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 […]
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Songwriter Luther Ingram died of complications from diabetes March 19 in Belleville, Illinois. He wrote “If Loving You Is Wrong (I Don’t Want To Be Right)” and had a #1 R&B hit with the song in 1972. During his five-year […]
Henson Cargill, known principally for his 1968 #1 hit “Skip A Rope”, died March 24 of complications from surgery. He had hosted the nationally syndicated TV show “The Country Hayride” and toured with the Kimberleys before his solo career. He […]
“I feel like I should say thank you when I finish my interviews,” says the always polite postmodern troubadour Willy Mason, voice creaking a bit like a rusty hinge. “Because they’re almost like therapy sessions.” Since being tagged as yet […]
“We’ve each had love relationships that have started and/or ended in the course of this band, we’ve seen each other move to new places and start and end other projects, and cut our hair, and grow our hair. This band […]
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 […]
“My old manager and I used to argue, because I wouldn’t listen to the radio,” recalls Ryan Shaw. But the 26-year-old soul singer didn’t like what he heard on the FM dial. In fact, chart fare seemed the very antithesis […]
(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 […]
The stage is covered in people: It’s the end of a set and the band has hurriedly pulled folks out of the front rows. You can’t see the drummer, girls have surrounded the guitar player, and one guy is shouting […]
“I know that my experience with groups like the Clash or Public Enemy was absolutely pivotal in making me feel less alone with my political opinions — that there was hope beyond the stifling suburb that I lived in.” –Tom […]
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