Mavericks of Sound: Conversations with Artists Who Shaped Indie and Roots Music

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In this book, music scholar David Ensminger offers a collection of compelling interviews with legendary roots rock and indie artists who bucked mainstream trends and have remained resilient in the face of enormous shifts in the music world. Ensminger brings to light the highways and byways trod by these music icons over the course of their careers.;The song is the territory : singer songwriters : Tom Russell, Peter Case, Dave Alvin, Billy Joe and Eddy Shaver, Jason Ringenberg, Robert Earl Keen -- Rockabilly and honky tonker renegades : Junior Brown, Deke Dickerson, Reverend Horton Heat -- Indelible indie rock icons : Janet Bean, member of 11th Dream Day, Dave Thomas, member of Pere Ubu, Robert Schneider, member of Apples in Stereo, Michael Gira, members of The Swans and Angels of Light, Jarboe, members of The Swans, Richard Buckner and Alejandro Escovedo -- The other side of the pond : voices from Britain and New Zealand : James Stevenson, member of Chelsea, Gen X, Gene Loves Jezebel, Mike Scott, member of Waterboys, Richard Thompson, David Gedge, member of Wedding Present and Cinerama, David Kilgour, member of The Clean -- Short cuts : concise interview with icons : Merle Haggard, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Wayne Kramer, member of MC5, the Mekons, Ralph Stanley, Yo La Tengo, Neko Case, Rob Younger, member of Radio Birdman and New Christs. The song is the territory : singer songwriters : Tom Russell, Peter Case, Dave Alvin, Billy Joe and Eddy Shaver, Jason Ringenberg, Robert Earl Keen -- Rockabilly and honky tonker renegades : Junior Brown, Deke Dickerson, Reverend Horton Heat -- Indelible indie rock icons : Janet Bean, member of 11th Dream Day, Dave Thomas, member of Pere Ubu, Robert Schneider, member of Apples in Stereo, Michael Gira, members of The Swans and Angels of Light, Jarboe, members of The Swans, Richard Buckner and Alejandro Escovedo -- The other side of the pond : voices from Britain and New Zealand : James Stevenson, member of Chelsea, Gen X, Gene Loves Jezebel, Mike Scott, member of Waterboys, Richard Thompson, David Gedge, member of Wedding Present and Cinerama, David Kilgour, member of The Clean -- Short cuts : concise interview with icons : Merle Haggard, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Wayne Kramer, member of MC5, the Mekons, Ralph Stanley, Yo La Tengo, Neko Case, Rob Younger, member of Radio Birdman and New Christs.