Dispatches - Page 35 of 42

Jo Jo Hermann’s Smiling Assassin

By James Calemine John “JoJo” Hermann’s record, Smiling Assassin, consists of eleven country-hearted blues songs, and...

Eddie Hinton died in 1995 at the age of 51. When Hinton served as the session guitarist at Muscle Shoals Studio, his...

One Ruined Life of a Bronze Tourist was originally recorded in 1978 for Atlanta’s Pine Tree Records. Terminus Records...

The name Merle Haggard carries a heavy weight in country music. Haggard remains a maverick who stared into the face of...

Colonel Bruce Hampton’s album Arkansas, like his 1978 One Ruined Life of A Bronze Tourist, were released on Atlanta’s...

Mule Variations contends as one of Tom Waits’ finest albums. Recorded in a converted northern California chicken...

By James Calemine Barbara Cue contains an abundance of talent. This all-star Athens, Georgia, line-up has crafted a...

Eddie Hinton, the Muscle Shoals singer/songwriter, did not live to complete the 1999 Capricorn Records album Hard Luck...

By James Calemine The Holy Grail of Townes Van Zandt albums--during this July 1973 performance Van Zandt operated and...

“It’s a wicked life But what the hell, Everybody’s got to eat.” –“Goin’ To Acapulco” Bob Dylan & The Band Levon...