Mr. Record Man: Lyle Lovett
By Richard Skanse (LSM Jan/Feb 2012/vol. 5 – Issue 1) In between the platinum-certified Outlaw uprising of the ’70s and the scruffy, punk-infused alt-country movement of …
By Richard Skanse (LSM Jan/Feb 2012/vol. 5 – Issue 1) In between the platinum-certified Outlaw uprising of the ’70s and the scruffy, punk-infused alt-country movement of …
By Eric Hisaw (Nov/Dec 2011/Vol. 4 – Issue 6) Exiting this mortal coil at the tender age of 26, Cecil Ingram Connor, known to the …
By Mike Ethan Messick (LSM Sept/Oct 2011/vol. 4 – Issue 5) Hard as it may be to believe in the hyper-connected, niche-friendly world of today, there …
By Chris Mosser (LSM July/Aug 2011/vol. 4 – Issue 4) Among the biggies in current Texas music, Kevin Fowler stands as a singular success story. …
By Eric Hisaw (LSM July/Aug 2011/vol. 4 – Issue 4) By 1993 Billy Joe and Eddy Shaver were both music business veterans. Billy Joe had …
FOSTER AND LLOYD It’s Already Tomorrow Eefin Ell Records In the great Nashville credibility scare of the late-80s that gave the world Steve Earle, Lyle …
ELIZABETH COOK Welder Thirty One Tigers Elizabeth Cook is a twangy torch singer who writes about the familial beads that bond and the white-hot heat …
MIKE STINSON The Jukebox in Your Heart Stag Records Outside of James Hand, Dale Watson and a small cadre of others, there are few artists …
By Richard Skanse November 2006 Although just about every artist and band making a decent living on the Texas/Red Dirt music scene today can claim …
By Richard Skanse October 2006 By his own admission, Richard Kinky “Big Dick” Friedman hasn’t written a new song in close to two decades. It’s …