On the cover: Billy Joe Shaver. Photograph by Jim Herrington. Song lyric from "Love Is So Sweet" by Billy Joe Shaver. On the spine: Song lyric from "Split & Slide" by Butch Hancock. Cover story headline (page 74): Adapted from lyrics to "When The Fallen Angels Fly" by Billy Joe Shaver.

FRONT PORCH
Hello Stranger; Box Full Of Letters; Farther Along; Field Reportings.

A PLACE TO BE
Regional portrait
Rafting on the Rio Grande with Butch Hancock.

MIKED
Live reviews
Commander Cody & the Lost Planet Airmen in Ann Arbor, MI; Neil Young & Crazy Horse in San Francisco, CA; Kurt Wagner in Dublin, Ireland; Kelly Hogan in Chicago, IL; Tarbox Ramblers in Baltimore, MD; Jim Lauderdale & Donna The Buffalo in Ithaca, NY; John Munson's Meltaway in Minneapolis, MN; Gizmos in Bloomington, IN.

TOWN & COUNTRY
Brief regional features
Bobby Earl Smith (Austin, TX); Kate Campbell (Nashville, TN); Barbara K (Austin, TX); Jason Wilber (Bloomington, IN); Split Lip Rayfield (Wichita, KS); Elizabeth Cook (Nashville, TN); 34 Satellite (Colorado Springs, CO); Greg Hawks & the Tremblers (Raleigh, NC); Gingersol (Los Angeles, CA); Open Road (Fort Collins, CO); Starline Rhythm Boys (Burlington, VT).

DON'T ASK ME NO QUESTIONS
Q&A
Alejandro Escovedo (interview by David Menconi).

THE LONG WAY AROUND
Extended features
Oh Susanna (by Paul Cantin)
Willard Grant Conspiracy (by Paige La Grone)
Jim White (by Allison Stewart)
Minus 5/Young Fresh Fellows (by Peter Blackstock)
Shaver (by Grant Alden)
Eric Taylor (by Peter Cooper)

NOT FADE AWAY
Reissues
Ronnie Lane; A Shot In The Dark: Tennessee Jive; Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys; Gram Parsons; Little Feat; Rick Nelson; Continental Drifters: Billy Hancock & the Tennessee Rockets; Johnny Bond; Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys.

WAXED
Record reviews
Johnny Dowd; Raisins In The Sun; Tim Easton; Old 97's; Honeydogs; Minibar; Silos; Delbert McClinton; Tony Rice Unit; Eliza Carthy; Howe Gelb; Mark Erelli; Swag; Hootie & the Blowfish; Jeb Loy Nichols; Carol Ponder; Bare Jr.; Have Nots; Gary P. Nunn; Forever Goldrush; Kevin Deal; Terry Anderson; Red Meat; Jerry Joseph; Hangtown; Ron Lasalle; Dan Israel; Eliza Gilkyson; Red Radio Flyer; Marc Chechik; Sons Of The San Joaquin. Compilations: The Gift soundtrack; Nashville Guitars. Imports: Four Storeys; Rich Hopkins & Billy Sedlmayr. Tributes: Blaze Foley Inside: BFI Volume #3; Our Favorite Texan: Bobby Fuller Four-ever!; Rollin' Into Memphis: Songs Of John Hiatt. Film: O Brother, Where Art Thou? Books: Da Capo Best Music Writing 2000; Rock And Roll Is Here To Stay.

THE NO DEPRESSION TOP 40
A retail chart for November - December 2000.

SCREEN DOOR
Stuff we like
The joys of collecting old country photos.