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Wild Child isn't just giving you 'The Runaround'

"...and vocal duo, Alexander Beggins, to arrive. Her fiancé Bobby Fitzgerald, best known as the howling frontman and fiddler..."

Nov. 8, 2013 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Playback: Hot Shivers

New Whiskey Shivers, Butthole Surfers, Casualties, murals, and takes on American literary classics

"...Johnston cover band named How High Are You? Fiddler Bobby Fitzgerald, ever sleeveless, mulleted, and outfitted in a pair..."

July 21, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Playback: Sunday Morning Coming Down

Last Sunday marked the death of two Austin music connectors; plus, in regards to local public policy, Mayor Steve Adler calls

"...by selling key chains and bracelets made from singer/fiddler Bobby Fitzgerald's trademark mudflap. Cop your hockey hair jewelry on..."

May 26, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Funemployed: Whiskey Shivers

Wilding out on the road, where their moniker precedes them

"...town, so I still work with them sometimes. [Singer] Bobby [Fitzgerald] still works a temp job. He does landscaping...."

Aug. 15, 2013 Music Post by Abby Johnston

SXSW Wednesday Picks and Sleepers

"...stringed instrument. The madcap hillbilly holler and fiddle of Bobby Fitzgerald leads the fracas of banjo, upright bass, guitar,..."

March 15, 2013 Music Feature

Whiskey Shivers

"..."Darlin'" with a lovely, fiddle-led weep from lead singer Bobby Fitzgerald. "D-Tune" begins as a walking-beat folk jam, but..."

Aug. 17, 2012 Music Review by Abby Johnston

Whiskey Shivers

"...band. Blame the local quintet's frontman and fiddle wiz Bobby Fitzgerald, who hollers possessed hillbilly catharsis behind a dementedly..."

Jan. 13, 2012 Music Review by Doug Freeman

Further Reflections

SXSW Film Festival

"...Juergens; with Nick Veronis, Catherine Kellner, Neal Jones, Patrick Fitzgerald, Jane Adams, Paul Gleason...."

March 21, 1997 Screens Feature

Summer Sneaks

Apocalypse Whenever: Movies in the Season of Armageddon

"...D: Nick Veronis; with Jane Adams, Patrick Fitzgerald, Paul Gleason, Neal Jones, Catherine Kellner...."

May 22, 1998 Screens Feature

Ezra

Writer Tony Spiridakis channeled his experiences as father to a son with autism in this family drama

"...Directed by: Tony Goldwyn. Starring: Bobby Cannavale, Robert De Niro, Rose Byrne, William A. Fitzgerald,..."

May 31, 2024 Movie Review

Texas in the Title

"...20 "Texas (When I Die)," Tanya Tucker Songwriters: Bobby Borchers, Ed Bruce, Patsy Bruce Year Released: 1978 Highest..."

Nov. 28, 2003 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Reissues

Los Zafiros

"...Read My Mind," and "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald") to his fine early work and sharp album cuts..."

Aug. 27, 1999 Music Feature

Hot Line to Jesus

Edison's Speaking Phonograph

"...return it gave me B.B. King and Bob Wills, Bobby Darin and Bobby Bland, Ella, Sarah, and Peggy Lee,..."

Aug. 28, 1998 Music Feature by Jay Hardwig

Postmarks

More tributes to Doug Sahm

"...yours only! I had a letter from Augie Meyers, Bobby Smith, Joe Gracey, and Doug Hanners this week. I..."

Dec. 3, 1999 Column

I Wanna Be a Paperback Writer

Perusing the Texas Book Festival Panels

"...Conway] to be sleeping with Ernest Hemingway, and with Fitzgerald. But you can't put it in if it's not..."

Nov. 7, 1997 Books Feature

Psych, Blues, and Conjunto Festivals Headline Our Crucial Concerts

This week's recommended live offerings

"...Chavez beer hall Central Machine Works, while Rodney Rodriguez, Bobby Salinas, and more perform Saturday and Sunday at the..."

April 25, 2025 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

SXSW Goes Monster Hunting With Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Amongst Thieves

Evil Dead Rises and more added to festival lineup

"...Haysbert, Emilio Rivera, Tony Shalhoub, Matt Walsh, Pepe Serna, Bobby Soto, Jimmy Gonzales, Brice Gonzalez (World Premiere)..."

Jan. 11, 2023 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Crime Month: A Chron "… and Punishment" Playlist

Songs answering the musical question, "Does crime pay?" No.

"...“Miss Otis Regrets,” Ella Fitzgerald A vocalist with perfect pitch sings Cole Porter’s tune..."

July 17, 2019 Arts Post by M. Brianna Stallings

Friggin' Genius

SXSW Film announces feature film lineup

"...Lee Tergesen, Melanie Lynskey, Gillian Jacobs, Dagmara Dominczyk, Paul Fitzgerald, Dominic Fumusa, Jessica Hecht, Corey Stoll (World Premiere)..."

Feb. 4, 2010 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

A Painter Passing Through

Gordon Lightfoot's Bass solo

"...requisite hits like “Sundown” and “Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald” were the most engaging, the brief moments when his..."

March 6, 2009 Music Post by Doug Freeman

General Jackson

Artist and historian Jack Jackson remembered by those who knew him well

"...we'd smoke pot, and then head to Antone's for Bobby Blue Bland or to Soap Creek, where we'd get..."

Aug. 11, 2006 Arts Feature by Margaret Moser

Frank Sinatra

In Box

"...of the singer's musical evolution from King of the Bobby Soxers to Chairman of the Board. To start with,..."

July 12, 2002 Music Review by Greg Beets

Cumulative Staff Box

"...Kevin Wood, Jeremy Benoit, Tricia Richards, Kimberley Morgan, Mary Fitzgerald, Daniel Gonzalez Polanco, Alexis Carroll, Emily Pyle, Pat Lynch,..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature by Nick Barbaro

Here Comes the Nice

Small Face Ronnie Lane's tenure in Austin is preserved on Live in Austin.

"...money was spent. At a benefit at Houston club Fitzgerald's, Lane met Jo Rae DiMenno, who now runs Austin's..."

Dec. 8, 2000 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Postmarks

The beefs this week: Chronicle reporter Robert Bryce on CNN, genetically engineered foods, Steamboat, John Aielli, Paul Minor, and more.

"...the Kodo drummers, a whole week's tribute to Ella Fitzgerald, Brian Eno, Howlin' Wolf, Thelonious Monk, obscure blues artists,..."

Sept. 3, 1999 Column