Buck Jones
Country singer Buck Jones was killed by a drunk driver March 17 while trying to get a flat tire repaired near Royce City, Texas. He released an album called Lucky Star on Western Beat/New Light, and had worked with Jim Lauderdale, Allison Moorer, and Jon Byrd. He was 33.
Rich Brotherton - Ace of Austin
(Editor's note: With this issue we begin a semi-regular feature profiling the supporting musicians who help make much of the music we spend our days listening to.)
Rich Brotherton is best known outside of Austin, Texas, as Robert Earl Keen's guitar player. But in his adopted
Kirk Rundstrom: 1968 to 2007
Split Lip Rayfield guitarist and vocalist Kirk Rundstrom succumbed to esophageal cancer on February 22 after a year-long battle with the disease. He was 38. A spirited and tireless performer, Rundstrom was fond of telling anyone who'd listen, "I want to make music every day of my
Golden Smog - Blood On The Slacks
Although playing haphazard cover songs gave Golden Smog its start in the late '80s -- and comprised the entirety of the group's 1992 debut EP On Golden Smog -- the alt-rock collective (including ex-Jayhawks Gary Louris and Marc Perlman, and Soul Asylum's Dan Murphy) took
Mavis Staples - We'll Never Turn Back
Although Ray Charles and Aretha Franklin both achieved higher artistic renown, no one has united the worlds of spiritual and secular music as seamlessly as Mavis Staples. Where Aretha and Sam Cooke were seen as switching from the former to the latter (without totally abandoning gospel), it has never been
Ian Hunter - Shrunken Heads
Back in Mott The Hoople's day, you never would've picked frontman Ian Hunter as a candidate to age gracefully. Improbably, he has done just that, perhaps because he was always a bit older than his peers. Hunter's actual year of birth has long been