By Kelly Dearmore (LSM Jan 2014/vol. 7 – issue 1) For most of his performing and recording career, Brandon Rhyder has distinguished himself in the crowded …
BRANDON RHYDER That’s Just Me Reserve Records/Thirty Tigers Brandon Rhyder, quite simply, is a damn-good singer. That alone is enough to set him apart on …
KYLE PARK Beggin’ For More Thirty Tigers The current generation (hell, make it every generation) of Texas songwriters can more or less be divided into …
RICH O’TOOLE Brightwork: A Manifesto by Rich O’Toole PTO Rich O’Toole likes girls. Summertime girls, Texas girls, California girls, Chicago girls, and especially unforgettable drunk …
By Richard Skanse (LSM Jan/Feb 2013/vol. 6 – Issue 1) In the summer of 1965, a 22-year-old art student from Lubbock, Texas, named Terry Allen walked …
AARON WATSON Real Good Time 12th Street Records Aaron Watson’s built an A-list Texas country career out of knowing just how to rock the honky-tonk …
By Rita Ballou (LSM Jan/Feb 2013/vol. 6 – Issue 1) If you are reading this, I think it’s safe to assume that the Mayan’s were …
By Kelly Dearmore (Aug/Sept 2012/vol. 5 – Issue 4) It’s not terribly difficult to look back about 15 years or so and locate pretty much the …
Notes From the Editor By Richard Skanse (May/June 2012/vol. 5 – Issue 3) In the fall of 1994, a couple of months into my junior …
By Rita Ballou (May/June 2012/vol. 5 – Issue 3) We all complain about them and we swear up and down that we don’t watch them, …
