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VOLUME XXV
Number 1
“A Beautiful Life: Doyle Lawson's Quicksilver Sound" by
Jon Weisberger; "Scenes from a Rose Garden: Martina McBride found career
and family bliss by carefully balancing the timeless and the timely" by
Craig Havighurst; "Barn Dance in a Tent: John Lair's Renfro Valley Tent
Shows 1942-1947 Part Two" by Harry Rice; Primary Sources: "Letter to
Grandpa Jones" by Tim Davis; From
the Archive: "Spade Cooley's Prison Guitars" by Bill Lloyd; Record Reviews: "Play the Devil:
Veteran Singers take on the Classics" by Pete Loesch; Last Call:
"Buck Owens: 1929-2006" by Rich Kienzle, "Cindy Walker:
1918-2006" by Daniel Cooper, "Charles K. Wolfe: 1943-2006" by
Bill C. Malone; Stay a Little Longer: "WSM Camel Caravan at Wigwam Village."
VOLUME XXIII
Number 3
"Dolly Parton: Sitting Pretty" by Alanna Nash; "Hey, Good Cookin'" by Holly George-Warren; "Carson Robison: Granddaddy of the Hillbillies" by Wayne Daniel; "Mother Church Memories," photos by Lawson Little; From the Archives: "Colonel Tom Parker: The Country Colonel"; On the Record: "Wanda Jackson: Mean Woman Blues"; Book review: Patsy Montana: The Cowboy's Sweetheart; Last Call: "Johnny Cash Remembered" by Rosanne Cash.
Number 2
Features a cover story on superstar Tim McGraw; “Almost Heaven: Wheeling in the Years,” the story of the Jamboree in the Hills, David Cantwell looks at the anatomy of a hit record; Stephanie Chemikowski photos highlighting country's ties to New York City.
Number 1
Features articles on Alison Krauss, Kenny Rogers, story on the Bakersfield, California sound and its historic importance to country music.
VOLUME XXII
Number 3 - SOLD OUT!
Johnny Cash: The Spirit is Willing by Patrick Carr - At the age of seventy, Johnny Cash is not afraid of ghosts or whatever awaits him on the "other side." After surviving deadly battles with a mystery illness, his own demons, an extensive slate of reissues, star-studded tribute album and a new recording project prove that this country music legend's creative spirit is still strong.
Number 2
Journal of Country Music to Nashville Salutes Texas!: Country From the Lone Star State, an exhibit and special programming series celebrating the musical legacy of the Lone Star State; Richard Skanse's career profile of the Dixie Chicks; Devoted exclusively to essays and numerous historic photographs related to Texas music and musicians.
Number 1
"Dwight Yoakam: Route 23 Came West, Too" by Robert Price: As singer, songwriter, bandleader, actor and resolute defender of the country faith, Dwight Yoakam remains a contemporary star of the highest order. Now entering his third decade in the music business, Yoakam holds forth in the career that's taken him from Buck to Billy Bob, from Bakersfield to Bridget and beyond.
VOLUME XXI
Number 3
"Robbie Fulks: Country Without Borders" by Peter Margasak; "Help Me Make It Through the Night: The Anatomy of a Record" by David Cantwell; "Cy Coben: With a Pen in His Hand and a Song in His Heart" by Michael Streissguth; "Reel Live Women: A Video Essay" by Monica Kendrick; "Sarie & Sallie in the Case of the 'What, Me Worry?' Kid" by Lisa Williams; From the Archives: Fulks, Foley, and the Good Doctor Lew; JCM Profile: Sam & Jackie Wise, the BR5-49 Dancers; On the Record: Deep in the Heart of Texas; Book Reviews: A Century of Country: An Illustrated History of Country Music, Merle Haggard's My House of Memories: For the Record, Pilgrims: Sinners, Saints, and
Prophets, Austin City Limits: 25 Years of American Music, and It All Happened in Renfro
Valley.
Number 2
Lorrie Morgan: "The JCM Interview" by Chris Dickinson; "The Ting-a-Ling & Tears of Little Roy Wiggins" by Michael Streissguth; "Grand Ole Opry: The Next Generation" by Bill Friskics-Warren; "Zeke Turner's Honky-Tonk Boogie" by Richard Lieberson; From the Archives: Freakwater's Threads; Flashbacks: Historic Moments; JCM Profile: Brenda Lee; On the Record: Kelly Hogan, Rex Hobart & the Misery Boys, the Two Dollar Pistols with Tift Merritt, Alan Jackson and Neko Case.
Number 1 - SOLD OUT!
Steve Earle: "Long Night's Journey Into Day" by Dave Hoekstra; "The Still, Blue Hour of Stacey Earle" by Chris Dickinson; "Country Undetectable: Gay Country Artists" by Chris Dickinson; From the Archives: Bonnie Dodd; Untold Stories: Bam Bamford; JCM Profile: Bonnie Owens; On the Record: George Jones, Matt King.
VOLUME XX
Number 3 - SOLD OUT!
Number 2
"Hillbilly Boogie: All Mama's Children are Doin' the Bop" by Randy Fox & Michael Gray; "Let's Cut a Hit! The A-Team Talks" by John Rumble; "Fan Fair: The Hype & Happiness Show" by Richard D. Smith; From the Archives: The Box; JCM Profile: Stonewall Jackson; On the Record: Gillian Welch, Beck, Jenks "Tex" Carman, Gene Vincent, Wandering Eyes, Charlie Feathers.
Number 1
"Garth in the Park: Do You Recall What Was Revealed?" by Chris Dickinson; "The Road Goes on Forever: The Billy Joe Shaver Story, Part 2" by Michael McCall; "In Memory: Carl Perkins, Owen Bradley"; JCM Profile: Ranger Doug; Untold Stories: The Sundowners; On the Record: Mike Ireland, Dock Boggs, Pre-War Gospel, and more; Last Call: Tammy Wynette.
VOLUME XIX
Number 3
"Billy Joe Shaver Part I: Yesterday, Tomorrow Was Today" by Michael McCall; "Bill Monroe: A Photo Gallery by One of His Boys" by Gene Lowinger; "Ken Nelson: Bakersfield Bonanza" by Robert Price; "Vern Gosdin: The Story Behind the Voice" by Ted Olson; Untold Stories: Texas Bill Strength.
Number 2
"Reba McEntire on Hard Work, Fame and Feminism" by Chris Dickinson; "A Close Look at the Renfro Valley Barn Dance" by Harry S. Rice; "Emmett Miller and Jimmie Rodgers in Asheville" by Nick Tosches; "One-on-One with Dolly Parton" by Paul Kingsbury; Untold Stories: Kay Adams.
Number 1
"Growing Up Country: Ten Legends Speak" by Holly George-Warren; "The Del McCoury Band & The Nashville Bluegrass Band" by Dana Andrew Jennings; "Behind the Board with Bill Porter: Part Three" by John W. Rumble; "Country Music: An Etymological Journey" by Ronnie Pugh; "In Memory: Townes Van Zandt & Colonel Tom Parker"; Untold Stories: Cindy Walker.
VOLUME XVIII
Number 3
"Shania Twain: In Command" by Clark Parsons; "Ernest Tubb: Rock & Roll and Other Battles" by Ronnie Pugh; "Emmett Miller: The Final Chapter" by Nick Tosches; Briefings: Letters to the Jimmie Rodgers Society; Untold Stories: The Light Crust Doughboys; Off the Beaten Track: Ray Condo & His Ricochets.
Number 2
"Emmylou Harris: Out of the Past" by Daniel Coope; "Behind the Board with Bill Porter: Part Two" by John W. Rumble; "Lucinda Williams: Passionate Kisses" by Bob Bradley; Untold Stories: Swing Fiddler Buddy Ray; On the Record: Alternative Country.
Number 1
"George Strait: The Enigmatic Cowboy" by Daniel Cooper; "Behind the Board with Bill Porter: Part One" by John W. Rumble; "Ernest Thompson: Forgotten Pioneer" by Bob Carlin; Briefings: "Jimmy Rodgers's Birthplace"; Untold Stories: "Jim Reeves; Off the Beaten Track: Big Sandy; Backtracking: Buck Owens; On the Record: "Country In the Nineties."
VOLUME XVII
Number 3 - SOLD OUT!
Number 2 - SOLD OUT!
Number 1 - SOLD OUT!
VOLUME XVI
Number 1
"Merle Haggard: Workin' Man Blues" by Jason DeParle; "Reba McEntire Walks On" by Mary A. Bufwack & Robert K. Oermann; "Jimmy Arnold: Lost Soul" by Eddie Dean; "Eck Robertson: Country's First Recording Star" by Charles K. Wolfe; "The Buck Owens Discography: Capitol Recordings, 1957-64"; Untold Stories: Ernie Lee; Off the Beaten Track: Vic Chesnutt.
VOLUME XV
Number 2
"Journey to the Center of Billy Ray Cyrus" by Paul Kingsbury; "Teenage Idyll: An Everly Brother Looks Back" by Colin Escott; "Forgotten Novelty: Bob Skyles & his Skyrockets" by Kevin Reed Coffey; "Jack Guthrie: A Star That Almost Was" by Guy Logsdon; "Behold the Works of Bocephus" by Michael Bane; Gallery: Old Dominion Barn Dance; Untold Stories: A Georgia Fiddler Remembers Riley Puckett.
Number 1
"Women in Country: A JCM Special Report"; "Interview: Trisha Yearwood"; "Johnny Paycheck: Up from Low Places" by Daniel Cooper; "After the Flood: Billy Joe Shaver, Deborah Allen, Moe Bandy, and Others" by Bob Allen; "Charlie Rich: Bringing It All Back Home" by John Floyd; Untold Stories: Big Bill Lister.
VOLUME XIV
Number 2
"Profiles in Black & White: Color Me Country: Tales From the Frontlines" by Jeff Woods; "DeFord Bailey: They Turned Me Loose to Root Hog or Die" by David C. Morton with Charles K. Wolfe; "Charley Pride: Alone in the Spotlight" by Bob Millard; "O.B. McClinton: Country Music That's My Thing" by Rob Bowman; "Roots of Rock 'n Roll: Henry Glover at King Records" by John W. Rumble; Gallery: Cowboy Song Stars.
Number 1
"Are We Taking Randy Travis for Granted?" by Thomas Goldsmith; "Stuck in the Can: Five Country Albums You'll Probably Never Hear" by Bob Allen; "So You Wanna Be A Rock 'n Roll Star? Goin' Back with Chris Hillman" by Mark Humphrey; "The Flatt & Scruggs Discography: Releases 1949-1969" by Neil V. Rosenberg; "Untold Stories: Onie Wheeler."
VOLUME XIII
Number 3
"Jimmy Bowen Is the Most Respected/Reviled Man on Music Row" by Bob Allen; "'Like Paris in the Twenties: Notes on a Nashville Scene 1971-74" by Jack Bernhardt; "The Flatt & Scruggs Discography: The Columbia Recordings, 1965-69" by Neil V. Rosenberg; "Country Music Clones-Dittos, Duplicates & Deja Vu" by Edward Morris & Pete Loesch; Gallery: Gerald Holly.
Number 2
"Ricky Nelson: I'm Walkin'" by Joel Selvin; "Cowboys and Hillbillies Down Under: The First Wave of Australian Country Music" by Andrew Smith; "John Edwards: Collector Extraordinaire" by Steven Hirsch; "The Flatt & Scruggs Discography: The Columbia Recordings, 1960-64" by Neil V. Rosenberg; "Keith Whitley: No Stranger to the Rain" by Mark Coleman; Gallery: Muleskinner News.
VOLUME XII
Number 2
"How Producers Shape the Country Sound: A JCM Special Report;" "Interviews with Tony Brown and Kyle Lehning: Changing Sounds, Changing Methods" by John Morthland; "Songs That Tell a Story: Charlie Louvin" by Jimmy Guterman; "Elvis Emerging: A Year of Innocence and Experience" by Peter Guralnick; Country Music Obituaries; Gallery: Peter Nash.
VOLUME XI
Number 3 - SOLD OUT!
"John Anderson: When Hard Country Comes Too Easily" by James Hunter; "What Happened to the New Country Rock" by Jimmy Guterman; "Train Kept A-Rollin': A Conversation with Paul Burlison of the Rock 'n' Roll Trio (Part 2)" by Robert Bowman & Ross Johnson; "Muscle Behind the Music: The Life and Times of Jim Denny (Part 3)" by Albert Cunniff; Gallery: Butch Hancock.
Number 2
"Alabama's Luck and Legacy" by Edward Morris; "The Manifest Destiny of the Maddox Brothers & Rose" by Jimmy Whiteside; "Train Started Rollin': A Conversation with Paul Burlison of the Rock 'n' Roll Trio (Part 1)" by Robert Bowman & Ross Johnson; "Muscle Behind the Music: The Life and Times of Jim Denny (Part 2)" by Albert Cunniff; "Fiddlin' John Carson: On the Road and in the Studio (1924-34)" by Gene Wiggins; Index; Gallery: Empire Studio.
Number 1
"The Old Sound of New Country: A JCM Special Report"; "Interviews with Label Chiefs: Why Ricky, Reba, and George are Hard at It" by Ken Tucker; "Honky-Tonk Starts Here: The Jim Beck Dallas Studio" by Charles K. Wolfe; "Uprooted: The Short, Unhappy Life of Mel Street" by Edward Morris; "Muscle Behind the Music: The Life and Times of Jim Denny" (Part 1) by Albert Cunniff; "The Ernest Tubb Discography, Part 2, 1958-82" by Ronnie Pugh; Country Music Obituaries; Gallery: Walden Fabry.
VOLUME X
Number 3
"The Prime of Chet Atkins" by Bob Allen; "Roland Janes: Behind the Scenes at Sun" by Robert Bowman & Ross Johnson; "Places in the Sun: The Many Splendored Careers of Jimmie Davis" by Peter Mikelbank; "They Started Calling It Bluegrass" by Neil V. Rosenberg; Gallery: WLS National Barn Dance.
Number 2
"Bluegrass to Newgrass" by Bill C. Malone; "Rosanne Cash & Rodney Crowell: Both Sides Now" by Bob Allen; "Country Music and the Rural South: Reminiscing with Whitey & Hogan" by John W. Rumble; "Grady Martin: Unsung and Unforgettable" by Rich Kienzle; Gallery: Alan Messer.
Number 1
"The Chuck Wagon Gang: God's Gentle People" by Bill Malone; "Hello Dolly" by Porter Wagoner & Glenn Hunter; "John Baltzell, A Country Fiddler from the Heartland" by Howard L. Sacks; Gallery: "A Camel Caravan Scrapbook"; "Hardrock Gunter: The Mysterious Pig-Iron Man" by Nick Tosches; "Acuff on Exhibit" by Bob Allen; Index.
VOLUME VIII
Number 2
"Whiskey and Blood" by Roy Blount Jr.; "Interview: Willie Nelson" by Bob Allen; "The Nationalization of Southern Music" by Bill C. Malone; "The Checkered Career of Hank Penny" by Rick Kienzle; "Waylon Jennings: A Discographical Update" by John L. Smith.
Number 1 - SOLD OUT!
"Interview: Don Williams" by John Lomax III; "John Carson: Early Road, Radio, and Records" by Gene Wiggins; "Merle Haggard: In the Good Old Days (When Times Were Bad)" by Peter Guralnick; "Rockabilly Women" by Robert K. Oermann & Mary A. Bufwack; "Old-Time Tunes on Edison Records" by Simon J. Bronner; Index; Gallery: J. D. Sloan.
VOLUME VII
Number 3
"Mr. Victor and Mr. Peer" by Nolan Porterfield; "Logbooks from the Castle Studio, 1952-53" by John Rumble; "The Story of the Blankenship Family of North Carolina" by Robert Coltman; "Bob Dylan in Nashville" by Neil V. Rosenberg; "Ernest Tubb's Performing Career: Broadcast, Stage, and Screen" by Ronnie Pugh; Country Music Death Notices; Gallery: "1937 Opry: A Fan's Cartoons."
Number 2
"The Singing Cowboy: An American Dream" by Douglas B. Green; "Interview: Billy Sherrill" by Walter Campbell; "Juxtaposition and Syncretism in the Popular Music of Newfoundland" by Peter Narvaez; "A Conversation with Jack Dunigan" by Nolan Porterfield; Gallery: Clark Thomas.
VOLUME VI
Number 3
"I Feel It Down Through Music: World View in the Titles of Bill Monroe's Recordings" by Tom Ayers; "Cultural Dimensions of the Bluegrass Boom, 1970-75" by John Rumble; "WOPI-The Pioneer Voice of the Appalachians" by Richard Blaustein; "Hank Williams: Loneliness and Psychological Alienation" by Larry Powell; "Up North with the Blue Ridge Ramblers: Jennie Bowman's 1931 Tour Diary" by Charles K. Wolfe.
Number 2
"I Ain't No Ordinary Dude - A Bio-Discography of Waylon Jennings" by John L. Smith.
Number 1
"The Delmore Brothers: A Pre-War Discography" by Charles Wolfe; "Hillbilly Music Among the Flatlanders: Early Midwestern Radio and Barn Dances" by Timothy A. Patterson; "The Fertile Crescent of Country Music" by Richard Peterson & Russell Davis Jr.; "Foy Willing and the Riders of the Purple Sage: Teleways Transcriptions 1946-48" by Douglas B. Green.
VOLUME V
Number 4
"Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys on Radio,1942" (introduction by Bob Pinson).
Number 3
"The Grand Ole Opry 1944-45: A Radio Log" by Dick Hill (introduction by Douglas B. Green).