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Hello Stranger - Editor's Note from Issue #36 Nov-Dec 2001

Hello Stranger from Issue #36

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Ordinarily we don’t discover the connective tissue of each issue until these late moments, when certain words or songs or ideas reveal themselves to be themes running through our pages. Not this time, of course. Friday night, September 14, was to have been the kickoff for the second annual Americana Music Association convention, here in [...]

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Field Reportings - News from Issue #36 Nov-Dec 2001

Field Reportings from Issue #36

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PERSONNEL: Shortly after WILCO announced in August that they were leaving Warner Bros. and taking their completed but unreleased album Yankee Hotel Foxtrot with them, the band confirmed the departure of longtime guitarist Jay Bennett, who had been with the band since 1995 (joining just after the recording of their debut disc A.M.). According to [...]

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Bound - Book Review from Issue #36 Nov-Dec 2001

Colonel Tom Parker: The Curious Life Of Elvis Presley’s Eccentric Manager

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Managers rarely achieve notoriety beyond the backrooms and boardrooms of the entertainment industry, but the rotund Colonel Tom Parker would have been a compelling character had Elvis Presley and rock ‘n’ roll been the flash in the pan everybody once assumed them to be. By all accounts, Parker, who received his Coloneldom in Louisiana (not [...]

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  • Keb’ Mo’ on Tour: Behind the Scenes with Musician Michael B. Hicks
    Newly arrived in Singapore, the band headed straight from the airport for the familiar Golden Arches and a welcome taste of home.   Half a world and half a day away, it can be a challenge to stay connected to everyday places and to the people that matter.  As tour dates have stretched across time and continents, the newest and youngest member of the Keb’ Mo’ […]
  • How To Take Your Children To a Music Festival and Enjoy It
    Going to a music festival and taking a family weekend excursion usually are not the same, but they can be--and it can be fun.  Taking your children to a music festival can also be one of the worst parenting decisions you will make.  Whether your jaunt to the festival becomes the story your children tell their children about their favorite childhood memories […]
  • I Would Do It Again! An Interview With Dallas Moore
    Since the age of 16, Dallas Moore has mastered the art of performing. With several albums under his belt and the experience of sharing the stage with almost all of his heroes, Dallas and his band have brought hangovers and excitement to Outlaw Country fans everywhere. On the evening of April 12. Before The Dallas Moore Band took the stage, Dallas and I sat d […]
  • A Summer Music Festival Prayer for Non-Attendees
    Two years ago the family went to the Clearwater Festival in the Hudson Valley, a long way from our digs here in So Cali. I must admit to you right up front: I hadn't been to a music festival for decades, unless you count some small, local bluegrass weekends in Old Town Temecula. I won't bore… […]
  • The Honey Dewdrops: Silver Lining
    Silver Lining, the third album from the  Honey Dewdrops, will be released on June 1st. It’s a record that Fiddlefreak alluded to in this previous post — and we are the lucky ones with an advance copy! As we hoped, Silver Lining has emerged as a silky-smooth collection of original songs that take the listener on a pleasant ramble through the Blue Ridge Mounta […]

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