2017 Music Critics Poll

Best roadshow, best new local acts, R.I.P.s, etc.

"...Doug Freeman: Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit, ACL Live at..."

Dec. 29, 2017 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Live Music to See This Weekend

Your cheat sheet for three days of fun

"...for one of Texas country’s best performers. – Doug Freeman DIIV / Alex Napping..."

July 28, 2017 Music Post by The Music Staff

Margaret Moser Tribute: Denny Freeman

Remembering that “little blues cult”

June 30, 2017 Music Feature by Bill Bentley

Margaret Moser Tribute: Lou Ann Barton

The blues belter on what it's like to have your career chronicled by the best

"...Lies & Dreams magazine [laughs]. I was crashing between Denny Freeman and Keith Ferguson’s house, and one day, Stevie..."

June 30, 2017 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Playback: Robert Johnson Plays Antone’s Anniversary!

Antone’s resurrects Robert Johnson for its 42nd anniversary

"...local all-stars Gary Clark Jr., Jimmie Vaughan, Derek O'Brien, Denny Freeman, and a two-night Dreams Come True reunion of..."

June 30, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Jim Caligiuri Exit Interview

Ten minutes, 20 questions, and 20-plus years of Americana chronicles

"...Denny Freeman on Bob Dylan 2008..."

April 13, 2017 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Austin Music Awards Hall of Fame Inductees 1983-2016

Never before published list of all Austin Music Awards Hall of Fame inductees

"...Denny Freeman (10)..."

March 3, 2017 Features Feature

The Rebirth of Doyle Bramhall II

For his first solo LP in 15 years, Eric Clapton’s top lieutenant may have put out the blues album of 2016

"...the company of Paul Ray, Jimmie and Stevie Vaughan, Denny Freeman, and more, "Big Doyle" catalyzed the Austin blues..."

Nov. 18, 2016 Music Feature by Alejandra Ramirez

Public Notice: October Surprise?

Developers threaten to take their PUDkin and go home

"...5pm with music by Two Guitars, Bass and Drums (Denny Freeman, John X Reed, Speedy Sparks, Rodney Craig) and..."

Oct. 21, 2016 News Column by Nick Barbaro

ACL Fest Official Late Night Shows Venue Guide

Because after the show it’s the afterparty

"...sit-ins from some of Austin’s top players (Derek O’Brien, Denny Freeman, Sarah Brown). Continental Club 1315 S. Congress www.continentalclub.com..."

Sept. 21, 2016 Music Post

Playback: 35 Years of Chronicle Music Covers

We wade through the roughly 300 issues stamped with the mug of a musician

"...Denny Freeman (12/2/11)..."

Sept. 2, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Robert Plant Crowns Austin Music Awards

Fortune teller to unspool vintage Twine Time at local Grammys

"...a boyish Stevie Ray Vaughan playing rhythm guitar opposite Denny Freeman. Ray later served as emcee of the Austin..."

March 15, 2016 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Paul Ray Tribute

"...Ball, Derek O’Brien, Georgia Bramhall, Nakia Reynoso, Zach Ernst, Denny Freeman, Gary Clark Jr., Jimmie Vaughan, Billy Pitman, Billy..."

March 4, 2016 Photo Gallery

Bill Carter

"...– drummer Dony Wynn, guitar slingers David Holt and Denny Freeman, and Richard Bowden on fiddle – Bill Carter..."

Feb. 26, 2016 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri

Playback: And the Award Goes To ...

The Grammys went bust, but their local equivalent – the 34th annual Austin Music Awards – just dropped its star-studded lineup

"...Vaughan, Charlie Sexton, Gary Clark Jr., Derek O'Brien, and Denny Freeman all playing Ray’s favorite tunes. Tickets go on..."

Feb. 19, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Ramble On

"...were backed by young Stevie Vaughan on second guitar, Denny Freeman on first. Later, Paul's radio show emphasized the..."

Jan. 21, 2016 Postmarks

Playback – Austin Loses Its Voice: Paul Ray 1942–2016

Paul Ray 1942–2016, and now, a time without twine

"...with a house band that included Ray's onetime bandmates Denny Freeman and Derek O'Brien. Clark returned later to jam..."

Jan. 22, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Paul Ray’s Magic

Twine Time’s origin story begins with friendship

"...lovers, and how could they not? On guitars were Denny Freeman and a young Stevie Vaughan, and a rhythm..."

Jan. 15, 2016 Music Post by Bill Bentley

Twine Time Host Paul Ray Dead at 73

Deejay, singer, and soul scholar had been hospitalized since November

"...career flourished alongside a gang of Dallas ex-pats including Denny Freeman and Stevie Ray Vaughan. Both guitarists backed Ray..."

Jan. 15, 2016 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Hideaway

A descendant of the father of our country in the Antone's House Band? For three decades now, believe it!

"...bass, Monsees is onstage with Marcia Ball and guitarists Denny Freeman and Derek O'Brien...."

Jan. 15, 2016 Music Feature by Sarah Brown

Playback: Antone's Resurrected

The return of Antone's, Free Week, and the Austin Music Poll Ballot

"...instrumental, stoking solos from a trio of supreme string-burners: Denny Freeman, Derek O'Brien, and Eve Monsees. A rotation of..."

Jan. 8, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Critics Poll

"...Doug Freeman: Kendrick Lamar, ACL Live at the Moody Theater..."

Jan. 1, 2016 Music Feature by Neph Basedow

Antone’s Reopening on New Year’s Eve

Zydeco heir C.J. Chenier breaks in the stage

"...an Antone's all-star band including Marcia Ball, Derek O'Brien, Denny Freeman, Lou Ann Barton, Eve Monsees, and Georgia Bramhall...."

Dec. 29, 2015 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Playback: Triple Crown Ends Historic Streak

San Marcos' Triple Crown ends its live music streak, White Ghost Shivers lose a founder, and Twine Time host Paul Ray hospitalized

"...Denny Freeman, who shared guitar duties with Stevie Ray Vaughan..."

Dec. 18, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Blues Lessons with Eve Monsees

Guitarist starts at Jimmy Reed and ends up in New Orleans

"...go to Antone’s to see people like Jimmie Vaughan, Denny Freeman, and Derek O’Brien. We looked up to those..."

Dec. 3, 2015 Music Post by William Harries Graham

The Residents

Twelve essential weekly hangs

"...Denny Freeman..."

Nov. 27, 2015 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

The Residents

Twelve essential Austin residencies

Nov. 27, 2015 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Playback: Bob Dylan Goes Electric – Again!

Fifty years ago, Dylan and the Band went electric at Austin's Municipal Auditorium

"...Denny Freeman, the local guitar stylist who backed Dylan for..."

Sept. 25, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Public Notice: Trash Talking

More recycling and composting is about to take place in Austin

"...The lineup includes Guy Forsyth, Carolyn Wonderland, Rosie Flores, Denny Freeman, Carson McHone, Colin Gilmore, and many, many more;..."

Sept. 25, 2015 News Column by Nick Barbaro

The Drifter

Mike Flanigin's accidental (and all-star) organ-grinding

"...house band leader Derek O'Brien, onetime Bob Dylan sideman Denny Freeman, and Barry "Frosty" Smith, among the greatest drummers..."

Aug. 14, 2015 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

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