Volume III, Issue 20
November 8 - November 15, 1999


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A Shining Moment [2]
Red Foley's historic 1949 sessions celebrate their 50th anniversary.
Randy Fox, NASHVILLE SCENE
Hollywood-Bound [3]
Rich Creamy Paint and Big Kenny enter the wonderful world of Disney.
Noel Murray, NASHVILLE SCENE

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Too Late to Stop Now [4]
Love him or hate him for his undisputed influence on contemporary jazz, Wynton Marsalis's mission is to bring the music into the mainstream of American cultural life.
Jon Garelick, THE BOSTON PHOENIX
Rig and Roll [5]
A unique combination of traditional style and over-the-top energy has made Flathead shows a weird melting pot of hipsters, punks, cowboys and frat kids.
Bob Mehr, TUCSON WEEKLY
Complete Freedom [6]
A profile of Bad Livers banjo player Danny Barnes.
Raoul Hernandez, AUSTIN CHRONICLE
Against the Grain [7]
A profile of Bad Livers bassist Mark Rubin.
Andy Langer, AUSTIN CHRONICLE

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Hello Dolly [8]
Even after years of celebrity outside the musical arena, Dolly Parton's bluegrass release "The Grass Is Blue" shows that she hasn't lost the spunky, sweet knack that made her a country diva in the first place.
Grant Alden, THE BOSTON PHOENIX
Putting Up a Good Fight [9]
Country-rock band Old 97's may be more than you bargained for.
Chris Herrington, MEMPHIS FLYER
Cover Boy [10]
Bryan Ferry's "As Time Goes By" dips into classics from the late '20s and '30s and for the first time in a long time -- and it reaches with a human touch.
Richard C. Walls, THE BOSTON PHOENIX

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LETTER FROM THE EDITOR:
n November 1949, Red Foley spent a little over three days in the studio and emerged with eight Top 10 hits, including the first million-selling country record cut in Nashville. Those records are still considered undying classics.
Two upstart pop-rock bands from Nashville are stepping out with the muscle of the Walt Disney corporation pushing hard behind them.
Dolly Parton is the latest mainstream artist to release an exceptional bluegrass album, with results that are more emotionally direct than anything rock and roll has offered since the early part of this decade.
Plus, Wynton Marsalis, Flathead, Danny Barnes and Mark Rubin of Bad Livers, the Old 97's, and more.

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Boston Phoenix CD Reviews [11]
- Save Ferris
- Carl Cox
- The Church
- Lil Wayne
- Blinker the Star
- Don Walser
- Tom Rush
- Thomas Mapfumo and the Blacks Unlimited
Tiny Tunes [12]
- The Aluminum Group
- The Magnetic Fields
- John Southworth
Now What? [13]
If you go gaga over the sultry smoothness of a symphonic glissando, just wait till you experience our transitions to cool and useful music links on the Web.
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