LSM’s Texas Progressive Country Showdown: The Final Four It's down to Willie, Townes, Ely and Guy for the semifinals
This is the tale of the Red Headed Stranger, and if he should pass your way … Well, you know the drill: Don’t mess with …
Posts tagged Billy Joe Shaver
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October 13, 2016 A tale of two gatherings ACL Fest 2016, Part 2 (starring Willie!) and a visit from Ireland's "Other Voices" TV show make for a very exhausting — but magical — weekend of live music in Austin
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September 19, 2016 Q&A: Amanda Shires The West Texas-born, Nashville-based Americana favorite talks about her journey to making "My Piece of Land," the dynamics of songwriting in a two-artist household, and the perils of juggling big brass monkey balls with John Prine.
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August 10, 2016 For the sake of the songs Townes Van Zandt, 2 other Texas natives to be inducted into Nashville Songwriters HOF
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July 29, 2016 Michael Corcoran’s Texas Top 50 Rounding up the greatest Lone Star State recordings of all time
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July 19, 2016 The Finals: LSM’s ’70s Progressive Country/Honky-Tonk Heroes Shotgun Showdown Joe Ely faces off against the Red Headed Stranger
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(Just Because) You Asked Me To … Taking a closer look at LSM's "Shotgun Showdown" between Waylon's "Honky Tonk Heroes" and Billy Joe's "Old Five and Dimers"
By Don McLeese “It’s the singer, not the song.” — Mick Jagger/Keith Richards “I’m just an old chunk of coal But I’m gonna be a …
Round 4: LSM’s Progressive Country/Honky-Tonk Heroes Showdown Willie and Ely make it into the Elite 8 with two albums each, but Waylon, Shaver, Townes and Guy are still in the hunt
When we kicked off this poll a couple weeks back with 64 classic albums from the ’70s heyday of Texas progressive country music, there were …
Recap: Willie Nelson’s 4th of July Picnic When it’s hot and expensive, what keeps fans coming?
By Lynne Margolis When in the course of human events and July heat, it becomes necessary to pay $4 for semi-chilled water, $6 for Sno-cones …
LSM’s Progressive Country/Honky-Tonk Heroes Showdown, Round 3! Jennings vs. Shaver, Van Zandt vs. Ely, Allen vs. Clark and more impossible choices
It’s all fun and games until somebody gets hurt. Or until one’s favorite album of all time gets eliminated. Or until it comes down to …
LSM’s Progressive Country/Honky-Tonk Heroes Showdown, Round 2! Townes Van Zandt shoots down "Shotgun Willie" to lead all competitors advancing to Round of 32
Well, that wasn’t easy, was it? Oh sure, there were a few uneven match-ups there at the start. Although we maintain that all 64 of the …
LSM Presents: That ’70s Texas Progressive Country/Honky-Tonk Heroes Shotgun Showdown We picked 64 classic albums that helped define the Golden Age of Texas music. Now YOU pick the very BEST of the best.
Last month, we introduced our new “LSM Tournament Brackets” feature with a little something we humbly called “The Ultimate Texas Country vs. Red Dirt Album …
Willie’s 4th of July Picnic back in Austin for second year in a row Tickets on sale Friday for Independence Day bash at Circuit of the Americas
By Richard Skanse For an annual tradition now into its fourth decade, Willie Nelson’s 4th of July Picnic has always had a funny way of …
2016 Record Store Day, Americana style … 12 exclusive RSD releases for the Texas/Americana music fanatic
By Richard Skanse As any self-respecting (and/or self-loathing, come pay-up time) vinyl junkie already knows, Record Store Day is Saturday, April 16. Out of the …
Joe Ely, late Roy Orbison inducted into TXHSA Hall of Fame Songwriters J.D. Souther and Will Jennings also named to 2016 class
By Tiffany Walker As cowboy poet/master of ceremonies Red Steagall pointed out at the 10th annual Texas Heritage Songwriters’ Association Hall of Fame Awards Show …
