Honky-Tonk Halloween: Honky-Tonk Blues
The Eerie History of the Skyline Club By Michael Shane Borden (LSM Oct/Nov 2010/vol. 3 – issue 6) There’s no trace of it today, but …
Posts tagged country music
In Profile: Josh Abbott Band From “Taste” to “She’s Like Texas,” Josh Abbott’s rise has been a whirlwind
By Laurie Barker James (LSM Oct/Nov 2010/vol. 3 – issue 6) It would be tempting to call West Texas singer-songwriter Josh Abbott a copy of …
Jamey Johnson: “The Guitar Song”
JAMEY JOHNSON The Guitar Song Mercury Leave it to Jamey Johnson — a hickory-voiced ex-Marine who sings country music like a guy cryogenically frozen in …
Merle Haggard: “I Am What I Am”
MERLE HAGGARD I Am What I Am Vanguard “I’ve never been much at making believe,” Merle Haggard sings on this, his 76th album and first …
Willie Nelson: “Country Music”
WILLIE NELSON Country Music Rounder Records For his first album on Rounder Records, Willie Nelson and producer T Bone Burnett attempt to do for country …
Q&A: Tom Gillam Play loud, dig deep: Tom Gillam gets down to the heart of the matter
By Dale Martin (LSM June/July 2010/vol. 3 – issue 4) Tom Gillam may still be somewhat of a newcomer to the Texas music scene, having …
Q&A: Court Yard Hounds Martie Maguire and Emily Robison take the long way back to start all over again
By Michael Devers (LSM June/July 2010/vol. 3 – issue 4) Grabbing some time to speak with the sisters Erwin (Martie Maguire and Emily Robison) used …
The Unrepentant: Matt King — He’s heavy … he’s my brother
By Don Henry Ford (LSM June/July 2010/vol. 3 – issue 4) I first heard Matt King on the radio, singing “American Dream.” I found it …
Q&A: Dale Watson
By Richard Skanse April 2007 Somewhere in the nether regions of Hades, there’s a Burlington Coat Factory selling parkas, earmuffs and mittens like hotcakes while …
Q&A: Randy Rogers
By Gregory Barr August 2006 Randy Rogers may have grown up the son of a preacher, but he has built up a reverent — and …
