Leon Russell & the Bob Dylan Rumor

Outlaw era deejay Woody Roberts helped produce Willie Nelson's first Fourth of July picnic in this excerpt from his new memoir Horse Racing & Rock 'N' Roll

"...Bobbie, outlaw era radio deejay Woody Roberts returns to the scene of the time with a chapter from new..."

Dec. 25, 2020 Music Feature by Woody Roberts

Page Two: You Always Remember the Dance

First steps, two step

"...You get up too slowly in the morning, in a totally different way. You rarely have..."

Sept. 25, 2015 Column by Louis Black

The Sacred & the Profane

The Gourds co-frontman flew the coop for Shinyribs and ain't looking back

"...A small Buddha and toy cannon jostle on the dashboard of Kevin Russell's Ford F-150, pointed southeast to..."

Aug. 7, 2015 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Speaking of the Dead

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

"...Austin receives no such shout-out in "Truckin'," the Grateful Dead's highest-charting single of the Seventies. The psychedelic..."

July 3, 2015 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

The Town Was Hoppin'

Austin's music scene of the Fifties lives on in Ray Campi

"...rockabilly veteran Ray Campi wrote his first song on the last day of 1949 and left Austin at the..."

March 30, 2012 Music Feature by Michael Corcoran

Seasons in the Abyss

Pixies, Rush, Megadeth, and Slayer: the return of the album.

"...Like the novel, the album’s not dead. It simply hails from..."

Sept. 29, 2010 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

March of the Flower Children

The last interview with Seeds frontman and oh-so-brief psychedelic Austinite Sky Sunlight Saxon

"...his living room. Unpacked boxes surround him, only heightening the sense of physical disconnect permeating the rustic, South Austin..."

July 24, 2009 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Playing for the People

More from director Steven Sebring on Patti Smith

"...The article "Bohemian Rhapsody: Patti Smith's 12-Year Take," about photographer..."

Aug. 22, 2008 Screens Feature by Cindy Widner

Ruins of the Realm

Talking turkey with James McMurtry

"...turkey-hunting in North Texas takes patience and skill. As the gobblers come into breeding season, the notoriously shy birds..."

May 2, 2008 Music Feature by Dan Oko

How Green Is the Music?

Festivals, bands, and musicians seek environmental harmony

"...Last October, Thom Yorke, frontman for the British band Radiohead, told the UK's Guardian newspaper he..."

April 20, 2007 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Into the Heart

U2 drops the 'Atomic Bomb'

"...To get an idea how U2 rates on the longevity meter, consider this. Twenty-five years after "That's All..."

Nov. 26, 2004 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

The Trees

Online music trading that "leaves" the RIAA and music industry in the underbrush.

"...and a basic lesson of biology: Trees grow from the ground. Branches grow from the tree trunks. Leaves grow..."

Oct. 3, 2003 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

The Original Hipster

Chronicle writer Dick Holland on the comeback of Texan Terry Southern, the all-around bad boy of black humor

"...Quick: Which Texas writer or writers merited inclusion on the cover of the Beatles' Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club..."

Sept. 14, 2001 Books Feature by Dick Holland

Chapter 4: The Nineties!

March 1991 -- December 2000

"...Austin: The recovery blossoms into the second boom. The first half..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature

Life at the Cha-Cha Palace

Stephen MacMillan Moser takes a trip down the yellow brick-laid, disco ball-lit memory lane in the world of Austin's Seventies Disco scene.

"...It was one of the most schizophrenic eras, but so typical of Austin --..."

Jan. 26, 2001 Features Feature by Stephen MacMillan Moser

The Magnificent Seven

Why three records are better than two

"...By 1980, the Clash had fallen in love with New York, holing..."

May 19, 2000 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Finding the Angle

"...and president of Lazy SOB records, can sum up the problems of the music industry in one succinct sentence:..."

Sept. 4, 1998 Music Feature by Christopher Hess

We Control the Vertical

TV Eye

"...It really feels like that sometimes, even with all the specialty cable channels and block programming available. On weeks..."

Oct. 17, 1997 Screens Column by Margaret Moser

New Wave Schtick of the `90s

Just Can't Enough

"...It's hardly a typical night at the Hole in the Wall when the Prima Donnas come..."

July 18, 1997 Music Feature by Ken Lieck

The Wight Stuff

Message to Love: This Ain't No Woodstock

"...farm in upstate New York and a racetrack in Northern California lies a small island off the coast of..."

June 20, 1997 Screens Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Walser Keeps the Top Hand

"...being overexposed -- if I was in it for the money, I'd be in Nashville playing Top 40 country...."

Feb. 2, 1996 Music Column

Ed Ward Unleashes His Second Volume on The History of Rock & Roll

First-generation rock critic visits Teen Pan Alley

"..."I don't believe in the Great Man Theory of rock & roll," states Ed..."

Nov. 22, 2019 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Music Critics Poll: The Decade

"...Flash-in-the-Pan: Vanilla Ice..."

Jan. 7, 2000 Music Feature

The Greening of VH1

"...Anyone out there remember VH1 in its first incarnation? Yes, I can..."

Oct. 10, 1997 Screens Column by Margaret Moser

Off the Record

Commemorating the 95th birthday of Pinetop Perkins one year at a time, exploring Willie's Place at Carl's Corner, and a pregame pep talk with Paul Wall

"...On the Road Again..."

July 4, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell

Adrian Quesada and the Long Path to His First Official Solo Release

Austin's unassuming superstar is a travellin' man

"...unimpressed with himself. Yes, things are very good for the multihyphenate, to say the least. Of course, Quesada has..."

July 15, 2022 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

The Second Wave

British Invasion

"...Compared to their show at the Austin Music Hall in April, Blur's..."

Nov. 15, 1996 Music Feature

Off the Record

Red River anchorman Frank Hendrix stakes his claim to the Eastside and beyond

"...now expanding into Riverside Drive's former heavy metal lair, the Back Room (1973-2006). The Red River baron is already..."

Oct. 22, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

Here Comes the Nice

Small Face Ronnie Lane's tenure in Austin is preserved on Live in Austin.

"...Ronnie Lane, despite never achieving the same level of stateside fame as his friends Pete..."

Dec. 8, 2000 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

The Winter Classic

South by Southwest 1998

"...Johnny Winter on the outdoor stage at Stubb's Saturday, March 21 photograph by..."

March 27, 1998 Music Feature

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