Townes Van Zandt's Sixth Annual Wake - Old Quarter (Galveston, TX)
"Thank you for coming. Townes will be late, as usual," Rex Bell, owner of the Old Quarter and MC for the evening, wryly noted after opening this year's wake with a foot-thumping rendition of Van Zandt's gospel-tinged "Two Hands".
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Rosanne Cash- The long journey home
If looks could kill, the cover shot of Rosanne Cash's 1985 album Rhythm & Romance would have landed her on somebody's most wanted list. Staring hard into the camera, a country-rock femme fatale in boudoir white, she dared you to crack wise about her shoulder-
Jeannie Kendall - Of missing persons
Jeannie Kendall is seated in a Cracker Barrel restaurant in Branson, Missouri, and she's nervous. A moment ago she announced she wasn't hungry. Now, confronted by a waitress, she orders two scrambled eggs, two strips of bacon, and a biscuit. "They have pretty good biscuits
Hardcore Troubadour: The Life And Near Death Of Steve Earle
It's a good thing that Steve Earle likes to talk, because it seems like he's always got a lot of explaining to do.
Earle once turned up late for a concert in Atlanta, forcing headliner Rosanne Cash to go on before him -- not a big deal
Ry Cooder & Manuel Galban - Mambo Sinuendo
Ry Cooder is an iconoclast and a searcher, and when he chooses his collaborators, he tends to ally himself with characters just as fiercely enigmatic. This is to be expected from a man who pores through discarded, cheap guitars, looking for a sound or tone he hasn't yet
Tommy Hancock & The Supernatural Family Band - At The Little Bear
For decades, Tommy and Charlene Hancock have been a force in Lubbock and Austin, credited by Sonny Curtis as an influence on Buddy Holly & the Crickets. Tommy X Hancock, the original Flatlanders fiddler and a patriarchal figure, became one of the original cosmic cowboys and, with his Supernatural Family