Texas country singer-songwriter Sunny Sweeney, accompanied by guitarist Harley Husbands, graced the Threadgill’s stage at last Friday’s Lone Star Music and KOKE-FM sponsored “Dillo Mixer” with a short …
By Richard Skanse Out of all the songwriters and country stars to have launched their careers out of Cheatham Street Warehouse, perhaps no artist has …
VARIOUS ARTISTS Highway Prayer: A Tribute to Adam Carroll Eight 30 Records Given that Texas troubadour Adam Carroll is neither dead nor “famous,” some might …
By Richard Skanse Singer-songwriter and one-man “AM Country Heaven” preservation society Jason Eady, a champion of old-school musical integrity if ever there was one, has …
By Richard Skanse “I guess I should just say I really didn’t mean for it to be any kind of tribute,” says Verlon Thompson of …
By Richard Skanse When the Trishas announced that they were all taking a little hiatus from touring and recording together a couple of years back, …
By Lynne Margolis Despite the uncanny timing, one of the few events Louis Jay Meyers certainly did not plan was his death from a heart …
By Jenni Finlay “Let’s do a renegade showcase this year,” Louis said, that devilish grin never leaving his face. “There’s no reason why we can’t …
By Richard Skanse That Kent Finlay loved songwriters as much as he loved writing songs himself was no secret to anybody who ever knew the …
By Jenni Finlay Dad was always serious about his lucky black-eyed peas. I can’t remember a year in my whole life when we didn’t have …
