May 2000
Table of Contents
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Features
A Celebration of Texas MusicIt has a nice beat, you can dance to it, and it unites us as nothing else does. The sounds of our state — past, present, and future. Wills PowerSixty-five years after his first recording sessions with the Texas Playboys, 25 years after his death, Bob Wills is still the king of western swing. Birthplaces of the BluesWant to see the Texas of Leadbelly, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Mance Lipscomb, and other pioneering musicians of the twentieth century? Your trip through time begins near Washington-on-the-Brazos. Gotta LubbockBuddy Holly. Waylon Jennings. Carolyn Hester. The Hancocks. The Flatlanders. An oral history of the state's most storied music scene. |
Y'all in the FamilyHow did Lloyd Maines get to be a revered guitarist and record producer? How did his daughter Natalie find fame as a Dixie Chick? Chalk it up to musicianship—and kinship. And You Will Know Them By the Trail of DebtWhat they lack in cash they make up for in cachet: on the road with the Trail of Dead, Austin's coolest punk rockers of the moment, as they head east in search of fans, fame, and a free place to crash. Tomorrow PeopleMeet the senior class of what might be called Texas Music U. — four up-and-coming acts that should graduate to the big time. Musical MarginaliaThe places, people and stories behind Texas music. |
Columns
BusinessBare AssetsHow members of the heavy metal group Pantera turned their adult nightclub into a sound investment. |
ProfileSax and the CitiesFinancial success may have eluded Dewey Redman, whose career as a jazz journeyman has taken him from his hometown of Fort Worth to San Francisco and on to New York, but happiness hasn't. First PersonWaiting for My ManAs the girlfriend of a musician, I get to carry guitars at three in the morning and hear the particulars of our relationship come blaring out of the radio. Would I change it if I could? Not on your life. CrimeL.A. ConfidentialIn July 1966 El Paso rocker Bobby Fuller was found dead in Hollywood. Whodunit? We still don't know. |
Miscellaneous
Around the StateThe return of King George — Jones, that is. Plus: Squeezing into the Tejano Conjunto Festival in San Antonio; commemorating Gruene's dance hall days; raising heavenly voices in Columbus; and swinging into action in La Grange. State FareEat to the beat: Rosemary-marinated pork from Houston caterer and string bass player Joe Abuso. Hot BooksTexas MusicHot BooksThe Life and Legend of LeadbellyHot BooksRave On: The Biography of Buddy HollyHot BooksTexan JazzHot CDsWaltz Across Texas |
Hot CDsOld No. 1 / Texas Cookin'Hot CDsEscape From Monster IslandRoar of the CrowdThe verdicts are in on the new Cullen Davis. Book ExcerptThe Life and Legend of LeadbellyBook ExcerptTexan Jazz |
45 Years (Sat Nov 22 at 5:28 PM)
Can You Spare Some Change I Can Believe In? (Sat Nov 22 at 4:10 PM)
Even Worse, They're Cutting Back on Monocles (Fri Nov 21 at 8:39 AM)
