brown mtn. lights and panther branch boys team up onstage to play sweetheart of the rodeo live.

almost too flattering, but a more than kind preview from spectator, june 2002. thanks greg barbera.	press clips of the "glances from a nervous groom" cd
rick cornell's article on "meltzer-hart", the new duo with tom meltzer, can be found at the link at the independent weekly.	the "glances from a nervous groom" cd was recently reviewed on allmusicguide.com (thanks ted james for pointing this out and to jack rabid for the review). have a look, click here.
a review in the very first issue of "no depression" (click here & scroll down past the waco bros. article to the "whiskeytown" header midway down) of a now legendary riot at a songwriters showcase in 1995 with jeff, ryan adams, gerry kee, sara bell and wes lachot.	an interesting one from italy, (click here and scroll halfway down) on "glances" and "jeff hart: the singles 1961- 1990". may be helpful and quite amusing to cut and paste that url into the "babelfish" translation page if , to quote nick lowe, "you don't speak-o italiano"
feb. 13, 2002 - article concerning the beginnings of the north carolina alt.country scene up to the present, namechecking jeff & members of the ruins, hanks and brown mountain lights - the independent	jan. 16, 2002 music preview - the independent
an ancient 1993 david menconi article on "chris stamey's big band" (click here). band members included chris, jeff, mitch easter, john howie (later of two dollar pistols) and brent lambert.	another spectator preview of "the brown mountain lights" from august 2002.
a spectator magazine preview article on the panther branch boys' live performance of the byrds' "sweetheart of the rodeo", december 2000.	not a press clip, but a fun photojournal (click here) from christmas 2002 by my dear friend steve thompson. scroll about 3/4 down the page for the pix and commentary.