Inside This issue:

FEATURES
Widespread Panic: Havin' a Good Time
Randall Bramblett: So Much More
Bloodkin: Cutthroat Blues
Betts, Hall, Leavell & Trucks: The Right Music, the Wrong Time

SPECIAL NOTES
O Brother Returns Us to Our Musical Roots
Talking in Code: Col. Bruce Hampton & the Code Talkers
Zambiland
Remembering the Quiet One: Chuck Leavell Reflects on the Life of George Harrison

DEPARTMENTS
Editor's Notes
Letters
Music heritage Series: Ma Rainey (Part 2)
Sessions with Tom Dowd: Otis Redding
Compact Dreams
HTN 6-Pack (In-Depth Reviews of CDs)
   Buddy & Julie Miller: Love Is the key
   Donna the Buffalo: Live from the American Ballroom
   Gillian Wewlch: Time (The Revelator)
   A Celebration of the Blues: Blind Pig Records 25th
   Anniversary Collection
   Kim Wilson: Smokin' Joint
   Shelby Lynne: Love Shelby
CD Reviews
   Reverend Gary Davis: Live at Newport
   Bob Dylan: Love and Theft
   James Mathus & His Knockdown Society: National Antiseptic
   North Mississippi Allstars: 51 Phantom
   Dr. John: Creole Moon
   Oysterhead: The Grand Pecking Order
   Stevie Ray Vaughn and Double Trouble: Live at Montreux
   1982 & 1985
   Gregg Rolie: Roots
   Charlie Hunter Quartet: Songs from the Analog Playground
Nothing Matters but the Fever
Trading Post

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