By Richard Skanse All these years later, the schoolyard taunt still haunts Robert Ellis, needling at his self confidence like a splinter burrowed deep inside …
THE BROKEN SPOKES The Broken Spokes www.brokenspokesmusic.com Some of the leading lights of Texas retro-country have split or faded, and the enduring diehards (Eleven Hundred …
By Michael Corcoran We praise our pioneers who’ve found subtle new ways to play their instruments, but rare is the one who invents a new …
MAYEUX & BROUSSARD High Times & Good Rhymes www.Mbtxmusic.com Brian Broussard is Texas born and although Tate Mayeux was born in Louisiana, he was raised …
By Kelly Dearmore (LSM Jan/Feb 2015/vol 8 – issue 1) Don’t let the big smile and good ol’ boy accent fool you: Aaron Watson can …
By Holly Gleason (LSM Oct/Nov 2014/vol. 7 – Issue 5) Sunny Sweeney can recall with vivid, multi- sensual clarity her very first musical moment of …
By Kelly Dearmore (LSM Oct/Nov 2014/vol. 7 – Issue 5) The seemingly always Nudie-suited Jim Lauderdale is more than just the sharpest-dressed man in Nashville: …
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 …
John T. Floore’s Country Store 14492 Old Bandera Road, Helotes, Texas 78023 210-695-8827 / www.liveatfloores.com By Jim Beal Jr. (LSM July/Aug 2014/vol 7 – issue 4) A …
By Kelly Dearmore (LSM July/Aug 2014/vol 7 – issue 4) There are any number of reasons that can lead the frontman of a successful group …
