David Allan Coe

The Ten Best Jukeboxes in Dallas

Jukeboxes serve a simple yet critical role in bars everywhere. They can help you cope after a breakup, relax you after a long day of work, remind you of what you love mos or fire you up and give you something to dance to. A jukebox used to be the imprint of a bar's spirit, hosting a select set of ... More >>

How Billy Bob's Remains a Texas Treasure for Die-Hards and Tourists Alike

For anyone whose grown-up in the Metroplex, Billy Bob's Texas is as synonymous with this region as the Dallas Cowboys, Six Flags Over Texas or Reunion Tower are. Since opening in the equally iconic Ft. Worth Stockyards in 1981, the cavernous space has been the go-to spot for Country stars touring th ... More >>

Drake Returns, Dave Matthews Band and More Show Announcements

​Summer is upon us (kind of has been since January), and that means it's time to get your butts wet on the Gexa Energy Pavilion lawn. Unless, of course, you're rich enough to have "reserved seating money." You kind of have to for the just announced Drake show on Wednesday, May 16, which will cost ... More >>

Guns N' Roses, We Were Promised Jetpacks & the Best Shows in Town This Weekend

Axel Rose​Welcome to the jungle! The one comfortably located just inside the walls of the Gexa Energy Pavilion. After carefully parking your car on someone's lawn, you'll be ushered into said jungle if you purchased your tickets to see what's left of Guns N' Roses -- Axel Rose and some dreadlocks ... More >>

Ten Musicians' Ghosts That Still Stalk The Earth (And How To Dress Up As Them For Halloween)

​Now that the calendar has official turned to September and the back-to-school fervor is over, we've come upon that special time once again when big-box retailers to start rolling out their Halloween merchandise. Since we here at DC9 love Halloween, we think it's never too early to begin planning ... More >>

Good Friday: Def Leppard, The Romantics, and the Best Shows of This Weekend

Def Leppard​This weekend offers a pretty decent selection in the concert department. And if you'll notice the exciting red and black signs just up above this blog and over to the sides, yes, Def Leppard and The Romantics are coming to the Gexa Energy Pavilion on Saturday.But if you need your drumm ... More >>

Sterling Winfield Engineered Pantera Albums, Toured The World and Produces Hellyeah

Welcome to Local Music 'Mericans, where we meet the people in the local music scene that you don't see on stages. Sterling Winfield​It's such a cool thing when our LMA subjects have the humble beginning of simply being a fan. Even more exhilarating is the fan who elevates to a position of we ... More >>

Good Friday: The Independence Day Edition

Bettmann/CorbisWillie Nelson at his second annual Fourth of July picnic in 1974​It's hot as hell and the area burn bans are in full effect, which can only mean one thing: It's time to celebrate our independence! This weekend's live music offerings are fairly strong, but at Billy Bob's Texas in For ... More >>

Wild Flag, Justin Townes Earle and a Heaping Pile of Other Show Announcements

Wild Flag​Wild Flag is something of a web phenomenon, gaining loads of notoriety before ever releasing any music. It helps, of course, that front-lady Carrie Brownstein and Wild Flag bandmate Janet Weiss were members of the legendary rock trio Sleater-Kinney. But now, with their new act, they're t ... More >>

The Full Bill For Willie Nelson's Fourth of July Picnic, Plus Tons More Show Announcements

Willie​Since the mid-'70s, Willie Nelson has been doing three things: smoking pot, playing music and throwing a Fourth of July picnic. They've always been huge ordeals, attracting A-list celebrities, top country music artists and, of course, country music fans. Nelson even held the festival in the ... More >>

Billy Bob's Texas In Fort Worth To Host Willie Nelson's Fourth of July Picnic This Summer

Willie Nelson, American hero.​Just last night, the great Willie Nelson was in town to perform a gig at the Morton H. Meyerson Center and raise funds for LaunchAbility, a Dallas-based organization that provides services to assist both children and adults with developmental disabilities. Good guy, t ... More >>

Local Music 'Mericans: John Graham Toured With Pantera and Damageplan Before Tending Bar At All Your Favorite Music Venues

Welcome to Local Music 'Mericans, where we'll be meeting some people behind the local music scene who aren't the musicians, but more behind-the-scenes folk.John Graham​Right before Pantera's major label debut, Cowboys from Hell, came out in 1990, John Graham went on the road with them and their op ... More >>

Good Friday: Elton John & Leon Russell, Calhoun, The Orbans, Celtic Thunder, Senses Fail, Bayside, Miniature Tigers, The Dandy Warhols, The Felice Brothers, David Allan Coe, The Derailers, Hed PE and More!

Elton John & Leon Russell​The biggest show coming to town this weekend is, without a doubt, Elton John and Leon Russell at the Fort Worth Convention Center on Saturday night. The two piano-playing legends of yesteryear have teamed up on a new album called The Union. And with producer T-Bone Bu ... More >>

Show Announcements: Black Tie Dynasty, Happy Birthday, Sundress, The Black Angels, Deer Hunter, Best Coast, Blitzen Trapper, Better Than Ezra, David Allan Coe, and others

Bill EllisonI can't tell if Black Tie Dynasty is saying hello or goodbye.​I always thought it would be kind of a great idea for a band to only play break-up or reunion shows. Think about it: You can get a lot of people to come to your last concert. And, likewise, when your band gets back together. ... More >>

For Your Weekend Listening Pleasure: Willie Nelson at the KAFM Studios on July 1, 1976

​Only yesterday, according to Willie Nelson's Web site, the Library of Congress added to its National Recording Registry one of the greatest albums ever recorded 'round these parts: Nelson's Red Headed Stranger, cut at Autumn Sound Studios in Garland in February '75. You'll hear plenty of that rec ... More >>

Good Friday: NX35, St. Patty's Day Parade and After-Party, RX Bandits, David Allan Coe, Snarky Puppy and Dick Dale.

​There's many things I enjoy about the NX35 Conferette, not the least of which is the fact that it sure makes writing this here post easier. (Yes, I'm that self-centered.)As you already know: The Flaming Lips, Midlake and Stardeath and White Dwarfs are playing the North Texas Fairgounds for free o ... More >>

Q&A: Warren Haynes of Gov't Mule Shares His Thoughts on Turning 50, Jimi Hendrix, David Allan Coe and More

​Besides being ranked 23rd on Rolling Stone's Greatest Guitarists of All Time list, Warren Haynes is also one bad mother on stage.But, off stage, the Allman Brothers/Gov't Mule guitarist turned out to be a pretty affable guy who spoke quite eloquently about a number of subjects--beginning with wha ... More >>

Show Announcements: King Khan And The Shrines To Play Sons of Hermann Hall, More

​YES! King Khan And The Shrines, one of my favorite acts at last year's SXSW, is coming to Dallas in April on what's being billed as a "comeback tour." The band is hitting 17 cities in late March and the first half of April, but perhaps wisely altogether avoiding Kentucky, where Khan and his BBQ S ... More >>

Dallas's Most Authentic Dive Bars

Pull up a stool, order some cheap whiskey and don’t forget to duck when the beer bottles fly

David Allan Coe, The O's

Thursday, July 23, at House of Blues

Idol Records Loves The O's So Much, It Went Ahead And Signed The Boys Named Sue, Too.

Nate RehlanderThe Boys Named Sue are cooking something up for Idol. Erv Karwelis sure must like what he's seen from The O's, John Pedigo and Taylor Young's bluegrass duo, which signed with Karwelis' Idol Records label back in October. Why's that? Well, 'cause today comes word that Karwelis has signe ... More >>

Big Willie Style

Willie Nelson doesn't have to continue performing—which makes his insistence to keep doing so all the more remarkable

Willie-Nilly

How to Be a Good Cover Band

Redneck Mother

David Allan Coe falls down at the HOB

Please Release Me

Big ups to those who are gettin' down

Beard Sweat

ZZ Top and friends rock Smirnoff

Birds of a Different Feather

How the Fans of Fred Eaglesmith Stack Up Against Other Transients and Vagabonds

Odds & Ends

On Pantera's Behind the Music special, Phil Anselmo offers fans two equally pleasing options

2005 Dallas Observer Music Awards

Case Solved: Killer musicians captured, thanks to your tips

I'll Drink to That

Keep that New Year's Eve spirit all year long with these boozy sing-along tunes

Freak Show

A new wicked li'l town

Best Place to Act Single While Drinking Doubles

The Beagle

Out & About

Kid Rock

Some things he did

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

Roxy redux

Local artist leaves us something to remember him by

Two-drink minimum

The Enablers take Nino Rota and Dick Dale out for cocktails