Dave Alvin & Jimmie Dale Gilmore: “Downey to Lubbock”
DAVE ALVIN & JIMMIE DALE GILMORE Downey to Lubbock Yep Roc Effective as they may be for publicity, ticket sales, and award nominations, duo collaborations …
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September 1, 2018 Q&A: Joe Ely The Panhandle Rambler talks about his new (old) "Lubbock Tapes," the lure of revisiting "Chippy," wild baby turkeys, and the perils of singing songs about "Borderless Love."
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August 20, 2018 Walk On: Dave Alvin and Jimmie Dale Gilmore’s long road to “Downey to Lubbock” How a wild blues Blaster and an old Flatlander found a way, after years of friendship, to finally "Get Together" on record.
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June 17, 2017 John Baumann: “Here I Come” Superfly's Lone Star Music Emporium, San Marcos, Texas 6-16-2017
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February 9, 2017 Joe Ely: The Crazy Lemon at 70 The Lubbock legend talks about his Paramount birthday bash, a newly discovered treasure trove of long-lost demos and the artistic freedom of getting to do pretty much anything he wants.
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July 11, 2016 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
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Q&A: Joe Ely The Panhandle Rambler talks about his new (old) "Lubbock Tapes," the lure of revisiting "Chippy," wild baby turkeys, and the perils of singing songs about "Borderless Love."
By Richard Skanse “How did you find me?” asks a (somewhat) convincingly surprised-sounding Joe Ely by way of “hello.” “I’m in a small village in …
Walk On: Dave Alvin and Jimmie Dale Gilmore’s long road to “Downey to Lubbock” How a wild blues Blaster and an old Flatlander found a way, after years of friendship, to finally "Get Together" on record.
By Richard Skanse Jimmie Dale Gilmore recalls the night — or at least that particular moment — from more than half a century ago like …
John Baumann: “Here I Come” Superfly's Lone Star Music Emporium, San Marcos, Texas 6-16-2017
John Baumann visited Superfly’s Lone Star Music Emporium in San Marcos on Friday, June 16, 2017 to play some songs off of his just-released album, Proving …
Joe Ely: The Crazy Lemon at 70 The Lubbock legend talks about his Paramount birthday bash, a newly discovered treasure trove of long-lost demos and the artistic freedom of getting to do pretty much anything he wants.
By Richard Skanse As milestone birthdays go, 70 trips around the sun certainly merits a fair amount of fuss. A nice family dinner at bare …
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 …
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 …
The Maines Boys are back in town As the Maines Brothers Band prepares for its 50th anniversary reunion concert this weekend in Hub City, Kenny Maines reflects on the legendary Lubbock band’s enduring appeal and back catalog.
By Thomas D. Mooney The ’70s and ’80s were boom times for the West Texas music scene, with songwriters and bandleaders like Joe Ely, Butch …
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 …
