSON * 01/30/99 The Plain Dealer Cleveland, OH (Copyright (c) The Plain Dealer 1999) "The Grand Ole Opry" is getting creaky with age. America's longest continuously running radio program has

What Country is Really All About

HEE HAW GETS THE HEAVE-HO AS COUNTRY ACTS LOSE THE GINGHAM FOR THE GUCCI Jeff Houck * 01/30/99 The Palm Beach Post (Copyright 1999) *No doubt about it. This was a seminal moment in country music history. Two weeks ago at the American

16 Reasons, All In A Line ....

* 16 REASONS TO BE EXCITED ABOUT COUNTRY MUSIC IN '99 Gordon Ely * 01/24/99 Richmond Times-Dispatch (Copyright 1999) Even as perpetually paranoid business types search for the next * big thing in country music with a do-or-die urgency, the fact

Laurie Lewis

* BLUEGRASS STAR FOCUSES ON THE HERE AND NOW Jenifer Howk * 01/29/99 ANCHORAGE DAILY NEWS (Copyright 1999) Laurie Lewis has a yodel that can bring the house down. "I do yodel on occasion," Lewis said from her Berkeley, Calif., home. "My

Lucinda

ROCK'S RADIO-UNFRIENDLY SUCCESS WILLIAMS FLOUTS CONVENTION By JIM BECKERMAN * 01/29/99 The Record, Northern New Jersey (Copyright 1999) MUSIC PREVIEW LUCINDA WILLIAMS: 8 tonight. Irving Plaza, 17 Irving Place, Manhattan. (212) 777-6800.

Gillian

Pop: Not so simple country folk Gillian Welch and David Rawlings are the country duo from hell. They write grim songs about mining and rape, and you can't line-dance to them. Andy Gill * 01/29/99 The Independent - London (Copyright 1999

For Brad

SLACK-KEY PLAYERS BRINGING A BIT OF HAWAII TO TACOMA PAUL DE BARROS * 01/21/99 The Seattle Times (Copyright 1999) Last year, when Cyril Pahinui gave a workshop on Hawaiian slack-key guitar in Nashville, guitar guru Chet Atkins himself came

Review

this week's pop cd releases: H Indispensable Excellent HHH Good HH Mediocre H Appalling * 01/22/99 The Guardian Copyright (C) 1999 The Guardian; Source: World Reporter (TM) New Highway Return To Viva Americana * (Boka Discs)

Writhe and Fall

'Careless Love': The Writhe and Fall of Elvis Richard Harrington * 01/24/99 The Washington Post Copyright 1999, The Washington Post Co. All Rights Reserved What started for Peter Guralnick as liner notes for the 1987 CD reissue of "The Complete Sun

Bluegrass Sees Lift

* Bluegrass sees lift in 3 albums -- Earle, Skaggs, McCoury By JIM BESSMAN Billboard * 01/18/99 BPI Entertainment News Wire story (c) Copyright 1999 BPI Communications, Inc. All Rights Reserved. NEW YORK (BPI) -- With the possible exception of Alison

Ray Price

Ray Price * Country music singer Ray Price. He was a close friend and protege of Hank Williams. Price's hits include "Talk to Your Heart," "Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes," "I'll be There," "Crazy Arms," "For the Good Times," and more. In 1996 he was inducted

Whisperin' Bill

By JIM PATTERSON Associated Press Writer * 01/20/99 AP Online Entertainment Copyright 1999 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - When Bill Anderson was asked to make his first album in eight years, he thought it was a

Gene Clark

'No Other' The late Gene Clark, co-founder of the Byrds, was a unique man and talent BRIAN BURNES * 01/17/99 The Kansas City Star (Copyright 1999) On Aug. 4, 1944, Kelly Clark and his wife, Jeanne, several months pregnant,

Emmylou

Emmylou Can't Stay Away Ray Purvis * 01/15/99 The West Australian Copyright West Australian Newspapers Limited, all rights reserved. Between guesting on other people's albums and touring, the First Lady * of contemporary country music, Emmylou Harris,

Mac Wiseman

* MAC WISEMAN TO STAR AT BLUEGRASS AND FIDDLE FEST * 01/15/99 Orlando Sentinel (Copyright 1999) *Mac Wiseman happens to be the man who put bluegrass music on the map, so it's easy to see why his humility can surprise anyone who reads his long

Lone Justice

ALBUM SPOTLIGHT JOHN SOEDER * 01/11/99 The Plain Dealer Cleveland, OH (Copyright (c) The Plain Dealer 1999) *Artist: Lone Justice Title: "This World Is Not My Home" Label: Geffen *Comments: If there were any justice, Lone

For a Rocker

Rocker left far too soon CURTIS ROSS * 01/13/99 The Tampa Tribune (Copyright 1999) He looked like a mid-'60s rock star with his blond, bowl haircut and permanent pout, as if the Rolling Stones' Brian Jones had been a Beach Boy.

Serious Criticism

DEAN OF ROCK CRITICS TACKLES HIS SUBJECT FROM CULTURAL STANDPOINT CLEA SIMONTHE BOSTON GLOBE * 01/13/99 REVIEW COLUMN (Copyright 1999) Forget the Hall of Fame. The proof that rock 'n' roll has come of age is that serious criticism has

Re: If You Ran into Garth .......

Part of what Jon said, I could go album by album and point out stuff on each and every one of them that is more hardcore country than about half of the P2 top 10 albums all put together, by just about any standard you can think of. More part of what Jon said, However, please note that I and

Bill and Business 101 - Giving the People What They Want

CDs at 10: Altering music industry's track // Battle brews over used discs // Distributors and artists resist trend David Zimmerman * 08/03/93 USA Today (Copyright 1993) Compact discs are one of those near-perfect products. They never wear out.