The Christian Life

Billy Joe Shaver's Victory

"...released recording of "Georgia on a Fast Train" by Roy Acuff...."

Aug. 14, 1998 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

49th-Inning Stretch

Both the players and the announcer have the same dreams of going to the major leagues. The difference between the players and announcer Mike Capps is that none of the young men on the roster of the Round Rock Express earned an Emmy nomination, covered the Persian Gulf War for CNN, or did a 10-hour marathon broadcast of the end of the 51-day Branch Davidian siege in Waco.

"...on to major league positions in the span of Roy Acuff's 13-year broadcast career with the San Antonio Missions...."

Sept. 1, 2000 Sports Feature by Mike Butts

The Houston Kid

Rodney Crowell reminisces on '˜Chinaberry Sidewalks'

"...My mother. My mother met my father at a Roy Acuff concert. After my father had died, I had..."

Jan. 27, 2011 Music Post by Austin Powell

A World in Which All Worlds Fit

"...resident, and keyboardist for such Austin stalwarts as Lee Roy Parnell, Kinky Friedman, and the Geezinslaws, he might know...."

Dec. 4, 1998 Music Feature by Jay Hardwig

Luv Doc Recommends: Jeff Hughes & Chaparral

Broken Spoke, Wednesday, December 21, 2011

"...visiting Texas," which might lead you to believe that Roy Spence is personally handling the Spoke's publicity, but he's..."

Dec. 16, 2011 Column by The Luv Doc

'Mojo' Recommends

The best British music at SXSW as selected by Mojo Editor-in-Chief Phil Alexander

"...both fond of that Nashville sound where someone like Roy Orbison would go in and record," says Molinari of..."

March 19, 2010 Music Feature by Phil Alexander

The Mother of All Texas Honky-Tonks

A look back at the Mother of All Texas Honky-Tonks

"...Nelson when he was still runnin' a three-piece band, Roy Acuff, George Jones. Used to get him for $250..."

Oct. 15, 1999 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Faster Than Sound: Contextualizing Broken Spoke Owner James White

Honky-tonky lifer died of congestive heart failure at age 81

"...booked stars including Willie Nelson, Bob Wills, Dolly Parton, Roy Acuff, and Ernest Tubb alongside countless locals – Dixie..."

Jan. 29, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Honky-Tonk Soul Man Charley Crockett Makes His Move

The singer’s long road to Austin

"...Barreling piano and horns scamper through hillbilly soul on Roy Acuff's "Night Train to Memphis." Unexpected highlight "Jamestown Ferry"..."

Dec. 14, 2018 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

SXSW Film Announces Features Lineup

Competitive narratives and docs unveiled, plus more

"...wanted to do - forget he exists. Cast: Andre Royo, George Sample III, Kellee Stewart, Ashley Wilkerson, Kevin Jackson,..."

Feb. 2, 2016 Screens Post by Josh Kupecki

Kinky Friedman & the Texas Jewboys

"...essaying "Carrying the Torch," Tompall Glaser introduction and all. Roy Acuff was likely giving birth to kittens in the..."

Jan. 24, 2014 Music Review by Tim Stegall

Honky-Tonk Heaven

13 things to love about the Broken Spoke

"...promo photos of real Western stars like Tex Ritter, Roy Acuff, Ernest Tubb, Bob Wills, and others all over..."

Aug. 2, 2013 Music Post by Margaret Moser

Coralled: Stevie Tombstone

Veteran roots rocker rides into Giddy Ups tonight

"...were music fans themselves. Young Stevie met Dolly Parton, Roy Acuff, and Loretta Lynn...."

Jan. 14, 2013 Music Post by Margaret Moser

'America Letterpress: The Art of the Hatch Show Print'

This exhibit offers rooms of graphics to grab the eye and jolt the music-loving heart

"...today. That was in olden times, when names like Roy Acuff and Tex Ritter and Bill Monroe were the..."

March 12, 2010 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

Sister Bobbie

'Sister Bobbie' puts the 'Family' in Willie Nelson and Family

"..."Every night we'd do different things: Ernest Tubb, Roy Acuff," recounts Bobbie. "We did all of the old..."

Jan. 18, 2008 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Opry Video Classics

Gift guide

"...Everyone will have their own favorites, but Pioneers, with Roy Acuff, the Carter Family, and the Louvin Brothers, and..."

Dec. 21, 2007 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri

Brennen Leigh

Live Shot

"...guitar – handing down the gospel according to Hank, Roy Acuff, and Mother Maybelle, though Billy Joe Shaver's "I'm..."

Feb. 2, 2007 Music Review by Doug Freeman

Rock & Roll Books

Summer reading

"...complete biographies of 15 pioneers, including the Carter Family, Roy Acuff, Loretta Lynn, and George Jones, accompanied by Levine's..."

June 2, 2006 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Bill Malone & Rod Moag

Record review

"...status compared to such contemporaries as Hank Williams and Roy Acuff, but the Bailes' music, a deceptively simple and..."

Feb. 10, 2006 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri

Can't You Hear Me Callin' – Bluegrass: 80 Years of American Music

Gift guide

"...by its respect for the forebears – Bill Monroe, Roy Acuff, Charlie Poole – as it is by the..."

Dec. 10, 2004 Music Feature by Darcie Stevens

The Whole Bow

Alvin Crow fiddled it his way

"...my parents, saw Hank Snow, Charley Pride, Loretta Lynn, Roy Acuff, as well as Willie Nelson, Billy Joe Shaver,..."

Nov. 12, 2004 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Broken Spoke Legends

James White counts down the Broken Spoke's greatest hits

"...Hall of Fame roster – Bob Wills, Tex Ritter, Roy Acuff, Ray Price, Ernest Tubb, Kitty Wells, Dolly Parton,..."

Nov. 12, 2004 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Sheet Music

Summer Reading

"...its place on the list. Taking in everything from Roy Acuff's "Wreck on the Highway" and Webb Pierce's "Slowly"..."

June 6, 2003 Music Feature by Jerry Renshaw

Caroline Herring

Record Review

"...She ends the disc with a ragged-but-right take on Roy Acuff's "Wreck On the Highway." It's a sly move..."

Nov. 16, 2001 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri

One More for Her

Dale Watson turns his grief into an album.

"...Williams set the standard, but soak up some of Roy Acuff's hardscrabble hillbilly laments, or Johnny Cash's ruminations, and..."

July 27, 2001 Music Feature by Jerry Renshaw

The Rockpile

Any Old Way You Choose It

"..."Roy Acuff said it would ruin the Opry forever. I..."

Dec. 31, 1999 Books Feature by Margaret Moser

Music to Wallow By

Wayne Alan Brenner's list for maudlin millennium-toasting listening displeasure is sure to send you flinging yourself off of Leonard Cohen's "Tower of Song."

"...And Little Jimmy Cavanagh's duet with Roy Acuff, when the farmer's son gets killed just as..."

Dec. 31, 1999 Features Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Nine Lives of Ol' Possum

An overview of country legend George Jones' life and career.

"...emulating his idols -- Williams, Frizzell, Bill Monroe and Roy Acuff -- until in 1955, he found his true..."

Oct. 22, 1999 Music Feature by Jerry Renshaw

Country Variety

"...week to see country stars from the Statler Brothers, Roy Acuff, Tammy Wynette, and Carl Perkins, to first-class talent..."

April 16, 1999 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

A View From the Cheap Seats

"...Artist." While Alanis Morissette has five little gramophone statues, Roy Acuff, the Beach Boys, Velvet Underground, Neil Young, Grateful..."

Feb. 19, 1999 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

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