April 1, 2004 • Vol. 14, No. 14

A four-decade look at the Knoxville music scene On sale now! Thurs, Apr. 1 • Jazz Genome Project At: Urban Bar, 10pm. • Dark Hollow Band At: Quaker Steak & Lube, 9pm. • Rocky Wynder Trio Wine tasting prior to the show. At: Bogartz, 9pm. • Flipside Runner At: Amnesia, 8pm. $5. • The Gibson Brothers At: Disc Exchange, Chapman Highway, 12pm. • Josh Marcum Trio At: Downtown Grill & Brewery, 8pm. • Mikel Grubb Band w/ Sam Fisher (of Weekend Excursion) and Jacks of Trade At: Blue Cats, 9pm. $5. • Scott McNutt & Dana West Exquisite nuptials with surprise guests. At: Market Square, 6:30pm. Free, as all the best things in life are. Fri, Apr. 2 • Scott Miller & The Commonwealth Americana rock at its best. At: Blue Cats, 9pm. $12. • Noe & Sweet At: Smokey’s Sports Pub, 8:30pm. • Bill Joor & Moe Denham Jazzy blues or bluesy jazz? You decide. At: Knoxville Museum of Art, 5:30-8pm. $6 general, $3 KMA members, UT students w/ ID. • Bill Joor & Moe Denham At: Preservation Pub, 10pm. • The Streamliners At: Fairbanks, 9:30pm. $10. • Dead Star Prophecies w/ David O’Dell and Trojan Halfbreed Circus At: Prince’s Deli, 9pm. • Roe Junction At: Starlite Bar & Grill, 9pm. • The Fifth At: The Spot, 9pm. • Matt Hall At: Oskie’s, 9pm. • James Bloy An evening of organ music. At: Maryville College Fine Arts Center, 8pm. • Stormy Mountain At: The Doghouse, 10pm. • Nine Mile Skid Dead covers. At: Charlie Peppers, 9:30pm. • Ashley Cleveland w/ Brooke Campbell Contemporary-Christian star. At: New City Cafe, 7pm. • Hip Twangers At: Judy’s, 9:30pm. • Ralph Blizard and the New Southern Ramblers At: Laurel Theater, 8pm. $10-$12. • Ceruti Quartet At: UT Music Hall, 8pm. • Bruce Katz At: Sassy Ann’s, 9:30pm. $6. • Shades of Blue At: Brackins, 9pm. Free.

COVER STORY
West Knoxingtonville
The whole benighted concept of a new downtown erupting by design in West Knox County is crushed, bent and spindled hilariously in a special piece that had to be published today or never.

FEATURE
On the first of April, 1954...
Jack Neely makes another try in a stream of valiant efforts by serious students of myth and reality to verify the legend that there really was a fatal moonshine runner’s wreck on Kingston Pike, as the story and song suggest in Robert Mitchum’s cult classic, Thunder Road.

Citybeat
Joe Tarr considers why Austin Homes residents want to save their homes and wonders why KCDC is so resistant, and Clint Casey peers into the beer-permit entanglement that twists through South Knox County over the use of Marble Springs Park for concerts.
Plus: Seven Days, Meet your City, and Knoxville Found.
• EAR TO THE GROUND • LETTERS •

Opinion
Joe Sullivan sets his Insights on county Mayor Mike Ragsdale’s anticipated advocacy of performance pay for Knox County teachers in Insights, Scott McNutt looks at the convention center and sees a pale pachyderm in Snarls, and Jack Neely takes country music back to its city roots in Secret History.

A&E
John Sewell warns you to Beware the Gentlemen, Julia Watts looks at offerings from DCB Pierre and the Guerilla Girls in Pulp, and Paige M. Travis reviews subUrbia in Backstage.
• EYE ON THE SCENE • CALENDAR • SPOTLIGHTS •

Movie Guru
Joe Tarr reviews The Ladykillers.
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