Sentimental Family Band Isn’t Hung Up on the High Times

The softie ex-art-rockers arrive at Austin’s honky-tonk revival

"...the city audience is already here. The group of George Jones-loving ex-art-rockers have arrived just in time for Austin’s..."

April 12, 2024 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

A Juneteenth celebration, Taméca Jones, the Howdy Gals' Pride Celebration, Mad Professor, and more recommendations for the week

"...George Washington Carver Museum & Cultural Center, Sunday 19..."

June 17, 2022 Music Column by Derek Udensi

The Flatlanders Create a Defining Album During Their Pandemic Pause

West Texas trio unearths a Treasure of Love

"...cull, but so do Leon Russell and Mickey Newbury, George Jones and Ernest Tubb, and several bluegrass standards...."

July 9, 2021 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Brennen Leigh & Sunny Sweeney Like Country

Tonight’s Saxon Pub song exchange unites liberals/conservatives

"...SS: “Golden Ring” by George Jones & Tammy Wynette...."

Sept. 15, 2015 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

A Poem Is a Naked Person

Les Blank’s doc on Leon Russell began shooting in 1972 and is finally released

"...hey man, what about the music? Well how about George Jones in a Nashville studio playing a haunting acoustic..."

Aug. 7, 2015 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Counterculture Time Capsule

Forty years later, Les Blank's Leon Russell rock doc sees the light of day

"...oh yes – legendary musicians like Willie Nelson and George Jones wades Blank with his camera. "It was like..."

March 13, 2015 Screens Feature by Lars Nilsen

The Bandera Way

Scenes from a marriage in four acts.

"...to be more Johnny Cash and June Carter than George Jones and Tammy Wynette...."

Feb. 8, 2013 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

The Industry of Light and Magic

Fx guru and key 'Star Wars' figure Tom Smith to HRC

"...with the architects of a generation of films – George Lucas, Steven Spielberg and Jim Henson...."

April 15, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

By the Time I Get to Phoenix

SXSW Grace Note: Glen Campbell at the Austin Rodeo.

"...until last year when Joan Jett, Rick Springfield, and George Jones all performed the week following SXSW. In a..."

April 4, 2012 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

This Song Is for You

"..."I Always Get Lucky With You," recorded by Merle Haggard/George Jones..."

Aug. 22, 2008 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

John Dean on Bush

The former White House counsel reveals just how far we've (not) come since Nixon

"...electronic surveillance," he recalled, "and they literally drew on George III as a precedent. We laugh at that, but..."

July 25, 2008 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Shakespeare Was a Big George Jones Fan: Cowboy Jack Clement's Home Movies

Gift guide

"...Shakespeare Was a Big George Jones Fan: Cowboy Jack Clement's Home Movies(Shout! Factory)..."

Dec. 21, 2007 Music Review by Doug Freeman

Gypsy Rose

The 'Rockabilly Filly' bucks back into Austin

"...are worth her while, which from Reba McEntire or George Jones these days would qualify as a miracle."..."

Aug. 10, 2007 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

SXSW Interviews

They said what?

"...album in a decade features vocals from country legends (George Jones, Bobby Bare, Tom T. Hall) and indie icons..."

March 9, 2007 Music Feature

Mountain Style

Chatting with Dr. Ralph Stanley, a pioneer of bluegrass music before there was such a thing

"...notion for a good country song, well, I like George Jones. Old traditional stuff. I don't like the new..."

Nov. 30, 2001 Music Feature by Kim Mellen

Jackpot

"...Truth be told, Sunny (whose signature song is tellingly George Jones' “Grand Tour”) is not an especially accomplished vocalist..."

Sept. 21, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Blue Monday

Antone's Blue Mondays continues, 25 years later.

"...vocalist Mike Cross takes a break. Riley Osborn and George Rains fall into the easy rhythms of keyboards and..."

Dec. 29, 2000 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

SXSW Music Festival

Picks & Sleepers

"...has had his songs covered by the likes of George Strait, Dixie Chicks, and Brian Wilson. Ryan Adams is..."

March 17, 2000 Music Feature

Small Soldiers

"...Dunn, Ann Magnuson, Denis Leary, Dick Miller, Tommy Lee Jones, Frank Langella, Ernest Borgnine, George Kennedy and Michael McKean...."

July 10, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Music Reviews

"...good cuts, lotsa drivel. Thumbs up to Joe Ely, George Jones, Patty Loveless, Chris Isaak, and Shawn Colvin. Hold..."

Sept. 20, 1996 Music Feature

Live Shots

"...as long as they play plenty of Merle Haggard, George Jones, and Hank Williams, Jr. Something you can dance..."

July 26, 1996 Music Feature

Record Reviews

"...John Fogerty, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, Paul Simon, George Harrison, Bono, Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, George Harrison, Ringo..."

March 14, 1997 Music Review

Chapter 5: An Ongoing Odyssey

Twenty years of The Austin Chronicle: the final chapter and coda

"...wall of nostalgia and chart their own sentimental journey.Kimberley Jones A cubicle. I figured I'd get a cubicle: three..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature

Dancing About Architecture

George Jones comes to Austin and everyone gets arrested in the melee. Meanwhile, Matthew McConaughey gets naked and busted, and Austin's answer to Santana, Vallejo, signs with Gloria Estefan's Sony imprint. Maybe K-NACK, a local alt.rock station from earlier this decade, can play them online as the station returns -- on the Internet.

"...was infused, it seems, with the rowdy presence of George Jones. A mostly all-Jones set by Doug Sahm kept..."

Oct. 29, 1999 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Cats Don't Dance

"...Mark Dindal. Starring: Scott Bakula, Jasmine Guy, Natalie Cole, George Kennedy, Hal Holbrook, Rene Auberjonois, John Rhys-Davies, Kathy Najimy,..."

April 4, 1997 Movie Review by Robert Faires

Buttigieg Back for SXSW, Plus Kenan Thompson and More

New speaker list adds keynotes and notables to virtual conference

"...What do Mayor Pete Buttigieg and former Governor George W. Bush have in common (aside from having laid..."

Feb. 24, 2021 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Film Festival Teases Lineup

AFF releases first titles scheduled for 2017 fest

"...of HBO’s The Deuce, created by David Simon and George Pelecanos, who will be in attendance...."

Aug. 22, 2017 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

From the Vaults: David Gordon Green

Highlights of our coverage of the filmmaker since 2001

"...in America. Since the release of his first feature, George Washington, in 2001, Green has directed eight more films,..."

Aug. 16, 2013 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Girl Who Met Robert Johnson

Shirley Ratisseau wrote a song with Robert Johnson

"...other; according to lore, more than 200 in all. George Ratisseau – Shirley's father, age 12 at the time..."

Aug. 3, 2012 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Gary Oldman is John le Carré's unflappable spy, George Smiley, in this dandy espionage tale.

"...Benedict Cumberbatch, Colin Firth, Mark Strong, Tom Hardy, Toby Jones, John Hurt, Ciarán Hinds, Stephen Graham, Simon McBurney, David..."

Dec. 23, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

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