Subject: Sam Phillips

• Over the Weekend...Robert Plant & Alison Krauss @ Red Rocks

  June 23, 2008

• Variety, Country Style

  On two new reissues, a pair of C&W legends refuse to paint by the numbers.

  October 23, 1997

• The Sideman

  The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame acknowledges Scotty Moore, the guitarist behind the King.

  February 24, 2000

• Top 10 Reissues of 2008

  Over the next couple of weeks, Backbeat will feature some Top Ten lists from around the Village Voice Media chain. Click here for previous year-in-review coverage from Backbeat and VVM. It's time to rank the best of what went around and came around again. BILLY JOEL The Stranger (Columbia/Legacy) As punk and disco exploded, the Piano Man's deeply unhip 1978 breakthrough proved that top-shelf Broadway/Brill Building songwriting could still sell - and, occasionally, rock. "Scenes From an Itali

  December 23, 2008

• The Beatdown

  June 19, 2003

• Sweet Emotion

  August 30, 2007

• Stand Up Girl

  Angie Stevens has finally put the past behind her.

  August 3, 2006

• Hello, He's Not Johnny Cash

  Walk the Line never strays from the dull telling of a tall tale.

  November 17, 2005

• Americana Pie

  Grab a slice of 2004's best roots music while it's still hot.

  December 30, 2004

• This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

  September 2, 2004

• That's a Wrap-Up

  Backbeat writers sound off on a few of their favorite musical things from 2002.

  December 26, 2002

• The Lost King

  Seeking memories and meaning, Elvis fans flock to Memphis.

  August 29, 2002

• Johnny Cash

  The Essential Johnny Cash
  The Fabulous Johnny Cash
  Hymns by Johnny Cash
  Ride This Train
  Orange Blossom Special
  >Carryin' On With Johnny Cash & June Carter (Columbia)

  April 25, 2002

• Rock and a Hard Place

  Music can free your soul, but can it spring the West Memphis Three?

  October 5, 2000

• Hooked on Phonics

  Deke Dickerson and the Ecco-fonics echo the happy days of Fifties rock.

  November 25, 1999

• What's Ike Got to Do With It?

  Ike Turner doesn't say he's innocent, but he swears he's not as guilty as you think.

  May 13, 1999

• A Whiter Shade of Pale

  Eminem plays the race cardin reverse.

  April 29, 1999

• Cash on the Barrelhead

  After a period of obscurity, Johnny Cash is once again a wanted man.

  June 12, 1997

• Playlist

  June 5, 1997

• The Prize Patrol

  The biggest musical winners from 1996.

  December 26, 1996

• Rock's Roles

  Hardrock Gunter: From rockabilly pioneer to insurance agent to rock-and-roll legend.

  February 29, 1996

• THRILLS

  September 20, 1995

• PLAYLIST

  November 16, 1994