Who Let the Dogs Out?

A playlist for the dog days of summer

"..."Atomic Dog," George Clinton..."

July 17, 2015 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

The Scene Is Gone But Not Forgotten

The Evolution of Austin's White Blues

"...Brownie McGhee, the Meters, Jimmy "Fast Fingers" Dawkins, Koko Taylor, Bukka White, Lightnin' Hopkins, John Lee Hooker, and other..."

Aug. 9, 1996 Music Feature

Summer Blockbuster Film Playlist

Movies come and go, but the songs remain – sometimes

"...mastery of Ledward Kaapana. Sip the deep blues of Hound Dog Taylor. Get mellow and ponder love with Alice..."

July 1, 2015 Music Post by William Harries Graham

Texas Platters

The Scabs

"...Long Way From Anywhere (Lucky Dog/Sony)..."

July 30, 1999 Music Feature

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...beautifully. Patek's string arrangement floats a dream against Jeff Taylor's piano as the song soothes ethereally like Kat Edmonson...."

March 19, 2021 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Page Two: Personalizing the Mythic

How a former president's understated decency and the hectic birth of rock & roll electrified Toronto screens

"...with Elmore James, Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Jimmy Reed, Hound Dog Taylor, and Eddie Taylor. Howlin' Wolf bandleader Eddie..."

Sept. 21, 2007 Column by Louis Black

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

"...the Stones for inspiration, and are known to cover Hound Dog Taylor's ".44 Blues." (Blind Pig Pub, midnight) --..."

March 16, 2001 Music Feature

Checking In: Go Fever’s Acey Monaro Paints Houses Down Under

“So, so, so relieved about the outcome, can’t wait to get back now”

"...I listened to heaps of Junior Wells, Hound Dog Taylor, and T-Bone Walker during quarantine in Austin,..."

Nov. 30, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

ACL Interview: Jon Spencer Blues Explosion

7:30pm, Zilker Tent stage

"...just white kids, either. Just look at someone like Hound Dog Taylor, or Muddy Waters! You can make the..."

Oct. 4, 2013 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

ACL Interview: Jon Spencer Blues Explosion

Your basic sweaty rock & roll revival

"...just white kids, either. Just look at someone like Hound Dog Taylor. You can even look at someone like..."

Oct. 2, 2013 Music Post by Tim Stegall

Record Skipping

Forbert, Thorogood & King anticipate Thursday’s reissue package

"...of their contemporaries in a way he co-opted from Hound Dog Taylor & the Houserockers. Nothing lazy or polished,..."

Aug. 14, 2013 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

SXSW Wednesday Showcases

Stay planted on Wednesday night with whole showcases

"...From its first release by Hound Dog Taylor to current smashes by JJ Grey &..."

March 18, 2011 Music Feature

Black Joe Lewis & the Honey Bears

The hardest-working man in the seafood business

"...he's a really forceful singer. It reminds me of Hound Dog Taylor and Wilson Pickett. To think that someone..."

Feb. 29, 2008 Music Feature by Thomas Fawcett

Black Joe Lewis: Close to the Bone

"...musicians his age would pepper their influences with Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre, but like Daniels, Lewis cuts close..."

Nov. 18, 2005 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Life by the Drop

The return of Doyle Bramhall

"...the Ray Charles Orchestra. Or being the drummer for Hound Dog Taylor or J.B. Hutto. There are a lot..."

Feb. 21, 2003 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Young Guitar Slingers ... Texas Blues Evolution

"...Likewise, among the out-of-towners, Jesse Dayton does justice to Hound Dog Taylor, C.C. Adcock conjures up the swamp rock..."

June 29, 2001 Music Review by Jay Trachtenberg

After a Fashion

Wherefore art thou, Pinky?; and where to go for wigs.

"...I COVER THE STOREFRONT "Gimme Back My Wig," wailed Hound Dog Taylor, and with good reason. Wigs have played..."

Oct. 1, 1999 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Better Too Much Than Not Enough

"...have an album that's closer to Tom Waits than Hound Dog Taylor...."

April 2, 1999 Music Feature by Jay Hardwig

The Dukes of Hazzard

A remake that's about as deep as Jessica Simpson's cleavage.

"...Why, it’s lazier than Sheriff Roscoe P. Coltrane’s good-for-nothing hound dog, Flash. If you don’t cotton to Simpson’s cleavage,..."

Aug. 5, 2005 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

All Down the Line

Forget the Exile on Main St. reissue. Here's the 1972 Stones in all their cinematic glory, plus a 1981 bonus to make it a double feature.

"...the Rolling Stones clustered around the drum kit. Mick Taylor stands mostly motionless downstage left of Jagger, unleashing piercing..."

Oct. 29, 2010 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

SXSW Live Shot: Vintage Trouble

A young James Brown leading Civil War marauders?

"...rock, and blues. Coming onstage to Big Mama Thornton’s “Hound Dog,” they then laid into the Sixties-style “Pelvis Pusher,”..."

March 12, 2014 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Scanlines

The Flintstones

"...Elizabeth Perkins, Halle Berry, Rosie O'Donnell, Kyle McLachlan, Elizabeth Taylor..."

Oct. 2, 1998 Screens Feature

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Friday

"...DVDs with previously unavailable live footage. – Jim Caligiuri TAYLOR HAWKINS & THE COATTAIL RIDERS10pm, Austin Music Hall If..."

March 17, 2006 Music Feature

Recommended Shows Worth Your Musical Bandwidth This Week

Lomelda, Katy Kirby, and Christine Renner lead the live pack

"...Mac with a nasally, slide-searing hurt on Erickson's own Hound of the Baskervilles, "Red Temple Prayer (Two-Headed Dog)."..."

July 16, 2021 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

100 Local SXSW Music Acts

A-Z list of 100 Austin acts showcasing at the Fest

"...Wed. 15, Dirty Dog Bar, 9pm Blind Pets boast a raw trio energy..."

March 17, 2017 Music Feature by The Music Staff

Books, Books, Books

The Summer of '95

"...based around actual historical characters (mobster Mickey Cohen, movie hound Howard Hughes) and real events (the Sleepy Lagoon riots,..."

June 2, 1995 Books Feature