Artist: Blue Mountain
The Long Way Around - Feature from Issue #75 May-June 2008
Blue Mountain – Muscle memory
“It was so different back then, with the word-of-mouth thing. People weren’t looking it up on the internet, but were actually reading a magazine.” – Laurie Stirratt You can feel a joyful yearning wash over the Atlanta audience as guitarist Cary Hudson and his Blue Mountain bandmates — bassist Laurie Stirratt and drummer Frank Coutch [...]
Miked - Live Reviews from Issue #71 Sep-Oct 2007
Blue Mountain – Schubas (Chicago, IL)
Of all the reunions announced these recent years, none was more unexpected than the second coming of Blue Mountain. During the glory years of alt-country — after Uncle Tupelo and before, say, Jenny Lewis — Blue Mountain released five studio albums. Being Mississippians, their tough country punk pollinated with rough-and-tumble country blues, resulting in a [...]
Waxed - Record Review from Issue #42 Nov-Dec 2002
Handsome Family – Live: At Schuba’s Tavern / Blue Mountain – Tonight It’s Now or Never
Once upon a time, the Handsome Family hated music and they took it all out on you. Rennie Sparks, a solo performance artist and author of comically disturbing fiction, would cover a show’s many flaws with off-the-cuff non-sequiturs about, say, squirrels and strawberry ice cream. Brett Sparks played his outrage and alienation on guitar. From [...]
The Long Way Around - Feature from Issue #31 Jan-Feb 2001
Blue Mountain – It’s not all over now, baby blue
On those days when it is possible to believe that art matters, it is also necessary to remember what it costs: Everything. Every last damn thing. Yes, it is possible to win big, to become an international sensation, to have other people pay your bills, to be free to create (and to be crippled by [...]
Miked - Live Reviews from Issue #29 Sept-Oct 2000
Blue Mountain – Pine Hill Farm (Durham, NC)
On a short bio sheet in the Blue Mountain press kit, author Larry Brown talks about visiting the house of fellow Mississippians Laurie Stirratt and Cary Hudson and listening to them play in the kitchen. “A man might say it feels right homey here,” Brown concludes. The kitchen at the North Carolina rental ranch house [...]
Waxed - Record Review from Issue #24 Nov-Dec 1999
Blue Mountain – Tales Of A Traveler
Following the release of their marvelous 1995 disc Dog Days, Oxford, Mississippi, band Blue Mountain looked to be on the verge of becoming one of the cornerstone bands of alt-country. Their particular blend of roots-rock holds the kind of broad appeal that could potentially connect with an audience the size of, say, Son Volt’s. Home [...]
Miked - Live Reviews from Issue #17 Sept-Oct 1998
Blue Mountain – FitzGerald’s (Berwyn, IL)
Fans at the 17th annual American Music Festival, held every Independence Day at this suburban Chicago haven for roots music, had plenty to celebrate on a long, hot evening. Not only were they toasting their country’s freedom, they were also gettin’ jiggy with the Hackberry Ramblers, Cheri Knight, Terrance Simien, Jimmy LaFave and Dave Alvin. [...]
Miked - Live Reviews from Issue #9 May-June 1997
Blue Mountain / Nadine – Hi-Pointe (St. Louis, MO)
You can glimpse it when the set is done, that stray, spent feeling. The drummer leans against the wall, drifting away; the band quietly accepts compliments, avoiding eyes, and then quickly sets to hauling amps and dismantling drums. Rock ‘n’ roll is a catharsis that doesn’t always reach the performers who pour themselves into the [...]
The Long Way Around - Feature from Issue #2 Winter 1995
Blue Mountain – Oxford Blue: making a mountain out of Mississippi mud
These days are truly the dogs days for Blue Mountain. The Oxford, Mississippi, band is currently touring in support of their second album, Dog Days, and husband-and-wife Cary Hudson and Laurie Stirratt are also raising their six-month-old part-chow, part-lab Willie. “We found him on our road, right down from our house,” Stirratt says. “We didn’t [...]
Waxed - Record Review from Issue #1 Fall 1995
Blue Mountain – Dog Days
In 1994, I was lucky enough to pick up the self-titled debut by a trio from Oxford, Mississippi, called Blue Mountain. Released on their own 4-Barrel Records, it was an unassuming but highly impressive little collection of hopelessly catchy blues- and country-tinged songs. There was nothing spectacular about it, but that was part of its [...]
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