Subject: Garth Brooks

• The Beard is Back!

  April 24, 2007

• Thank God he's a pretty boy

  April 27, 1995

• Hank, junior

  September 21, 1995

• Roadshows

  October 26, 1995

• Far from Gone

  October 26, 1995

• Joe Bob Briggs

  November 30, 1995

• 10 Questions: Judd Fruia

  Fruia thinks big--and no wonder.His tenure includes Pappas Bros. Steakhouse (big steaks, big wines and, once, the world's biggest cigar) and a stint with Consilient Restaurants (big buzz), while his newly opened Tre Amici fills the old Rick Stein's spot...making it perhaps the largest restaurant opening in an otherwise dismal season.But Fruia not only thinks up projects, he acts: outfitting his restaurants with helicopter landing pads, stocking some hard to find wines and--more importantly--dema

  January 9, 2009

• Oh, Say, Can You D.C.: Ron Kirk and Tom Leppert at the U.S. Conference of Mayors

  Dallas mayors former and current were in D.C. over the weekend for the U.S. Conference of Mayors annual winter meeting: Tom Leppert, to once more make Dallas's case for stimulus dough-re-mi; Ron Kirk, to calm mayors' fears concerning his unpopular position on free trade. Leppert, like every other in mayor in the country, has his hand out in expectation of scratching off a piece of that $825 billion stimulus plan. But he's worried the money will go elsewhere: Dallas Mayor Tom Leppert said the pla

  January 19, 2009

• Ben Kweller On His Own Sound: 'The Mix Of Eagle, Edge and Young Country'

  Years ago, area legend Ben Kweller was dubbed a wunderkind by nearly every music publication in the country. Today, the child has grown into a husband and father--and says he's eager to reconnect his family and career to the place he still calls home: Texas.His fourth major solo album, Changing Horses, set for release next Tuesday, finds Kweller searching for vintage authenticity: He recorded the LP in analog format in only 11 days at Austin's Public Hi-Fi studio, founded by Spoon drummer Jim En

  January 28, 2009

• The ghost of Xmas passes

  June 12, 1997

• Hat's off

  July 10, 1997

• Roadshows

  August 14, 1997

• A stink over 'Think'

  June 4, 1998

• Beat down

  November 12, 1998

• Dixie Chicks

  April 15, 1999

• Ride with Ray

  July 22, 1999

• Framptone

  August 28, 2008

• How to Be a Good Cover Band

  January 17, 2008

• Milsap Comes Alive

  January 3, 2008

• Indie Women Unite at GoGirls Fest

  October 11, 2007

• No Regrets

  Tom Rush continues his battle against the singer-songwriter stereotype

  January 11, 2007

• Out Here

  Ty Herndon

  January 27, 2000

• Frozen Assets

  Once the darlings of Dallas, the Stars and their sport are mired in obscurity

  February 1, 2007

• New York City?!

  February 9, 2006

• The Lowdown

  Music tidbits from the Big D

  January 11, 2007

• The God of Olives

  May 3, 2007

• Going Stag

  May 10, 2007

• King Cone

  Thursday, December 21, at Poor David's Pub

  December 21, 2006

• Back to the Source

  Dallas' best CD store doubles as a halfway house for customers and employees alike

  November 16, 2006

• Double Trouble

  Eels still reel from one of history's best double albums, but history isn't so kind to others

  August 10, 2006

• Cowboy Up

  We just can't quit this countrified Karaoke.

  April 13, 2006

• Shooter Jennings

  Saturday, April 1, at the Granada Theater

  March 30, 2006

• Year of the Concept

  After Green Day, expect more American idiots

  January 5, 2006

• Tim O´Brien

  March 4 - March 6

  March 3, 2005

• Various Artists

  Texas Unplugged Volume 1 (Palo Duro)

  November 4, 2004

• Time to Howl

  WolfDance two-steps into Sundance Square

  May 27, 2004

• Queer Eye for the Country Guys

  Have today's country and western stars been consulting with the Fab Five?

  May 27, 2004

• Rained Out

  No refunds, Rangers fans, even though the dark clouds of the A-Rod trade threaten the entire season

  March 18, 2004

• Good Times

  The Hag brings his songs to Fort Worth this week

  May 1, 2003

• Best Western Wear

  Western Warehouse

  September 26, 2002

• Last of the Neon Cowboys

  Jason Ringenberg keeps one foot in the honky tonk, with or without the Scorchers

  January 18, 2001

• Well, it rhymes with City

  The artist sometimes known as Chris Gaines comes to Austin

  February 3, 2000

• Take these records, please

  Or: Yes, it was as bad as you think

  January 6, 2000

• Cibo Matto

  October 28, 1999

• Thank God it's Monday

  Matt Hillyer and Eleven Hundred Springs look a little bit rock 'n' roll, but they're all country

  August 12, 1999

• No Limit Tour

  Starplex Amphitheatre, August 6

  August 5, 1999

• Strait to hell

  George Strait saved country music. Then he killed it

  September 28, 1995

• Down By Nokia On a Friday Night

  May 14, 2009

• Today In Music News: Lady Gaga Moves On, Garth Returns And A-Ha Quits On Us

  Your daily dose of national music news for Friday, October 16, 2009...Looks like Lady Gaga isn't letting the whole canceled-tour-with-Kanye-West thing keep her down" She's hitting the road anyway.In news that will make most of middle-America shake with joy, Garth Brooks is unretiring!A-Ha has broken up. I know this comes as quite a shock, but, well, we'll always have "Take On Me."

  October 16, 2009

• Whitt's End: 10.16.09

  ​Whether you're at the end of your rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt's End: *According to my very unscientific research conducted on this very blog over the last two years, the most sensitive, whiny, irrational folks on Earth are: 1. Ticket P1s; 2. Right-wing Republicans; 3. Oklahoma fans. So if you wore your OU T-shirt while turning off 1310 AM just long enough to vote for George Dubya, my apologies sympathies. *Biggest disappointment through five Cowboys ga

  October 16, 2009