March 16–20, 1992 is the third studio album by alternative country band Uncle Tupelo, released on August 3, 1992.
guitarist Peter Buck attended an Uncle Tupelo concert at the 40 Watt Club in Athens, Georgia.
In what was a sharp contrast to the popular music styles at the time, Uncle Tupelo decided to record an album of folk songs.
However, Heidorn wanted to work with Peter Buck, so he agreed to postpone his departure until after the March 16–20, 1992 recording sessions.
Buck offered to host the band for free, so that the $13,500 budget allotted by Rockville could be spent to pay the fees of the recording studio and audio engineers David Barbe and John Keane.
Several of the songs have Christian themes but were placed on the album to reflect the "madness and fear that would drive men to wish for such redemption".
Farrar's rendition of Sarah Ogan's "Come All You Coal Miners"[5] (the title was shortened to "Coalminers" and the song listed as "traditional" on the album) lamented the harsh working conditions in the coal mining industry, but the choice was received poorly by some of the band's closest peers; according to singer Nick Sakes of Dazzling Killmen:[6] We could occasionally imitate Jay's singing and insert our own words: 'It gets real hot working down at my mom's bookstore.'
Jason Ankeny of AllMusic called the album "a brilliant resurrection of a bygone era of American folk artistry".
Pitchfork writer William Bowers called March Uncle Tupelo's best album "by far", claiming "The acoustic guitar has rarely sounded better than it does here."