When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Dennis Keeley Alt.country heroes Lone Justice’s career burned fiercely but all too ...

Lately, alt-country upstart Tift Merritt has been making better Maria McKee albums than McKee herself has. Merritt excels at the sort of rollicking, classic, soul-influenced albums McKee made briefly ...

Among the great what-ifs for students of L.A. rock history is: What if Lone Justice had remained a somewhat obscure band…. and how many great records could they have put out if they had? It’s almost a ...