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Film at 11 - DVD review from Issue #43 Jan-Feb 2003
El Rey de Rock ‘n’ Roll directed by Marjorie Chodorov (Soapbox)
With Elvis Presley serving as such a powerful cultural touchstone, it’s not surprising people have constantly reinterpreted his image to suit their own agendas. This is most readily seen in the realm of the Elvis impersonator (or “Elvis Tribute Artist,” in the more respectable phrase coined by Elvis Presley Enterprises, corporate keepers of all things [...]
Film at 11 - DVD review from Issue #43 Jan-Feb 2003
Standing In The Shadows Of Motown, directed by Paul Justman (Artisan)
For over a decade, the Funk Brothers, a team of unsung studio musicians, provided the heartbeat to the Motown Sound. This new documentary is a love song, dedicated just to them. Early on, we’re told that from 1959-71, the Funk Brothers played on more #1 hits than Elvis, the Beach Boys, the Rolling Stones and [...]
Farther Along - Obituary from Issue #43 Jan-Feb 2003
Horace Logan: 1916 – 2002
Horace Logan, founding producer of the influential Louisiana Hayride country radio show, died October 13 at age 86. Logan started the Hayride on Shreveport’s KWKH-AM in 1948; among the artists who played the show on their way up were Hank Williams, Johnny Cash, and Elvis Presley. After one of Presley’s Hayride performances, Logan sought to [...]
Farther Along - Obituary from Issue #43 Jan-Feb 2003
Derek Bell: 1935 – 2002
Multi-instrumentalist Derek Bell, a member of Irish band the Chieftains since the early 1970s, died in mid-October at age 66. Bell played harp, oboe, hammered dulcimer and other instruments with the group, and is featured on more than 30 of the band’s albums, including the recent Down The Old Plank Road: The Nashville Sessions, a [...]
Waxed - Record Review from Issue #43 Jan-Feb 2003
John Parish – How Animals Move
John Parish is most widely known for his collaborations with Polly Jean Harvey. Not a bad rap, certainly, but it substantially underrepresents his range of creative output. He has, for instance, also produced and/or played on records by the Eels, Sparklehorse, The The, Bettie Serveert, and Sixteen Horsepower. The 1999 Flemish art film Rosie, a [...]
Waxed - Record Review from Issue #43 Jan-Feb 2003
Don Nix & Friends – Going Down: The Songs Of Don Nix
Don Nix has been the musical equivalent of a supporting actor in a career that has spanned more than 40 years. He played saxophone with the Mar-Keys, one of the first successful acts on Stax Records; produced albums for Freddie King, Albert King and Delaney & Bonnie; and sang at George Harrison’s Concert for Bangladesh. [...]
Waxed - Record Review from Issue #43 Jan-Feb 2003
Cicero Buck – Delicate Shades Of Grey
Technically, Cicero Buck is an English duo, but only because England is where Kris Wilkinson and Joe Hughes reside now. Sonically, Delicate Shades Of Grey sounds more like it came from Atlantis. It’s a near-perfect melding of classy old-world folk atmosphere with American college-radio guitar-pop, circa 1985. When Wilkinson’s voice locks in with Hughes’ Byrdsy [...]
Waxed - Record Review from Issue #43 Jan-Feb 2003
Sisters Morales – Para Gloria
Houston sisters Roberta and Lisa Morales have made a name for themselves in Texas with sizzling live performances that redefine Tex-Mex by combining honky-tonk with Latina influences (pedal steel mariachi, anyone?). In the past, they’ve occasionally applied their tight harmonies to Spanish-language songs. But on their third album, they dive headlong into what is clearly [...]
Waxed - Record Review from Issue #43 Jan-Feb 2003
Lonesome Brothers – Pony Tales
The Lonesome Brothers’ musical roots lie in the initial era of rock ‘n’ roll rebellion, the 1950s, and in the seminal alternative culture of the ’60s. Pony Tales, the fourth release from the Massachusetts trio, has shades of Bob Dylan and Neil Young, and is deeply colored by the Bakersfield sound and southern rockabilly, not [...]
Waxed - Record Review from Issue #43 Jan-Feb 2003
C. Gibbs & The Cardia Bros. – The Pinkermen Set
Christian Gibbs has been around for over a decade, playing with acts as diverse as Modern English and Foetus. He also fronted the Morning Glories. Now based in New York City, Gibbs shows off both his songwriting smarts and the high caliber of his musical compatriots on The Pinkermen Set.
There are shades of Nick Cave [...]
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