By Diana Hendricks (March/April 2013/vol. 6 – Issue 2) This story begins in the summer of 1974. San Marcos had recently voted to allow alcohol …
AARON WATSON Real Good Time 12th Street Records Aaron Watson’s built an A-list Texas country career out of knowing just how to rock the honky-tonk …
By Eric Hisaw (LSM Jan/Feb 2013/vol. 6 – Issue 1) Johnny Cash came roaring out of an Arkansas cotton patch, a Jesus-conflicted, lanky black-haired rebel, …
BART CROW BAND Dandelion Smith Entertainment Suggesting that most Texas singer-songwriters take pride in offering up original work is a bit like saying Willie doesn’t …
JAMEY JOHNSON Living For a Song: A Tribute to Hank Cochran Mercury Nashville Jamey Johnson is the latest country artist to gain success with a …
Top-40 single bodes well for upcoming Trouble By Lynne Margolis (Oct/Nov 2012/vol. 5 – Issue 5) On Aug. 27, Randy Rogers got a phone call …
By Brian T. Atkinson (Aug/Sept 2012/vol. 5 – Issue 4) “I’ve got a woman I love, she’s crazy and paints like God She’s got a …
RUBY JANE Celebrity (Empire of Emptiness) Vinyl Records With Celebrity (empire of loneliness), 17-year-old fiddle prodigy and emerging singer-songwriter Ruby Jane Smith makes a valiant …
BILLY JOE SHAVER Live at Billy Bob’s Texas Smith Music Group Billy Joe Shaver turns 68 this year, but you’d never know it from the …
By Kelly Dearmore (Aug/Sept 2012/vol. 5 – Issue 4) It’s not terribly difficult to look back about 15 years or so and locate pretty much the …
