Glen Glenn and the half-century of reverb

PHOTO by DOMINIQUE ANGLARES
Before it was Glen Glenn, it was just Glen Troutman: a Missouri-born country singer who in the early ’50s played country dance hall shows and made the rounds on local TV stations (including Les “Carrot Top” Anderson’s County Barn Dance on channel 13, on which [...]

The gospel according to Big Sandy

Twenty years this year since Big Sandy and the Fly-Rite Boys—originally the Fly-Rite trio—first took off and they’ve always respected the strictest rock & roll rules. Every release they’ve ever done has been available on vinyl, and so complete at one point were their period kits that a little boy [...]

The happy Wanda Jackson country gospel rockabilly show

Writer Nick Tosches called Oklahoma’s star daughter Wanda Jackson “the greatest menstruating rock & roll singer whom the world has ever known,” and although the National Endowment for the Arts may not have had that specific phrase in mind, they so agreed with the general sentiment that they [...]