A birthday for Billy Bob’s Texas
The biggest honky-tonk in Texas (and the world) celebrates the big 3-0. By Laurie Barker James (LSM May/June 2011/vol. 4 – Issue 3) If there’s …
Posts tagged Texas Music
Amanda Shires: “Carrying Lightning”
AMANDA SHIRES Carrying Lightning amandashires.net “Look how easy a heart can catch on fire,” observes Amanda Shires just over two minutes into her first song …
The Hickoids: “Kicking It With the Twits”
THE HICKOIDS Kicking It With the Twits Saustex Media Listening to the Hickoids swagger their way through the Elton John/Bernie Taupin chestnut “Benny and the …
John David Kent: “John David Kent”
JOHN DAVID KENT John David Kent Roustabout Records In a previous musical lifetime, a teenaged John David Kent played drums in Radish, the North Texas …
Heartworn Highways: Life in Hub City
By Colin Gilmore (LSM May/June 2011/vol. 4 – Issue 3) The Scene I have been all over the nation. I’ve been through thousands of towns …
New Faces from the Lubbock Music Scene In Profile: William Clark Green, Brandon Adams & the Sad Bastards, and Charlie Shafter
By Christopher J. Oglesby (LSM May/June 2011/vol. 4 – Issue 3) It seems every decade a massive wave of musicians and songwriters bursts out of …
After Awhile: LSM May/June 2011 (Joe Ely)
Notes From the Editor By Richard Skanse (LSM May/June 2011/vol. 4 – Issue 3) The last time I visited Lubbock, I was a junior in …
LSM Cover Story: Joe Ely Lubbock Calling: When Joe Ely says he's "Satisfied at Last," take it with a grain of salt. Because with the keys to his creative kingdom in his own hands and his West Texas muse working overtime, this Crazy Lemon gathers no moss.
By Richard Skanse (LSM May/June 2011/vol. 4 – Issue 3) Time holds no sway over Joe Ely. He could stand a little more of it, …
Lucinda Williams: “Blessed”
LUCINDA WILLIAMS Blessed Lost Highway Smack in the middle of Lucinda Williams’ last album, 2008’s Little Honey, Elvis Costello popped up for a duet with …
MusicFest 2011: Red Dirt, white power, and a graybeard
By D.C. Bloom (LSM March/April 2011/vol. 4 – Issue 2) It appeared in my inbox in early December with the subject line that read: “Shiner …
