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On the occasion of the Chronicle’s 35th anniversary, our music columnist Kevin Curtin combed through our back issues and counted at least 300 times since our launch in 1981 that we’ve put musicians on the cover. Our online archives only go so far back as 1995, so here’s an incomplete picture of all the times we celebrated Texas music on the cover, starting with the Red-Headed Stranger himself, Willie Nelson, shot by photographer Gary Miller for our April 12, 2013 issue. -
Aaron Neville and Willie Nelson photo by Tracie Goudie Oct. 14, 2005 -
Willie Nelson June 29, 1984 -
Lucinda Williams Oct. 23, 1998 -
Gary Clark Jr. photo by Todd V. Wolfson Oct. 12, 2012 -
Gary Clark Jr. photo by Todd V. Wolfson Feb. 1, 2008 -
Gary Clark Jr., Brannen Temple, Black Joe Lewis, and Roky Erickson photo by Todd V. Wolfson March 14, 2008 -
Alejandro Escovedo photo by Todd V. Wolfson June 20, 2008 -
Alejandro Escovedo and Bruce Springsteen cover illustration by Guy Juke March 16, 2012 -
Alejandro Escovedo photo by Todd V. Wolfson June 28, 2002 -
Alejandro Escovedo May 29, 1992 -
Kelly Willis and Bruce Robison photo by Todd V. Wolfson Feb. 8, 2013 -
Kat Edmonson photo by Todd V. Wolfson Nov. 28, 2014 -
Leon Bridges photo by Gary Miller Oct. 2, 2015 -
Erika Wennerstrom of Heartless Bastards photo by David Brendan Hall June 12, 2015 -
Hayes Carll photo by David Brendan Hall April 8, 2016 -
Akina Adderley photo by Jana Birchum June 10, 2011 -
Guy Clark July 19, 2013 -
…And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead photo by Aubrey Edwards Jan. 28, 2005 -
The Bad Livers Nov. 5, 1999 -
Matt Vasquez of Delta Spirit June 5, 2015 -
Explosions in the Sky photos by John Anderson July 1, 2011 -
Fastball Dec. 11, 1998 -
Flaco Jimenez and the Texas Tornados July 5, 1996 -
Doug Sahm Nov. 26, 1999 -
Doug Sahm archival photo by Baron Wolman March 20, 2009 -
Townes Van Zandt cover illustration by Guy Juke Dec. 9, 2005 -
Will Sheff of Okkervil River photo by Todd V. Wolfson Sept. 6, 2013 -
Shakey Graves photo by Todd V. Wolfson Sept. 26, 2014 -
Spoon Jan. 22, 1999 -
Shawn Colvin, Britt Daniel (Spoon), and Charlie Robison photo by Todd V. Wolfson Jan. 19, 2001 -
Sam Beam (Iron & Wine) photo by Todd V. Wolfson Sept. 28, 2007 -
Daniel Johnston cover by Traci Goudie May 5, 2006 -
Cover illustration by Daniel Johnston Aug. 20, 1999 -
Bob Schneider illustration by Bob Schneider Oct. 2, 2009 -
Ume photo by Jana Birchum Nov. 18, 2011 -
Bright Light Social Hour photo by John Anderson Feb. 11, 2011 -
Bill Callahan (Smog) photo by John Anderson July 1, 2005 -
Bobbie Nelson photo by Todd V. Wolfson Jan. 18, 2008 -
Patty Griffin photo by Todd V. Wolfson May 17, 2002 -
Marcia Ball photo by Scott Newton June 20, 2003 -
Sarah Brown (with Memphis Slim) Jan. 15, 2016 -
Pinetop Perkins photo by Todd V. Wolfson Feb. 4, 2005 -
Sara Hickman photo by Todd V. Wolfson May 7, 2010 -
Robert Earl Keen photo by Scott Newton April 25, 1997 -
The Flatlanders photo by Will van Overbeek July 26, 2002 -
Jimmie Dale Gilmore photo by Todd V. Wolfson Feb. 25, 2000 -
Jimmie Vaughan photo by Todd V. Wolfson July 16, 2010 -
Kris Kristofferson Oct. 2, 1981 -
Kris Kristofferson photo by Mary Ellen Mark Feb. 24, 2006 -
Los Lonely Boys photo by Traci Goudi Aug. 1, 2003 -
Gibby Haynes (Butthole Surfers) Sept. 8, 1995 -
Butthole Surfers photo by Hunter Barnes Sept. 26, 2008 -
Meat Puppets photo by Todd V. Wolfson July 20, 2007 -
White Denim photo by Sandy Carson Oct. 11, 2013 -
Quiet Company photo by Will Van Overbeek Feb. 17, 2012 -
Ruthie Foster photo by Todd V. Wolfson Jan. 27, 2012 -
Grupo Fantasma photo by Sandy Carson June 13, 2008 -
SURVIVE photo by David Brendan Hall Sept. 26, 2016 -
Band of Heathens photo by John Anderson May 6, 2011 -
Billy Joe Shaver photo by Sandy Carson Aug. 17, 2012 -
Janis Joplin Jan. 12, 1996 -
Don Walser photo by John Carrico Sept. 29, 2006 -
Bob Wills Aug. 13, 1999 -
Dale Watson photo by John Anderson July 25, 2014 -
Ghostland Observatory photo by John Anderson Oct. 22, 2010 -
Ian McLagan photo by Todd V. Wolfson Dec. 12, 2014 -
Moving Panoramas photo by Shelley Hiam Sept. 25, 2015 -
Bavu Blakes photo by Oscar Garcia April 27, 2007 -
Country Cousins photo by Todd V. Wolfson March 6, 2015 -
Suzanna Choffel photo by Todd V. Wolfson Nov. 28, 2008 -
Nakia Sept. 9, 2011 -
Doyle Bramhall II photo by Todd V. Wolfson Nov. 18, 2016 -
Los Coast photo by Todd V. Wolfson Sept. 30, 2016 -
Foot Patrol photo by John Anderson April 29, 2011 -
Del Castillo April 11, 2003 -
LZ Love June 4, 2010 -
Ray Wylie Hubbard photo by Todd V. Wolfson June 23, 2006 -
Nanci Griffith photo by Señor McGuire Feb. 25, 2005 -
Reckless Kelly photo by Todd V. Wolfson July 4, 2008 -
Rosie Flores photo by Todd V. Wolfson Aug. 10, 2007 -
Steven Fromholz and Lyle Lovett Sept. 11, 1998 -
Hannibal Lokumbe and Jeff Lofton photo by John Anderson Feb. 12, 2010 -
The Gourds Sept. 23, 2011 -
Michael Ramos photo by Todd V. Wolfson Aug. 18, 2006 -
Mother Falcon photos by John Anderson/cover illustration by Chris Linnen July 30, 2010 -
The Octopus Project photo by Aubrey Edwards March 16, 2007 -
Vallejo photo by Todd V. Wolfson Aug. 18, 2000 -
Sarah Jarosz April 11, 2014 -
Cyril Neville photo by Aubrey Edwards April 28, 2006 -
Voxtrot photo by Mary Sledd May 18, 2007 -
Toni Price photo by John Carrico Sept. 14, 2001 -
Dikes of Holland photo by Todd V. Wolfson Aug. 31, 2012 -
Biscuit Turner photo by Todd V. Wolfson Aug. 19, 2005 -
The Sword photo by Gary Miller Jan. 9, 2009 -
Charlie Belle photo by Todd V. Wolfson March 4, 2016 -
The Fabulous Thunderbirds Feb. 28, 1986 -
Elana James photo by Valerie Fremin April 24, 2015 -
Artly Snuff archival photo by Ken Hoge July 8, 2011 -
Stevie Ray Vaughan July 8, 1983
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