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With the recent death of Larry McMurtry at the age of 84, Texas lost one of its biggest literary stars and influences. Someone whose works managed to be both popular and of higher ambition at the same time. And of course, found even wider fame in telev…
Read MoreAs the former lead singer/guitarist for Grand Funk Railroad, Mark Farnerâs voice and playing have been classic rock staples on stereo systems and radio for more than 50 years. Tracks he wrote or covered include âSome Kind of Wonderful,â âBad Time,â âTh…
Read MoreWhen singer/guitarist Ricky Byrd looks back upon the Big Moments of his life, it would be pretty hard to beat the evening of April 18, 2015. Thereâs when on the stage of Clevelandâs Public Hall, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a …
Read MoreNovember 15, 2019. That was the last time I saw a live music concert when I caught the Drive-By Truckers at the Heights Theater. It was so long ago that the band previewed songs from a not-yet-released record, and since that time theyâve put out anothe…
Read MoreEmpire of the Superheroes: Americaâs Comic Book Creators and the Making of a Billion Dollar Industry By Mark Cotta Vaz 488 pp. $34.95 University of Texas Press Pop culture and comic book fandom have been abuzz recently with the release of Zack Snyderâs…
Read MoreThe old adage goes that high school is the place to experience âthe best years of your life.â And while thatâs hardly a universal feeling, campuses are definitely the breeding ground for lifelong personal friendships, professional partnerships, and tha…
Read MoreLocated in West Hollywood on Santa Monica Boulevard, the Troubadour is not only one of the most storied live music nightclubs in the United States., but holds a crucial place in the development of California music in the 1960s and ’70s. The Byrds, Jame…
Read MoreCome with us, children, back to the magical, mystical land of the 1980s. Where for a brief but shining span of time the hair was high, the riffs were righteous, the lead singers preening, the flashpots fiery, the colors popping, and the party never sto…
Read MoreThough he was a child of the â80s, TJ Lubinsky has old ears. He grew up loving the music of the 1950s and 60s, be it of the doo wop, Motown, R&B, British Invasion, pop, or rock variety. At the age of 14, he came across a grainy clip on…
Read MoreWhile the pandemic has dealt a crippling blow to the live performance industry, many artists have taken advantage of the forced downtime to focus on writing and recording new music. Even if it means sharing and merging audio files online or cautiously …
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