Blood of the Ram
Eleven Thirty
Enough can’t be said about this Austin, Texas-based group. If every band wrote, played and sang as well as the Gourds, music fans would be in heaven.
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Adrian Legg
Inheritance
Favored Nations Acoustic
Legg, voted “best fingerstyle guitarist” by Guitar Player’s readers four years running (1993-96), delivers his least acoustic-sounding album for his 14th release.
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Webb Wilder and the Beatnecks
It Came From Nashville
Landslide
Think of the Ventures and the Blasters fused, with a little spaghetti-Western-era Ennio Morricone thrown in for good measure.
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The David Thom Band
The Thief
Swollen Records
The David Thom Band is a breath of fresh bluegrass air.
At least enough that fellow Marin County, California, resident and mandolinist extraordinaire David Grisman endorses them and puts in right-speaker appearances on original Thom compositions “Rowan’s Run” and the title track. Other guests on the CD are bluegrass diva Kathy Kallick and guitar maestro Jim Nunally.
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NRBQ
Dummy
Edisun
The New Rhythm and Blues Quartet formed in 1967 and actually was a quintet. Seven years and three personnel changes later, the eclectic rock group found itself in a “classic quartet” mode that remained constant until 1994, when guitarist Al Anderson left for a successful songwriting career in Nashville and was replaced by the bass player’s brother.
