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Chicago's Bloodshot Records closed on Monday after providing a home to many alt-country/insurgent country artists for over 25 years. It's roster included (at one time) Alejandro Escovedo, Robbie Fulks, Jon Langford, the Bottle Rockets, Ryan Adams, The Mekons, Andre Williams, The Sadies, Justin Townes Erle, the Waco Brothers, Graham Parker, Sarah Shook, Old 97's, Rookie and many, many more. Although the last two years were, to put it mildly, turbulent for the label, I, for one, will miss them. They were scrappy and put out a lot of great music by fantastic artists.

Agreed - It's not nearly as good as New York, but I still listen to Magic and Loss from time to time - usually on the anniversary of a friend's or family member's death. And it still punches me in the gut and lifts me up in the same 40 minutes! And that's a good thing.

Whoa! Thanks for the heads-up on this.

Drive-By Truckers

^^^ Seeing Captain Beefheart and Stevie Nicks together made me laugh. Maybe Stevie should have recorded a duet with with Don like she did with Petty.

Great story! Please find out where she bought that t-shirt - I want one!