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Junior Achievement »
Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Jerry Jeff Walker—and now Junior Brown? The former community college teacher is the latest outlaw to hijack Texas country music, and he may be the greatest.
June 1996 by Joe Nick Patoski
The Hole Story »
Austin’s Butthole Surfers have always been very strange. But these days, the strangest thing about them is their mainstream respectability.
June 1996 by Jason Cohen
Sex, Drugs, and Rock and Roll »
When the double life of pioneering record producer Huey Meaux was exposed, it was time to face the music: How well did I really know the legend I once called my friend?
May 1996 by Joe Nick Patoski
Riffs on Roy »
Oak Cliff native Roy Hargrove may not have the depth and seasoning of Wynton Marsalis, but the 26-year-old prodigy could still be one of the great jazz trumpeters of our day.
May 1996 by Doug Ramsey
A Winters Tale »
Edgar and Johnny Winter sing the blues over a comic book.
April 1996 Edited by Evan Smith
The Cult of Keen »
It took two decades of shows at honky-tonks filled with frat-boy fans and Aggie admirers, but singer-songwriter Robert Earl Keen has his first major-label record deal.
April 1996 by Jan Reid
CD and Book Reviews »
The best books and CDs from Texas.
March 1996
Walser Across Texas »
Beloved by bubbas and the Butthole Surfers alike, 350-pound yodeler Don Walser is country’s current cross-generational king of cool.
March 1996 by John Morthland
Mr. Clean »
Steve Earle feels alright.
March 1996 by Jason Cohen
Little Boy Lost »
From the moment he first held a guitar pick, Charlie Sexton was said to be on the road to stardom, but high praise and high cheekbones haven’t kept him from stumbling along the way.
February 1996 by Helen Thompson
Texas, Paris »
Two mythic cultures, one great love affair: How France has taken us to heart.
February 1996 by Clotilde Luce
Hot Box »
The best books and CDs from Texas.
February 1996
Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s Willie Nelson »
He may not be a radio staple anymore, but a new tribute album recorded by some of rock’s coolest stars shows that his music still is still moving to them.
January 1996 by Jan Reid
The Sweet Song of Justice »
The verdict is in, but a complete account of what went on in the Selena murder trial hasn’t come out—until now.
December 1995 by Joe Nick Patoski
Asleeping Beauty »
More than two decades after he arrived in Austin, Asleep at the Wheel’s Ray Benson still reigns as the king of swing.
November 1995 by Gary Cartwright
Wasted Days »
Freddy Fender has one of the most affecting voices in the music business. So why isn’t he a star?
October 1995 by John Morthland
Some Things Never Change: Doug Deep »
He’s a little bit country, rock and roll, and everything in between. That’s why Doug Sahm is still going strong.
February 1993 by Joe Nick Patoski
Out of Sync »
Nearly everyone agrees that the nation’s best college jazz program is in Denton, but critics wonder if it isn’t mired in the past.
November 1992 by John Morthland
Lyle’s Style »
Nothing about Lyle Lovett suggests he’d ever make it big. That’s precisely why he did.
October 1992 by Robert Draper
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