Rural Guitar's Almanac of Things Mostly True (Volume 1)
Rural Guitar’s Almanac of Things Mostly True (Volume 1) is a rogue publication which combines all that we love about zines, song folios, magazines and higher-brow art books. Featured in its [200+] pages are essays, interviews, recipes, games, photographs, meditations and transcriptions which investigate the wild and wonderful world of the guitar—not just rural—with the help of our deeply thoughtful cast of contributors. This publication is limited to 250 copies with no online presence, and a portion of its profits will be donated to Inspiritus Nashville, a local non-profit and food bank empowering low-income families.
Delivery date: late March/ early April
Dimensions: 8.5” x 11”
A few highlights: CRK talks to David Rawlings about building out Woodland Studios along with archiving his various materials, Alan Barnosky shares his extensive catalog of George Van Eps solos, Dan Kniskowy (Adeline Hotel) interviews Nathan Salsburg (and vice versa), Merle Travis’ cornbread recipe is unearthed by Deke Dickerson, Flip Scipio and Rachel Combs share recipes from their youth, Dylan Day talks about using open D as standard tuning, how it’s psychedelic, and his new album, Max Bierman of Glaser Instruments predicts the weather with a gut string, horse hair and a nail.
Contributors: Zoh Amba, Matt Arons, Alan Barnosky, Carling Berkhout, Max Bierman, Maple Byrne, Annabella Boatwright, Sarah Carter, Jack Clutter, Rachel Combs, Philippe Custeau, Dylan Day, Joseph Decosimo, Deke Dickerson, Will Ellis, Brittany Haas, Justin Hiltner, John Huber, Cameron Knowler, Dan Knishkowy, Adam Perlmutter, David Rawlings, Josh Rawlings, Josh Rosenthal, Nathan Salsburg, Flip Scipio, Cory Seznec, Ethan Sherman, Alec Smart (aka V.Q. Holliday), Nathan Sykes, Joseph Terrell, Daniel Thompson, Jordan Tice, Camille Thornton (and copy editor), Merle Travis, with supporting imagery from the Country Music Hall of Fame and the Grand Ole Opry.
