Email Author Rick Koster

1996 Stories by Rick Koster

• Out Here

  published December 19, 1996

  Birds of a feather Deep Fantastic Blue Darden Smith Plump Records Baptist Hospital Boo Hewerdine ... More >>

• Metal's crimson King

  published October 24, 1996

  The lunchtime clientele is about what you'd expect for a semirural rib shack not too many miles from Texas Stadium. There are a couple of... More >>

• Doing family time on planet earth

  published September 26, 1996

  Paul Prudhomme and Marie Laveau--even if they were blazing on crystal meth and working 'round the clock--couldn't begin to figure out the recipe... More >>

• Cut the cards, ante up

  published August 22, 1996

  Spot--the pop trio that blossomed from the scorched patch of earth once known as Mildred--is sneaking up on rock stardom with the philosophical... More >>

• The maitre d' of R&B

  published June 27, 1996

  Up on stage, sliding coolly in a juke joint pas de deux, Elvis T. Busboy is decidedly not your average R&B crooner. With his linebacker's... More >>

• His work is never done

  published June 13, 1996

  Robert Earl Keen was country when country didn't want him. It still doesn't, as a matter of fact, but that's OK: Nashville wouldn't know a country... More >>

• 1996 Dallas Observer Music Awards

  published April 11, 1996

  Album Producer North Texas appears to be the latest Happy Hour of Talent luring thirsty A&R reps from major labels all over America. But... More >>