First published in 2000, Kitchen Confidential proved to be Anthony Bourdain’s breakthrough book. After his 2018 death, this collection reappeared on the Bestseller list. Death is always a great career move for a writer. Kitchen Confidential also led to Bourdain’s...
“They’ll beg you for the answer It won’t ever be enough, There’s no way to really tell em It’s like dogs on the run.” –Tom Petty Published in 2015, two years before Tom Petty’s death, Petty by Warren Zanes stands as the definitive...
Published in 1999, this economical 141-page biography of Crazy Horse proves why this Sioux warrior exists as one of America’s most revered legends. Texas author Larry McMurtry wrote over twenty bestselling novels including Lonesome Dove (Pulitzer Prize-winning), The...
This stellar documentary begins in 1976 with a Bob Dylan quote. The next shot is from 2018 as President Carter plays Dylan’s “Mr. Tambourine Man” on his turntable in Plains, Georgia. Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President does not disappoint. Carter speaks high...
I submit for your inspection Steve Cropper's Linguine with Cream Sauce recipe cooked by Elizabeth Josephine. Last night here on the Georgia Coast, Elizabeth Josephine prepared a Steve Cropper dish for kicks. Of course, Cropper is a music legend. Among many musical...
The band Brute consisted of Athens, Georgia, songwriter Vic Chesnutt recording his material with Widespread Panic serving as his back-up band. The recording session transpired the previous year at John Keane’s Athens studio, but Capricorn Records released Nine High a Pallet in 1995.
By James Calemine (This interview was conducted in 2011 and published on Swampland.com) From wonder into wonder existence opens. --Lao Tzu Grayson Capps was driving somewhere on Alabama's Gulf Coast when I called him last Thursday. The following day, he began to tour...
By James Calemine (Originally printed on Swampland.com) October 2007 As a writer, I'm still not comfortable with this BLOG thing--write it once and never touch it again...but considering my time constraints, it's a forced march...so here goes... Marc Ford was playing...
By James Calemine The Dickinson Brothers pay homage to their Hill Country brethren and Memphis musical kin on Electric Blue Watermelon. The album was produced by their father Jim Dickinson. Luther and Cody rise to the occasion on their strongest studio release since...
By James Calemine These days Tom T. Hall lays relatively low. Known as a top-drawer songwriter, author and storyteller, Hall's 2007 release Tom T. Hall Sings Miss Dixie & Tom T. finds the Kentuckian singing about coal mines, displaced families and dead soldiers....