Articles by Eric Thom
Colin Linden
Raised By Wolves
PUBLISHED Nov 1, 2000
Few are aware of the depth of Colin Linden's involvement behind the Canadian music scene: he's appeared on over 150 albums, produced award-...
North Mississippi Allstars
Shake Hands With Shorty
PUBLISHED Nov 1, 2000
Growing up as kid brothers in a house with a famed Memphis producer for a dad (Jim Dickinson) and people like R.L. Burnside and Junior Kimb...
Don Rigsby
Empty Old Mailbox
PUBLISHED Nov 1, 2000
Don Rigsby is a bluegrass veteran and mandolin player extraordinaire, with such musical credentials as the Bluegrass Cardinals, J.D. Crowe...
Sons of the Desert
Change
PUBLISHED Nov 1, 2000
Call me a sucker for an acoustic guitar and a harmony, but this second release by Tony Brown protégés Sons Of The Desert is stuck on "repea...
Walter Trout and the Free Radicals
Live Trout
PUBLISHED Nov 1, 2000
Those "guitar hero" worshippers among us would do well to take note of this recent double-live disc recorded at the Tampa Bay Blues Fest in...
Alan Bibey
In The Blue Room
PUBLISHED Sep 1, 2000
This solo outing by New Quicksilver/IIIrd Time Out's mandolinist is a sweet introduction to all that's right about the state of bluegrass m...
Carson Downey Band
All The Way
PUBLISHED Sep 1, 2000
Once you fall for the singer's aggressively charged, soul-drenched vocals, you'll be blown away by the guitarist's raw ability to shred the...
David Johansen and the Harry Smiths
David Johansen and the Harry Smiths
PUBLISHED Sep 1, 2000
Why in the world should this guy get another chance to be taken seriously? Sure, his contribution to the New York Dolls may have been semin...