Michael Corcoran’s Texas Top 50 Rounding up the greatest Lone Star State recordings of all time
By Michael Corcoran The ranking of Texas songs is not a new idea. I think the first person who took on the task held back …
Posts tagged London Homesick Blues
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 …
“I was there!” The making of Jerry Jeff Walker's "Viva Terlingua"
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 …
Heartworn Highways: The story behind “London Homesick Blues”
By Gary P. Nunn (March/April 2012/vol. 5 – Issue 2) January of 1972 was a turning point in my life. Having left the University to …
LSM Cover Story: Jerry Jeff Walker The Lion in winter
By John T. Davis (March/April 2012/vol. 5 – Issue 2) Jerry Jeff Walker is turning 70. Who’d of thunk it? Certainly no one who watched …
Mr. Record Man: Jerry Jeff Walker
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 …
Gonzos: Lost and found Reunited Lost Gonzo Band honored at MusicFest
By Kathleen O’Keefe (March/April 2012/vol. 5 – Issue 2) Every year at the MusicFest in Steamboat, Colo., one of the most anticipated events of the …
LSM Cover Story: Robert Earl Keen Don’t Fence Me In: Trail-blazing, band-leading Robert Earl Keen never asked to be the king of the Texas music hill or even a household name. From "No Kinda Dancer" to "Ready for Confetti," he’s always dreamed of a bigger piece of sky.
By Richard Skanse (LSM Sept/Oct 2011/vol. 4 – Issue 5) Are you a hat, or a Robert Earl Keen? According to Rich Brotherton, that was …
Gary P. Nunn: “Taking Texas to the Country”
GARY P. NUNN Taking Texas to the Country Guacamole/Campfire Records Down here in Texas, not liking Gary P. Nunn is equivalent to being on the …
