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Bill Crist ’73 says: I was a fish in Sqdn 4 the year we built the tallest Bonfire on record. I remember the bruises, the muscle pains, the cuts, the blisters, the pushups. It is all pale compared to the sacrifice our 12 brothers and sisters gave to our beloved school. Every Aggie Muster since that day I have said a "Here" for them. Their sacrifice is forever etched in our minds. Whether or not we ever see another official Bonfire does not matter; our traditions will survive. We are great. We are mighty. We are Texas Aggies. (November 5th, 2009 at 10:23am)
Jeff McCord
Features
The 100 Best Texas Songs
Two are by Willie. Which songs, exactly? And what about the remaining 98? You’ll have to check our list to find out. (April 2004)
Who's Next?
San Antonio's Marshevet Hooker is not just any old high school sprinter; she's an Olympic gold medalist in the making. Meet her and nine other women we're betting will lead the new Texas—and the world. (February 2003)
Illinois Jacquet Recommended Recordings
(November 2002)
Hall of Justice
Although Texans from Scott Joplin to Jack Teagarden have made noteworthy contributions to the history of jazz, a music form that may be our country's greatest artistic achievement, they are all but forgotten now. It's high time Texas did something about that. (January 2001)
Pitching Josh Beckett
He throws a 95-mile-an-hour fastball, strikes out 2.1 batters per inning, and could be the number one pick in June’s big-league draft. Meet suburban Houston’s new teen sensation. (April 1999)
Columns | Miscellany
Independent's Day
With the record business in the doldrums, what's a talented, ambitious band to do? If you're Austin's Grupo Fantasma, you make it on your own. (May 2003)
The State of Illinois
At eighty, most of us would be off our feet, not out on stage. But Illinois Jacquet, the great Texas tenor, keeps blowing his sax—and tooting his own horn. (November 2002)
The Thirty-Year Itch
After pursuing solo careers, the members of the Flatlanders have reunited and released the long-anticipated CD Now Again. Was it worth the wait? (August 2002)
All Grown Up
Twenty years ago the Butthole Surfers—those unspeakably named punk rockers—first turned up their amps in San Antonio. What keeps them going? Chalk it up to, er, clean living. (October 2001)
The Collector
Being a corporate lawyer pays Dean Blackwood's bills, but running an obscure record label keeps him in tune with his true passion. (June 2001)
Sax and the Cities
Financial 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. (May 2000)
Color Commentary
With this year’s induction of Seguin native Smokey Joe Williams, one fourth of the Negro Leaguers in baseball’s hall of fame are Texans. Unfortunately, there may not be any more. (August 1999)
My Hero, Dorough
He jammed with Miles Davis, enlivened Saturday morning children’s TV, and signed his first major-label record deal at 73. Meet jazz giant Bob Dorough. (December 1998)
Jazzed
Can yet another independent label survive in today’s rough- and-tumble music business? The young founders of Dallas’ Leaning House Records sure hope so. (May 1998)
Chrome, Smoke & BBQ
(November 2003)
The Bandwagon
(November 2003)
Just an American Boy: The Audio Documentary
(November 2003)
Essence
Jeff McCord on Lucinda Williams (July 2001)
Step Right Up
Jeff McCord on Charlie Robison (April 2001)
A Man Under The Influence
Jeff McCord on Alejandro Escovedo (April 2001)
Just What Time It Is
(February 2001)
Lifetime
(January 2001)
Reporter
Rhett Miller
(July 2009)
St.Vincent
(June 2009)
Sewn Together
(June 2009)
Townes
(June 2009)
Dim the Aurora
(June 2009)
Ryan Bingham
(May 2009)
Everything You Love Will Be Taken Away . . .
(May 2009)
Little White Lies
(May 2009)
Sometimes I Wish We Were an Eagle
(May 2009)
Down the Line: Rarities and Memorial Collection
(April 2009)
Instead the Forest Rose to Sing
(April 2009)
Hills and Valleys
(April 2009)
Doyle Bramhall II and Charlie Sexton
(March 2009)
Tell ’Em What Your Name Is!
(March 2009)
Willie and the Wheel
(March 2009)
Gurf Morlix
(February 2009)
Changing Horses
(February 2009)
The Tiffany Transcriptions
(February 2009)
The Truth According to Ruthie Foster
(February 2009)
Erika Wennerstrom
(January 2009)
Matter and Light
(January 2009)
Haymaker!
(January 2009)
Seasoned Wood
(January 2009)
Bruce Robison and Kelly Willis
(December 2008)
hommage à Nesuhi
(December 2008)
Warren Hood
(November 2008)
Peoria
(November 2008)
Exposion
(November 2008)
Little Honey
(November 2008)
Hayes Carll
(October 2008)
The Stand Ins
(October 2008)
Earfood
(October 2008)
Oh Skies of Grey
(October 2008)
Roky Erickson
(September 2008)
Fortunately
(September 2008)
You Are All My People
(September 2008)
Sex & Gasoline
(September 2008)
Carl Finch
(August 2008)
Two Men With the Blues
(August 2008)
Rook
(August 2008)
She Ain’t Me
(August 2008)
Kat Edmonson
(July 2008)
Pinetop Perkins and Friends
(July 2008)
Forgiven
(July 2008)
La Conquistadora
(July 2008)
Frankie Miller
(June 2008)
Sonidos Gold
(June 2008)
Beautiful World
(June 2008)
Real Animal
(June 2008)
Ed Jurdi & Gordy Quist
(May 2008)
Directions to See a Ghost
(May 2008)
Troubadour
(May 2008)
One Hell of a Ride
(May 2008)
Gavin Tabone
(April 2008)
Dog of Love
(April 2008)
Just Us Kids
(April 2008)
Live Cactus!
(April 2008)
Robotique Majestique
(March 2008)
What Doesn’t Kill Us
(March 2008)
Moment of Forever
(March 2008)
Who’s Next
Who’s the next Willie? The new Selena? (February 2008)
Holdin’ Our Own and Other Country Gold Duets
(January 2008)
Live From Austin TX
(January 2008)
Little Grey Sheep
(January 2008)
The Struggle Continues
(January 2008)
Solos, Sessions & Encores
(December 2007)
Patty Griffin: Live From the Artists Den
(December 2007)
Live From Austin TX
(December 2007)
Atlantic Blues (1949-1970)
(December 2007)
Chip Taylor & Carrie Rodriguez Live From the RuhrTriennale
(November 2007)
Mescalito
(November 2007)
In the City of Lost Things
(November 2007)
Home
(November 2007)
Everybody’s Brother
(October 2007)
Combinations
(October 2007)
The Shepherd’s Dog
(October 2007)
Washington Square Serenade
(October 2007)
Your Town Tonight
(September 2007)
Noble Creatures
(September 2007)
It’s Not Big It’s Large
(September 2007)
The Stage Names
(September 2007)
Breakin’ It Up & Breakin’ It Down
(August 2007)
Love Is the Song We Sing: San Francisco Nuggets 1965–1970
(August 2007)
Twilight on Sometimes Island
(August 2007)
New Moon
(August 2007)
Voxtrot
(July 2007)
Translated From Love
(July 2007)
There’s No Home
(July 2007)
Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
(July 2007)
Palo Santo
(June 2007)
You Are Beautiful at All Times
(June 2007)
Exciting Opportunity
(June 2007)
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
(June 2007)
Brand New Towns
(May 2007)
Red Dog Blues
(May 2007)
Woke on a Whaleheart
(May 2007)
From the Cradle to the Grave
(May 2007)
Future Clouds and Radar
(April 2007)
Dial T for This
(April 2007)
Life
(April 2007)
Diamonds to Dust
(April 2007)
Booker T. Jones
(March 2007)
WHERE ARE THEY NOW? Sly Stone
(March 2007)
Heartbreaker’s Hall of Fame
(March 2007)
In My Element
(March 2007)
Children Running Through
(February 2007)
Not Too Late
(February 2007)
The Phenomenal Ruthie Foster
(February 2007)
West
(February 2007)
Andrew Shapter & Joel Rasmussen
(January 2007)
Cold, Cold World
(January 2007)
Snowbyrd
(January 2007)
Your Biggest Fan
(January 2007)
The Legendary Prestige Quintet Sessions and Fearless Leader
(December 2006)
Nashville Rebel
(December 2006)
Rockin’ Bones: 1950s Punk & Rockabilly
(December 2006)
The Complete Atlantic Sessions
(December 2006)
Barbara Orbison
(November 2006)
Trying to Never Catch Up
(November 2006)
The Californian
(November 2006)
War and Peace
(November 2006)
Dewey Redman
(1931-2006)
(October 2006)
Meadow
(October 2006)
Texas Thunder Soul
(October 2006)
Sound Grammar
(October 2006)
Grupo Fantasma Comes Alive
(September 2006)
Workbench Songs
(September 2006)
These Four Walls
(September 2006)
Artist in Residence
(September 2006)
Kickin’ Out the Footlights … Again
(August 2006)
Movie Monster
(August 2006)
Legends of Country Music: Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
(August 2006)
Graveyard Shift
(July 2006)
Seven Angels On A Bicycle
(July 2006)
Sacred
(July 2006)
Passover
(June 2006)
Twenty Twenty: The Essential T Bone Burnett andThe True False Identity
(June 2006)
Spiritual Boy
(June 2006)
Springtime Can Kill You
(May 2006)
"Nothing Serious" and "Distractions"
(May 2006)
The Boxing Mirror
(May 2006)
Full
(May 2006)
Hurts to Purr
(April 2006)
Red Garland Trio at the Prelude
(April 2006)
You Don’t Know Me: The Songs of Cindy Walker
(April 2006)
Margaret Brown
(April 2006)
The Truth Will Set You Free
(March 2006)
Sleep Inside This Wheel
(March 2006)
The Believer
(March 2006)
Heavy Ornamentals
(February 2006)
Different Folks
(February 2006)
It’s a Game
(February 2006)
Big Sweet Life: The Songs of Jon Dee Graham
(January 2006)
TexBook Tenor
(January 2006)
In the Reins
(January 2006)
Lost Horizon
(December 2005)
Live in Austin, TX DVD/CD
(December 2005)
The Funk Anthology
(December 2005)
Snow
(November 2005)
Pure Genius: The Complete Atlantic Recordings
(November 2005)
Dos Amigos
(November 2005)
Canvas
(October 2005)
The Real Deal
(October 2005)
Cripple Crow
(October 2005)
Cruel and Gentle Things
(September 2005)
Pajo
(September 2005)
Paradise Hotel
(September 2005)
Funky Funky Houston
(August 2005)
Cost of Living
(August 2005)
The Outsider
(August 2005)
Weather and Water
(July 2005)
The Hustler
(July 2005)
For So Long
(July 2005)
Pearl: Legacy Edition
(June 2005)
Who Is Mike Jones?
(June 2005)
Another Day in the Sun
(June 2005)
Frances the Mute
(May 2005)
Songs for Tsunami Relief: Austin to South Asia
(May 2005)
Gimme Fiction
(May 2005)
Hotwalker
(April 2005)
The Complete Mercury Recordings
(April 2005)
Black Sheep Boy
(April 2005)
Heard It On The X
(March 2005)
Room Noises
(March 2005)
Worlds Apart
(March 2005)
Send Me Home
(February 2005)
Delirium Tremolos
(February 2005)
15 More Original Hits
(February 2005)
We Can’t Make it Here
(January 2005)
Loteria De La Cumbia Lounge
(January 2005)
Same Mother
(January 2005)
The Late Great Daniel Johnston: Discovered Covered
(December 2004)
It Always Will Be
(December 2004)
Oval Room
(December 2004)
From A Basement on the Hill
(November 2004)
Dents & Shells
(November 2004)
Blood of the Ram
(November 2004)
Together We're Heavy
(July 2004)
Here is Nowhere
(July 2004)
Dreamland
(July 2004)
Live in Aught-Three
(March 2004)
Feels Like Home
(March 2004)
The Complete Roulette Jack Teagarden Sessions
(June 2003)
The Gospel Collection
(June 2003)
Growl
(June 2003)
Roy Hargrove presents the RH Factor
(June 2003)
No Sleep
(December 2000)
Flower After Flower
(November 2000)
Bolsa de Agua
(October 2000)
Earned Dreams
(September 2000)
Deep River of Song: Big Brazos Texas Prison Recordings, 1933 and 1934
(August 2000)
The Complete Science Fiction Sessions/Skies of America/Dancing In Your Head
(July 2000)
Figure 8
(June 2000)
The Complete Blind Willie Johnson
(May 2000)
Too Much Coffee Man
(April 2000)
Blood & Mood
by the Bad Livers, the Hollisters, and Dynamite Hack. (March 2000)
Something Happened
(February 2000)
Web Exclusives
Erika Wennerstrom
(January 2009)
Bruce Robison and Kelly Willis
An extended interview with Bruce Robison and Kelly Willis. (December 2008)
Warren Hood
A web-only interview with the Austin violinist. (November 2008)
Jeff McCord with Frankie Miller
(June 2008)
Jesse Dayton
An extended interview with Jesse Dayton. (January 2008)
The Soul of Rock and Roll
(December 2008)
The Hit Parade
Twenty essential recordings by Texas' best jazz musicians. (January 2001)
