‘Anodyne’ runder et kvart århundrede

“I remember John and I were standing out front of Cedar Creek waiting. Doug Sahm was coming to the studio and we were going to cut “Key to My Heart.” We don’t know when he’s going to get there, but we know it’s soon. And all of the sudden, we see this old, black Continental, with the suicide doors, swing around the corner and come blasting up the drive. Just blowing gravel everywhere. He jumps out, comes running in, he’s got a carrot juice mustache and the first thing he says to us, “Boys, have you tried carrot juice? Straight carrot juice. It’s better than cocaine!””

- Ken Coomer, trommeslager i den sidste inkarnation af Uncle Tupelo og i Wilco til og med ’Yankee Hotel Foxtrot.’

Rolling Stone fejrede for et par dage siden 25 året for Uncle Tupelos lille mesterværk ‘Anodyne’. Det foregik under overskriften ’Uncle Tupelo’s ‘Anodyne’ at 25: An Oral History’. Desværre uden medvirken fra de to hovedpersoner Jay Farrar og Jeff Tweedy, men den lange feature er nu særdeles læseværdig alligevel.