Articles by David McPherson

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  Drive-By Truckers

  The Dirty South

  PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

  Somewhere in rock heaven, Lynyrd Skynyrd’s Ronnie Van Zant is surely smiling, left with a perma-grin due to this new offering by his Southe...

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  Long John Baldry

  It Ain't Easy / Everything Stops for Tea

  PUBLISHED Dec 1, 2005

  These two records document a bluesman ahead of his time who fused the rock’n’blues with a voice that forced you to listen up. Isn’t it a pi...

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  Long John Baldry

  It Ain't Easy / Everything Stops for Tea

  PUBLISHED Dec 1, 2005

  These two records document a bluesman ahead of his time who fused the rock’n’blues with a voice that forced you to listen up. Isn’t it a pi...

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  John Hiatt / Dwight Yoakam

  Live from Austin, Texas

  PUBLISHED Dec 1, 2005

  These are two of the most recent in New West’s Live from Austin, Texas series where they have dug into the Austin City Limits archives and...

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  Michael Laderoute

  A River I Know

  PUBLISHED Nov 1, 2005

  Twenty-three years in the making, A River I Know is the first studio release from Toronto-based songwriter Michael Laderoute. Raised in the...

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  James McMurtry

  Childish Things

  PUBLISHED Nov 1, 2005

  This songwriter certainly inherited his father’s gift with the pen. As the son of successful novelist Larry McMurtury, the Fort Worth nativ...

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  Old 97's

  Alive & Wired

  PUBLISHED Nov 1, 2005

  These Texas alt-country dudes are known for their scorching and sweaty live shows. Alive & Wired is as good as it gets for fans who can’t w...

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  Wayne Scott

  This Weary Way

  PUBLISHED Nov 1, 2005

  Imagine turning 71 and recording your first album. That’s exactly what Wayne Scott has done thanks to the help of son Darrell, a regular se...