By Kelly Dearmore Spend any time listening to Lincoln Durham’s music, and you might come to the conclusion that he’s the angriest young performing songwriter in …
By Michael Corcoran Owner Don Robey had the muscle and the money, but business manager Evelyn Johnson was the brains and the backbone behind the …
By Richard Skanse (LSM March/April 2014/vol. 7 – Issue 2) Central Texas-based singer, guitarist, and keyboard player Jeff Strahan passed away on Jan. 15 following …
LOS LONELY BOYS Revelation Lonelytone/Playing in Traffic Records At first glance, Revelation seems like a pretty bold title for a Los Lonely Boys album — …
STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN Texas Flood: Deluxe Edition Epic/Legacy For many of this magazine’s readers, it may be hard to remember a time before Stevie Ray …
By Diana Hendricks (March/April 2013/vol. 6 – Issue 2) To understand Texas music is to understand a sense of place. Yes, it can be made …
By Richard Skanse (Nov/Dec 2011/Vol. 4 – Issue 6) In the 2006 Mike Judge film Idiocracy, ordinary average guy and cryogenics guinea pig Joe Bauers (Luke Wilson) …
CODY CANADA AND THE DEPARTED This Is Indian Land Underground Sound If things had played out differently — or, let’s face it, the way most …
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 …
