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Chuck Berry

  • Blogs

    January 29, 2012

    For 26 Episodes in 1966, WFAA Played Host to the Funkiest, Most Soulful TV Show in America

    ​Last night, I got a text from Peter Schmidt, who could not believe I've never written about a short-lived 1966 TV show called The !!!! Beat, hosted by iconic Nashville deejay Bill "Hoss" Allen. Wrote Peter, who'd come across it yesterday after a lunchtime discussion about Etta James turned up an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 10, 2011

    Nude Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez Statue's Sculptor Tells Us The Motivation For His Piece

    "Justin and Selena as One."​The announcement yesterday from 46-year-old Connecticut-based sculptor Daniel Edwards -- that he'd created a (mostly) nude sculpture of teenage music superstars Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez, and that it would soon be put on public display in an adult store right here ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 19, 2010

    Last Night: Jason Bonham's Led Zeppelin Experience at The Music Hall at Fair Park

    ​Jason Bonham's Led Zeppelin ExperienceFair Park Music HallNovember 18, 2010Better than: I could have ever expected.Not being a fan of cover or tribute bands, I ventured down to Fair Park Music Hall with quite a bit of trepidation. Sure, Jason Bonham was the son of John Bonham, the (sadly deceased ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 29, 2010

    Bonus MP3: Black Stone Rangers -- "Plug It In"

    Black Stone Rangers​A couple weeks back, we caught the very tail end of a performance from new local duo called Black Stone Rangers. It wasn't much, but it was enough to pique our interest in the outfit, which, apparently, is named after an infamous 1960s Chicago gang. So we did as we do, and we c ... More >>

  • Music

    December 18, 2008

    Jesus Christ! This Year's Nine Worthwhile Christmas Discs

    Black Stone Rangers​A couple weeks back, we caught the very tail end of a performance from new local duo called Black Stone Rangers. It wasn't much, but it was enough to pique our interest in the outfit, which, apparently, is named after an infamous 1960s Chicago gang. So we did as we do, and we c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 1, 2008

    Echoes and Reverberations: The Trouble With Screamin' Jay Hawkins

    Black Stone Rangers​A couple weeks back, we caught the very tail end of a performance from new local duo called Black Stone Rangers. It wasn't much, but it was enough to pique our interest in the outfit, which, apparently, is named after an infamous 1960s Chicago gang. So we did as we do, and we c ... More >>

  • Music

    October 19, 2006
  • Music

    May 4, 2006

    Pete Knows Best

    If you could Beatle a dead horse, you'd do it too

  • Calendar

    July 1, 2004

    Full Nelson

    Willie brings his picnic north

  • Culture

    July 31, 2003

    You, Spy

    Why can't Americans make TV shows as good as Brit import MI-5?

  • Music

    August 15, 2002

    Digging Down

    When Bobby Bare Jr. turned his music down, a great album turned up

  • Culture

    May 2, 2002

    Skate or Die

    In the 1970s, the Z-Boys were hell on wheels. Today, they're shredding the big screen.

  • Music

    March 29, 2001

    Blues Valentine

    Tom Waits for no one--except guitarist-singer John Hammond

  • Culture

    January 11, 2001

    Consider the Copycat

    They're not all bad, as 500X's crop of new artists makes abundantly clear

  • Music

    November 9, 2000

    Do The Evolution

    Merle Haggard makes a triumphant return. Wait -- he never went away.

  • Music

    October 19, 2000

    Baby, Get Back

    "Autobiography" and bootleg box prove that when it comes to the Beatles, you can never just let it be

  • Music

    September 21, 2000

    David Bowie

    Bowie at the Beeb: The Best of the BBC Sessions '68-'72

  • Music

    May 11, 2000

    Some things he did

    Roxy Gordon was "one of the great outlaw artist misfits" and so much more

  • Music

    April 6, 2000

    You Slaid me

    On the road in his Dodge Dart, Slaid Cleaves is the last of the traveling troubadours

  • Music

    March 23, 2000

    A mother of a father

    Bo Diddley created rock and roll -- now, where's his check?

  • Music

    January 27, 2000

    Ray Charles

    Bo Diddley created rock and roll -- now, where's his check?

  • Music

    January 20, 2000

    Lost legends

    Tary Owens helped rescue the early roots of Texas music. Then those songs saved Owens from himself.

  • Music

    August 26, 1999

    Young man inside an old man

    With Mock Tudor, Richard Thompson proves you can go home again

  • Music

    December 17, 1998

    Leaves us dry

    Robert Christgau's collected essays read like the day the music died

  • Music

    October 22, 1998

    Into the groovy

    Raving about Simon Reynolds' techno history, Generation Ecstasy

  • Music

    October 15, 1998

    Legendary stardust cowboy

    "Groovy" Joe Poovey dies just as his Greatest Grooves are set for release

  • Music

    October 15, 1998

    Mose's better blues

    A trip to Long Island reveals an Allison wonderland

  • Music

    April 16, 1998

    In the gutter

    Penelope Spheeris wallows in the Decline of Western Civilization one more time

  • Music

    April 16, 1998

    Out Here

    Penelope Spheeris wallows in the Decline of Western Civilization one more time

  • Music

    February 26, 1998

    Roxy redux

    Local artist leaves us something to remember him by

  • Music

    January 22, 1998

    Rave on cats, he cried

    Carl Perkins, 1932-1998

  • Music

    December 4, 1997

    Deck the malls

    This season's Christmas album offerings

  • Music

    November 6, 1997

    A tale of two venues

    The difference between the Stones' two area appearances was more setting than set list

  • Music

    October 16, 1997

    East Side soul music

    The Blazers return with a record Just for You--and, hopefully, many others

  • Music

    September 25, 1997

    Jukin' with the Reverend

    The improbable rise of blues rulebreaker Robert Ealey

  • Music

    August 28, 1997

    Camelot in 4/4 time

    A golden age in Dallas jazz turns 40

  • Music

    July 24, 1997

    Cream of the crop

    Jack Bruce follows his own path

  • Music

    June 5, 1997

    Going against typecasting

    Don't call Carolyn Wonderland and the Imperial Monkeys a blues band

  • Music

    May 29, 1997

    Bar chords

    Harry Dean Stanton sings--but then, he always has

  • Music

    May 8, 1997

    Young Country repellent

    With the Cicadas, Rodney Crowell exits Nashville's cocoon

  • Music

    January 16, 1997

    Farther along

    Emmylou Harris has a new boxed set, but she won't be trapped by that cardboard tombstone

  • Music

    June 27, 1996

    Electric blue

    Jim Suhler talks about life and the local bluesman

  • Music

    March 7, 1996

    Lou says

    The soul of Velvet Underground stares into the Twilight

  • Music

    February 1, 1996

    Bootlicking

    Some of the best records are the ones never released

  • Music

    January 18, 1996

    T.C.B. or T.Y.A.

    Bobby Patterson, Dallas' great unsung soul singer, gets his Second chance

  • Music

    December 7, 1995

    Who's next

    Green Day's Billie Joe hopes he gets old before he dies

  • Music

    November 30, 1995

    Let it be? Never

    The Beatles' Anthology is the first chapter you've never heard

  • Music

    October 12, 1995

    Heart-shaped box

    Velvet Underground set charts the still-unknowable

  • Music

    July 20, 1995

    Unsung diva

    R&B great Etta James ponders the fame that got away

  • Music

    April 27, 1995

    Ghosts in the machine

    When the vinyl jukebox dies, so will a little piece of the music it played

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