
I Have 308 Known Ancestors and Only Four Percent of Them Are Named Temple
A family tree from Wiltshire, Nérac, Roscommon and Saint-Domingue to Essex County, Virginia — and on to Texarkana, Little Rock, Travis County and the Texas

A family tree from Wiltshire, Nérac, Roscommon and Saint-Domingue to Essex County, Virginia — and on to Texarkana, Little Rock, Travis County and the Texas

After I visited Hemingway’s Key West home, I read his Islands in the Stream- “I love the sea and would not be anywhere else. She

They grow up so fast. Mountain Home turns 15 this month. Ten songs about small Texas towns and the characters who make them interesting. To


Little Mexico on S. 1st Street has been in Austin as long as have been. A great spot for enchiladas, for the Jerry Jeff Walker

Townes Van Zandt submitted this lyrical weather report in 1977 but it’s still true today.

This worked even when the power went out. I wrote some lines on it that became a song. I shared a bit of the backstory


Last week, we recorded a good night of songs with Ray Wylie Hubbard, Dallas Burrow, and Bret Graham. I got to play the new one

Master watercolorist Mark Nelson shared his sketch of me and of Ray Wylie Hubbard at KNBT’s Roots and Branches taping (the show airs on 1/27).

I’m honored to share that my previous single, ‘Fats Domino,’ was hand-picked by the BMI Austin team for the January 2026 Texas Ten playlist. It’s

The Hook New year, new single. This one says if you woke up this morning, you’re already lucky. The Vibe “Ain’t We Lucky?” is a