In Profile: Drew Kennedy Happy accidents on the troubadour highway
By Kelly Dearmore (LSM Oct/Nov 2014/vol. 7 – Issue 5) Drew Kennedy says he “didn’t have a clue” that he was making his latest album …
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Lone Star Music Awards 2014
Musta notta gotta lotta sleep that night! Hall of Famer Joe Ely teams with Reckless Kelly to rock sixth annual Lone Star Music Awards in …
Rowed Over: The Cowboy Rides Away
George Strait: The end of the trail (or so they say) By Holly Gleason (LSM May/June 2014/vol. 7 – issue 3) “Sometimes I feel like Jesse …
George Strait: “Love Is Everything”
GEORGE STRAIT Love Is Everything MCA Nashville In his 32nd year of recording hit after smash-hit, does the 62-year-old George Strait really need to be …
Mr. Record Man: Steve Earle
By Richard Skanse (LSM May/June 2013/vol. 6 – Issue 3) Don’t call Steve Earle’s 1995 album Train a Comin’ a “comeback.” Oh, it certainly met …
Shooter Jennings: “Family Man”
SHOOTER JENNINGS Family Man Black Country Rock/Entertainment One It’s no secret that following a famous relative into the music business can be as much of …
LSM Cover Story: Jerry Jeff Walker The Lion in winter
By John T. Davis (March/April 2012/vol. 5 – Issue 2) Jerry Jeff Walker is turning 70. Who’d of thunk it? Certainly no one who watched …
Michael O’Connor: “Devil Stole the Moon”
MICHAEL O’CONNOR Devil Stole the Moon Bare Knuckle Recordings Some of us adjective slingers will do almost anything to avoid dropping a dreaded cliché into …
Tom Russell: “Mesabi”
TOM RUSSELL Mesabi Shout! Factory El Paso-based troubadour Tom Russell has been on one hell of a roll over the last decade, from digging deeply …
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, …
