BBQ Joint Reviews
August 1, 2020
The True Story of the Legendary Sam’s Bar-B-Que
Tracing the history of the East Austin institution, which has survived two fires, a gentrification buyout offer, and Midland.
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Music
August 27, 2019
The Unlikely Meme-ification of Stevie Ray Vaughan
An aggressively odd Instagram account both celebrates and pokes fun at the legendary Texas blues rocker.
The Culture
July 26, 2018
Stevie Ray Vaughan’s Childhood Home Is on the Market
The Oak Cliff home of the guitar great was listed last week at $169,000.
Q&A
May 30, 2014
Gary Clark Jr. Talks Stevie Ray Vaughan
The Grammy Award-winner reflects on the blues musician that still inspires him today.
Music
May 9, 2014
How Long Blues
What will it take for Stevie Ray Vaughan to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?
Music
February 1, 2013
Stevie Ray, Thirty Years Ago All Over Again
Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble's 1983 debut album gets the a classy-rerelease for a new generation of listeners
The Culture
January 20, 2013
151–175
From the construction of the state’s first public university in College Station to the swearing in of Governor Rick Perry for a third full term in Austin
Critters
December 1, 2011
Furry Friday: Red Headed Kittie
Willie Nelson’s classic album Red Headed Stranger gets “The Kitten Covers” treatment, but which other Texas albums deserve to be profiled?
Music
December 1, 2010
Couldn’t Stand the Weather
A two-disc reissue of the second album by Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble.
Books
April 30, 1999
CD and Book Reviews
Hot CDs Texas honky-tonker Floyd Tillman is best known for heartbreak lyrics like “Slipping Around” and “It Makes No Difference Now.” But on Herb Remington Instrumentally Salutes Floyd Tillman (Glad), the chiming steel guitarist for Bob Wills’s post-war Texas Playboys demonstrates that Tillman’s poppish material is equally strong on melody
Music
February 1, 1999
Music to Our Ears
Texans (natives or onetime residents) have quite an impressive record when it comes to the Grammy awards. Most years we’ve practically dominated—big surprise—the country music category, but we chalked up our share of wins in other classes too. Here’s the score: • Total number of Grammys awarded to Texans from