Re: v-roys/bare jr.

When Bare Jr. opened up for Black Crowes my first half-thought was that Billy Corgan had grown a lot of fuzzy hair and gained some weight... Combine that with the loud, repetetive sound and whaddya get? Smashing Bumpkins.

Clip==Gatton, Kirchen Reviews

Guitar Wizard A Posthumous Collection Celebrates Danny Gatton By Mike Joyce Special to The Washington Post Wednesday, April 21, 1999; Page C01 How did Danny Gatton acquire his nickname, "The Humbler"? Simple. By inspiring the awe and deflating the egos of countless guitarists around the world.

Re: No Twang, lots of stories -- Al Kooper 6th

[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The twang content would be that he (RS Field) produced the Shaver album "Tramp on your Street" in 1993. Sorry! Kooper did not produce the "Tramp" album, As a Bobby (RS) Fields fan (Webb Wilder, Sonny Landreth) I wuz wonderin'Can anybody tell us why

Re: Steve 'n' Del

Those of you who have seen the tour elsewhere, what type of reception is Del getting? In Atlanta I found the crowd mostly respectful and (more importantly) into it. I don't know if this is a Southern thing (let's face it, Atlanta ain't Southern like a lot of Southern towns), but I thought the

Re: Steve 'n' Del

Drove out to Annandale instead to catch the last set of an apologetically croaky Bill Kirchen. So how was Kirchen? (as if he could be anything but excellent) Amen...This man is a master. Can't wait for "Raisin' a Ruckus"... (I rate the songs I've heard from it "Two Scoops"!) Tucker

Clip Request: Widespread files

To whomever it was looking for the Widespread Panic article: It took me a while to find this...but it was clipped and save in my Word files...A good (but not exhaustive) look at grassroots band-building. (The original article also had some graphics and charts which aren't included

Re: $10 off Music Blvd coupon

Here's a special offer you can't afford to miss! We're giving you $10 OFF your next purchase over $20! Glad to hear it, but can't imagine we'll see as many of these after the merger of Music Blvd and CDNow is complete (soon, I hear). Both co's have stated their biggest post-merger goal is to

Re: $10 off Music Blvd coupon

All the more reason to patronize MoM, Village Records, Paul's CDs, and small stores who sell music online. Good point...Anyone want to post a few URL's and reviews?

Clip: rock critic weirdness (NY Observer)

Much bad craziness, aka A Small Circle Turns On Itself... == From Off the Record, New York Observer 3/22/99 A few weeks ago, several rock critics, music journalists and a publicist got an 11-page photocopied manifesto in the mail. Called The Rock

Re: shaver

np: Shaver, "Victory". Nothin' like a little sangin' about Juh-heezus before I start an evening of beer and loud guitars. You've inspired me...I'll try that out this afternoon, pre-BareJr./Black Crowes tonight. Hell yes.I've always liked Mr. Shaver however this record has taken that

clip: Steve Earle, Picking Up on Bluegrass

..some new quotes from Steve 'n' Del (and a commentator familiar 'round these parts)... Steve Earle, Picking Up on BluegrassWith 'Mountain,' Rocker Scales Skepticism of His Turn to Tradition By Bill Friskics-WarrenSpecial to The Washington PostSunday, March 14, 1999; Page G01

Yin? Yang? Meet Twang

Just got back from Atlanta (a three and half hour drive) and The Mountain express, aka the Earle/McCoury extravaganza. I went in with high expectations -- they were exceeded. A large, appreciative crowd at the Variety Playhouse witnessed greatness Saturday night. There is combustion and

Re: Scorchers

Don't forget Andy McLenon, who was right there with Jack at the late lamented Praxis Records...Remember the Satellites? The Questionnaires? Tim Krekel and the Sluggers? All Praxis...all good. Where are ya' Andy? Not online, I'm sure of that...Tucker Hanspeter Eggenberger wrote: BTW: The

Re: Nick Hornby / Tom Perrotta

Thomas Mohr wrote: I know there are some Hornby fans around here Just finished "About a Boy", Hornby's new one. Again, his protagonist is a pop-culture-infused manchild and, again, he's produced a fine, funny book. Tucker

Re: More new releases (Art v. Commerce alert)

Also: Waco Brothers, The Del McCoury Band, Tom Russell and yeah! Kelly Willis Will Kelly's new one get played on (over the air) radio? Video outlets maybe? Anyone know what Rykodisc's marketing plans are (or if their capable of moving more than say, 20 or 30 thousand). I want the world to

Keith Christopher sighting

WARNING: Minimum twang content Caught a blooze double bill last night: Kenny Wayne Shepherd and (the reason for my being there) Bryan Lee of New Orleans. Bryan, your Braille Blues Daddy, was great, but the surprise of the night was seeing former Shaver (and GA Satellites?) bassist Keith

Re: I don't know what to think of this

Last night, Chicago news radio station WBBM reported that Clint Black may have recorded Billy Joe Shaver's "Honky Tonk Heroes" for his next album, (So, would he do a good job of it?) HELL, YES, GIVEN DECENT PRODUCTION. BLACK'S PIPES ARE EVERY BIT AS GOOD NOW AS THEY WERE BACK WHEN HE WAS

Re: I don't know what to think of this

If anything, Billy Joe's vocal limitations have held him back. I don't disagree, in the commercial sense...It's just that he invests so much personality in his songs and his performances that "interpretations" often don't measure up for me...But I'm a fan. And I still wish the Scorchers