Give Back The Key To My Heart
Texas Rock For Country Rollers was the first Doug Sahm album I ever bought. 1992 at Melody Records in Chico, CA. Found an old vinyl cut-out that looked like it might’ve been used to chamois a ’74...
View ArticleA Beer In Each Hand and A Smile In Between
Here’s a couple videos in anticipation of my next post. We’re gonna travel from Alabama to St. Louis on the Mo-Bama Railroad Line and our engineer for this trip is Jay Farrar. So, let’s get our segue...
View ArticleJay Farrar: There Will Always Be a Story To Tell
One of last year’s most unexpected pleasures was getting knocked out by Son Volt‘s most recent album, American Central Dust. Just when I thought Jay Farrar had disappeared down a mumbly, monotonous...
View ArticleRemembering March 16-20, 1992
“Halfway through the week, I thought, ‘Gee, this is like working on a classic Rolling Stones album. This is going to be a great record and it’s going to be around for a long time.’ I felt very...
View ArticleThere Was a Time: The History of Uncle Tupelo
If I’ve said it once, I’ve said it a thousand times: One man’s lazy embedding of YouTube videos is another man’s history of Uncle Tupelo. Consider it a documentary, minus all the boring interviews,...
View ArticleBig Sur I’ve Got Plans For You
A few days ago, during top-secret Beach Boys research, I learned that Camper Van Beethoven is releasing a new album next week. Entitled La Costa Perdida (The Lost Coast), it’s their first album since...
View Article“I’ll Puke If That Jukebox Plays John Cougar One More Time”
When we last discussed Brian Henneman, it was during his stint as roadie, second guitarist, and piss-taker-outer for Uncle Tupelo*, just prior to him forming The Bottle Rockets. He’s a great rock ‘n’...
View ArticleJay Farrar & 8-Track Heavana
Did you know that Jay Farrar of Uncle Tupelo and Son Volt fame published a book last year? Falling Cars And Junkyard Dogs was issued by indie Soft Skull Press and while it’s autobiographical, it’s not...
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