Email Author John Nova Lomax

2001 Stories by John Nova Lomax

• Chalee Tennison

  published April 5, 2001

  If you've ever wondered what would happen if a young Loretta Lynn or Tammy Wynette were to arrive on Music Row today, songs in hand and kids in... More >>

• Playbill

  published March 22, 2001

  Through the '90s and beyond, Amarillo's Groobees have been doing the Panhandle proud with their mega-contagious mix of pop polish, folk songcraft... More >>

• Bastard Sons of Johnny Cash

  published March 22, 2001

  If you dare call yourself a bastard son of Johnny Cash, you better say it with a smile. Better yet: You best get the blessing of The Man in Black... More >>

• Rooted Gypsy

  published March 1, 2001

  "Our next number is a sort of Croatian-Serbian-Macedonian-type tune, but we're gonna do it with more of a Greek rhythm," announces Greg Harbar... More >>

• Playbill

  published February 15, 2001

  Last year was pivotal for Christy Claxton. After a decade of odd jobs, esoteric advanced degrees and stints in short-lived bands like the watsons,... More >>

• Hick Hop

  published February 15, 2001

  Nashvillians attempt to explain their utterly baffling road system by comparing the city to a great wheel. In this analogy, the hub is downtown,... More >>

• Junior Wells

  published January 11, 2001

  Blues lore has it that a preteen Amos "Junior" Wells shoplifted his first harp and got caught. The presiding judge asked why he was so desperate... More >>

• Tangled Up in Blues

  published January 4, 2001

  At C. Davis Bar-B-Q, his Reed Road haunt for a quarter-century, I.J. Gosey often perches, legs crossed at the ankles, on a chair or sometimes on... More >>