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With the year drawing to a close, we thought it'd be appropriate for our staff to tell you what they thought the best stuff all year was. Features Editor James Mann kicks off with his choices for the Top 19 Albums of 2001.
... (Artemis Records) Being solo suits the retiring Farrar. Former kingpin of Uncle Tupelo and Son Volt finds firm voice on his solo debut. 15: Merle Haggard: Roots (Anti Records) Haggard has made it his mission to document country music's classic moments (in this case the 1950's sound of Lefty Frizzell ...
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The Essential Willie Nelson (Columbia/Legacy). Review by James Mann.
... dose of Willie's interpretations of songs such as Kris Kristofferson's "Help Me Make It Thru The Night" or the haunting "Pancho and Lefty" duet with Merle Haggard that gave its author, Townes Van Zandt, a much-needed cash flow. And for the most part this collection does give us a glimpse of these landmarks ...
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July 1999 :: Music S :: Swing West! Vols. I, II, and III (David Whited)
... 20 songs organized according to a particular theme. Volume 1, which is also the most current of the three, covers the Bakersfield sounds of Merle Haggard, Ferlin Husky, Joe Maphis, Jean Shepard, Rose Maddox, and more. At this point in time, Nashville had added strings and slick production techniques ...
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July 1998 :: Music E-G :: Sue Garner (Kurt Channing)
... , as if you've heard them all before -- I could swear I've heard songs like "Rose Colored Glue" and "Continuous Play" on a crackly midnight AM. Merle Haggard's "Silver Wings" is given an interesting treatment, with ponderous bass, distant fuzz guitar, and a set of yearning violins vying for domination ...
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The Supersuckers, with Los Infernos and Furious Four (The Hustler, Indialantic, FL, May 17, 2000). Concert review by Phillip Haire.
... Evil Powers of Rock & Roll, the playlist usually includes a couple covers, including AC/DC. Tonight was no exception, but we were also treated to Merle Haggard, Thin Lizzy's "Jailbreak," and their classic cover "Dead Homeiz," to name a few. They did try and get back to a couple of other songs, like ...
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"They didn't sell many records in their time, but everyone who bought one sta...
... into rock and roll -- and just as importantly, soul -- as well as exposing it to the long-haired late '60s hippies who never heard of Buck Owens or Merle Haggard. The troubled Parsons died at the age of 26 from a mixture of fast living and a personality that favored excess (hanging out with then-heroin ...
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There exists a rarified echelon of artists whose work transcends genre, fads,...
... "Field Of Diamonds," one of four new compositions from Cash himself. Another of Cash's own songs, "I'm Leavin' Now," is a fantastic duet with Merle Haggard. My favorite of Cash's compositions, though, is the ironic, witty "Country Trash," with its sentiment coming across much like that of "I Won't Back ...
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April 1999 :: Music J-M :: Lone Justice (James Mann)
... Tom Petty-penned "Ways to Be Wicked," and the heart-stopping "Don't Toss Us Away." Numerous unreleased tracks are included, such as a romp through Merle Haggard's "Working Man Blues," a live "Sweet Jane" featuring Bono on vocals, and "Drugstore Cowboy," a McKee original that you would swear was a Gram ...
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"Play some Skynyrd!," you yell? OK, we'll oblige. Hal Horowitz takes a look back at the career of the Southern rock icons through the eyes of the new rarities collection, Lynyrd Skynyrd Collectybles.
... two's 1977 shows. A few other rarities, like a pair of unused outtakes from 1977's Street Survivors –- one of them a heartfelt reworked cover of Merle Haggard's "Honky Tonk Night Time Man," apparently Van Zant's last studio vocal performance before his death — add extra depth to this set. Far from a ...
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Who says in heaven there is no beer? James Mann reveals why the world will never end at the Star Bar, and how the wrong woman can become the right woman in the right circumstances.
HOW ONLY MARY BECAME MARY ONLY, OR THE WORLD WILL NEVER END AT THE STAR BAR by James Mann It became a joke, really, as many times as we had the same discussion. I would be getting ready to go out, showering, shaving, that sort of thing. My roommate, not the most observant of creatures, would pass by ...
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