Roy Head

I Wanna Tell You a Story

"...Gaines, the list is big, bad, and nationwide, and Roy Head's name should be chiseled in the Top 10...."

Aug. 31, 2007 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

What (Roy) Moore Could You Want?

The maestro of Control Images unveils his first photo exhibition

"...How does Roy Moore capture the color and texture of Austin, Texas?..."

Jan. 3, 2013 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

'The Voice in My Head': Astros Must Sink to Reach for the Stars

Looking good, for 2015

"...Mickey Mantle or James Worthy from a stack of headshots or name the capitals of New York or California...."

Feb. 14, 2013 Sports Post by Russ Espinoza

Suttle as a Kick in the Head

Formula One development deal well worth more scrutiny

"...to the Formula 1 ... development located at 7700 Elroy Road." For that expenditure, the city is requiring assurance..."

Nov. 19, 2010 Feature by Nick Barbaro

Hey, Hey, Hey!

No. 2 hit from 1965, 'Treat Her Right,' by Roy Head & Gene Kurtz: 'Just one of them songs that hangs around"

"...lured those who heard its siren call. Written by Roy Head and Gene Kurtz, the song swaggered with an..."

Aug. 31, 2007 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Shanghai Noon

"...is in this film. As winningly inept train robber Roy O'Bannon, his goofy, laconic delivery matches his tired black..."

May 26, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

If You Have Ghosts

The 2007-08 AMA's ghosts – past, present, and future

"...Bloodlines also flow continuous for Roy and Sundance Head. The former's 1965 hit, "Treat Her..."

March 7, 2008 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Redboy Thirteen

"...Joe's rucksack while mucking about in their parents' backyard. Roy-Brown (looking and acting like a very young Gary Cooper)..."

Nov. 6, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Fare Fight

The pending sale of Roy's Taxi company raises a host of Austin memories

"...AC in her van, one of 155 cabs in Roy's Taxi's sea-foam green fleet, is on the fritz, and..."

June 9, 2006 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Kingpin

Harrelson and Quaid bowl a perfectly hilarious game in this Farrelly Brothers farce.

"...that makes the most of an wonderfully ludicrous situation: Roy Munson (Harrelson) is a washed-up pro bowler-cum-balding-loser who lost..."

July 26, 1996 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Kingdom of Days

Bruce Springsteen doesn't call E Street pianist Roy Bittan "Professor" for nothing

"...Beginning with Bruce Springsteen's Born to Run in 1975, Roy Bittan's piano playing finds perfect complement in one word..."

April 3, 2009 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Gene Kurtz

The Bottom Line

"...Doug Sahm sideman Augie Meyers, but bigger things lay ahead when Kurtz joined up with a San Marcos outfit..."

Aug. 31, 2007 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Archie Bell, Roy Head

Live shot

"...Archie Bell, Roy Head..."

Sept. 9, 2005 Music Review by Greg Beets

Ad Astra

Brad Pitt deals with a case of the space ... madness!

"...Major Roy McBride (Pitt) carries a weight. He's a second-generation astronaut,..."

Sept. 20, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

High Texas Rider

Before the Sir Douglas Quintet and Texas Tornados, the Lone Star State's voice of the Vox organ, Augie Meyers, was San Antonio's Lord August & the Visions of Lite

"...the first time, and by March 1966, Sahm had headed off to San Francisco...."

Oct. 30, 2009 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Divorce, Alamo Style

From a small north-side apartment – via toney Rob Roy, a Hays County ranch, and several sojourns in jail – Janet Kennedy keeps fighting a battle featuring all the latest in family bitterness

"...from the sale of the family home in Rob Roy...."

Aug. 26, 2005 News Feature by Amy Smith

Dancing About Architecture

Al No Go Ryko Solo

"...out the upcoming V/Search Books collection of Search and Destroy 'zines from the early punk era, which prominently features..."

Nov. 22, 1996 Music Column

Tin Cup

"...warn you. You're about to get bonked on the head with a has-been story, mediocre acting, and some squirmingly..."

Aug. 16, 1996 Movie Review by Hollis Chacona

Texas Top 40

Ranking the best Tex-Centric Billboard Top 40 hits of the last 50 years.

Nov. 8, 2002 Music Feature

Saturday Night Legends

Classic soul at the Continental; rock homage at the Saxon.

"...rock machine – big, heavy, and solid. As we headed out, the Pyrates were singing a rocket-fueled version of..."

Sept. 4, 2007 Music Post by Margaret Moser

Faster Than Sound: It’s Now or Never for a Music Venue Preservation Fund

When will the city of Austin give music venues aid to preserve their so-called ‘Live Music Capital’?

"...Roy Head died Sept. 21 at 79. Raised in San..."

Sept. 25, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Recommended Live Music for the Weekend

Not going to Float Fest? Stay dry with these show picks.

"...descend on San Marcos for Float Fest, but from Headcrusher to Sam Smith, there's plenty to keep you around..."

July 19, 2018 Chron Events Post by The Music Staff

Austin Music Awards Hall of Fame Inductees 1983-2016

Never before published list of all Austin Music Awards Hall of Fame inductees

"...Roy Head (08)..."

March 3, 2017 Features Feature

Austin Music Awards Show Performers 1983-2016

Every AMA performance lineup of the past 34 years

"...1997: Texas Tornados with Roy Head, 8½ Souvenirs, Sexton Brothers Sextet, Lou Ann Barton..."

March 3, 2017 Features Feature

12 More Days of ECM

12 More Days of vintage ECM jazz Touchstones

"...pipers puffing, and 12 drummers drumming up their best Roy Haynes: 12 additional vintage ECM jazz Touchstones are beginning..."

Dec. 19, 2008 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Who Loves the Sun

Roy Ayers in the sunshine

"...Roy Ayers has always reminded me of a hot summer..."

June 25, 2008 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

A Man and a Half

Hanging with music industry legend Jerry Wexler

"...conference's registration, and just down Madison Avenue at Sony headquarters, topic A is getting into a game, not a..."

Dec. 1, 2000 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

This Ain't Brain Surgery

Carvin' Country with Roy Heinrich

"...beef sandwich and another mouthful of Iron Works beans, Roy Heinrich has a revelation. It's not quite as shocking..."

June 21, 1996 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

2007-08 Austin Music Awards

Austin Music Hall, Wednesday, March 12

"...evening: the opening tribute to Walter Hyatt and billed headliner Rokkervil, teaming resurrected 13th Floor Elevator and AMA Musician..."

March 14, 2008 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

My Children Are Becoming Heavy

When San Antonio rock ruled South Texas

"...years old and went under as the Armadillo World Headquarters opened in 1970...."

Aug. 26, 2011 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

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