By Richard Skanse As any songwriter who ever had the experience can surely attest, one did not walk into a co-writing session with Guy Clark with …
Without Getting Killed or Caught: The Life and Music of Guy Clark By Tamara Saviano Texas A&M University Press By Diana Finlay Hendricks Tamara Saviano …
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 …
IBy Richard Skanse Guy Clark, the dean of Texas songwriters, passed away early Tuesday morning in Nashville. He was 74. The legendary troubadour, who won …
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 …
By James McMurtry (LSM May/June 2013/vol. 6 – Issue 3) [EDITOR’S NOTE: On the first night of this year’s SXSW, I cornered Tamara Saviano, producer …
JERRY JEFF WALKER Live From Austin, TX: Dixie’s Bar & Bus Stop May 6 Entertainment This 1984 performance, available for the first time as both …
By Bob Livingston (March/April 2012/vol. 5 – Issue 2) We were a band with no name. Not that we hadn’t tried: the Unborn Calves, Ro-de-o-dee Riff …
By Richard Skanse (March/April 2012/vol. 5 – Issue 2) By the time Jerry Jeff Walker came sliding sideways into Luckenbach, the 31-year-old freewheeling drifter already …
By Richard Skanse (LSM Jan/Feb 2012/vol. 5 – Issue 1) “This is the first time I did a set list in about 30 years,” Guy …
