Ray Wylie Hubbard: “Tell the Devil I’m Gettin’ There As Fast As I Can”
RAY WYLIE HUBBARD Tell the Devil I’m Gettin’ There As Fast As I Can Bordello Records Ray Wylie Hubbard fills a pretty singular spot in …
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September 1, 2018 Q&A: Joe Ely The Panhandle Rambler talks about his new (old) "Lubbock Tapes," the lure of revisiting "Chippy," wild baby turkeys, and the perils of singing songs about "Borderless Love."
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May 11, 2018 Willie Nelson: “Last Man Standing”
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December 4, 2017 “And just like that, we became hippies …”: The road to Delbert McClinton’s “Two More Bottles of Wine” An excerpt "Delbert McClinton: One of the Fortunate Few," by Diana Finlay Hendricks (Texas A&M University Press)
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September 20, 2017 In Memoriam: Ben Holiday Dorcy III, May 19, 1925 – Sept. 16, 2017 A tribute from one roadie — and friend — to another
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September 10, 2017 In Memoriam: Don Williams, May 27, 1939-Sept. 8, 2017 With a voice like a soft southern wind and the soothing demeanor of a true gentleman, this "Good Ole Boy" from Floydada proved you didn't have to be an outlaw to make a Texas-sized impression on the heart of country music
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Rodney Crowell proves it’s not just the old stuff that works The Saxon Pub, Austin, Texas, June 29, 2017
By Richard Skanse Over the course of his two-and-a-half-hour, 25-song set last Thursday night in Austin, Rodney Crowell dipped just four times into his pre-1990 …
Rodney Crowell: “Close Ties”
RODNEY CROWELL Close Ties New West Sixteen years on from the release of his career-rebooting The Houston Kid, Rodney Crowell’s second wind has now been …
That old time feeling … one more time Guy Clark honored — along with his biographer, Tamara Saviano — at Texas Heritage Songwriters’ Association's Darrell K Royal Homecoming Show
By Richard Skanse As any songwriter who ever had the experience can surely attest, one did not walk into a co-writing session with Guy Clark with …
Joe Ely: The Crazy Lemon at 70 The Lubbock legend talks about his Paramount birthday bash, a newly discovered treasure trove of long-lost demos and the artistic freedom of getting to do pretty much anything he wants.
By Richard Skanse As milestone birthdays go, 70 trips around the sun certainly merits a fair amount of fuss. A nice family dinner at bare …
DELBERT McCLINTON & SELF-MADE MEN: “Prick of the Litter”
DELBERT McCLINTON & SELF-MADE MEN Prick of the Litter Hot Shot Records/Thirty Tigers “Listen up … I got news for you / You got to …
Terry Allen weaves magic out of memory with “Juarez” to “Lubbock” road trip Paramount Theatre, Austin, Texas, Jan. 14, 2017
By Richard Skanse It’s not about nostalgia, Terry Allen insisted. “It’s about memory.” That was mid-December, and the internationally renowned artist, sculptor, and maverick songwriter …
Terry Allen’s car tunes With “Road Angel,” his new installation at Austin’s Laguna Gloria, the renowned songwriter and visual artist casts music, memory, and the myth of the American automobile into bronze.
By Richard Skanse If you were to somehow stumble upon Terry Allen’s Road Angel unawares in the dead of night, odds are it’d scare the …
Terry Allen: “Wilderness of This World” and “Yo Ho Ho” Superfly's Lone Star Music Emporium, San Marcos, Texas, Nov. 19, 2016
Three years (and 11 months, but who’s counting?) after his first appearance at Superfly’s Lone Star Music Emporium, songwriting legend and acclaimed visual artist Terry …
Terry Allen: “The Juarez Device” and “There Oughta Be a Law Against Sunny Southern California” Superfly's Lone Star Music Emporium, San Marcos, Texas, Nov. 19, 2016
To celebrate the recent re-issue of his first two albums, 1975’s Juarez and 1979’s Lubbock (on everything), Texas songwriting legend and world-renowned visual artist Terry Allen returned to …
