Newt’s Top 10 albums of 1991

ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN THE GEORGIA STRAIGHT, DEC. 1991 By Steve Newton Rap and dance music made strong inroads in 1991, but the year wasn’t a total write-off. The sacred power of the electric guitar could still be heard above the soulless clatter of MC Moronitis and DJ Jerkaround. Danny Gatton 88 Elmira St.  Fellow scribe … Continue reading Newt’s Top 10 albums of 1991

The Kentucky Headhunters are a hillbilly version of the Beach Boys

Anybody out there remember the old Davy Crockett TV show, starring Fess Parker as the coonskin-capped Tennessee woodsman?

Black Stone Cherry updates the glorious noise of Zeppelin, Skynyrd, and AC/DC on debut album

ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON JAN. 10, 2007 By Steve Newton When I call Black Stone Cherry drummer John Fred Young’s cellphone, he’s at a gas station in his hometown of Edmonton, a small town in south-central Kentucky. When the phone rings, John Fred is busy purchasing some bottled water, so his dad, Richard, picks up. That’s … Continue reading Black Stone Cherry updates the glorious noise of Zeppelin, Skynyrd, and AC/DC on debut album