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The Warden of the Asylum

"...Hal Ketchum isn't breaking up, one hopes, but he is..."

May 8, 1998 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Faster Than Sound: Venue Relief Pending as COVID-19 Spike Stalls Restarted Gigs

Also, sampling Flobama's beats, and remembering landmark pianist Margaret Wright

"...from any prolonged illness or COVID-19. The Austin Music Hall of Fame member became a fixture at the Skylark..."

Dec. 11, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

2nd Annual Blue Hole Concerts for the Park

Best of both summer solar systems – live music and coolant

"...of San Marcos hit folkie Susan Gibson, Western vet Hal Ketchum, and Austin songbird Sahara Smith stacking up strong...."

June 7, 2013 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Working Class Hero

Stephen Doster

"...any number of late-Eighties tours with Tommy Elskes and Hal Ketchum, there was always a local following waiting at..."

Sept. 26, 1997 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...Ask and ye shall receive. Austin Interfaith, a political lobbying organization of congregations..."

June 13, 1997 News Feature

Day Trips & Beyond: March Events Roundup

Spring is the season for Texas travel

"...it was with great sadness that we learned that Hal Ketchum was suffering from the late stages of Alzheimer’s..."

Feb. 29, 2020 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Faster Than Sound: Ryan Bingham Warms Up His Western Festival

Onetime local Americana star inaugurates his fest on a chilly day in Luckenbach

"...packed second stage, situated in the venue's open-air dance hall, built circa 1887. The existing bar and buildings proved..."

April 19, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Aaron Einhouse

"...on a rodeo circuit, but even slower numbers like Hal Ketchum co-write "It Ain't Pretty" or highlight "My Susannah"..."

June 24, 2016 Music Review by Doug Freeman

Jenni Finlay Promotions Turns 8

From sleeping on pool tables at Cheatham Street Warehouse to radio

"...star lineup: James McMurtry, my father Jon Dee Graham, Hal Ketchum, Rod Picott, Shelley King, Jess Klein, Owen Temple,..."

Aug. 20, 2014 Music Post by William Harries Graham

For the Sake of the Song

For the sake of the song

"...as a guitarist for Ruthie Foster, Toni Price, and Hal Ketchum. His second effort as a songwriter, Blood and..."

Sept. 16, 2005 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri

Willie Graham

Live shots

"...set. Closer Stephen Bruton wasted no time bringing onstage Hal Ketchum, who’s fought his share of great battles and..."

July 1, 2005 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri

Luv Doc Recommends: Willie Graham Legg Perthes Benefit

Saxon Pub, Friday, June 24, 2005

"...benefit for Family Eldercare featuring really spectacular performers like Hal Ketchum, James McMurtry, Monty Warden, Rocky Erickson, Guy Forsyth,..."

June 24, 2005 Column by The Luv Doc

To Make a Long Story Short

"...musician is a lifetime's work. And indeed, at the half-century mark, Bruton has made an album that reflects that..."

April 2, 1999 Music Feature by Andy Langer

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Never Mind the Mayor

"...one full-volume "Fuck it, it's awful!" and an additional half-audible epithet ot two, the Langer/Watson team managed to fade..."

Feb. 26, 1999 Music Column by Ken Lieck

All in Perspective

Chris Searles

"...of Texas, Searles, singer-guitarist Davíd Garza, and bassist Jeff Haley formed what the drummer describes as a "fairly buzzy..."

April 3, 1998 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

Rock This Way

The Semi-Annual, Whenever-We-Feel-Like-It Rock & Roll Books Section

"...waving to her first love. Matching her glow are half a dozen brightly colored umbrellas. It's one of the..."

March 20, 1998 Books Feature

Austin City Limits: That Magic Spot

Season 23 Premiere Dates

"...March 14: Nanci Griffith with the Crickets March 21: Hal Ketchum/Terry Allen March 28: Celebration of Townes Van Zandt..."

Jan. 30, 1998 Music Feature

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¿Agua-Fest, Si?

"...(and hearing, and hear). Binton's excited about the new Hal Ketchum and Kris Kristofferson albums he's been working on,..."

Sept. 26, 1997 Music Column by Ken Lieck

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Goodbye, AM15?

"...Haired Country Boy," Charlie Daniels Band with special guest Hal Ketchum; "You've Got a Friend in Me," George Jones..."

Aug. 15, 1997 Music Column by Ken Lieck

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Sixth Street Scuffle

"...between, you're likely to find Robbie Fulkes, Junior Brown, Hal Ketchum, Kim Richey, Patty Loveless, Marcia Ball, Colin Ray,..."

July 25, 1997 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Public Notice

Ill Winds

"...Storyville, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Don Walser, Breedlove, Jack-o-pierce, Pushmonkey, Hal Ketchum, Slaid Cleaves, and the Geezinslaws for a Texas..."

June 6, 1997 Column by Kate X Messer

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Blind in Texas or: Ken Don't Know Dick

"...throwing a Lubbock-style "Tornado Jam" at the Austin Music Hall today (Thursday) for the victims of the recent central..."

June 6, 1997 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Day Trips

"...life management and sport fishing. In the Texas Angler's Hall of Fame, the state's top catches are recorded. The..."

May 2, 1997 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Hootie and the Reivers?

"...set for the 17th of this month, with Ed Hall, Sincola, Swine King, Tallboy, and Jesus Christ Superfly replacing..."

Feb. 9, 1996 Music Column

Gram Parsons Hoot Night

Patterson Barrett pays tribute to godfather cosmic cowboy

"...Dr. Patterson Barrett & the Associates, produced demos for Hal Michael Ketchum, performed with Al Kooper, accompanied Nanci Griffith..."

Nov. 5, 2012 Music Post by Margaret Moser