After Awhile: LSM May/June 2011 (Joe Ely)
Notes From the Editor By Richard Skanse (LSM May/June 2011/vol. 4 – Issue 3) The last time I visited Lubbock, I was a junior in …
Posts tagged Flatlanders
Mr. Record Man: Joe Ely
By Eric Hisaw (LSM May/June 2011/vol. 4 – Issue 3) “Well I left my home out on the great high plains, headed for some new terrain …
LSM Cover Story: Joe Ely Lubbock Calling: When Joe Ely says he's "Satisfied at Last," take it with a grain of salt. Because with the keys to his creative kingdom in his own hands and his West Texas muse working overtime, this Crazy Lemon gathers no moss.
By Richard Skanse (LSM May/June 2011/vol. 4 – Issue 3) Time holds no sway over Joe Ely. He could stand a little more of it, …
Mr. Record Man: Townes Van Zandt
By Brian T. Atkinson (LSM Jan/Feb 2011/vol. 4 – Issue 1) As a young man, Townes Van Zandt wrote with the blazing intensity of a …
The Guitar Whisperers When guitars — and their owners — gently weep in agony, these maestros of instrument repair have the magic touch to save the music.
By D.C. Bloom (LSM Jan/Feb 2011/vol. 4 – Issue 1) Lloyd Maines has seen it all over a musical career that’s taken him from Lubbock to …
LSM Cover Story: Kerrville Folk Festival City of Song: For 39 years (and counting), the Kerrville Folk Festival has drawn music lovers from all walks of life deep into the heart of the Texas Hill Country. Some come as legends or to launch their careers; others, just to escape the real world, if only for a week or three. But nobody leaves untouched by song — and without a profound understanding of the words “Welcome Home.”
By Richard Skanse (LSM June/July 2010/vol. 3 – issue 4) In the before and after, Quiet Valley Ranch can be a little too quiet. Come …
Kerrville Memories Kerrvert hall of famers Lyle Lovett, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Robert Earl Keen share their favorite festival tales
By Richard Skanse (LSM June/July 2010/vol. 3 – issue 4) Ray Wylie Hubbard “I don’t know if you knew this, but I used to drink. …
Q&A: Jimmie Dale Gilmore Talking "Hills and Valleys" with a Flatlander
By Andrew Dansby March 2009 Five years have passed since Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Joe Ely and Butch Hancock last released music as the Flatlanders. Compared to …
Q&A: Joe Ely
By Richard Skanse February 2007 We’re barely two months into it, and already 2007 is shaping up to be the best year ever to be …
Q&A: Joe Ely
By Richard Skanse July 2003 With the notable exception of the late, great Doug Sahm, perhaps no Texas artist fits the tag “once size fits …
