"Hey Mr. Clean, You're dirty now too." --Neil Young "Sun Green" Greendale proves a vital release in Neil Young’s prestigious discography. A conceptual album, Greendale tells the story of the Green family living in a small fictional California town. The album's artwork...
“In the great book of John You’re warned of the day When you’ll be laid Beneath the cold clay…” “Angel of Death” –Hank Williams Since it's Hank Williams' birthday, I picked up a book off my shelf called Hank Williams Snapshots From The Lost Highway. With a preface...
By James Calemine The Chess Original Masters–Howlin’ Wolf/Moanin’ In The Moonlight–features the first two albums by one of America’s most respected bluesmen. Howlin’ Wolf–Chester Arthur Burnett–was born in Aberdeen, Mississippi, on June 10, 1910. Few musicians could...
By James Calemine Enclosed within the first Music Maker book titled Portraits and Songs From the Roots of America rests a CD featuring 22 different Music Maker artists. This collection reveals some of the country’s most neglected Southern musicians who remain pioneers...
Listeners searching for a gritty Black Crowes sound may face an early morning wake up call, but those curious to hear a musician face change, move onward, and continue writing songs——then New Earth Mud may just propel you into the wild blue yonder.
Published in 1999 by the University of Georgia’s Hill Street Press, Dexter Weaver’s book Automatic Y’all contains stories and recipes revolving around the Athens, Georgia, soul food joint Weaver D’s. Weaver grew up in Athens. In Automatic Y’all he reveals how...
By James Calemine “Four train days get me back to New Orleans,” are the opening lines on Widespread Panic’s new live release, Another Joyous Occasion. The eleven song recording is Panic’s debut CD on their new label, Widespread Records. The Athens, Georgia, band broke...
Leavell’s Forever Green exists as one of the most insightful books ever written about the history and condition of the American Forest.
By James Calemine John “JoJo” Hermann’s record, Smiling Assassin, consists of eleven country-hearted blues songs, and includes an all-star musical cast. Hermann, the Widespread Panic keyboardist, composed ten songs on the album as well as covered vocal, guitar,...
Eddie Hinton died in 1995 at the age of 51. When Hinton served as the session guitarist at Muscle Shoals Studio, his work emerged on albums alongside musicians such as Duane Allman, the Staple Singers, and Wilson Pickett. Although songwriting was his grace and many...