Croy & the Boys Cover Marty Robbins

ATX’s Midwestern honky-tonkers saddle-up for Adrian Quesada

"...to Live at Level One is a send-up of Marty Robbins’ classic western ballad “Saddle Tramp.”..."

Oct. 24, 2016 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Texas Towns & Places

"...Armstrong, and of course Bob Wills.11 "Streets of Laredo," Marty Robbins Traditional Year Charted: 1960 Highest Billboard Chart Position:..."

Nov. 28, 2003 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Texas Titles in Toto

"..."El Paso," Marty Robbins..."

Nov. 28, 2003 Music Feature

Twentieth Century Drifter: The Life of Marty Robbins

A squeaky clean country rep still

"...Twentieth Century Drifter: The Life of Marty Robbinsby Diane Diekman University of Illinois Press, 280 pp.,..."

June 15, 2012 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard, Johnny Cash, Tammy Wynette, Marty Robbins

Reissues

"...Live at Folsom Prison (Columbia/Legacy)Tammy WynetteStand by Your Man (Columbia/Legacy)Marty RobbinsGunfighter Ballads (Columbia/Legacy) With Columbia/Legacy reissuing these five classic..."

Dec. 10, 1999 Music Review by Jerry Renshaw

Guitar Pedals

Gas prices are down, so the boutique guitar pedal boom is up

"...Owen Bradley's Quonset Hut, Nashville, 1961: Marty Robbins cuts a bluesy shuffle, "Don't Worry." Ace session..."

Feb. 6, 2015 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

The Who

"..."Black Widow's Eyes," and Supreme Being "God Speaks of Marty Robbins" bust into the Hall of Who, anarchic, melodically..."

Nov. 10, 2006 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

The Top Texas 40 Chart

"...Texas Towns & Places: Top 15 1 "El Paso," Marty Robbins..."

Nov. 28, 2003 Music Feature

More Flava Than Juicy Fruit

Wednesday Night SXSW Picks & Sleepers

"...doing the Flintstones theme next to Bob Wills and Marty Robbins numbers?). For a shot of goofball humor and..."

March 10, 2000 Music Feature

What Is This?

"...unpredictability, the band just as likely to break into Marty Robbins' "El Paso" as they were a Black Sabbath..."

April 9, 1999 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Pressure Drop

The State of Modern Reggae

"...and Jimi) into which Marley was inducted after his martyr's death in 1981, is a universe of sexually charged,..."

July 4, 1997 Music Feature

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...a series of sparse but evocative videos directed by Marty Robbins. Latest clip "Further I Run" plays simply enough,..."

April 23, 2021 Music Feature by Derek Udensi

Page Two: A Personal Journey, Part 2

Nashville, Coconut Grove, and points in between

"...Nashville talent: Charlie McCoy, Wayne Moss, Kenny Buttrey, Pig Robbins, Jerry Kennedy, as well as Joe South. Now, these..."

May 25, 2007 Column by Louis Black

King of the Swing Fiddle

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

"...used the fiddle player on sessions with Lefty Frizzell, Marty Robbins, and Ray Price...."

April 5, 2002 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Reissues

Los Zafiros

"...that artists as diverse as Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Marty Robbins, Barbara Streisand, Jerry Lee Lewis, Harry Belafonte, Jane's..."

Aug. 27, 1999 Music Feature

Review: The Band of Heathens

Remote Transmissions, Vol. 1

"...with "The Man in Me"; Midland's Mark Wystrach crooning Marty Robbins' "El Paso City"). No surprise that BoH impressively..."

March 11, 2022 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Paradise is an Outlandish Tropical Western Band: Spliff Kazoo & His Fronds

Tiki quintet bring their “slow conga line” and excessive fog to Kinda Tropical on Thursdays

"...white polyester pants, plays tropical Western music – think Marty Robbins' exotica phase – interspersed with ludicrous gags. They've..."

Oct. 1, 2021 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Faster Than Sound: KUTX Beacon Jay Trachtenberg Retires

Jay Trachtenberg retires from KUTX, Rick Carney steps down as Music Commission chair, and Johnny Bush ascends to honky-tonky heaven.

"...renditions of Nelson's "What a Way to Live" and Marty Robbins' "You Gave Me a Mountain" before the 1972..."

Nov. 20, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...Andy McAllister for an alt-country swerve. The EP leads Marty Robbins-esque with "Rosanna," but standouts prove the sad waltz..."

Nov. 6, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Roger Wallace

"..."That Kind of Lonely" or interpreting twangy classics from Marty Robbins ("Sugaree Sugaree") and Webb Pierce (the Mel Tillis-written..."

Sept. 20, 2019 Music Review by Tim Stegall

Beto & Willie Rally the Resistance

Nelson unveils new song “Vote ’Em Out”

"...a brilliant playlist with subtle nods to O’Rourke’s campaign: Marty Robbins “El Paso” into Johnny Cash’s “I’ve Been Everywhere..."

Sept. 30, 2018 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Recommended ACL Records to Get You Psyched for the Fest

The best CPR (concert psychin' rock) to get in the fest mindset

"...New Zealand roots. Opener “Hello Miss Lonesome” chugs like Marty Robbins on a western trail to the Sixties power-pop..."

Sept. 30, 2016 Music Post by The Music Staff

Marlon Williams

(Dead Oceans)

"...New Zealand roots. Opener "Hello Miss Lonesome" chugs like Marty Robbins on a western trail to the Sixties power-pop..."

Sept. 30, 2016 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Dave Insley

"...Mind"). With "Arizona Territory, 1904," Insley even takes on Marty Robbins' gunfighter ballads, rewriting "Big Iron" from the villain's..."

April 22, 2016 Music Review by Tim Stegall

That’s So Cool: Celebrating Bob Johnston

The late producer’s staggering output somehow excluded his own renown

"...Street Singers Attack the Hits, he recorded albums with Marty Robbins, Moby Grape, John Mayall, Joe Ely, Tracy Nelson,..."

Aug. 20, 2015 Music Post by Louis Black

Bob Johnston 1932-2015

“The grand master waved his magical wand for the last time”

"...legends: Hoyt Axton, the Byrds, Jimmy Cliff, Moby Grape, Marty Robbins, Pete Seeger, the Waterboys...."

Aug. 15, 2015 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

Speaking of the Dead

To mark the Grateful Dead's final performances this weekend, a look back on the band's local history

"...psychedelic shamans also toasted Tejas via frequent covers of Marty Robbins' western ballad "El Paso," captured gloriously on 1976's..."

July 3, 2015 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

The Sonics

"...("You Can't Judge a Book by the Cover") and Marty Robbins ("Sugaree"), all as rave-ups. Jerry Roslie retains the..."

May 1, 2015 Music Review by Tim Stegall

Gordon Lightfoot: Song for a Winter’s Night

Canadian folksinger stirs the Moody with a career ‘Sundown’

"...his composition “In the Early Mornin’ Rain” and covered Marty Robbins covering his “Ribbon of Darkness,” whose last notes..."

Feb. 12, 2014 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

The House Is Rockin’

A final tune for ‘Breaking Bad’

"...of the final Breaking Bad episode, “Felina,” comes from Marty Robbins’ Texan tune “El Paso,” which has sent the..."

Sept. 27, 2013 Music Post by Abby Johnston

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