By Holly Gleason Joe Ely, hair white and posture ram-road straight, leaned into the mic and half-whispered, half-sang, “I ain’t looking for trouble, I can’t …
By Holly Gleason (LSM July/Aug 2014/vol 7 – issue 4) Legend has always cloaked Billy Joe Shaver: As an 8-year-old living with his grandmother, singing …
By Holly Gleason (LSM March/April 2014/vol. 7 – Issue 2) With his 6’7” frame and long ponytail, Ray Benson is one of the most recognizable …
By j. poet (LSM July/Aug 2013/Vol. 6 – Issue 4) When Delbert McClinton and Glen Clark cut their eponymous debut album for Atlantic’s Clean Records …
SETH WALKER Times Can Change Roe Records Talk about understated. Former Austinite Seth Walker, who moved to Nashville a few years ago, has gone elemental …
By Brian T. Atkinson (March/April 2012/vol. 5 – Issue 2) Townes Van Zandt wrote singular poetry (“Pancho and Lefty,” “If I Needed You”); Robert Earl Keen …
GARY NICHOLSON Texas Songbook Bismeaux Records Gary Nicholson’s long career has yielded many hits and high points, including producing two Grammy-winning albums for fellow Fort …
By Richard Skanse (LSM May/June 2011/vol. 4 – Issue 3) Songwriter’s songwriter Guy Clark may have gotten snubbed at this year’s Grammy Awards, but no biggie: …
They Came to Nashville By Marshall Chapman Vanderbilt Univ. Press By William Michael Smith (LSM Jan/Feb 2011/vol. 4 – Issue 1) Marshall Chapman’s half-memoir/half-interview book They …
By Rob Patterson July 2006 It’s a Lone Star Music landmark that Chris Knight is our spotlight artist this month. Unlike the other acts that …
