Bands I had not heard of before reading Peter Doggett's book

Area Code 615 (though I had heard of the studio musicians who made up the band)
International Submarine Band
The Band of Blacky Ranchette
The Desert Rose Band
Freakwater
Green on Red
The Long Ryders
Rank and File
Sparklehorse

Tell me some stuff about them; I've already turned the book back in to the Library on amnesty day. I've already forgotten what he wrote about them for the most part; I would love for somebody to fill me in.