Howdy, As evidenced by this week's play list, I am still experimenting a bit with the format for The Fringe. For the most part, I believe it's coming together nicely. I'll let y'all be the judge. This week's featured artist is Fred Eaglesmith. Fred will be appearing live in Knoxville on March 27 at the Bird's Eye View Pub and Coffeehouse in the Old City. Fred becomes the first artist to have been a featured artist on the Fringe more than once (he was also a featured artist back in November). In addition to music from Fred Eaglesmith, the following artists made their Fringe debut this week: The Black Crowes, Black 47, Luka Bloom, Tennessee Ernie Ford, The Lonesome Strangers, Aimee Mann, The Samples, Mavis Staples, The Marshall Tucker Band, and The Underdogs. Any way, in case you care, here's what The Fringe sounds like on the first night of spring. (Contact information, etc., follows) Fringe -- Episode #27 -- 9 PM to Midnight WDVX- FM -- Clinton/Knoxville, TN -- March 20, 1999 Working Man Blues -- Lone Justice -- This World Is Not My Home -- Geffen The Great Compromise -- John Prine -- Diamonds in the Rough -- Atlantic (3/25@Paramount, Bristol) Low Down Ways -- The Marshall Tucker Band -- Where We All Belong -- AJK Angel of the Lord -- Fred Eaglesmith -- Lipstick, Lies and Gasoline -- Razor & Tie (3/27@Bird's Eye View, Knoxville) Payday Blues -- The Underdogs -- Unleashed -- Howlin' Muse I'm Convicted -- Bad Livers -- Industry and Thrift -- Sugar Hill Ziggy Stardust -- The Gourds -- Gogitchyershinebox -- Watermelon Spookin' the Horses -- Fred Eaglesmith -- Lipstick, Lies and Gasoline -- Razor & Tie Statesboro Blues -- The Allman Brothers Band -- Legendary Hits -- Rebound Records The Distance Between You and Me -- Sara Evans -- Will Sing for Food -- Little Dog (3/25@Viking Hall, Bristol) Drinking Too Much -- Fred Eaglesmith -- Lipstick, Lies and Gasoline -- Razor & Tie Southern Accents -- Johnny Cash -- Unchained -- American Harlan Man -- Steve Earle and the Del McCoury Band -- The Mountain-- E-Squared They're Making Me (Polka) -- R.B. Morris -- Knoxville Sessions -- Rich Mountain Bound (3/25, Paramount, Bristol; 3/26@Down Home, Johnson City) Smells Like Thirty Something -- Asylum Street Spankers -- Hot Lunch -- Cold Spring I Need Love -- Luka Bloom -- The Acoustic Edge -- Rhino The Way We Make a Broken Heart -- John Hiatt with Rosanne Cash -- The Best of John Hiatt Thinking -- Fred Eaglesmith -- Lipstick, Lies and Gasoline -- Razor & Tie Simple Man -- Lynyrd Skynyrd -- Box Set -- MCA Jack the Ripper -- Link Wray -- Rumble! The Best of Link Wray -- Rhino Seven Shells -- Fred Eaglesmith -- Lipstick, Lies and Gasoline -- Razor & Tie Lungs -- Lyle Lovett -- Step Inside This House -- Curb/MCA All Over Now -- Aimee Mann -- Buy-Product 2 -- DGC Goodbye, Maria -- BR5-49 -- Big Backyard Beat Show -- Arista (3/27@Bijou, Knoxville) Soda Machine -- Fred Eaglesmith -- Drive-In Movie -- Vertical Go Be and Do -- The Riptones -- Cowboy's Inn -- Bloodshot I Hate Myself -- Bare Jr. -- Boo-Tay -- Immortal (4/2@Tennessee Theater, Knoxville) Sister Luck -- The Black Crowes -- Shake Your Money Maker -- Def American (4/2@Tennessee Theater, Knoxville) Where Did All the French Girls Go -- The Band -- Jubilation -- Platinum Entertainment Taxi -- The Samples -- The Last Drag -- W.A.R. White Rose -- Fred Eaglesmith -- Drive-In Movie -- Vertical Is It Real -- Justin Petraitis -- Autumn Breeze My Baby's Gone -- The Backsliders -- Throwin' Rocks at the Moon -- Mammoth Holding On To Your Love -- Mavis Staples -- Mavis Staples -- Aurific Crashin' and Burnin' -- Fred Eaglesmith -- Drive-In Movie -- Vertical Because the Wind -- Jimmy LaFave -- Trail -- Bohemia Beat Virginia Way/Shenandoah Breakdown -- The V-Roys -- All About Town -- E-Squared (4/8@Sing Sing, Chattanooga) 49 Tons -- Fred Eaglesmith -- Drive-In Movie -- Vertical Rooty Toot Toot -- John Cougar -- The Lonesome Jubilee -- Polygram Number 9 -- The Lonesome Strangers -- Land of Opportunity -- Little Dog You Don't Have Very Far to Go -- Lucinda Williams -- Tulare Dust -- Hightone Pretty Good -- John Prine -- John Prine -- Atlantic (4/9@Tivoli, Chattanooga) James Connolly -- Black 47 -- Live in New York City --Gadfly Sixteen Tons -- Tennessee Ernie Ford -- Vintage Collections -- Capitol Time to Get a Gun -- Fred Eaglesmith -- Lipstick, Lies and Gasoline -- Razor & Tie ...and there ya have it. Another three hours that could have been used for cancer research, instead wasted listening to the Fringe. As I mentioned earlier, I'll be attending the Eaglesmith show this Saturday so there will be a guest host for next Saturday night. The Fringe returns on April 3. I have no idea who will be my featured artist. If you'd like your band to be considered for airplay on the Fringe (and to have a chance to be one of the prestigious acts to become a featured artist...) contact me at: Shane Rhyne 208 W. Glenwood Avenue, #2 Knoxville, TN 37917 4 out of 5 working mothers prefer The Fringe to the leading brand of detergent... Take care, Shane Rhyne Knoxville, TN [EMAIL PROTECTED] NP: The Cornell Hurd Band, Texas Fruit Shack
