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Shining a light upon music that matters     Goodbye.   I want to thank everyone who has been a part of this little deal for the past fiftieth of a century or so. I have decided to close down Rockzillaworld. There will be no further updates of the site.   Being "Rockzilla" has been a big part of my life for a long time, and I am going to miss that bastard! I've learned a lot from running this site-- some good, some bad. I've had a lot of help from a lot of people, and I wish was could repay them for all they have done for me.   The folks who have written the hundreds of reviews posted here are some of the coolest people on the planet. They have worked their butts off to tell you about music that they felt you should hear about and you know what? They did it because they cared.   Thanks to all of the artists who supported me and my hair-brained schemes. Jack Ingram, Max Stalling, The Domino Kings, Brian Burns, Mark Manders, Davin James, Houston Marchman, Cooder Graw, Tommy Alverson, Kevin Deal-- hell, there's too damned many to list! I especially want to thank Jay Johnson for all of his work on our awards shows, and for drinking scotch with me and talking with me about things neither of us knew anything about until the bartender threw us out.   Then there's my friend Buddy Huffman. The Mad Rock & Roll Scientist and his band, Macon Greyson, have never turned down a request for help. They played our first event and they played our last event. I can't tell you how fortunate I feel having these four guys as friends. That alone makes the thousands of hours of work as "Rockzilla" worth every minute.   "Rockzilla has spoken" for the last time.               New DVD Reviews Drive-By Truckers, The Dirty South: Live at The 40 Watt By Greg Yost   Johnny Cash, A Concert Behind Prison Walls, By Greg Yost   New Record Reviews and Features   Ray Lamontagne, Trouble By Michael Hansen   Billy Dee, When the Vow Breaks By Dante Dominick   Peter Himmelman , Imperfect World By Zach Peterson   Brian Keane, I Ain't Even Lonely By Dante Dominick   South Austin Jug Band, 08/20/2005 By David Miller   Guy Forsyth, Love Songs: For And Against By Michael Hansen    An Evening with Hayes Carll, Sons of Hermann Hall, Dallas, TX, 08/06/05 By David Miller   Lucero, Nobody's Darlings By Mike Sheahan   Jerry Reed and Roger Creager , Live Albums By Al Kunz   Orville Davis, BarnBurner By Dante Dominick   Charlie Poole, You Ain't Talkin' To Me: Charlie Poole and the Roots of Country Music By Greg Yost   The Avett Brothers at MerleFest 2005 By Greg Yost   SXSW 2005 By Dante Dominick   Fred J Eaglesmith, Dusty By Michael Hansen   The Copperheads, This Train is Gainin' By Al Kunz   Blackie and the Rodeo Kings, BARK By Michael Hansen   Tracy Grammer, Flower of Avalon by Bonny Holder   Kieran Kane & Kevin Welch with Fats Kaplin , You Cant Save Everybody By Michael Hansen   Tom Freund, Copper Moon By Zach Peterson   Anne McCue, Roll By Michael Hansen   John Doe, Forever Hasn't Happened Yet By Marianne Ebertowski   Louis Ledford , Reverie By Marianne Ebertowski   Todd Snider, at Dr. Grin's Comedy Club, Grand Rapids, MI By Zach Peterson  The Americana Poetry Consortium Poetry? Yeah, we got poetry. But be prepared. These ain't exactly nursery rhymes we're talking about. We like to call it "Poetry With Balls." Check out the newest member of the APC, D.B.Cox, along with all of our other poets. Click here for The Americana Poetry Consortium. Political Tuneage! Thanks to Eliza Gilkyson, Kevin Welch, Jason Ringenberg, Guy Forsyth, Richard Shindell, Buddy Huffman, and Jay Johnson for graciously allowing us to offer you mp3's of their music. Click here to listen Writers Needed We need folks to help us review the mountains of records we seem to always have waiting. Previous writing experience is preferred. There are also opportunities for folks who can cover concerts for us. If you know music, and have at least some writing ability, this is an excellent way to get started. For more information, contact Mike Johnson at rockzilla-at-rockzilla.net  New to Rockzillaworld? Due to our somewhat disturbing tendency to never throw anything away, we have over 700 reviews stored on the site, and add new ones several times per week. To browse our latest reviews, go to the New Reviews page. To find articles about a specific artist, use the Site Search feature. Click here to sign up for our newsletter and we'll keep you informed about what's going on in Rockzillaworld Sponsors Please support the great folks who support Rockzillaworld. These are the folks who make what we do possible. Show 'em some love! Click here to visit our Sponsors Page. If you're interested in becoming a Rockzillaworld Sponsor, drop us a line at sponsors-at-rockzilla.net . Dear Buddy. Yes, he's our version of the Magic 8 Ball. Gunsmith, taxidermist, explosives expert, feed store clerk, and part-time radio personality Buddy Eugene Sikes answers all of your questions about life, love, etc. Click here for the latest advice from Buddy. Join The Rockzillaworld Group Want to talk music with a bunch of know-it-alls? Yeah, me neither. That's why we started our own group! Click here to join. Quick Notes! Quick Notes! was started as a way to allow us to report on more records. Here are the latest Quick Notes! Various, Brown Eyed Handsome Man: St Louis Salutes Chuck Berry   Haymaker, Music From Ed's House   Johnny Hiland, Johnny Hiland   Various, Stay All Night ­ Buddy Holly's Country Roots   Bobby Lindstrom, A Lick And A Promise Anthony Michael James, Old Friends Tinsley Ellis, The Hard Way   Kate James and Lost Country, Homewrecker, Heartbreaker   Craig Dillingham, Almost Yesterday   SETH, Nowhere Sometimes   The Straight 8s, Casualties of Cool   The Last Call Brawlers, The Last Call Brawlers   Reed Foehl , Spark   Allen Ramsey, Allen Ramsey   Click HERE to read them all. Buy Your Music Here Almost every record that we review can be purchased by simply clicking on the cover image. 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