By Thomas D. Mooney Years back, Texas music pioneer Doug Sahm told Kevin Russell — a pioneering voice in his own right — that there …
By Christian Wallace When the brain is asked to communicate “Southern rock” to the mind’s eye, it’s a safe bet that those first neural signals …
CHARLIE STOUT Dust & Wind New American Frontier “Backstory” is a valuable commodity in a field crowded with talented if somewhat-similar singers and songwriters; hearing …
By Thomas D. Mooney Last summer, Lubbock singer-songwriter Charlie Stout headed out into the New Mexico desert, hunkered down in the abandoned Presbyterian church of an …
By Thomas D. Mooney The ’70s and ’80s were boom times for the West Texas music scene, with songwriters and bandleaders like Joe Ely, Butch …
By Thomas D. Mooney Lubbock singer-songwriter Randall King is a revivalist of sorts. While many songwriters in the state are pushing Texas Music off in …
By Thomas D. Mooney It’s early evening on the last Saturday in March, and the five members of Dolly Shine are sitting around an expanded …
I Fought the Law: The Life and Strange Death of Bobby Fuller By Miriam Linna and Randell Fuller Kicks Books El Paso native Bobby Fuller’s …
Imagine Houston … An excerpt from Reverb, the new novel by Joe Ely (LSM Oct/Nov 2014/vol. 7 – Issue 5) LoneStarMusic is proud to feature …
By Bob Livingston (LSM March/April 2014/vol. 7 – Issue 2) I had just finished playing a set at a benefit show in Dripping Springs. I …
