Articles by John F. Butland

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  Byrds

  Live At The Fillmore - February 1969

  PUBLISHED May 1, 2000

  History remembers the Byrds for their magnificent early singles and Sweetheart Of The Rodeo. By early '69, Roger McGuinn was the only origi...

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  Posies

  The Best Of The Posies - Dream All Day

  PUBLISHED May 1, 2000

  The Posies came along about the same time as the rest of the bands in the great Seattle grunge glut, but they were unique. Sure they rocked...

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  Tommy Womack

  Stubborn

  PUBLISHED May 1, 2000

  Womack's first solo album was a tasty roots pop effort, but Stubborn, his second, is a significant leap forward. "Up Memphis Blues" is rock...

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  Peter Case

  Flying Saucer Blues

  PUBLISHED May 1, 2000

  Ex-Plimsoul Peter Case's seventh solo album is his best since his 1986 debut, mainly on the strength of the hooks. His talent for wonderful...

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  Loud Family

  Attractive Nuisance

  PUBLISHED May 1, 2000

  Attractive Nuisance is a welcome return to form for one of rock's most literate and intellectual bands, after the wilfully arty glop of 199...

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  Various

  I-10 Chronicles

  PUBLISHED May 1, 2000

  Don't worry, even though this is a concept LP, it's a cool concept, not some fantastical rock opera. I-10 is the southernmost U.S. intersta...

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  Butterfly Joe

  Butterfly Joe

  PUBLISHED Apr 1, 2000

  Butterfly Joe features a couple of Dead Milkmen, Joe Jack Talcum and Dean Clean now going by the Lydon-ish anti-pseudonyms of Joe Genaro an...

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  AJ Croce

  Transit

  PUBLISHED Apr 1, 2000

  Yep, AJ is Jim Croce's boy. But you'll find none of his dad's limp, treacly folk rock here; it's smart, literate pop with an occasional sou...