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The 10 Greatest Dallas Blues Artists

The Lone Star State has long produced some of the greatest blues legends to ever pick up a guitar or stand behind a microphone. Legends like Albert Collins from Leona, Sam "Lightnin'" Hopkins from Centerville and Johnny Winter from Beaumont all have found the blues in Texas. Hell, we even have a Gra ... More >>

The Best of SXSW Music: Thursday 3/15/2012

If you're familiar with chaos theory, which in its basic form is the attempt to find patterns in the random acts of shit on Earth, then you may understand the difficulty that comes with describing a full day at SXSW. To break down the bright, scintillating chaos, Village Voice Media's roving music e ... More >>

Over the Weekend: Buddy Guy at the Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival

Buddy Guy, Buddy Whittington, Jim Suhler, The Rick Kelly Band, othersBedford Blues & BBQ FestivalSeptember 4, 2011 Better than: sitting outside and soaking in the blues when the summer hasn't ended. Buddy GuyAs a stiff breeze blew the last remnants of excessive heat from the area, legendary blue ... More >>

Good Friday: Labor Day Edition

Flickr user d double uA previous Double Wide pool party​In the past, Labor Day has unofficially marked the end of the hot summer. But, this year, the heat will continue. There are some Labor Day parties this weekend, though, that will offer a chance to cool down and catch some good bands. The Doub ... More >>

Buddy Guy: "If [Clapton] Says That I Am The Greatest Guitar Player Ever, Then Maybe I Am."

Buddy Guy​At 75, guitarist Buddy Guy remains as nimble of a string-bender as he was when his career started over 50 years ago. And what a career it's been: Eric Clapton calls Guy the greatest player ever, and, clearly, Guy has influenced generations of blues guitarists. He still makes gr ... More >>

Holiday Blues

Lyle Lovett,John Hiatt

Thursday, June 30, at the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center

For Your Weekend Listening Pleasure: Robert Cray and Stevie Ray at Club Redux For Q102

​Back in January 1987, if memory serves, Club Redux stood at the site of the present-day Taco Cabana on Lower Greenville, and that old Observer ad you see at right more or less hints at the kinds of acts that played there back when -- a little bit of this, a whole lotta that. But that advertisemen ... More >>

Good Friday: Hayes Carll, Buddy Guy, Eaton Lake Tonics, Wanda Jackson, Hard Night's Day, American Werewolf Academy, Aska, Spoonfed Tribe, HELLYEAH, Tweed EQ, Wild Party & More!

Hayes Carll​Tonight, Hayes Carll plays the second-to-last show in his North Texas tour. He'll be at Lola's Saloon in Fort Worth, and then, tomorrow night, he'll be at Poor David's Pub. After this little stint, he'll do five shows in the Houston area, then three in Austin and San Antonio. So catch ... More >>

Show Announcements: Lucero, Hellyeah, The O's, Robern Earl Keen, Miranda Lambert, REO Speedwagon, Bob Schneider, Genitorturers, Corrosion Of Conformity & More!

Ben Nichols​Yesterday, we mentioned the first batch of shows listed for the next few months over at Club Dada -- but we still thought that Lucero's performance set for Thursday, February 24, was worth mentioning again. Last time they came through, they didn't really get a fair shake, playing at 1 ... More >>

For Your Weekend Listening Pleasure: The "Lost" Stevie Ray Vaughan Recordings of '78

​Your week-ending farewell comes a little earlier than usual this week with good reason: Twenty years ago today, at around this very time, I was sitting at my desk at the Dallas Times Herald writing for the afternoon edition the front-page obituary for Stevie Ray Vaughan, who died in a helicopter ... More >>

Good Friday: Dia De Los Toadies, AllGood Cafe's 10-Year Anniversary Party, Spooky Folk, Little Black Dress, Ween, Frankie Muniz, Dead Confederate, The Cush, Bowling For Soup, Milton Hopkins, Florene, Spector 45, B.B. King and More...

​This weekend marks the third annual (and biggest yet) Dia De Los Toadies Festival.Each year the location of the festival changes, so The Toadies and nine other Texas bands will take over Whitewater On The Horseshoe in New Braunfels tonight, and all day tomorrow. This year's most exciting new addi ... More >>

Last Night: Buddy Guy at House of Blues

​Buddy GuyHouse of BluesOctober 15, 2009 Better than: hob-nobbing at the foundation room bar upstairs. "Hi, can I ask you a question?" your author said to the sound engineer at the front of the house. "Yes?" "I'm a journalist for the Dallas Observer, here to cover the show. I was wondering if t ... More >>

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Thursday, October 15, at House of Blues

Good Friday: Ludo, Derek Trucks, Brave Combo, Awkquarius, Screaming Red, The Southern Sea, Southern Culture On The Skids, Jessie Frye, Darktown Strutters, Plants & Animals, The Make Believers, Inner City All-Stars, White Tie Affair, Brent Best

Learn how to handle your liquor, chump.It's Friday, everybody, case ya didn't know. An, as such, it's time to look at the weekend calendars and plan out your, um, plans. Let's do this. First, the shows we've always talked on...Tonight, there's the Dr. Dooom vs. Dr. Octagon show at the Loft and ... More >>

Good Friday: The Theater Fire, Asylum Street Spankers, Stumptone, Rock n' Roll Bake Sale, Sparrowbox, Holy Moly

What a weekend! Tonight alone has a week's worth of great music. Here are a few of the many noteworthy shows in town, but there are plenty more to choose from. Please add your own picks in the comments. First, a reminder of the shows we've already mentioned. Tonight, the Gonzalez brothers will impro ... More >>

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Billboard Names House Of Blues Dallas The Top Club In The Whole Damn Country. No, Seriously.

Yep. Here's the press release announcing it: Dallas, TX – November 21, 2008: The 2008 Billboard Touring Awards took place last night at the Roosevelt Hotel Ballroom in New York City. House of Blues Dallas came away with the honors in the Top Club category. Other nominees in the category inc ... More >>

Buddy Guy with The Dirty Dozen Brass Band

Thursday, April 17, at House of Blues

The Lemurs, Oh My God, Laura Palmer

Tuesday, October 16, at the Cavern

Buddy Guy, Muddy Waters Band, Pinetop Perkins

Friday, August 31, at Billy Bob's, Fort Worth

Jerry Lee Lewis

Friday, March 30, at Nokia Theater

Coco Montoya

Thursday, February 15, at the Granada Theater

So Blue

These musicians have the blues, but they're happy to be here

Blue Christmas

Year-end releases prove that down-and-out is still alive and well

B-Sides

Suicidal tendencies, gut locker lovers and men who wail on their axes

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Friday, September 23, at Billy Bob's

Odds & Ends

Rubber Gloves will soon be able to pour one out for the indie-rock homies

Party Train

Janis, the Dead, the Band and others take the happiest trip of their lives

Train Kept A-Rollin'

In a vault for 30 years, the Festival Express was put back on track

A New Texas Jam

Crossroads Guitar Festival celebrates six-strings and the men who make them famous

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Blues Singer (Silvertone)

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May 4

Jon Spencer Blues Explosion

May 2

Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble

SRV (Epic Records/Legacy)

The mind's ear

Jimmie Vaughan is two albums into a solo career he didn't necessarily want

Out Here

Blues in '97

What's tops in Texas (and elsewhere)

Out There

Goin' through them changes

The slow healing of Buddy Miles

Roadshows

Out Here

Rise and shine

Weekend offers a whirlwind tour of local music scene

Out There

Roadshows

Fire and fury

Blues hero Sam Myers is the Rocket in the pocket

Out Here

Roadshows

Trouble blues

Buddy Guy doesn't want money or fame, just a little respect

Chocolate and cheese

1994 wasn't The Year of Anything--except great music