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Texas singer-songwriter Hayes Carll declared, "Ray would be at the top of the list if I were gonna read about somebody's life." In The Messenger: The Songwriting Legacy of Ray …
Believe it or not, Aggieland has witnessed a parade of musical icons over the years, each with an intriguing story attached. Picture a young Elvis Presley entertaining the Corps of …
The writer of such influential songs as Pancho and Lefty, To Live’s to Fly, If I Needed You, and For the Sake of the Song, Townes Van Zandt exerted an influence on at least two …
With roots in Appalachia, the Mississippi Delta, New Orleans, the Piedmont, Memphis, and the prairies of Texas and the American West, the musical genre called Americana can prove …
Mickey Newbury (1940-2002) grew up in Houston and moved to Nashville in the early 1960s, following his muse. He wrote top hits for many well-known artists, including Don Gibson, …
Though not a household name for the general public, Kent Finlay(1938–2015) was one of the world’s best-known and best-lovedpromoters, mentors, and gurus of Texas music. In 1974, …
James and Annetta White opened the Broken Spoke in 1964, then a mile south of the Austin city limits, under a massive live oak, and beside what would eventually become South Lamar …