Q&A: Jack Ingram
By Richard Skanse March 2002 Hard as it is to believe nowadays, this thing we call “Texas music” wasn’t always a young man’s game. Sure, …
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Q&A: Stephen Bruton
By Richard Skanse February 2002 In the Texas music sideman hall of fame, Stephen Bruton can comfortably take his place amongst the A-list ranks of …
Q&A: Willie Nelson The most prolific man in Texas music ("I've already forgotten how many records I've done this year," he jokes) talks "The Great Divide," tae kwon do, and his reaction to "What Would Willie Do?"
By Richard Skanse January 2002 Willie Nelson is a man who needs less introduction than the Pope in Rome, but keeping track of the guy …
Q&A: J.T. Van Zandt
By Richard Skanse October 2001 Five years after Townes Van Zandt succumbed to a heart attack at the too-young age of 52 and left this …
Q&A: Bruce Robison The Bandera-reared songwriter talks "Country Sunshine," the freedom that comes with having his songs cut by the biggest names in the business, and the things he gets away with by being the so-called "nice" Robison brother
By Richard Skanse September 2001 When Bruce Robison expresses his deep admiration for Don Williams, the Floydada, Texas-born “Gentle Giant” of country music, its just …
Q&A: Jimmie Vaughan
By Richard Skanse September 2001 When Jimmie Vaughan says “the guitar’s been good to me,” consider it an understatement. Vaughan wasn’t yet 20 years old …
Q&A: Junior Brown
By Richard Skanse July 2001 Junior Brown was not born in Texas, doesn’t live in Texas and has never called himself a Texan. But damn …
Q&A: Ray Wylie Hubbard
By Richard Skanse July 2001 The guitar had seen better days when Ray Wylie Hubbard happened upon it. It was an old Regal — far …
Q&A: Radney Foster
By Richard Skanse June 2001 Radney Foster doesn’t look the part of a border-raised Texas singer-songwriter with a rock ’n’ roll attitude. When he shows …
Q&A: Delbert McClinton
By Richard Skanse March 2001 While the T Bone Burnett-produced O Brother, Where Art Thou soundtrack may have been the No. 1 roots music success …
