Hank
Great painting of Hank Williams I saw in West Virginia last week. It’s by artist Andy Nicholas from Parkersburg. We’re back in Texas this week with shows in Bryan, New Braunfels, Tyler, Houston, & Old Town Spring. Come on if you’re around- Texas Shows in May Events for May 18 – 21 Wed May 18 8:00 pm […]
The Modern Folksinger’s Guide to Interstate Travel
Part 1 – Truthful Slogans This is the first in a series of posts educating you, the traveling consumer, about what you’ll find out on the road. Brought to you by a panel of intinerant singer songwriters who know a thing or two about those corridors of commerce known as the Eisenhower Interstate Highway System. […]
Summertime
We could hear Bob Schneider playing his set in Zilker Park on Wednesday night, as our seven year old’s Little League team played their first game of the Austin city coach-pitch tournament. A good soundtrack for a tough game – they lost – but it’s double elimination, so they’ll play at least one more game […]
Bill Haley’s South Texas Days
There’s a great article by Michael Hall in Texas Monthly, Falling Comet, on the life and Texas days of Bill Haley, one of the founders of rock n roll. One of my favorite Tom Russell songs also tells the story of Bill Haley’s time in Harlingen, Texas, and here’s a great version of the song […]