From tour to tour, album to album and, in many cases, song to song, the Silos shifted in size and style. Tennessean Delbert McClinton begins his best studio record in nearly 25 years like a block party on the wrong side of town. Livin' It Down. At home in a world dominated by romantics as helpless as they are heartless, McClinton fuses Lone Star soul with a rock 'n' roll spirit so relentless you can't help but dance to the story's misfortune. Ex-Jayhawks singer finds his own sound in Original Dippers By Walter Tunis, Contributing Music Critic Mark Olson's voice was breaking up into a scatter of West Texas static.
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Olson is trying to find a few spare minutes and a stretch of unobstructed Lone Star blacktop suitable for cell phone reception to do this one. Russell his cohorts in the traveling Americana ensemble known as the Original Harmony Ridge Creek Dippers Olson is trying to make every minute count. The Navy's first African-American diver struggles to succeed in this week's top new movie on video. These are heady times. Can't believe have to write about Bridget Jones's Diary.