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#53 Sept-Oct 2004 {Willie Nelson}
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#53 Sept-Oct 2004 {Willie Nelson}


ON THE COVER: Willie Nelson. Photo by Jim Herrington. Song lyric from “Whatever Happened To Peace On Earth” by Willie Nelson.

FRONT PORCH
Hello Stranger; Box Full Of Letters; Field Reportings; On My Mind (by Joe Henry); Farther Along (Ray Charles, Agnes “Sis” Cunningham).

MIKED — live reviews
Telluride Bluegrass Festival in Telluride, CO; Red, White & Bluegrass Night in Nashville, TN; Gram Parsons tribute in Universal City, CA; Neil Young tribute in Brooklyn, NY; Rodney Crowell in Houston, TX; Devendra Banhart, Joanna Newsom in Des Moines, IA; Richard Thompson in New Haven, CT; Ray Charles funeral in Los Angeles, CA.

TOWN & COUNTRY — brief regional features
Sally Timms (Chicago, IL); Jesse Harris (New York City, NY); Tim Eriksen (Minneapolis, MN); Hayden (Toronto, ON); Nora O’Connor (Chicago, IL); Otis Gibbs (Indianapolis, IN); Michelle Anthony (Milwaukee, WI).

A PLACE TO BE — regional portrait
by Paul Bonanos
Joshua Tree and the California Desert.

DON’T ASK ME NO QUESTIONS — Q&A
by Peter Cooper
Cowboy Jack Clement.

THE LONG WAY AROUND — extended features
Jason Ringenberg by Barry Mazor
Tift Merritt by Kurt B. Reighley
Camper Van Beethoven by Allison Stewart
Buddy Miller by Silas House
Mavis Staples by David Cantwell
Willie Nelson by Joe Nick Patoski
Paul Williams by Jon Weisberger

SITTIN’ & THINKIN’ — essay
by Ed Ward
A view of America, from across the ocean.

NOT FADE AWAY — reissues
Uncle Dave Macon; Kay Adams/Dick Curless/Red Simpson; Elvis Costello & the Attractions; John Conlee/Hoyt Axton; Dream Syndicate; Johnny Horton; Lucille Bogan; Roane County Ramblers; Ian Tyson; Vic Chesnutt.

WAXED — reviews
Jon Dee Graham; Drive-By Truckers; Billy Joe Shaver; Steve Earle; Kasey Chambers; Ray Charles; Junior Brown; Nashville Bluegrass Band; Vassar Clements; Paul Thorn; Kieran Kane & Kevin Welch with Fats Kaplin; Melonie Cannon; Jolie Holland; Po’ Girl; Sadies; Silos; Chuck Prophet; Los Lobos; Paul Westerberg; Mark Lanegan; Guided By Voices; Giant Sand; Tandy; Mendoza Line; Laura Veirs; Dan Bern & the IJBC; Bill Lloyd; James Talley; Hank Locklin; Ian Moore; Court And Spark; Wailin’ Jennys; Shelley Campbell; Gina Villalobos; Roger Clyne & the Peacemakers; Terri Hendrix; Everlast; Chris Richards; Steve Wedemeyer; Onion Creek Crawdaddies; Charlie Mars; Josh Williams; Heidi Howe; Obsoletes. LIVE WIRES: Dave Van Ronk, Shawn Camp. TRIBUTARIES: Alejandro Escovedo; Stephen Foster; Carter Family; Jimmy Martin. FILM AT 11: Elvis Presley; Dolly Parton; etc. BOUND: Music Scenes; Live From FitzGerald’s; Nashville’s Lower Broad; Voices Of The Country; The Bluegrass Reader; Marvin Gaye.

THE NO DEPRESSION TOP 40
A retail chart for May-June 2004.

SCREEN DOOR — stuff we like
illustration by Tim Shawl: Willie Nelson, Jedi Master

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