LSM’s Texas Progressive Country Showdown: The Final Four It's down to Willie, Townes, Ely and Guy for the semifinals
This is the tale of the Red Headed Stranger, and if he should pass your way … Well, you know the drill: Don’t mess with …
Posts tagged Honky Tonk Heroes
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July 15, 2016 LSM’s Texas Progressive Country Showdown: The Final Four It's down to Willie, Townes, Ely and Guy for the semifinals
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July 13, 2016 (Just Because) You Asked Me To … Taking a closer look at LSM's "Shotgun Showdown" between Waylon's "Honky Tonk Heroes" and Billy Joe's "Old Five and Dimers"
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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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July 7, 2016 LSM’s Progressive Country/Honky-Tonk Heroes Showdown, Round 3! Jennings vs. Shaver, Van Zandt vs. Ely, Allen vs. Clark and more impossible choices
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July 1, 2016 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
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(Just Because) You Asked Me To … Taking a closer look at LSM's "Shotgun Showdown" between Waylon's "Honky Tonk Heroes" and Billy Joe's "Old Five and Dimers"
By Don McLeese “It’s the singer, not the song.” — Mick Jagger/Keith Richards “I’m just an old chunk of coal But I’m gonna be a …
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 …
Mr. Record Man: Cosmic Cowboys & the Austin Sound of the ’70s
By Eric Hisaw (LSM Sept/Oct 2013/Vol. 6 – Issue 5) Something was happening in Austin and it was time the rest of the country took …
In Memoriam: Chet Flippo, 1943-2013 At the crossroads
By Michael Corcoran (LSM July/Aug 2013/Vol. 6 – Issue 4) Chet Flippo was an unforgettable byline, backed up by writing passionate and precise. He never …
In Memoriam: Dan “Bee” Spears
Bassist played with Willie Nelson’s Family Band for four decades By Dale Martin (LSM Jan/Feb 2012/vol. 5 – Issue 1) We lost many musicians in …
Mr. Record Man: Billy Joe Shaver
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 …
The Unrepentant: Remembering those that remembered me
By Don Henry Ford (LSM Oct/Nov 2010/vol. 3 – issue 6) Don Henry Ford Jr. is a former smuggler, convict, dope addict and “general no-good” …
