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Jay Farrar & 8-Track Heavana

Posted by Lance Davis - March 29, 2014 - Bernie Leadon, Bob Dylan, Flying Burrito Brothers, Gram Parsons, Jay Farrar, Jimi Hendrix, Michelle Shocked, Ramones, Rolling Stones, Uncle Tupelo
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pinto 8-track

Did you know that Jay Farrar of Uncle Tupelo and Son Volt fame published a book last year? Falling Cars And Junkyard Dogs was issued by indie Soft Skull Press and while it’s autobiographical, it’s not a straight linear narrative. In fact, there’s not much narrative at all. It’s autobio through a series of vignettes […]

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“I’ll Puke If That Jukebox Plays John Cougar One More Time”

Posted by Lance Davis - February 13, 2013 - Bottle Rockets, Brian Henneman, Chuck Berry, Jay Farrar, Jeff Tweedy, Otis Gibbs, Uncle Tupelo, Wilco
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Mr. Brian Henneman

  When we last discussed Brian Henneman, it was during his stint as roadie, second guitarist, and piss-taker-outer for Uncle Tupelo*, just prior to him forming The Bottle Rockets. He’s a great rock ‘n’ roll singer, songwriter, and guitarist, but Henneman is also a hilarious frontman and perceptive observer of the human experience. Those latter […]

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Big Sur I’ve Got Plans For You

Posted by Lance Davis - January 13, 2013 - Beach Boys, Ben Gibbard, California, Camper Van Beethoven, Jay Farrar, The Who
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  A few days ago, during top-secret Beach Boys research, I learned that Camper Van Beethoven is releasing a new album next week. Entitled La Costa Perdida (The Lost Coast), it’s their first album since 2004’s underappreciated stoner epic, New Roman Times. When Billboard asked CVB founder, David Lowery, about his inspirations for the new […]

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There Was a Time: The History of Uncle Tupelo

Posted by Lance Davis - April 1, 2012 - Brian Henneman, Jay Farrar, Jeff Tweedy, Ken Coomer, Max Johnston, Mike Heidorn, Uncle Tupelo
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  If I’ve said it once, I’ve said it a thousand times: One man’s lazy embedding of YouTube videos is another man’s history of Uncle Tupelo. Consider it a documentary, minus all the boring interviews, montages, and the Ken Burns move where a voice intones dramatically as a camera slowly pans across a black and […]

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Remembering March 16-20, 1992

Posted by Lance Davis - March 21, 2012 - Jay Farrar, Jeff Tweedy, Peter Buck, Uncle Tupelo
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“Halfway through the week, I thought, ‘Gee, this is like working on a classic Rolling Stones album. This is going to be a great record and it’s going to be around for a long time.’ I felt very responsible too. It was important to get everything right. Because you only get to make a record […]

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