An Interview with Jon Langford
Jason Gross, Bangsheet, May 1999
IN THE MIDDLE of yet another tour for the alt-alt-country act the Waco Brothers and on hiatus from his original band the Mekons, Jon "Boy" Langford took some time before a sound check at Maxwell's (famous Hoboken haunt) to share some thoughts on the many hats he wears, the state of country music and assorted political turmoil that fascinates him.
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