On the cover: Don Williams. Photo by Jim Shea; hand-tinted by Kevin D. O'Brien. Song lyric from ñI Sing for Joyî by Gary Burr, Doug Johnson, and Don Williams.

FRONT PORCH
Hello Stranger; All The FixinÍs; Farther Along; Box Full Of Letters; Ten Second News.

A PLACE TO BE
Road trip
The 22nd Annual Trigg County Country Ham Festival in Kentucky.

MIKED
Live reviews
John Duffey tribute in Alexandria, VA; Sandy Denny tribute in Brooklyn, NY; Freedy Johnston/Peter Case/Alejandro Escovedo in Santa Monica, CA; Bill Anderson in Newberry, SC; Eric Andersen in Cedar Rapids, IA; Michael Hurley in Portland, OR; Everly Brothers in Milwaukee, WI; Amy Ray/Danielle Howle/Beth Wood/ Rose Polenzani in Columbia, SC.

TOWN & COUNTRY
Brief regional features
Bob Egan (Oxford, MS); Radio Sweethearts (Glascow, Scotland); Beaver Nelson (Austin, TX); Cisco (Los Angeles); Tom Roznowski (Bloomington, IN); Jennyanykind (Chapel Hill, NC); Devil in A Woodpile (Chicago, IL); Lou Ford (Charlotte, NC).

THE LONG CUT
Extended features
Damnations TX (by Peter Blackstock)
J. D. Crowe (Joel Roberts)
"Portraits of the Artist By A Young Man" (photo essay by Jim Herrington)
Don Williams (by Geoffrey Himes)
Don Williams Discography (by Geoffrey Himes) No Depression web exclusive
Townes Van Zandt – (by Matt Hanks)

NOT FADE AWAY
Reissues
Bruce Springsteen; Ray Charles; Gene Autry; K.C. Douglas; Skip James; Dr. West's Medicine Show & Junk Band; George Jones.

WAXED
Record reviews
Real: The Tom T. Hall Project; Tim Carroll; Tony Joe White; Bottle Rockets; Osborne Brothers; Tom Leach; Vern Gosdin; Bare Jr.; Wes Cunningham; David Zollo; Ruthie & the Wranglers; One Riot One Ranger; Cowboy Nation; Wooldridge Brothers; Fernando; Geoff Muldaur; Pawtuckets; Mojave 3; Nancy Hess; Steam Donkeys; Ian Moore; James King; Dick Prall Band; Scott Carpenter & the Real McCoys. Compilations: Hempilation II; Fireworks Vol. 2.

BOUND
Book review
Careless Love: The Unmaking of Elvis Presley (by Peter Guralnick).

THE NO DEPRESSION TOP 40
A retail chart for September-October 1998.

SCREEN DOOR
Stuff we like
See Rock City in Lookout Mountain, Georgia.