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Film at 11 - DVD review from Issue #49 Jan-Feb 2004
Twang me
Bio documentaries come and go, but there’s a new DVD just out that’s special, and it focuses on a unique performer and writer. Roger Miller: King Of The Road (White Star DVD) contains enough performance footage from the 1960s through the early ’90s, hilarious interview clips, and touching commentary by narrator Waylon Jennings as well [...]
Field Reportings - News from Issue #49 Jan-Feb 2004
Field Reportings from Issue #49
CASH CARRIES ON: The late Johnny Cash continues to hold a powerful presence in American popular culture. At the CMA Awards on November 5, Cash’s American IV: The Man Comes Around was named album of the year; he also won best single and best music video for “Hurt”. A star-studded tribute show at Nashville’s Ryman [...]
Farther Along - Obituary from Issue #49 Jan-Feb 2004
Jack Emerson: 1960 to 2003
Jack Emerson, the pioneer, pillar, and international exporter of Nashville’s rock ‘n’ roll/Americana community, passed on to his reward at his home November 22, 2003. Emerson, who died of a heart attack at age 43, leaves behind a legacy far richer than those who sold millions more records. He was not just a musical pioneer [...]
Waxed - Record Review from Issue #49 Jan-Feb 2004
Various Artists – We Are Each Other’s Angels
Nearly forty songs on two discs about angels? Images of touchy-feely, ultra-sensitive, Yanni-like, major-chord, synthesizer ballads come to mind, with a shudder. But rest assured: The angel songs in this collection are tuneful, tasteful and occasionally rocking. In fact, there aren’t any harps until Laura Freeman’s “Angels With Harmonicas” — and then the harps are [...]
Bound - Book Review from Issue #49 Jan-Feb 2004
What I Know ’bout What I Know: The Musical Life Of An Itinerant Banjo Player
To those familiar with Butch Robins, it should come as little surprise that he had a book up his sleeve. Robins played banjo for Bill Monroe’s Blue Grass Boys at the turn of the ’80s, and his passion for the music spilled over into several memorably astute interviews in the bluegrass press, establishing his reputation [...]
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