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New Allman Brothers Documentary Premiere May 16
New Allman Brothers Documentary Premieres May 16 5/7/08
Tom Waits Glitter And Doom Tour Dates (Mostly Southern)
Tom Waits Glitter And Doom Tour Dates Mostly Southern 5/6/08
Mavis Staples To Headline Blind Willie McTell Blues Festival
Mavis Staples To Headline Blind Willie McTell Blues Festival 5/5/08
...The Kentucky Derby In Athens, Georgia...
Athens, Georgia…May 3, 2008…The Kentucky Derby…
Music Maker Relief Foundation & Dust-To-Digital
Music Maker Relief Foundation & Dust-To-Digital Preserve The Oldest Traditions 5/2/08
Mystery And Manners Honorary Southern Artist(s) Part Six: Clarence White
Mystery And Manners Honorary Southern Artist(s)—PART SIX Clarence White By James Calemine
Emmylou Harris Inducted Into Country Music Hall of Fame
Emmylou Inducted Into The Country Music Hall of Fame 4/29/08
Mudcrutch & Gram Parsons' Florida Roots
Mudcrutch & Gram Parsons’ Florida Roots 4/27/08
New Orleans Jazzfest: In Wake Of The Flood
Randy Newman’s “Louisiana 1927” Becomes Un-official Anthem For New Orleans Jazzfest
The Midnight Hour
A Backward Glance During The Midnight Hour 4/27/08
The Return of Mudcrutch
Tom Petty Resurrects His Old Florida Band Mudcrutch 4/24/05
Widespread Panic In Orange Beach, Alabama
Widespread Panic On The Beach 4/19/08
...Night Before Widespread Panic On The Beach...
A Prelude To The Spectacle 4/17/08
The Blessing of Mavis Staples
The Blessing of Mavis Staples 4/14/08
Outward Bound
“The eye and mind would be functioning as a camera. The writing would be selective and necessarily interpretive—but once read more...
Dickinson's Eats & Dylan's Prize
Bob Dylan Wins Pulitzer Prize & Jim Dickinson's Best On The Road Eating 4/7/08
A Shot of the Blues
A Daily Dose of Authenticity...Keith Richards...James Burton...MLK...Widespread Panic...The Black Crowes...Jim Dickinson...
The Legacy of Ardent Records
The Legacy of Ardent Records 4/2/08
Time To Panic
A Journey To The Classic City For A Meeting With Seasoned Professionals 3/29/08
The Road To Hell Is Paved with Good Intentions
A Few Insights For The Faithful On A Thursday Evening 3/27/08
Bound For Glory
Mudcrutch: Tom Petty's Florida Roots
The surprise announcement of Mudcrutch's reunion is welcome news to the Swampland Footprint. Mudcrutch is an essential chapter read more...
Brother To Jackals & the Jukebox Chronicles
A Few Notes From The Underground 3/18/08
Chris Robinson's "Inhale! Inhale! Rock N Roll" Article
Chris Robinson's 1993 Article "Inhale! Inhale! Rock N Roll" 3/15/08
The Dickinson's Mojo & The Black Crowes' Voodoo
Mystery & Manners Investigates The Mojo of The Dickinson Family & The Black Crowes' Voodoo 3/11/02
Dylan Organizes Recordings of Unfinished Hank Williams Songs
Bob Dylan Discovers Unfinished Hank Williams Songs 2/28/08
Latest Releases From James McMurtry & Otis Redding
Latest Releases From James McMurtry and Otis Redding 2/27/08
Down In the Groove with Widespread Panic's Todd Nance (PART TWO)
Down In The Groove with Widespread Panic's Todd Nance (Part Two) 2/26/08
Down In The Groove with Widespread Panic's Todd Nance (Part One)
Mystery & Manners Interview with Widespread Panic's Todd Nance (Part One) 2/25/08
Poetic Felony
MAXIM Magazine Reviews Black Crowes' Warpaint Without Hearing The Album 2/23/08
Another Call To Harry Crews & Beyond
...An Ongoing Pursuit & Recording of the Mystery And Manners Saga...Widespread Panic...Jim Dickinson...Harry Crews and read more...
Levon Helm's Dirt Farmer Wins GRAMMY
Dirt Farmer Wins GRAMMY 2/11/08
Jim Dickinson On The Line
Mystery & Manners Interview With Memphis Legend Jim Dickinson 2/9/08
Ryan Bingham Gets Help From Ford
Marc Ford & Son Join Texas Songwriter Ryan Bingham In the South 2/9/08
Widespread Soul
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Adventures In The (Pig) Skin Trade On Super Bowl Sunday
Roving Notes On Super Bowl Sunday 2/3/08
Luther Dickinson: Night Before theTour...
Luther Dickinson Talks Present, Past & Future 1/16/08
...A Rising Tide of Georgia Rock And Roll...
A Rising Tide of Georgia Rock And Roll: David Barbe, The Drive By Truckers, Bloodkin & The Black Crowes
2008 Year of The Crowe
...Atlanta's Black Crowes Prepare for the Warpath... 1/7/08
Criteria Studios: 50 Years Later
Legendary Miami Studio 50 Years Later 12/30/07
Lead Belly: A Life In Pictures
A New Lead Belly Book Hits The Streets 12/29/07
Dr. John Voices Frustration At Friday New Orleans Show
Dr. John Expresses Frustration With Katrina Fallout 12/29/07
Country's Top 100 Heartbreaks
A List of Country Music's Greatest Hurtin' Songs 12/28/07
Full Moon Fever With Stanley Booth
Full Moon Fever With Stanley Booth 12/24/07
Honeydripper Star Plays Hometown
Gary Clark Jr. Plays Austin 12/21/07
George Porter Celebrates 60th Birthday
New Orleans Musician Celebrates 60th Birthday 12/21/07
Blues Trail Marker For "Nighthawk" McCollum
A New Blues Marker Tribute 12/19/07
New Willie Nelson Album Out January 29, 2008
New Nelson CD, Moment of Forever, Hits Streets Early 08 12/19/07
Montgomery Dedicates New Year's Eve To Hank Williams
On New Year's Eve Hank Williams Fans Gather In Montgomery 12/17/07
Ike Turner Dead at 76
Ike Turner Dead at 76 12/12/07
Southern Greats Play Post Led Zeppelin London Gig
Sam Moore, Ben E. King, Percy Sledge and Solomon Burke Perform Post Led Zep Gig 12/11/07
John Sayles Interview
Mystery & Manners John Sayles Interview 12/8/07 On Thursday I interviewed
Gibson's Robot Guitar
Gibson's Robot Guitar On Sale 12/6/07
No Country For Old Men Voted Best Film
Joel & Ethan Cohen's Film Earns High Praise 12/06/07
...Into The Deep...
Mystery & Manners Dispatch 12/05/07
The Black Crowes Put On Warpaint
The Black Crowes New Album Warpaint Set For Release 11/27/07
Willie Nelson: Dogs Best Friend
Dogs Best Friend: Willie Nelson 11/24/07
Swampland Salutes Great Southern Writer Paul Hemphill
Mystery & Manners Highlights Writer Paul Hemphill 11/21/07
Johnny Cash's First Wife's New Book
New Book From the Late Vivian Cash 11/19/07
Jerry Wexler Talks Bob Dylan, Doug Sahm and Muscle Shoals
Jerry Wexler Talks Dylan, Doug Sahm and Muscle Shoals 11/15/07
The Word Returns
The Word Returns In December 11/14/07
Mystery & Manners' Honorary Southern Artist(s) PART FIVE: The Band
Mystery & Manners' Honorary Southern Artist(s) PART FIVE: The Band
Music Maker Relief Foundation's Latest Project
Music Maker's Built For The Blues 11/13/07
Another James Brown Lawsuit
Latest Legal Distraction For James Brown Estate 11/12/07
Loretta Lynn Returns To The Ryman
Loretta Lynn Returns To The Ryman 11/12/07
Coen Brothers Adapt Cormac McCarthy's Book No Country For Old Men Into Film
Coen Brothers Adapt Cormac McCarthy's Book No Country For Old Men Into Film 11/11/07
Mystery & Manners' Honorary Southern Artist(s) PART FOUR: The Rolling Stones
Mystery & Manners' Honorary Southern Artist(s)PART FOUR: The Rolling Stones 11/8/07
Blind Boys of Alabama 70 Years Young
Blind Boys of Alabama: 70 Years Young
A Day In The Life of A Great American Guitarist (Marc Ford) PART THREE
A Day In the Life of A Great American Guitar Player: PART THREE Marc Ford In San Francisco 11/05/07
Mystery & Manners Dispatch From San Francisco
Dispatch From San Francisco 11/3/07
Mystery & Manners' Honorary Southern Artist(s) PART THREE--Tom Waits
Mystery & Manners' Honorary Southern Artist(s) PART THREE 10/31/07
Mystery & Manners' Honorary Southern Artist(s) PART TWO--Jerry Garcia
Mystery & Manners Honorary Southern Artist(s) Part Two 10/30/07
October 27 & 28 Bridge School Benefit
21st Bridge School Benefit Hosts Various Musicians 10/27/07
SWAMPLAND Goin' Out West...Frisco Bound...
Mystery & Manners Goin' Out West To San Francisco 10/25/07
Weirdness Way Down South
Weirdness Down South 10/22/07
Birthday Cheers To Tom Petty
Mystery & Manners Cheers To Tom Petty 10/20/07
Ryan Bingham And The Drive By Truckers Hit the Road
Ryan Bingham and The Drive By Truckers Hit The Road 10/17/07
A Day In The Life of A Great American Guitarist (Marc Ford) PART TWO
A Day In the Life of A Great American Guitarist Part read more...
Thelonious Monk's North Carolina Roots
Thelonious Monk's North Carolina Roots 10/11/07
Mystery & Manners' Honorary Southern Artist(s) PART ONE--Bob Dylan
...Mystery & Manners' Honorary Southern Artist(s)...PART ONE... 10/11/07
Haggard's Horizon
Merle Haggard Gives Insight To Future In Billboard Q & A 10/9/07
Marc Ford Burns Through Atlanta
A Day In The Life of a Great American Guitarist: Marc Ford Burns Through Atlanta
William Eggleston: The Father of Color Photography
The Photography of William Eggleston 10/4/07
Ray McKinnon Randy and the Mob Blog
Ray McKinnon's Recent Blogs About His Latest Film, Randy and the Mob 10/3/07
The Paintings of Woodie Long
The Paintings of Woodie Long 10/2/07
Otis Redding Film Premier October 8
Dreams To Remember Premier October 8 10/1/07
People Take Warning! Murder Ballads & Disaster Songs 1913-1938
Tompkins Square Releases Murder Ballads & Disaster Songs This Week 9/29/07
Blues Great Memphis Minnie Honored
Blues Great Memphis Minnie Honored 9/28/07
Nuke Fallout Shelter For Alabama
Alabama City Reopening Nuke Fallout Shelter 9/27/07
Goin' Home: A Tribute To Fats Domino
GOIN' HOME: A TRIBUTE TO FATS DOMINO 9/26/07
Excerpt from Paul Hemphill's The Good Old Boys
Excerpt from Paul Hemphill's The Good Old Boys 9/24/07
Autumnal Traditions and Emotional Rescue in Tuscaloosa
Autumnal Traditions and Emotional Rescue in Tuscaloosa 9/23/07
Ray McKinnon's Randy and the Mob
Ray McKinnon's New Film Randy and the Mob 9/22/07 From Capricorn Pictures...Here's the trailer for read more...
Dylan Plays The Ryman
BOB DYLAN PLAYS THE RYMAN AUDITORIUM IN NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE 9/21/07
The Shadow And the Truth
9/19/07 ...THE SHADOW AND THE TRUTH...
Emmylou Harris Retrospective "Songbird" Hits Streets Today
Songbird: Rare Tracks & Forgotten Gems Out Today 9/18/07
Luther Dickinson Flies With The Black Crowes
Luther Dickinson Flies With The Black Crowes 9/17/07
Macon's Tribute To Otis Redding
Macon's Tribute To Otis Redding 9/16/07
Patterson Hood Song In New Ray McKinnon Film
Patterson Hood Song In New Ray McKinnon Film 9/12/07
Runnin' Down A Dream: Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers Perform at the New York Film Festival
9/10/07 ...Runnin' Down A Dream: A new Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers Film Showing at New York Film read more...
Southeast Adventure Outfitters
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Blind Willie McTell Named Stateboro's Second Legend In the Arts
9/9/07
Sounds of the South
Brendan O'Brien's Golden Ear
9/7/07
Dog Days End?
Lost Gram Parsons Shows From 1969 Set For Release
Lost Gram read more...
Breakfast With Paul, Drinks With Dan
8/19/07
DEATH WEEK
The 30 year anniversary of Elvis Presley’s death falls on August 16, 2007. Like it or not, Elvis ranks as a southern icon. read more...
The Black Crowes Complete New Studio Album
Atlanta’s own, The Black Crowes will begin mixing their new album in September for a Spring 2008 release.
...A Call To Harry Crews...
7/27/07
The Last Outpost of Time
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Fire On The Mountain
6/25/07
The Rise And Disappearance of Sly Stone
6/20/07 Few groups ever attain the musical power and wide commercial appeal of Sly & read more...
Johnny Cash Radio & Elvis Auction Items
6/18/07 The Sun Records boys are in the news again...
Fathers Day: Hot Fun In the Summertime
6/17/07 Happy Father’s Day…
The True Adventures of Stanley Booth
6/10/07 THE TRUE ADVENTURES OF STANLEY BOOTH As I wrote in the
A Smoke Out In Rome
6/8/07
Adventures In the Book Trade
6/6/07
Hotlanta Under Red Skies & Electric Blue
5/28/07 ...No rain in sight read more...
Keith Richards Donates To James Burton's Foundation
4/4/07 Keith Richards donated $20,000 to James Burton's read more...
The James Burton Guitar Festival
....Interviewing the King of the Telecaster, James Burton, read more...
2007 Jazzfest Lineup Announced
3/10/07 Jazzfest begins in New Orleans on April 27 and continues through May 6. Some of the performers this year include Dr. read more...
Music Maker Relief Foundation: A Treasure Trove of American Music
'Blues will never die because it is a spirit. It is an uplift and the way you feel it, that is the way it is. And it brings a lot of read more...
Po Monkey's: One of the Last Great Juke Joints
...Story of Blind Lemon Jefferson On New York Stage...
2/21/07 A New York Theater Company presents a musical revue based on the life of Blind Lemon Jefferson. The show began last read more...
Folkstreams-The Land Where The Blues Began
2/20/07 Folkstreams.net encapsulates many great films based read more...
"Honeyboy" Edwards Still Playing The Blues At 91
2/19/07 David "Honeyboy" Edwards, born June 28, 1915, in Shaw, Mississippi, began playing the guitar at an early read more...
Swampland Sanctuary...Musical Lineage From "Land of the Trembling Earth" To Charlie Louvin's Latest CD...
As the narrator of Swampland.com, perhaps I should paint a picture of my background before I guide you to the latest recording by the read more...
Sir Mack Rice Keeps On Keepin' On
2/18/07 Stax Records songwriter Sir Mack Rice penned "Mustang Sally" (Wilson Pickett), "Respect Yourself" read more...
The Four Horsemen Tour
2/11/07 Guy Clark, Joe Ely, John Hiatt, and Lyle Lovett will swap songs on a 33 city tour through the United States and read more...
Rough Guide To the Blues
2/10/07 Rough Guide To The Blues serves as a fine starter kit to some of America's greatest read more...
Third Annual Robert Johnson Blues Festival Set For May
2/9/07 Born May, 8, 1911, in Hazelhurst, Mississippi, Robert Johnson's legend radiates from his 29 compositions. In Johnson's read more...
...The British Travel To The American South In Search Of The Blues...
2/4/07 Britain's prestigious The Telegraph journeys to the American South on a quest for legendary blues landmarks. read more...
GRAMMY ARTISTS DISCUSS MUSIC WITH HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
2/1/07 Grammy Award-winning artists such as Ludicris and Earl Klugh discuss the music industry with high school students in read more...
18th Annual Savannah Music Festival Announced
2/1/07 The 18th Annual Savannah Music Festival occurs this year from March 15-April 1, 2007. The event, designed to showcase read more...
2007 Blind Willie McTell Blues Festival Date Set
1/27/07 "I know no one can sing the blues like Blind Willie McTell."
Allman Brothers To Headline Wanee Festival in April
Southern Writers Finalists For National Book Award...And Other Swampland Miscellany...
1/21/07 Southern writers Cormac McCarthy and Richard Ford are among finalists named for the 33rd annual National Book Award. read more...
Our New John Hammond Interview is Waiting for You!
John Hammond is simply an amazing performer. Prior to my interview with him last week, I only knew a little about the man. I knew that read more...
John Lee Hooker Returns In 2007
1/18/07 Born near Clarksdale, Mississippi, in 1917, John Lee Hooker ranked as one of America's last great bluesmen. In read more...
Southern Rock Album of the Week: The Capricorn Rhythm Section
It’s no secret that I am a huge fan of the old Capricorn Records catalog. Everything from The Allman Brothers Band to read more...
Southern Musicians Infiltrate California Desert
1/11/07 On May 5-6 an abundance of southern musicians will perform at the inaugural Stagecoach Festival in Indio, California. read more...
...An Early New Year Update & Insight...
...Welcome to the year 2007... In this new age of technology it seems regional identities become washed away by modernization read more...
Steel Guitarist "Sneaky" Pete Kleinow Dies
"Sneaky" Pete Kleinow, renowned for his unique pedal steel guitar playing -- most notably with Gram Parsons and The Flying read more...
Bye Bye Sonny...Williamson's Final Recordings with Clapton and Page
1/7/06 Born on December 15, 1899, in Glendora Mississippi, Aleck Miller (aka Sonny Boy Williamson) ranks as one America's read more...
Texas Fiddler Elana James To Release Solo Debut
1/5/07 Recently, Texas fiddler Elana James was asked to join Bob Dylan's band and now she plans to release her solo read more...
Del Reeves RIP
Del Reeves, a Grand Ole Opry star who sprinkled his performances with humor and hit No. 1 on the country charts in read more...
A New Aretha Franklin Album Due In Early 2007
1/1/07 "The Queen of Soul', Aretha Franklin, readies her latest CD, Aretha: A Woman Falling Out of Love. read more...
"Fathead" Newman Performs New Years Eve Show Before Jazz Institution Closes Doors
1/1/07 On New Years Eve, Dallas, Texas, native David "Fathead' Newman performed at Chicago's oldest jazz club, The Jazz read more...
Tony Joe White Releases "Uncovered" on Swamp Records
1/1/07 On Tony Joe White's latest CD, Uncovered, he renders new versions of "Rainy Night in Georgia", read more...
Hank Williams Site Torn Down
12/28/06 Newsreel... A Hank Williams Tribute Site Torn Down...Plans To Resurrect New Monument Afoot in 2007...James read more...
James Brown RIP
The "Godfather of Soul" dies at age 73 ATLANTA, Georgia (AP) -- read more...
...Fertile Land of the Underdog...
12/24/06 Dreamer I've been called A dreamer With no future at all Loser
Levon Helm Sues & Continues Midnight Ramble...
12/21/06 Levon Helm, the Band's legendary drummer, is suing Cingular for a commercial that uses his song "The read more...
Street Named After Merle Haggard
12/21/06 In Oildale, California, a small town north of Bakersfield, a road will be named after Merle Haggard. County read more...
Chuck Leavell's Werewolves Play Charity In San Francisco...
12/18/06 Famed Rolling Stones, Allman Brothers Band and Eric Clapton keyboardist, Chuck Leavell performs on January 18, 2007 read more...
Dispatch From The Front Lines...Winds of Change...Holiday Greetings From Swampland...
12/15/06 The mission statement expresses our intention while these "Dispatches" will give you a glimpse behind the read more...
Swampland Flag Flies Half Mast For Ahmet Ertegun...Doc Watson Visits Hotlanta
12/15/06 Atlantic Records founder Ahmet Ertegun died December 14, 2006 in Manhattan at 83. Ertegun guided the careers of read more...
Dr. John's Ongoing Voodoo...Tom Petty's Big Highway Companion Weekend on Radio...
12/14/06 The Tom Petty Highway Companion Big Weekend takes place on December 15-17 at 10AET on XM 200. The station read more...
Porter Wagoner Signs New Deal, Marty Stuart to Produce
Los Angeles based Anti Records announces the signing of Country Music Hall of Famer, Porter Wagoner in celebration of his read more...
Lucinda's Latest
12/10/06 Lucinda Williams' new CD, West, hits the street on February 13, 2007 on Lost Highway. West, read more...
Robinson & Dickinson Collaborate
12/10/06 Rich Robinson (Black Crowes) and Luther Dickinson (North Mississippi All-Stars) will perform as Circle Sound on read more...
Music Reel - Black Crowes, Music Maker, Warren Haynes, and Daniel Hutchens
The Black Crowes completed the final leg of their rockin' fall tour--considering two key members (guitarist Marc Ford and keyboardist read more...
SWAMPLAND MISSION STATEMENT
Greetings Friends, Allow me to introduce Swampland’s mission…This electric crusade read more...
Mystery and Manners Reviews
All I Intended To Be
All I Intended to Be Emmylou Harris Nonesuch Records By James Calemine All I read more...
American Hearts
A.A. Bondy American Hearts Fat Possum Records The South is one of the last places as far as I know where read more...
The Band of Heathens
The Band of Heathens The Band of Heathens BOH Records By James Calemine The Band of read more...
Mojo Man/Arkansas Rockpile
Mojo Man/Arkansas Rockpile Ronnie Hawkins Collector’s Choice Music By James Calemine
Back Down To Louisiana
Dale Hawkins
Mudcrutch
Mudcrutch
Another Country
Tift Merritt
Me and Pepper
Me and Pepper Mel Tillis Collectors' Choice By James Calemine Born in Tampa, Florida, during the Great read more...
The Bourbon Dynasty
The Bourbon Dynasty The Bourbon Dynasty Night World Records It's good to have Charles Walston back making read more...
Stronger
Stronger Carlene Carter Yep Roc By James Calemine Stronger counts as read more...
Honeydew
Honeydew Shawn Mullins Vanguard Records By James Calemine Atlanta, Georgia, native Shawn read more...
Runnin' Down A Dream
Runnin’ Down A Dream Peter Bogdanovich Warner Brothers By James Calemine Born read more...
Little Grey Sheep
Little Grey Sheep Danny Schmidt Waterbug WBG79 It isn't enough that Danny read more...
Just Us Kids
Just Us Kids James McMurtry Lightning Rod Records By James Calemine Austin, Texas, read more...
Revelation
A.J. Roach Revelation Waterbug Records Some guys have roots and some guys have read more...
Bug
Bug William Friedkin Lionsgate By James Calemine Kentucky girl
Honey Songs
Honey Songs Jim Lauderdale & The Dream Players Yep Roc Records By James Calemine North read more...
Warpaint
Warpaint The Black Crowes Silver Arrow Records By James Calemine Warpaint read more...
Vagabonds
Vagabonds Gary Louris Rykodisc By James Calemine Gary Louris, co-founder of the read more...
Margie Joseph
Margie Joseph Margie Joseph Collector’s Choice Music By James Calemine This read more...
Catch
Catch William Tonks Ghostmeat Records By James Calemine Recorded within a year read more...
Cocaine Angel
Cocaine Angel Damian Lahey Cinema Libre Studio By James Calemine This independent film was shot read more...
Big Bad Love
Big Bad Love Larry Brown Vintage Books By James Calemine Mississippi writer Larry Brown wrote read more...
Free Somehow
Free Somehow Widespread Panic Widespread Records By James Calemine The Athens, read more...
Lantana
Caroline Herring Lantana Signature Sounds SIG-2010 Caroline Herring knows exactly who she is, though her read more...
Just A Little Lovin'
After an early career spent bucking against the Nashville system, Alabamian Shelby Lynne has emerged as one of our Footprint's read more...
Brighter Than Creation's Dark
Brighter Than Creation’s Dark Drive By Truckers New West Records By James Calemine
Hernando
Hernando North Mississippi Allstars Songs of the South By James Calemine Hernando is read more...
Frankie Ray
Frankie Ray Jonathan Wilson Pretty And Black By James Calemine North Carolina native Jonathan read more...
Conversations With Tom Petty
Conversations With Tom Petty Paul Zollo Omnibus Press By James Calemine Tom read more...
Buy The Ticket: Take The Ride: Hunter S. Thompson
Buy The Ticket, Take The Ride: Hunter S. Thompson on Film Starz Entertainment By James Calemine
Cappy's Oyster Bar (Volume One)
Cappy’s Oyster Bar 2500 Cobb Parkway Kennesaw, Georgia 30152 770-590-9881 By James read more...
Death Proof
Death Proof Quentin Tarantino Genius Productions By James Calemine Quentin Tarantino always read more...
Tom T. Hall Sings Miss Dixie & Tom T.
Tom T. Hall Sings Miss Dixie & Tom T. Tom T. Hall Blue Circle Records By James read more...
How Low Can You Go?
How Low Can You Go? Anthology of the String Bass Various Artists Dust-To-Digital By James read more...
Salvation On Sand Mountain
Salvation On Sand Mountain Dennis Covington Penguin Books By James Calemine
I Belong To This Band
I Belong To This Band: Eighty-Five Years of Sacred Harp Recordings Various Artists Dust-To-Digital By read more...
Where Will You Be On Christmas Day?
Where Will You Be Christmas Day? Various Artists Dust To Digital By James Calemine
The 25th Day of December
The 25th Day of December The Staple Singers Concord Music Group By James Calemine
Blues Sweet Blues
Blues Sweet Blues Various Music Maker Artists Music Maker Series #91 & #92 By James Calemine
Dirt Farmer
Dirt Farmer Levon Helm Dirt Farmer/Vanguard Music By James Calemine Turkey Scratch, read more...
Never Ending Soul Food Tour
James Calemine's "Never Ending Soul Food Tour" includes documented visits to barbecue joints, catfish dens, chicken read more...
The Woodstock Album
The Woodstock Album Muddy Waters Chess/MCA Records By James Calemine Recorded in two days at read more...
Live At the Avalon Ballroom 1969
Live At The Avalon Ballroom 1969 Gram Parsons with The Flying Burrito Brothers Amoeba Records By James read more...
Live From Austin, Texas
Live From Austin, Texas Doug Sahm New West Records By James Calemine This essential DVD retains read more...
Song of America
Song of America Various Artists 31 Tigers Records By James Calemine This 50-song, 3 CD read more...
Blood Meridian Or the Evening Redness in the West
Blood Meridian Or the Evening Redness in the West Cormac McCarthy Vintage Books By James read more...
Feast of Snakes
Feast of Snakes Harry Crews Macmillan Publishing By James Calemine November in Mystic, Georgia, read more...
GONZO: The Life of Hunter S. Thompson
GONZO: The Life of Hunter S. Thompson Jann S. Wenner & Corey Seymour Little, Brown and Company By read more...
Blues From The Gutter
Blues From The Gutter Champion Jack Dupree Atlantic Records By James Calemine ...One from the read more...
Dreams To Remember: The Legacy of Otis Redding
Dreams To Remember: The Legacy of Otis Redding Otis Redding STAX Records By James read more...
I Don't Want No Trouble
I Don't Want No Trouble Don Nix Section Eight Productions By James Calemine Songwriter Don read more...
Mescalito
Mescalito Ryan Bingham Lost Highway By James Calemine This CD ranks as one of the best releases read more...
Killers From Space
Killers From Space James Luther Dickinson Memphis International Records By James read more...
The Bluegrass Sessions
The Bluegrass Sessions Merle Haggard McCoury Music By James Calemine Merle Haggard's new read more...
Coltrane:The Story of a Sound
Coltrane: The Story of a Sound Ben Ratliff FSG Books By James Calemine Ben Ratliff wastes no words in read more...
Live at the Bohemian Caverns
Live at the Bohemian Caverns Carla Thomas Stax Records By James Calemine Recorded live at the read more...
Angel In Disguise
Angel In Disguise Leon Russell MRI Records By James Calemine Angel In Disguise read more...
Black Snake Moan
Come Early Morning
Sirens Of The Ditch
(New West Records) Recorded several years ago at FAME studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, Sirens of the read more...
Brothers Of A Feather
Brothers Of A Feather Chris & Rich Robinson Eagle Records By James Calemine
Southern Soul Barbecue
Southern Soul Barbecue 318 Mallory Street Saint Simons Island, Georgia 31522 912-634-7516
Mrs. Wilkes Dining Room-Savannah, Georgia
Mrs. Wilkes Dining Room 107 West Jones Street Savannah, Georgia 31401 912-232-5997 James read more...
Red Dirt Marijuana & Other Tastes
Jesus Out To Sea
Cigar City Mafia
To Live's To Fly
A Love Supreme
The Getaway
The Complete Recordings
40 Greatest Hits
Straight No Chaser
Dislocation Blues
Atlanta Twelve String
Atlanta Twelve String Blind Willie McTell Atlantic Records By James Calemine Perhaps the most gifted of read more...
Criss-Cross
Criss-Cross Thelonious Monk Columbia Records By James Calemine Born October 10, 1917, in Rocky Mount, read more...
The Lost Crowes
The Lost Crowes The Black Crowes Rhino Entertainment Company By James Calemine The Lost read more...
AKA Grafitti Man
AKA Grafitti Man John Trudell Rykodisc Records By James Calemine John Trudell, a read more...
Stax Records 50th Anniversary Celebration
Stax 50th Anniversary Celebration Concord Music Group By James Calemine This 50 song, 2 CD boxset stands as the read more...
Dear Y'all - The Songwriter Sessions Vol. 1
Dear Y'all: The Songwriting Sessions Vol 1 Eddie Hinton Zane Records By James Calemine
Georgia Drumbeat
Georgia Drumbeat James Davis Music Maker Relief Foundation By James Calemine Born in 1931, read more...
The Facts of Life and Other Dirty Jokes
The Facts of Life and Other Dirty Jokes Willie Nelson Random House By James Calemine One can't trifle or read more...
Get Your House In Order
Mudcat Get Your House In Order 30 Miles Up By James Calemine Music Maker trustee Mudcat recorded read more...
Live At The Summit Club
Johnny Taylor Live At The Summit Club Stax Records R & B great Johnny Taylor existed on read more...
Sound Grammar
Sound Grammar Ornette Coleman Born on March 9, 1930, in Fort Worth, Texas, Ornette read more...
The Queen Alone
Carla Thomas The Queen Alone Stax Records By James Calemine Carla Thomas--the great Rufus Thomas' read more...
New Lease On Life
New Lease On Life William Bell Wilbe Records William Bell's music epitomizes the classic read more...
Swig From the Acid Bottle
Three Five Human Swig From the Acid Bottle By James Calemine Three Five Human ranks as a formidable rock and read more...
Portraits and Songs From the Roots of America
Enclosed within the new Music Maker book titled Portraits and Songs From the Roots of America rests a CD featuring 22 read more...
Fruit Tramp Ballads of the Great Northwest
Dave McGrew’s Fruit Tramp Ballads of the Great Northwest preserves a testimony to those hardworking folks who may read more...
Born In Newton County
Cora Mae Bryant is the daughter of Georgia guitar legend Curly Weaver. She grew up on the countryside outside Atlanta. As a girl, read more...
Raw Sugar
Raw Sugar provides 71 minutes of old-time music enhanced by a warm, clear sound quality. Cootie Stark, a Greenville, South read more...
Toot Blues
Guitar Gabriel’s Toot Blues originally existed as a cassette in 1991. That same year, Tim Duffy discovered Gabe, one read more...
Follow Your Heart's Desire
Pura Fe is her birth name. In Spanish it translates, “Pure Faith”. Born in 1959, Pura Fe was named by her Puerto Rican read more...
Etta Baker with Taj Mahal
Etta Baker was born in 1913 amid the hills of Morganton, North Carolina. She began playing guitar at age four. Baker remains the read more...
High Steppin' Mama
Clyde Langford learned guitar from Texas blues great Sam “Lightning” Hopkins’ older brother Joe read more...
Chicken Raid
The quiet droning sound of Frank Edwards’ Chicken Raid resembles a blues mantra from a man who dedicated his 90-year read more...
The Feelings Of Beverly "Guitar" Watkins
Recorded at Cleantracks Studio in Vinemont, Alabama, these ten songs illustrate the true guitar mastery of Beverly Watkins. Born in read more...
Sisters of the South
Sisters of the South contains 13 songs performed by 12 different female Music Maker artists. Every song on this amazing read more...
Electric Blue Watermelon
The Dickinson Brothers pay homage to their Hill Country brethren and Memphis musical kin on Electric Blue Watermelon. The read more...
Perfect Day
Chris Whitley stands as a real troubadour. Perfect Day, Whitley’s sixth CD, is a collection of cover songs. Whitley read more...
Louisiana Truckstop
Barbara Cue contains an abundance of talent. This all-star Athens, Georgia, line-up has crafted a timeless Americana banquet on read more...
Sweetheart of the Rodeo
The Byrds’ classic country record, 1968’s Sweetheart of the Rodeo, has been reissued with unreleased Gram read more...
Smiling Assassin
John “JoJo” Hermann’s new record, Smiling Assassin, consists of eleven country-hearted blues songs, and read more...
To Tulsa and Back
To Tulsa and Back serves as J.J. Cale’s first studio album in eight years. Cale returned to Tulsa, his hometown, and read more...
Another Joyous Occasion
“For train days get me back to New Orleans,” are the opening lines on Widespread Panic’s new live release, read more...
One Ruined Life of a Bronze Tourist
One Ruined Life of a Bronze Tourist was originally recorded in 1978 for Atlanta’s Pine Tree Records. Terminus Records read more...
There Will Be A Light
Ben Harper & The Blind Boys of Alabama There Will Be A Light (Virgin Records) Ben Harper produced read more...
Hard Luck Guy
Eddie Hinton, the Muscle Shoals singer/songwriter, did not live to complete the 1999 Capricorn release Hard Luck Guy. In read more...
Journal On A Shelf
Journal On A Shelf, Bill Sheffield’s eighth CD, evokes a fluid musical tapestry that creates a laid back mood. The read more...
The Mess Is On
The Mess Is On counts as Danny “Mudcat” Dudeck’s fifth CD. Dudeck, a great slide guitarist serves on the read more...
Lee Gates and the Alabama Cotton Kings
Born in Pontotoc, Mississippi in 1937, Lee Gates moved to Milwaukee as a teenager where he’s been playing juke joints for over read more...
I'll Be Young Once Too
I’ll Be Young Once Too serves as a mighty fine musical lubricant… Danny “Mudcat” read more...
Guitar Heaven
Cool John Ferguson’s Guitar Heaven stands as his second Music Maker album. Born on Saint Helena read more...
Ragged Old Flag
Originally released on Columbia Records in April 1974, Ragged Old Flag consists of twelve original Johnny Cash compositions. read more...
In The Beginning
Ten undiscovered Townes Van Zandt songs demoed for an early Nashville publishing contract in 1966 remained unheard for thirty-seven read more...
New Earth Mud
New Earth Mud sounds like a man surviving his worst professional fear…in this case Chris Robinson facing the breakup read more...
If I Could Only Fly
The name Merle Haggard carries a heavy weight in country music. Haggard remains a maverick who stared into the face of decadence read more...
Southscape
Chuck Leavell commands respect in the music world. He’s played piano with the Rolling Stones (for half the band’s read more...
Arkansas
Colonel Bruce Hampton’s album Arkansas, like his 1978 One Ruined Life of A Bronze Tourist, has been recently read more...
You're Gonna Need That Pure Religion
Born August 18, 1915 in Abbeville, Georgia, Reverend Pearly Brown lived his life preaching and singing about the word of God to read more...
Lonesome In Black - The Legendary Sun Recordings
This definitive collection features Johnny Cash's recordings for the Sun Records label from 1955-1958. These stark classics serve as read more...
The Road To Escondido
Some of Eric Clapton's biggest hits ("After Midnight" and "Cocaine") were J.J. Cale songs, so it's only fitting read more...
The Heroines
Tony Joe White's work inspired many great musicians like Ray Charles, Brook Benton, Elvis Presley, Tina Turner, Dusty Springfield, read more...
The Hard Way
Killers and Stars
"When they thaw out Uncle Disney, gonna be some changes made/Pointing fingers, asking questions/forty years of decisions read more...
Mystery and Manners ArticlesJim Dickinson's All-Star Music & Film
In Jim Dickinson’s first contribution to Swampland/Mystery And Manners, he wrote an indelible piece on Memphis barbecue. For his second installment Dickinson cites his favorite pianists, films and a desert island music stash. The High Priest of Memphis Mojo offers a timeless blueprint for anyone seeking musical pots of gold. James Calemine
Widespread Panic: On The Beach
Widespread Panic: On The Beach
Th' Legendary Shack Shakers: "Treulogizing the Gothic South"
A review of “The Tentshow Trilogy”, consisting of “Believe”, “Pandelirium” and “Swampblood” (All on Yep Roc Records) by Frank Gutch
Jim Dickinson's Best Memphis Barbecue & Favorite Meals On The Road
When I interviewed the High Priest of Memphis Mojo—Jim Dickinson—I asked him if he’d be interested in submitting his inimitable insight on barbecue, music and movies. Mr. Dickinson sent along some very interesting details on these cultural topics. His expertise in these read more...
Brother To Jackals
BROTHER TO JACKALS By James Calemine I have become a brother to jackals, a companion read more...
"Inhale! Inhale! Rock N Roll" by Chris Robinson
INHALE! INHALE! ROCK N ROLL By Chris Robinson Originally Published in New Musical Express July 17, 1993 You pick up the block of moist, Moroccan hashish and you sniff at it carefully. Satisfied, you heat it up, crumble it into read more...
Dixie Fried with The High Priest of Memphis Mojo Jim Dickinson
JIM DICKINSON INTERVIEW DIXIE FRIED WITH THE HIGH PRIEST OF MEMPHIS MOJO By James Calemine "Some people say worried blues ain't tough, If they don't kill you they handle you mighty rough."
Down In The Groove With Widespread Panic's Todd Nance
DOWN IN THE GROOVE WITH WIDESPREAD PANIC’S TODD NANCE “Either brace yourself for elimination/Or your heart must have the courage for the changing of the guard.”
Luther Dickinson Interview: The Secret Code of Memphis Guitars
Luther Dickinson Interview The Secret Code of Memphis Guitars By James Calemine "I'm gonna leave Memphis and spread the news/Memphis women don't wear no shoes."
The Sounds of David Barbe
THE SOUNDS OF DAVID BARBE
The Appalachian Sounds of Fonotone Records
The Appalachian Sounds of Fonotone Records By James Calemine “I went out in the open field/Black snake bit me on the heel, I’ve stood around and done my best/Shoved my head in a hornet’s read more...
Goodbye, Babylon: A Patchwork Quilt of American Music
GOODBYE, BABYLON A Patchwork Quilt of American Music By James Calemine
Way Down South With John Sayles
Way Down South with John Sayles By James Calemine John Sayles’ films command respect. His latest film, Honeydripper, takes place in Alabama during the 1950s. Honeydripper counts as Sayles’16th film which read more...
A Celebration of The Life & Work of Paul Hemphill
A Celebration of The Life & Work of Paul Hemphill By James Calemine "I was ridin' number nine Headin' south from Caroline I heard that lonesome whistle blow."
Truck Driving Man (An American Roadsong)
Truck Driving Man (An American Roadsong)
St. Simons Island: Seaside Reckoning
St. Simons Island:
The Local Stranger
THE LOCAL STRANGER
The Second Word
THE SECOND WORD
POISON LEAVES
Poison read more...
POISON LEAVES (PART TWO)
Poison read more...
The King Is Dead! Hang The Doctor!
The King Is Dead! Hang the Doctor!
The Bayou Sideshow
The Bayou Sideshow By James Calemine read more...
The Divine Spark of Sly & The Family Stone
By James Calemine
Electric Blue
ELECTRIC BLUE By James Calemine Above the mirror behind a liquor display, a blue neon beer sign flickered and dimmed while Luke Tarver sat at the bar. He enjoyed watching Amanda, the lovely brunette bartender, distracted with an annoying flicker of the neon light. Beautiful confusion on her face proved worth the price of any beer. Amanda’s read more...
Marc Ford Interview
Marc Ford’s Southern Harmony by James Calemine May, 2007 “It’s too soon to tell the difference Read that page another day It’s not clear the lines you’re crossing Just wake up and walk away.” --Marc Ford "Wake Up And Walk read more...
Kirk West
Kirk West Swampland Interview James Calemine April, 2007 KIRK WEST’S PHOTOGRAPHIC MEMORIES Kirk West plays an integral part in The Allman Brothers Band organization. West began taking photographs in the '70s which included hundreds of musicians such as Merle Haggard, Bob Marley, Jerry Garcia and The Allman Brothers Band. read more...
James Burton
James Burton Swampland Interview Guitar Man: An Original Six-String Journeyman by James Calemine March 2007 Born in Shreveport, Louisiana, on August 21, 1939, guitarist-extraordinaire James Burton began playing music professionally at 14. He recorded the inimitable solo on Dale Hawkins’ hit read more...
Never Ending Soul Food Tour - Mack's Barbecue, Brunswick, GA
James Calemine’s “Never Ending Soul Food Tour” includes documented visits to barbecue joints, catfish dens, chicken shacks and any establishment serving memorable vittles. All photos by James Calemine. Mack’s Barbecue 2809 Glynn Avenue Brunswick, Georgia 31520
Never Ending Soul Food Tour - Sticky Fingers, Chattanooga, TN
James Calemine’s “Never Ending Soul Food Tour” includes documented visits to barbecue joints, catfish dens, chicken shacks and any establishment serving memorable vittles. Sticky Fingers 420 Broad Street Chattanooga, Tennessee 37402 423-899-RIBS www.stickyfingersonline.com “Health read more...
Never Ending Soul Food Tour - Swallow on the Hill, Roswell, GA
James Calemine’s “Never Ending Soul Food Tour” includes documented visits to barbecue joints, catfish dens, chicken shacks and any establishment serving memorable vittles. All photos by James Calemine. Swallow on the Hill 1072 Green Street Roswell, Georgia 30065 678-352-1975 www.swallowatthehollow.com
Never Ending Soul Food Tour - Wilson's Soul Food, Athens, GA
James Calemine’s “Never Ending Soul Food Tour” includes documented visits to barbecue joints, catfish dens, chicken shacks and any establishment serving memorable vittles. All photos by James Calemine. Wilson’s Soul Food 351 North Hull Street Athens, Georgia 30603 706-353-7289
Never Ending Soul Food Tour - Weaver D's, Athens, GA
James Calemine’s “Never Ending Soul Food Tour” includes documented visits to barbecue joints, catfish dens, chicken shacks and any establishment serving memorable vittles. All photos by James Calemine. Weaver D’s “Automatic For the People” 1016 East Broad Street Athens, Georgia 30601
Never Ending Soul Food Tour - Daddy's Country Kitchen, Acworth, GA
James Calemine’s “Never Ending Soul Food Tour” includes documented visits to barbecue joints, catfish dens, chicken shacks and any establishment serving memorable vittles. All photos by James Calemine. Daddy’s Country Kitchen 4525 South Main Street Acworth, Georgia 30101 770-974-2281
Never Ending Soul Food Tour - Fatt Matt's Rib Shack, Atlanta, GA
James Calemine’s “Never Ending Soul Food Tour” includes documented visits to barbecue joints, catfish dens, chicken shacks and any establishment serving memorable vittles. All photos by James Calemine. Fatt Matt’s Rib Shack 1811 Piedmont Road Atlanta, Georgia 30324 404-607-1622
Tim Duffy: Music Maker Relief Foundation
Tim Duffy Swampland Interview Music Maker Relief Foundation A Treasure Trove of American Music by James Calemine March, 2007 Music Maker Relief foundation, a non-profit organization, assists neglected southern musicians with daily expenses, instrument acquisition, recording, tour read more...
Charlie Louvin
CHARLIE LOUVIN INSURED BEYOND THE GRAVE by James Calemine February 2007 The Louvin Brothers legendary songs transcend time. Born Ira (April 21, 1924) and Charlie (July 7, 1927) Loudermilk, the brothers were raised poor in Henagar, Alabama, and began singing gospel music early in their lives. A few years later read more...
Reflections on Willie Nelson: The Complete Atlantic Sessions
WILLIE NELSON: THE COMPLETE ATLANTIC SESSIONS …A JOURNEY TO THE RESERVOIR OF AMERICAN COUNTRY & SOUL… by James Calemine “If America had one voice, it would be Willie’s…” - Emmylou Harris Willie Nelson’s music crosses many generations. His life’s work includes 50 read more...
Reflections on Gram Parsons: The Complete Reprise Sessions
GRAM PARSONS - THE COMPLETE REPRISE SESSIONS by James Calemine “In my hour of darkness, in my hour of need Oh Lord grant me vision oh Lord grant me speed.” (from Return of the Grievous Angel) A veritable writer once said, “Death is a great career move.” No finer read more...
Immortal Blues - In Memoriam: Chris Whitley
IMMORTAL BLUES - IN MEMORIAM: CHRIS WHITLEY 1960-2005 by James Calemine There’s a dirt floor Underneath here To receive us When changes fail May this shovel Loose your trouble Lay them Far Away “Dirt Floor” At 45, Chris Whitley died of lung read more...
The Georgia Sea Island Singers - Preserving Coastal Music Traditions
The Georgia Sea Island Singers Preserving Coastal Music Traditions By James Calemine Spring 2006 After four decades, Frankie and Doug Quimby continue to travel the world as the Georgia Sea Island Singers, sharing the Gullah culture with audiences from presidents to preschoolers. The group’s read more...
Sam Shepard Stars in "Don't Come Knocking"
The Electric Cowboy Stars In Wim Wenders' Latest Film by James Calemine December '05 Sam Shepard’s career epitomizes the rugged soul of America’s West. The award winning playwright stars in Wim Wenders latest film, Don’t Come Knocking, as a 60 read more...
Luther Dickinson (North Mississippi Allstars)
LUTHER DICKINSON TALKS ABOUT HIS DAD'S MUSICAL LEGACY, ELECTRIC BLUE WATERMELON AND TOURING WITH JOHN HIATT By James Calemine October 2005 Luther Dickinson called me from Texas while the North Mississippi Allstars bus rolled onto their next destination during a tour with John Hiatt behind his new album Master of read more...
Breakfast With Hunter
Breakfast With Hunter: A Film By Wayne Ewing Starring Dr. Hunter S. Thompson by James Calemine Feb. 2005 “There may be flies on you and me, but there are no flies on Jesus.” -Hunter S. read more...
Sam Peckinpah
The Furious Legacy of an American Maverick by James Calemine December 2004 2004 marks the thirtieth anniversary of Sam Peckinpah’s Bring Me the read more...
Rich Robinson (Black Crowes)
AS THE CROWE FLIES RICH ROBINSON ON THE BLACK CROWES AND GOING SOLO By James Calemine This interview was conducted with Rich Robinson four months before the Black Crowes regrouped in February of 2005 to tour for their “All Join Hands” tour. -JC 15 years ago Rich Robinson and his brother Chris left Atlanta, read more...
Mudcat: Shake 'Em On Down
MUDCAT: SHAKE ‘EM ON DOWN By James Calemine October 2004 Daniel “Mudcat” Dudeck sits in a wooden chair on the small stage playing Blind Willie McTell’s “Savannah Mama”, sliding the brass cylinder up and down the neck of his acoustic Gibson guitar. His read more...
Drive-By Truckers: Southern (Dis)Comfort
DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS Southern (Dis)Comfort: It’s Only Rock and Roll by James Calemine I “People need trouble——a little frustration to sharpen the spirit on, toughen it. Artists do; I don’t mean you need to live in a rat hole or read more...
Johnny Neel: Mr. Soul
Johnny Neel: Mr. Soul by James Calemine “Smokestack Lightning Shining just like Gold.” Howlin’ Wolf You can’t teach soul. Johnny Neel ranks as one of the country’s most soulful, and versatile, players. Neel’s amalgamation of blues, funk, R & B, jazz, gospel, read more...
The Late Great Townes Van Zandt
A deluge of Townes Van Zandt releases flood the market since his death on January 1, 1997. A bitter legal battles ensues over Van Zandt's prolific song catalogue. Various related projects recently became available such as Norah Jones' Handsome Band: Live 2004, Margaret Brown's great DVD: Be Here To Love Me, and Townes in Amsterdam, a 1991 live performance. The following article read more...
Clarence Fountain (Blind Boys of Alabama)
Clarence Fountain Interview Higher Ground by James Calemine Spring 2002 On September 3, 2002, Real World Records released the new Blind Boys of Alabama album titled Higher Ground, featuring Robert Randolph & the Family Band as the backing musicians. This gospel collection covers read more...
Bloodkin: Cutthroat Blues
Bloodkin Cutthroat Blues by James Calemine The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs. There’s also a negative side. Hunter S. Thompson The truth was obscure, too profound and too pure, to live it you had read more...
Stanley Booth: Can I Get A Witness
Can I Get A Witness The True Adventures of Stanley Booth By James Calemine Winter 2000 Jack Kerouac was a writer. That is, he wrote. Many people who call themselves writers and have their names on books aren’t writers and can’t write—the difference being a bullfighter who fights a bull is different than read more...
Farther Down The Road with Taj Mahal
Farther Down The Road with Taj Mahal By James Calemine Taj Mahal remains a craftsman of many musical styles. His career reveals a vast scope submerged within traditions of roots music. This year Columbia released four Taj Mahal classics: Taj Mahal, The Nach’l Blues, The Real Thing, and The Best of Taj Mahal.