Let’s be honest here … did anyone really want to have to choose between Townes Van Zandt and Guy Clark? As hard as many of …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 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 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 …
By Richard Skanse November 2002 You wouldn’t wish the last couple of years of Billy Joe Shaver’s life on your worst enemy. By now, his …
