Gift Guide: Bobby Bare

Bobby Bare Sings Shel Silverstein Plus (Bear Family)

"...Legends and Lies, hipnik cartoonist, playwright, poet, and songwriter Shel Silverstein had already staked his name in Nashville. Johnny..."

Dec. 4, 2020 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

See You On the Moon

Shel Silverstein gets a tribute, plus more new albums

"...Turnable Man: A Musical Tribute to the Songs of Shel Silverstein (Sugar Hill)...."

June 10, 2010 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Shel Silverstein

"...Shel Silverstein..."

Dec. 30, 2005 Music Review by Melanie Haupt

Twistable Turnable Man: A Musical Tribute to the Songs of Shel Silverstein

"...Turnable Man: A Musical Tribute to the Songs of Shel Silverstein(Sugar Hill)..."

July 2, 2010 Music Review by Audra Schroeder

15 Minutes With Kris Kristofferson

Feeling mortal but fine

"...for South by Southwest, and he was talking about Shel Silverstein, who he’s famously associated with...."

April 10, 2013 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Local Bestsellers

Local bestsellers are based on recent sales at Austin bookstores selected to reflect varied reading interests.

"...7. The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein..."

April 13, 2001 Books Column

Outlaw Blues

Think Sinatra did it his way? Try this long-haired, Harley-riding redneck David Allan Coe

"...he pitched several prison songs to producer and mini-mogul Shelby Singleton, who released them on his SSS label as..."

Dec. 29, 2000 Music Feature by Jerry Renshaw

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...on a "gypsy life" writing alongside Kris Kristofferson and Shel Silverstein while penning songs for everyone from Johnny Cash..."

June 18, 2021 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

Chad Holt, Austin's Last Provocateur

The Total Badass left his mark on the city's underground

"...a tattoo memorializing her father. It's the art from Shel Silverstein's The Giving Tree with his initials, C.J.H., on..."

Oct. 18, 2019 Screens Feature by Kevin Curtin

A Guide to Getting a Beer During SXSW

Ditch the convention center and check these brewpubs

"...morning while everyone updates their Tumblr site. With ambient Shel-Silverstein-meets-Bally-Midway's-Rampage art by Briks, Spokesman can definitely be your Convention..."

March 15, 2019 Food Feature by Eric Puga

Tyler Childers’ Universal Sound

High lonesome and dark-hollered grit

"...Kenny Rogers & the First Edition’s “Tulsa Around” and Shel Silverstein’s “I Got Stoned and I Missed It” took..."

July 20, 2018 Music Post by Doug Freeman

White Ghost Shivers

"...sawer Curtis Thomas, with an eccentric rasp akin to Shel Silverstein, completes WGS' vocal trifecta on enlivened barn burner..."

June 1, 2018 Music Review by Kevin Curtin

Playback: Strictly Conjunto

“We don’t want this music to die” – Johnny Degollado

"...on classics – that are priced fairly. I scored Shel Silverstein's Freakin' at the Freakers Ball, Bob Dylan's Bringing..."

May 11, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Loved, Loathed, Lip-Synched Ventura

"...the guy who inspired such greats as Sesame Street, Shel Silverstein, Stephen King, and a host of others. So,..."

July 24, 2014 Postmarks

Studio Visit: Terri Thomas

"...White gloves atop an appropriated image from Shel Silverstein's "The Giving Tree"Back to interview...."

June 4, 2014 Photo Gallery

10 Minutes with Bobby Bare Jr.

‘I think most great songs are waiting around to be written’

"...G: You knew Shel Silverstein. What did you learn from him in terms..."

May 8, 2014 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...to Go" is a song featuring gallows humor by Shel Silverstein, from his 1962 album Inside Folk Songs...."

Sept. 20, 2013 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Playback: G.O.A.T. Goes Viral

The God of All Texas might get your G.O.A.T.

"...obscenity, sewing together smut with the acrobatic diction of Shel Silverstein. "You wouldn't believe it, but he's a very..."

March 29, 2013 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Rain, Rain, Come Today

Okay Mountain hosts release party for 'It Rained All Day'

"...((SOUNDER)) frontman Mike Aho, who was inspired by reading Shel Silverstein to his daughter. For ((SOUNDER))'s first CD in..."

Jan. 24, 2013 Arts Post by Robert Faires

SXSW Saturday Picks & Sleepers

Saturday blurbs rally!

"...Like You Dance" resonate in the same vein as Shel Silverstein and Hoyt Axton. – Greg Beets Owen Temple..."

March 16, 2012 Music Feature

Half Time Mix

The best of 2010 (so far)

"...Black Prairie, the Marshall Ford Swing Band, and the Shel Silverstein tribute didn’t fit this time, but they’re well..."

July 7, 2010 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Off the Record

Where do you want it?

"...Turnable Man: A Musical Tribute to the Songs of Shel Silverstein. Old Settler Patty Griffin, who raises sand alongside..."

April 16, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

Thursday Picks & Sleepers

Blurbing SXSW 2010

"...the tracks of Willie; Steve "Darlin, Darlin" Goodman; and Shel Silverstein. – Dan Oko Men..."

March 19, 2010 Music Feature

Sarah Jarosz

SXSW showcase reviews

"...she did, with songs from Patty Griffith, Bob Dylan, Shel Silverstein, Tom Waits, and the Decemberists, performed in a..."

March 19, 2010 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri

Sarah's Muse

Sarah Jarosz, 'tweener' no more

"...Portland, Oregon, where Sugar Hill Records is doing a Shel Silverstein tribute. I'm doing a track on the record..."

Jan. 15, 2010 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Rock & Roll Summer Reading

"...good writer. All Things Considered contributor, music collector, and Shel Silverstein's nephew, Myers attempts to rekindle the tradition of..."

May 30, 2008 Music Feature by Darcie Stevens

Welcome to Hazleweird

Lee Hazlewood

"...this morning.’” Delivered in Hazlewood’s innocent bystander shrug, think Shel Silverstein off his meds. Every NSVIP leads with Calaveras..."

Dec. 14, 2007 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Babble For Your Soul

Babble for Your Soul is a rare opportunity to see live theatre with very minimal commitment and the pleasure of being entertained, engaged, perhaps edified

"...back in the second play, a cute foray by Shel Silverstein, as a pair of advertising executives charged with..."

Aug. 31, 2007 Arts Review by Iris Brooks

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...air previously occupied by Ayn Rand, Ray Carver, and Shel Silverstein...."

March 17, 2006 Column

Moments of True Clarity

"...air previously occupied by Ayn Rand, Ray Carver, and Shel Silverstein...."

March 9, 2006 Postmarks

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