The Cult of Ray

Ray Benson steps out from behind the Wheel.

"...Everybody knows Ray Benson: the big guy with the big hat, booming..."

July 18, 2003 Music Feature by Joe Nick Patoski

Marcel Duchamp's X-ray Specs

"...on the discovery of invisible reality revealed by the X-ray and radioactivity as major influences not only on Duchamp's..."

July 16, 1999 Books Feature by Sid Moody

The Town Was Hoppin'

Austin's music scene of the Fifties lives on in Ray Campi

"...Wild-eyed rockabilly veteran Ray Campi wrote his first song on the last day..."

March 30, 2012 Music Feature by Michael Corcoran

Innocent Man Off Death Row

Ernest Ray Willis exonerated after 18 years behind bars

"...On Oct. 7, Ernest Ray Willis walked away from Texas' death row a..."

Oct. 15, 2004 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Fiddles, Not Violins

The Secret to Ray Price and San Antonio Rose

"...you don't print it like I'm sayin' it!" Seventy-year-old Ray Price ("going on 71 with a bullet") of Perryville,..."

Aug. 23, 1996 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Never Mind the Bollocks

Ray Benson decides to cut a solo album

"...to open up for them at Randy's Rodeo," remembers Ray Benson, iconic mastermind behind Austin dancehall denizens Asleep at..."

March 15, 2002 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

SXSW Music: Loretta Lynn

They don’t make ’em like the queen of country music

"...Midway through, she and her band, led by son Ernest Ray, openly disagreed on song selection. They attempted steering..."

March 18, 2016 Music Post by Tim Stegall

Dirty Laundry

Hey, you got soul in my country

"...his 1962 Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music, Ray Charles created the benchmark for crossing the line, highlighting..."

Sept. 18, 2008 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Texas Titles in Toto

"..."Bandera Waltz," Ernest Tubb..."

Nov. 28, 2003 Music Feature

Texas in the Title

"..."Long Tall Texan" rates just below better-known tunes like Ray Stevens' "Ahab the Arab" and Sheb Wooley's "Purple People..."

Nov. 28, 2003 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Short and Sweet From SXSW

The full list of short docs, dramas and animation playing this year

"...Team" Director: Joshua Seftel What’s in the water of Murray, Kentucky that such a small, tight-knit town is home..."

Feb. 5, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Tell It Like It Is

Cyril Neville holds nothing back

"...recently here in Austin by Dr. John drummer Herman Ernest III last month at the One World Theater when..."

April 28, 2006 Music Feature by Robert Gabriel

Hot Line to Jesus

Edison's Speaking Phonograph

"...on by his own .38" From Thomas Edison to Ernest Tubb: A Brief History of the Jukebox..."

Aug. 28, 1998 Music Feature by Jay Hardwig

That Old Revival Spirit

Testifying About Movies

"...best performances, distinguished by its steely, terrifying control. Malick's portrayal of the South Dakota Badlands imbues the stark terrain..."

June 13, 1997 Screens Feature

Texas Medal of Arts

The Texas Cultural Trust honors its sixth group of notable Texans in the arts

"...Asleep at the Wheel frontman and country swing king Ray Benson (Multi-Media); Austin philanthropists Sarah and Ernest Butler (Individual..."

Feb. 25, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

King of the Swing Fiddle

Honoring country music's second most famous fiddle player, Johnny Gimble

"...the Paramount Theatre. Hosted by Asleep at the Wheel's Ray Benson, the evening's musical lineup includes just a few..."

April 5, 2002 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Riding With Bob

"...For nearly three decades now, that's all band leader Ray Benson and company have been doing -- praying at..."

Aug. 13, 1999 Music Feature by Lee Nichols

Further Reflections

"...Rob Sweeney; Ed: Olof Kallstrom; Music: Charles Engstrom; Cast: Ernest Borgnine, Kim Hunter, James Morrison, Wendell Pierce, Park Overall...."

March 26, 1999 Screens Feature

Playback: Gourds Co-Leader Jimmy Smith Heads to Montana

Jimmy Smith heads for higher ground, Pete Mitchell reaches a higher plane, and Izzy Cox would like to remain upright on terra firma

"...best known as the right-hand man for Texas Troubadour Ernest Tubb, played his outro on Saturday night at the..."

July 29, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Coming Soon To a Concert Hall Near You

What's ahead for the Austin Symphony Orchestra & Ballet Austin in 2004-2005

"...classical music, pianist James Dick. Next season's Sarah & Ernest Butler Pops Series has a decidedly Western tilt –..."

May 28, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

For the Good Times

The Life and Times of Texas country crooner, Ray Price.

"...Missouri State University's Hendricks Hall on November 15, 1997, Ray Price had proved he could still sell out the..."

Sept. 1, 2000 Music Feature by David Cantwell

Austin Music Awards Hall of Fame Inductees 1983-2016

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

"...Ray Benson (95)..."

March 3, 2017 Features Feature

To C-Boy, With Love

Continental Club maverick Steve Wertheimer pays tribute to his mentor – with a nightclub

"...There reside photographs of the Fabulous Thunderbirds and Stevie Ray Vaughan, playing a small stage in a packed club..."

Jan. 31, 2014 Music Feature by Michael Corcoran

Eruption

Church on Monday guitarist Jake Langley transcends jazz

"...jazz icon who spent more than a decade" as Ray Charles' musical director, but five decades in service of..."

March 28, 2014 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

A World in Which All Worlds Fit

"...in Texas. They range from the rich and famous (Ray Benson, Jimmie Vaughan, and Marcia Ball all call South..."

Dec. 4, 1998 Music Feature by Jay Hardwig

Force of Circumstance

Houston honky-tonks + Americana surrealism = Robert Ellis

"...warped world of Dalí and angular discomfort of Man Ray, he stops before another, smaller Magritte painting. Tightly cropped..."

June 3, 2016 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...from both right and left. And unsurprisingly, Carole Keeton Strayhorn figured out a way to blame it on Rick..."

March 3, 2006 News Feature

The Memphis Blues Again

Sheet Music

"...The Memphis Blues Againby Ernest C. Withers; Daniel Wolf..."

Feb. 1, 2002 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Spotlight: Ike Turner

Ike Turner is about to be 70 and still a mack.

"...out of school, and we passed by [childhood friend] Ernest Lane's daddy's house. I heard this music! Pinetop Perkins..."

March 16, 2001 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Naked City

The U.S. Fish & Wildlife rethinks its pact with the Lower Colorado River Authority; prospective candidates are lining up to run for two open on district court, and Brigid Shea leaves the SOS Alliance.

"...side. With Mary Pearl Williams headed for retirement and Ernest Garcia -- an appointee of Gov. George Bush --..."

Oct. 1, 1999 News Feature by Amy Smith

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