Music
January 20, 2013
The Real Buddy Holly
His life was as short and sweet as his songs, but who was the Lubbock rocker whose influence over popular music will not fade away?…
Musicians
Books
September 30, 1997
CD and Book Reviews
Hot CDs Few voices evoke the pathos of country and western tragedy as genuinely as the rich, honeyed timbre of George Jones. By 1962, the year Jones signed with the United Artists label, the East Texan had been divorced, jailed, and was already as legendary for his hard drinking as…
Music
August 31, 1997
Yule Love It
The holiday season comes early for Asleep at the Wheel, who’ve just wrapped Merry Texas Christmas, Y’all (High Street/Windham Hill Records) at Austin’s Bismeaux studios. Highlights include Tish Hinojosa singing “Feliz Navidad” and Willie Nelson and Don Walser on “Silent Night.” Too homey for you? Wheel front man Ray Benson’s…
Books
August 31, 1997
CD and Book Reviews
Hot CDs Running on equal parts inspiration and gumption, Austin’s Damnations are the alternative to alternative country, going way back for tunes like “Copper Kettle,” forward for a romp through Lucinda Williams’ “Happy Woman Blues,” and their own way with impressively traditional-progressive originals. The mostly acoustic Live Set (Damnations), pressed…
Feature
April 1, 1996
Wafer Madness
Inside a state-of-the-art semiconductor factory, a day’s work is never done, as technicians race to build smaller, faster, and more-powerful computer chips.
Reporter
January 1, 1995
The Truck Stops Here
Dorsett 221 near Buda is the place where a driver is always king of the castle.