Gene Vincent

Cash and Carry a Sportatorium Memento

1998 Dallas Observer Music Awards Nominees

The Late, Great

Ronnie Dawson proved there are indeed second acts in rock and roll

Scene, not heard

A few clubs and a few bands do not a "music town" make

Roadshows

A few clubs and a few bands do not a "music town" make

Reviews

A few clubs and a few bands do not a "music town" make

Star maker

Can Interscope do for four local bands what it did for Nine Inch Nails and Snoop Dogg?

Beating meat

"Taz" Bentley explains why he left the Rev for Tenderloin

King Curtis

A rockabilly hero is revered abroad, ignored at home

Roadshows

A rockabilly hero is revered abroad, ignored at home

Out There

A rockabilly hero is revered abroad, ignored at home

Events for the week

A rockabilly hero is revered abroad, ignored at home

The ghost of Xmas passes

Landmark local band packs it in

Pilgrims at rest

Barry Kooda tries to mend a broken heart

Roadshows

Barry Kooda tries to mend a broken heart

Down in the tube station

Mary Lou Lord nears the end of her 15 minutes

Out Here

Mary Lou Lord nears the end of her 15 minutes

Git it

After years of detective work, Gene Vincent's Lost Dallas Sessions resurface

Not fade away

Two garage-rock compilations raise The Esquires, Irving's psychedelic-rock greats, from the dead

Legendary stardust cowboy

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

Out Here

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

Out Here

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

Good at being the best

The youngest man in rock and roll, Ronnie Dawson gets hitched and grows up (sort of)

Out There

Rockabilly Rave-Ups

Various Artists

Brand New Boots and Panties (Gold Circle Records) / Listen to What the Man Said (Oglio Records)

A Loss for Music

Dallas says goodbye to DJ Rich Soul

Spector 45's Frankie Campagna Isn't Shy About Speaking His Piece

Dallas says goodbye to DJ Rich Soul

The Lash Outs

The Lash Outs (Zodiac Killer)

You Slaid me

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

American bye

Don McLean's career didn't end with "American Pie" -- or did it?

Knitters' Circle

Twenty years later, members of punk legends X get to their roots again. Their roots-rock, that is.

Tiger Army

Thursday, April 7

Girl Power

The Gals of the Big "D" Jamboree remain the sweethearts of the wrestling ring

Baby, Get Back

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

Good rockin' last night

A new CD resurrects the echoes of the long-gone Big "D" Jamboree, where Elvis, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins, and some forgotten heroes made Saturday nights swing

Hot damn, Jamboree

A new CD resurrects the echoes of the long-gone Big "D" Jamboree, where Elvis, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins, and some forgotten heroes made Saturday nights swing

Everything old

Rockabilly queen Kim Lenz moves ahead by looking backward

Let it be? Never

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

1995 Dallas Observer Music Awards (Part I)

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

Echoes and Reverberations: The Twisted Fate of a Lifetime Crate Digger

Many of them were tucked away in suburban strip malls, their storefronts always the black sheep of the retail family. They were usually owned by a single lifelong music fan, someone who relished the opportunity to dog-paddle in the eye of the pop culture hurricane. Sometimes they smelled like incens ... More >>

Legacy's Releasing Three "Unreleased" Johnny Cash Songs Recorded in Dallas. Unreleased?

Johnny Cash at the Big "D" Jamboree in the mid-'50s​A good Friend of Unfair Park who knows of my fondness for Johnny Cash and the old Big "D" Jamboree -- and those magical moments when they meet on a piece of paper -- was kind enough to send along this Columbia/Legacy press release issued yesterda ... More >>