Issue 45: 6th Annual Southern Music Issue

“[Willie Nelson] takes out a joint and passes it to me. I usually don’t partake, but to pass up a chance to inhale with Willie would be a sin.” — Jon Bon Jovi, from “Willie Stories” Willie Nelson stories told by B. B. King, Jon Bon Jovi, Toby Keith, James Caan, Kris Kristofferson, and others. Essays on Blind Willie Johnson, Otis Blackwell, Tommy Thompson, R.L. Burnside, Chris Bell, Esther Phillips, and many more. Contributors include John Jeremiah Sullivan, Billy Collins, Roy Blount Jr., Katy Vine, Lauren Wilcox, and more. CD Tracks: 1.  Why You Been Gone So Long / Johnny Darrell 2.  Total Destruction to Your Mind / Swamp Dogg 3.  1952 Vincent Black Lightning / The Del McCoury Band 4.  La Chanson d’une Fille de Quinze Ans (Song of a Fifteen Year Old Girl) / Ann Savoy and Linda Ronstadt 5.  Swan Blues / King Pleasure 6.  Run on for a Long Time / The Blind Boys of Alabama 7.  Evelyn Is Not Real / My Morning Jacket 8.  Lake Charles Boogie / Nellie Lutcher 9.  Hot Rod / The Collins Kids 10. No Headstone on My Grave / Esther Phillips 11. El Paso / The Gourds 12. Leaving Loachapoka / Marshall Chapman 13. Grits Ain’t Groceries / Little Milton 14. Killer Diller Blues / Memphis Minnie 15. Miss Maybelle / R.L. Burnside 16. God Moves on the Water / Blind Willie Johnson 17. Niki Hoeky / P.J. Proby 18. See That Coon in a Hickory Tree / The Delmore Brothers 19. Leaning on You / The Yo-Yo’s 20. You and Your Sister / Chris Bell 21. Columbus Stockade Blues / Willie Nelson 22. A Little Girl from Little Rock / Marilyn Monroe and Jane Russell 23. Goodnight Moon / Will Kimbrough