Subject: Doug Sahm

• The Range's Morning Man Dies Suddenly

  March 8, 2007

• Cleanin' Out the Closet

  January 12, 2007

• Free Stuff Friday, Grab Bag Edition

  January 11, 2008

• He's about a mover

  Doug Sahm may spend his summers in Canada, but he's still a Texas tornado

  July 29, 1999

• Wide open spaces

  With his debut record, Ed Burleson may be too country for Nashville, but not for Texas

  October 28, 1999

• Roky's road

  February 2, 1995

• Roadshows

  December 19, 1996

• Spirit of '96

  January 9, 1997

• Pop mart

  March 20, 1997

• Every which way but loose

  January 8, 1998

• Roxy redux

  February 26, 1998

• Jerry Lee, Dino, and Homer Henderson

  August 20, 1998

• Glory Hallelujah

  March 4, 1999

• Scene, heard

  July 1, 1999

• Scene, heard

  October 28, 1999

• Letters

  February 24, 2000

• Letters

  June 29, 2000

• Scene, Heard

  October 18, 2001

• SXSW In Pictures, One Day at a Time

  Patrick MichelsWhile most of the DC-9 crew enjoyed SXSW's offerings at a safe distance from the stage, note-taking and reflecting on the music, some of us did battle up by the stage to get concert shots, throwing elbows and telephoto lenses.We've got a handful of band photo slideshows, along with some other photo sets that'll give a pretty good idea what it was like down in Austin last week. In case you missed checking out our photo coverage, a rundown of our slideshows (and who's in them) follo

  March 24, 2009

• SXSW Dispatches: The O's Let Us Read Their Diary

  [Last week, we asked a few bands to check in with us from time to time over the course of the week to tell us about their SXSW experiences. Now, with the fest over, those diatribes are starting to show. Here's The O's' take on SXSW...]Steve VisneauThursday, March 19, 2009Dear O's Journal, It's 10:30 AM. For fuck's sake, John's running late again. I swear, he never is on time. He said we'd leave at 10:00. Geez. SXSW: Can we survive? It seems unlikely. If we can make it through without visible s

  March 24, 2009

• Dude Food: SXSW Edition

  Patrick MichelsRoppolo's Red River "location" did big business at SXSW.I spent much of the last week in Austin for SXSW, so rather than hipping you guys to some local jewel this week, I've decided to give a play-by-play commentary of how I vittled down in the Live Music Capitol of the World.Comprehensive Dude Factor: 9, or Doug Sahm, on a scale of 1, "Christopher Cross," to 10, "Willie Nelson."Wednesday:After three and half hours of assorted I-35 bullshit I arrive in Austin, where I immediately

  March 24, 2009

• Remembering Jerry Wexler

  A friend recalls the legendary record man

  August 28, 2008

• El Mejor de lo Mejor

  We Asked a Mexican to help us pick the best Anglo covers of Mexican tunes

  May 29, 2008

• Eleven Hundred Springs

  Country Jam (Palo Duro)

  May 1, 2008

• Sonny Burgess

  February 21, 2008

• 1100 Springs, Two Tons of Steel, Tejas Brothers

  January 10, 2008

• The beautiful loser

  Keith Ferguson keeps a loose grip on Fabulous past

  March 28, 1996

• Scoring Texas

  December 28, 2006

• Trent Summar, Two Tons of Steel

  Thursday, January 18, at the Granada Theater

  January 18, 2007

• Llano Avenue

  Darryl Lee Rush released his debut album just a year shy of his 40th birthday. How's that for a mid-life crisis?

  October 27, 2005

• Shawn Sahm, Flaco Jimenez and Augie Meyers

  Friday, August 19th, at Sons of Hermann Hall

  August 18, 2005

• 2005 Dallas Observer Music Awards

  Case Solved: Killer musicians captured, thanks to your tips

  May 5, 2005

• Americana Pie

  Grab a slice of 2004's best roots music while it's still hot.

  December 30, 2004

• Jesse Dayton

  Country Soul Brother (Stag Records)

  October 7, 2004

• Dead, Not Buried

  Townes Van Zandt left behind great songs for people to fight over

  November 13, 2003

• Los Pacaminos

  Los Pacaminos (Tornado/What)

  December 26, 2002

• 2002 Dallas Observer Music Awards

  These are your choices, not ours, for the best musicians in town

  April 18, 2002

• Damnations

  March 7

  March 7, 2002

• Hear Here

  Local music was better than ever in 2001

  January 10, 2002

• Prose and Conjunto

  A new book finds the squeeze-box heart of Texas-Mexican music

  October 25, 2001

• Walk the Line

  Eleven Hundred Springs is right at home among Willie, Waylon and the boys

  August 23, 2001

• All These Years

  Early success was almost the end of Ray Wylie Hubbard

  July 26, 2001

• Master of Puppets

  Curt Kirkwood is the heart, soul, and everything else of the Meat Puppets, no matter who's in the band

  September 7, 2000

• California dreaming

  A new four-disc compilation attempts to give the West Coast East Side Sound its proper place in rock-and-roll history

  August 26, 1999

• South by South Austin

  The Cornell Hurd Band is in it for the long haul

  August 12, 1999

• Super Cool Music-Related Father's Day Gift Ideas, Guys!

  You want to show your dad you really love him? Well, stop being a cheap ass and buying those lame hallmark cards. Get your dad a gift that makes up--at least a little--for all the shit you gave the old guy. Here are some music-related gift ideas that are guaranteed to have pops thinking he raised you right.Keep Your Soul: A Tribute to Doug SahmWoefully under-appreciated, the late, great Doug Sahm is a seminal figure in Americana/roots music. His career featured as many musical styles as side

  June 19, 2009

• 30 Years In, Meat Puppets Are Still Going

  June 18, 2009

• A Salute to Those About to Hard Rock, At the Far End of Victory Park

  Patrick MichelsThe decor recalls great moments in Texas music history. Also, that time Kelly Clarkson sang at a Cowboys game. The Hard Rock Cafe is finishing up its preparations for a soft opening next week, but invited press to take a look around their new digs today, at the south end of Victory Park -- or, as we've noted before, but one block from the House of Blues.While the kitchen looked nearly done, the gift shop looked alarmingly incomplete -- but plenty of rock memorabilia, including boo

  July 6, 2009

• Dallas Observer Music Awards

  July 23, 2009

• Dude Food: Avila's

  Noah W. BaileySeriously, Avila's, somebody could have parked there.​Avila's 4714 Maple Ave.214-520-2700Dude Factor: 8, or "Nuevo Laredo", on a scale of  1 ("Stays in Mexico") to 10 ("El Paso")A wise man once said "don't shit where you eat, kid." Whoever built Avila's blatantly ignored his advice, however, which is why the one-holer bathroom is located in the back of the kitchen. Maybe the wise man was Avila's stepfather or something.That being said, it's actually kind of fun to walk throu

  October 20, 2009