The 1990s were not a good time for Jerry Garcia despite the fact that the Grateful Dead had reached new levels of popularity following the success of 1987’s ‘In The Dark’, and they were second only […]
There’s got to be a great poll to be staged soon to find out the best debut album title ever. For what it’s worth, my nomination would be cult band Shivaree’s 1999 album ‘I Oughtta Give […]
There are some bands who inexplicably pass you by. Despite being favourites of some of my AUK colleagues, The Long Ryders were one of those groups for me. Having started to correct that oversight by buying […]
In the last weeks of 1975 and the early weeks of 1976, filmmaker James Szalapski captured footage showing the founders of the outlaw country movement in Texas and Tennessee. The movie was low budget and at […]
I’ve always enjoyed throwing a bit of a spanner in the works or slightly subverting a convention and I’m afraid that my contribution to this great series may be seen as just that but please bear […]
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