Issue Articles — BackTalk
Booker T.
Getting ready for his Jazz Fest appearance with Drive-By Truckers as his backing band, Booker T. Jones is thinking back to his first time in New Orleans. It was in […]
Charlie Louvin
As one half of the most successful duo in country music history—the Louvin Brothers—Charlie Louvin began performing on the Grand Ole Opry in 1955; and, along side his brother Ira, […]
The Knux
“Put me on the cover of OffBeat!” It’s Kintrell “Krispy Kream” Lindsey’s final request at the end of our conversation, and even though he’s not there, it’s time people in […]
Papa Mali
Guitarist Malcolm “Papa Mali” Welbourne made his reputation in Texas with the Austin-based Killer Bees; in Shreveport, Louisiana, where he grew up; and in New Orleans, where he went every […]
Jimmy Webb
For this special Backtalk with songwriting legend Jimmy Webb, we asked songwriter Jim McCormick to do the interview. McCormick is a staff songwriter for Warner Chappell Music in Nashville. His […]
Clint Maedgen
Clint Maedgen is a busy man. The impresario behind the Brechtian New Orleans musical theater group The New Orleans Bingo! Show is also the front man for his own groups, […]
Sonny Landreth
I received Sonny Landreth’s new album, Beyond the Reach, with mixed emotions. On one hand, it’s great to see Landreth keeping company with such acknowledged guitar heavyweights as Eric Clapton […]
Dr. John
The night they were to play on The Late Show with David Letterman to promote their new album City That Care Forgot, Dr. John gave his band one specific instruction. […]
