Music | Features
Organized by publication date. Check the Bibliography
for an alphabetical list.
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- Willie
Nelson: An Epic Life The book is in many ways the culmination
of my writings about music, Texas, and Texans. [Little,
Brown & Company, April 2008]
- Read my MVP
Q&A with Mickey Raphael, which ran in the next to
last issue of No Depression.
- "Radio
Days" Fort Worth was where the quest began for a
hungry young musician who worked as a DJ named Willie Nelson [Fort
Worth Star-Telegram, April 13, 2008]
- "Big
time in Cowtown" In 1965, Willie Nelson came home
to Panther Hall, a country-music oasis deep in the heart of Cowtown,
to record a live album his way [Fort Worth Star-Telegram, April
14, 2008]
- Order
Willie Nelson: An Epic Life from Amazon here
- Read Willie
Reviews
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Saved by the Belle She rose from welfare mom
to Nashville queen. No wonder Naomi Judd has so much to tell the world
about healing, finding joy, and beating the disease that nearly took
her life. [AARP The Magazine, May & June 2007] |
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The
Fall and Rise of Blaze Foley Mike Fuller loved his friends,
drank too much, applied duct tape liberally, and was shot to death
in 1989. His songs have made him a legend. [No Depression, September-October
2006] [blog Blaze
Letters]
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Hi
Fi Nation The first time I saw High Fidelity, I thought
my life story had been put on the big screen. [Southwest Spirit
Magazine, July 2006]
The
Boys with the Bands Joe Nick Patoski interviews Roland Swenson,
Nick Barbaro, and Louis Black - founders of the infamous SXSW Festival.
[The Texas Observer, March 10, 2006]
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Keeping
Up With Jones The King of Country Music shows us his Nashville
[AARP The Magazine, July & August 2006] |
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And
the Hot Tub Goes to . . . Austin When Mayor Will
Wynn of Austin announced last December that MTV's "Real World" would
be filming its 16th season in his city, he did so with the enthusiasm
of a civic leader who had just persuaded a Fortune 500 company to
move to his neighborhood. [The New York Times, June 19, 2005]
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Willie
Nelson How much is one picker's word worth. And whatever
happened to peace on earth? [No Depression, September-October, 2004]
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Walk
Like Cleto
H-town's Chingo Bling slings tamale beats [Austin Chronicle, June
11, 2004]
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Songwriter
helps lead the fight against development Mr. Russell and
five of his neighbors managed to reroute massive overhead power lines.
[The Dallas Morning News, December 12, 2003]
A Night
at the Opry The Celeste Opry features old-fashioned jamborees
with country-fried fun for the whole family. [The Dallas Morning News,
October 18, 2003] |
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The
Cult of Ray Ray Benson steps out from behind the Wheel. [Austin
Chronicle, July 18, 2003]
You Cheated
Texas Top 40 [Austin Chronicle, November 8, 2002] |
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Y'all
in the Family How did Lloyd Maines get to be a revered guitarist
and record producer? How did his daughter Natalie find fame as a
Dixie Chick? [Texas Monthly, May 2000]
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Jimmy
Reed, Emancipator of the South: An Oral History
The quest begins with the discovery of a black and white photograph
taken in 1961. [Blues Access magazine, Summer 2000, Issue No. 42]
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The
Queen Is Dead
Selena Quintanilla Perez, tejano's first superstar, was about to become
an international pop sensation. Instead, she's another victim of gun
violence in Texas. [Texas Monthly, May 1995] |
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