Rawhide & Velvet: How George Strait’s Ace in the Hole band made a woman out of me
By Rita Ballou (March/April 2013/vol. 6 – Issue 2) Most little girls, I can only assume, dream of growing up to be princesses, teachers or …
By Rita Ballou (March/April 2013/vol. 6 – Issue 2) Most little girls, I can only assume, dream of growing up to be princesses, teachers or …
By Richard Skanse (LSM Jan/Feb 2013/vol. 6 – Issue 1) In the summer of 1965, a 22-year-old art student from Lubbock, Texas, named Terry Allen walked …
KELLY WILLIS & BRUCE ROBISON Cheater’s Game Thirty Tigers/Premium Records Bruce Robison and Kelly Willis’ creative paths have been intertwined for years, but save for …
RONNIE FAUSS I Am the Man You Know I’m Not Normaltown Records Although he’s been kicking around the Dallas area for a few years now …
By Courtney Sudbrink (Oct/Nov 2012/vol. 5 – Issue 5) Like just about any other day in Santa Monica, Calif., the sun is shining and the Spanish palms …
By Kelly Dearmore (Aug/Sept 2012/vol. 5 – Issue 4) It’s not terribly difficult to look back about 15 years or so and locate pretty much the …
By Brian T. Atkinson (March/April 2012/vol. 5 – Issue 2) Townes Van Zandt wrote singular poetry (“Pancho and Lefty,” “If I Needed You”); Robert Earl Keen …
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 …
By Lynne Margolis (LSM Jan/Feb 2012/vol. 5 – Issue 1) When discussing their creative process, most songwriters struggle a bit. They’ll tell you whether they …
By Richard Skanse (LSM Jan/Feb 2012/vol. 5 – Issue 1) In between the platinum-certified Outlaw uprising of the ’70s and the scruffy, punk-infused alt-country movement of …