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Hank Thompson

  • Blogs

    August 9, 2011

    Sons of Hermann Hall to Erect Plaque Honoring The Fallen Musicians Who've Played The Venue

    Patrick PerezMany greats have played Sons' stage.​Mike Snider is sick of area musicians dying. Worse, he's sick of seeing how the whole community comes together in the wake of a death -- not because there's anything wrong with that, he's quick to say, but because he doesn't understand why we can't ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 3, 2010

    Found, Finally: One Team Photo Of the 1953 Dallas Eagles, Champions of the Texas League

    ​There was a time -- 12 years ago, say -- when I could have named each man in this photo by sight. Even, at the far right in the middle row, PR man Jerry Doggett, ex of WRR and, after his stint in Dallas, the longtime voice of the Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers (with, natch, Vin Scully). But, se ... More >>

  • Music

    June 4, 2009

    The Flatlanders' Legendary Careers Keep Growing

    ​There was a time -- 12 years ago, say -- when I could have named each man in this photo by sight. Even, at the far right in the middle row, PR man Jerry Doggett, ex of WRR and, after his stint in Dallas, the longtime voice of the Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers (with, natch, Vin Scully). But, se ... More >>

  • Music

    January 17, 2008

    How to Be a Good Cover Band

    ​There was a time -- 12 years ago, say -- when I could have named each man in this photo by sight. Even, at the far right in the middle row, PR man Jerry Doggett, ex of WRR and, after his stint in Dallas, the longtime voice of the Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers (with, natch, Vin Scully). But, se ... More >>

  • Music

    November 9, 2006

    Call Her Ms. Jackson

    Rockabilly queen was more than Elvis' girlfriend

  • Music

    September 7, 2006

    A Hoot of a Holler

    There never was a tear in Bob Wills' beer

  • Blogs

    May 31, 2006

    Of Lost Legends and Found Heroes

    There never was a tear in Bob Wills' beer

  • News

    September 25, 2003

    Letters

    There never was a tear in Bob Wills' beer

  • Music

    October 12, 2000

    Price He's Paid

    Ray Price has seen it all, from bucket-of-blood joints out on the Jacksboro Highway to Hank Williams' surgery scars

  • Music

    June 29, 2000

    Out Here

    Hank Thompson

  • Music

    October 28, 1999

    Scene, heard

    Rubber Gloves puts on the kitchen mitts; Ronnie Dawson's no zombie; and American Bedouin sets down stakes

  • Music

    July 29, 1999

    He's about a mover

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

  • Music

    June 18, 1998

    Big country

    Don Walser sings deep from the heart of Texas

  • News

    May 21, 1998

    A bush league of their own

    Long before the Texas Rangers, major-league baseball was played in Dallas by a minor-league team called the Dallas Eagles

  • News

    April 9, 1998

    Dallas Confidential

    The Texas Troubadour's Fatal Rendezvous and other amazing stories from the police department's cold case squad

  • Music

    February 5, 1998

    Changing the Course of Empire

    Local favorite emerges from the commercial doldrums

  • Music

    January 29, 1998

    Out Here

    Local favorite emerges from the commercial doldrums

  • Music

    January 1, 1998

    Rock and roll over

    In today's music business, tomorrow's revolution is yesterday's fad

  • Music

    November 27, 1997

    Out Here

    In today's music business, tomorrow's revolution is yesterday's fad

  • Music

    October 2, 1997

    Unlikely hybrid

    The cocktail country of the Lucky Pierres proves to be the right mix

  • Music

    September 18, 1997

    Romance novel

    The Green Romance Orchestra's fans drag them into the limelight

  • Music

    September 4, 1997

    To every season

    The times they are a-changin' at the Sons of Hermann

  • News

    May 8, 1997

    Letters

    The times they are a-changin' at the Sons of Hermann

  • Music

    May 1, 1997

    The 1997 Dallas Observer Music Awards

    The times they are a-changin' at the Sons of Hermann

  • News

    April 24, 1997

    Honky-Tonk Man

    He had 78 hits spanning five decades and revolutionized country music. Now, Fort Worth's Hank Thompson gets a new green light.

  • Music

    April 24, 1997

    Together again

    Respected but short-lived country-rock outfit the Cartwrights are getting back together

  • Music

    April 17, 1997

    Roadshows

    Respected but short-lived country-rock outfit the Cartwrights are getting back together

  • Music

    May 30, 1996

    Batter up

    In the midst of a silver age, the Light Crust Doughboys are swinging for the bleachers

  • Music

    January 11, 1996

    Roadshows

    In the midst of a silver age, the Light Crust Doughboys are swinging for the bleachers

  • Calendar

    February 2, 1995

    Events for the week

    In the midst of a silver age, the Light Crust Doughboys are swinging for the bleachers

  • Music

    January 5, 1995

    Down at the Ranchhouse

    Tom Morrell keeps Western swing alive on the best set of records you've never heard

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