Back Issues
The stack by the door
The archive has recovered these from racks, back rooms and one boat cabin. Each is a whole paper: the feature, the listings, the tide table, the bait report, the letters and the classifieds. More are recovered each week.
1980s
Tidewater BeatVol. 2, No. 16 · July 15, 1980 · FreeShow Report · Franklin CountyThe Blues, at Slack Water
Two Stinky Fingers hold Tuesday nights in a tin building by the river in Apalachicola. About forty came. The windows were open. Nobody left.Read this issue →Tidewater BeatVol. 3, No. 28 · Oct. 13, 1981 · FreeRecordsSeven Minutes, and Nobody Stopped It
Two Stinky Fingers’ second record comes out of Apalachicola. Side one, track three, runs long. We have played it for everyone in the office.Read this issue →Tidewater BeatVol. 6, No. 20 · Aug. 14, 1984 · FreeShow Report · Terrebonne ParishRoughnecks on the Bandstand, and One of Them Is Home
Burning Dead Dinosaurs drove eleven hours from the Permian Basin to play Houma Saturday. Their bass player worked out of here for six years. The hall knew him.Read this issue →Tidewater BeatVol. 9, No. 21 · Aug. 25, 1987 · FreeLocal ActsLOCAL ACTS: Various performances
Critter's Gonna Critter plays the Biloxi circuitRead this issue →Tidewater BeatVol. 11, No. 32 · Nov. 7, 1989 · FreeShow Report · BiloxiThe Kitchen Band Comes East One More Time
The restaurant in New Orleans has closed, and Spanking The Sauce are closing with it. They brought the farewell to Biloxi Friday. Nobody said farewell from the stage.Read this issue →
Two Stinky Fingers hold Tuesday nights in a tin building by the river in Apalachicola. About forty came. The windows were open. Nobody left.Read this issue →Tidewater BeatVol. 3, No. 28 · Oct. 13, 1981 · FreeRecordsSeven Minutes, and Nobody Stopped ItTwo Stinky Fingers’ second record comes out of Apalachicola. Side one, track three, runs long. We have played it for everyone in the office.Read this issue →Tidewater BeatVol. 6, No. 20 · Aug. 14, 1984 · FreeShow Report · Terrebonne ParishRoughnecks on the Bandstand, and One of Them Is HomeBurning Dead Dinosaurs drove eleven hours from the Permian Basin to play Houma Saturday. Their bass player worked out of here for six years. The hall knew him.Read this issue →Tidewater BeatVol. 9, No. 21 · Aug. 25, 1987 · FreeLocal ActsLOCAL ACTS: Various performancesCritter's Gonna Critter plays the Biloxi circuitRead this issue →Tidewater BeatVol. 11, No. 32 · Nov. 7, 1989 · FreeShow Report · BiloxiThe Kitchen Band Comes East One More TimeThe restaurant in New Orleans has closed, and Spanking The Sauce are closing with it. They brought the farewell to Biloxi Friday. Nobody said farewell from the stage.Read this issue →1990s
Tidewater BeatVol. 14, No. 6 · May 12, 1992 · FreeShow Report · Corpus ChristiThe Seagle Come In for a Landing
Nine years, five records, one last show at home. The encore was “Wingspan.” What happened before it stays in the hallway.Read this issue →Tidewater BeatVol. 18, No. 27 · Oct. 1, 1996 · FreeShow Report · JacksonvilleNothing Dialed Back in Jacksonville
Sass Master Flash brought the Non-Negotiable tour down from Atlanta Saturday. Tasha Merriweather set the terms. The room accepted them.Read this issue →
Nine years, five records, one last show at home. The encore was “Wingspan.” What happened before it stays in the hallway.Read this issue →Tidewater BeatVol. 18, No. 27 · Oct. 1, 1996 · FreeShow Report · JacksonvilleNothing Dialed Back in JacksonvilleSass Master Flash brought the Non-Negotiable tour down from Atlanta Saturday. Tasha Merriweather set the terms. The room accepted them.Read this issue →