Johnny Cash

Pearls And Wisdom, From A Tupelo Miss

Five Ways To Deal With a Budding Music Snob

See also: Ten songs to accompany very specific dorm-room scenarios If I am going to be honest, I think snobs get kind of a bad wrap. Pretension aside, fans who have a critical ear and high standards are good for the medium. And when two music snobs get together, it can make for a great back and fo ... More >>

How Merle Haggard Turned Me On To Bedhead

I was fortunate enough to speak with legend Merle Haggard for this week's print edition of the Observer. Aside from being in awe each time he mentioned Willie Nelson, Lake Shasta (his home for many years, which he refers to in multiple songs) or Johnny Cash, I was particularly struck by our quick di ... More >>

Nick Lowe: "I Never Really Liked Punk Music, But I Like The Mischief That Was Caused By It."

Nick Lowe is a peculiar variety of celebrity. His collaboration with Dave Edmunds in the band Rockpile brought UK chart success and a half-nod from the States in the mid-'70s, and his work recording and producing talent for Stiff Records lifted acts like The Damned into the spotlight. He's frequentl ... More >>

Q&A: Nick Lowe Talks Songwriting, Being Covered by Costello and Finding Inspiration

At 62, singer/songwriter Nick Lowe can justifiably claim to have just about seen it all. From his days fronting the pub rock band Brinsley Schwarz in the '70s to his heralded production work for Elvis Costello to his fascinating, recent solo efforts, Lowe has always maintained a remarkable commitmen ... More >>

Cowboys Football at the Ships Lounge, Where the Game Only Matters Until it Doesn't

​The Ships Lounge is a place of order, as much as any dive bar can be. Come to the Greenville bar for a Sunday football game and happy hour starts when the game does. Not during pre-game ceremonies, not the coin toss, not the first commercial break, not when the players take the field. Precise ... More >>

She's Come A Long Way, Baby

Good Friday: Bro Fest, Kessler Theater Turns One, Peter Murphy, Roman Numerals, Tombs, Robert Earl Keen, Third Day, Rural Alberta Advantage, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Toro Y Moi, Snoop Dogg, Valient Thorr & More!

The Greenhornes headline Bro Fest 2011​This weekend is all about South By Southwest spillover, and the entity that is taking advantage the most is Parade of Flesh, who will be hosting the third annual Bro Fest all day on Sunday at Club Dada. For more information on the 22-band, half-indie, half-me ... More >>

Q&A: Marty Stuart Talks Life After Chart Success, The Importance of Preserving Country Music's Past and Writing Alongside Johnny Cash.

Marty Stuart​Traditional country music champion Marty Stuart hasn't been a major force on the Billboard country charts for some time now. But don't confuse that absence as a sign of Stuart having slowed down in the least. In fact, the man's arguably more relevant today than he was during his wave ... More >>

Made a Playlist, Now Checkin' it Twice: By Request, Last Night's Christmas Music Show

​Many thanks to the many folks who tuned in and called in during last night's late-night Christmas-music spectacular, which gets a replay on KTCK-AM (1310, The Ticket) beginning, why, right this very moment. (That'll be just the three-hour yuletunes special, not the two hours of pirate-radio non-h ... More >>

Unexpected Influences: Rapper galleryCat Talks About Loving The Cure, Taylor Swift and Folk

Welcome to a new recurring feature here on DC9 where we talk to musicians about the music no one expects them to like. We're calling it Unexpected Influences -- because, we hope, that's what it will show.​Dallas rapper galleryCat is known for his multi-instrumental live affairs, which often end up ... More >>

That's the Way T-Shirts Go, Redux: The Other Great Ron Washington Fashion Statement

​Last week we bought a few of the DropWear.com fellas' Ron Washington tees. And, despite rumors and reports to the contrary, the Texas Rangers have not officially commissioned anyone to do a "That's the Way Baseball Go" tee. Says spokesman John Blake via e-mail, "This is actually an unlicensed pro ... More >>

New Texas Rangers Owner Chuck Greenberg: Man in Black

​Spent the 8th inning of yesterday's Seattle Mariners 6, Texas Rangers 3 Spring Training exhibition - Neftali Feliz was very sketchy - soaking in the Surprise, Arizona sunshine and getting to know new owner Chuck Greenberg. After years of being alienated by Tom Hicks, you're going t ... More >>

He's The One

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

Country Hunks And The Women Who Love Them.

Elvis Costello and the Sugarcanes

Wednesday, September 2, at Nokia Theatre, Grand Prairie

Our annual Death Pool: Which artists will croak in '09?

Who should fear the reaper this year?

Good Friday: The Feds, Astronautalis, King Khan & BBQ Show, The Eagles, Jack Ingram, Dale Watson, Do For It Records' Launch Party, I Love Math, Nouns Group

Kinda an interesting weekend upon us, now that it's the end of the day on Friday and all. While there's a lot happening early next week, the weekend's kinda dry as big, big shows go. Anyway, onto the show's we already told you about... Tonight, there's a big one (Of Montreal and Icy Demons at ... More >>

Good Friday: Just-Announced Bun B Show, Tony Joe White, Ella Minnow, Scott McCurry, The Smoke!, Pimpadelic, Chris Flemmons, Big Daddy Kane, And Much More!

Through the Night

Kristofferson helps Bass Hall make it

Hock the Line

Sending up the biopic, Walk Hard sells cheap laughs, lame cameos and lifeless Cox

What You Will Be Listening to This Weekend With Your Ears

Backtrackin'

Things you may have missed the first time

Sodajerk

2 (Self-released)

How the Dallas Cowboys Changed Jerry Ford's Life

Things About Tony Romo You Didn't Know You Needed to Know

Social Distortion

Tuesday, November 7, at the Lakewood Theater

M. Ward

Post-War (Merge)

The Sadies

In Concert, Volume One (Yep Roc)

Ween-ie Roast

Sick of giving kids candy? Then scare 'em away with these sick classics

Writes and Wrongs

In Capote, a murder leads to a masterpiece leads to an undoing

Merle Haggard

Wednesday, September 7, at Southern Junction

Maltoro, Spitfire Tumbleweeds

Friday, January 21, at Double Wide

Best Radio Station

KHYI-FM (95.3), The Range

To Be Cooler

A Fan's Notes

Ideas that were forgotten but not gone in 2003

Mates of State, Ladybug Transistor and Palomar

November 15

The Rapture

Echoes (Strummer/Universal)

Happy Freakin' Valentine's Day

Some local CD-release shindigs make this horrible holiday a little more tolerable

Listen Up

Who says 2000 was a bad year for music?

Letters

Overpaid, Over Here; Best What ?; Free Dr. Laura

Out There

Rockabilly Rave-Ups

A great Endeavor

New festival goes short and long

Thank God it's Monday

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

Exile on Fry Street

Slobberbone is still a little bit country and a lot rock and roll

Hat's off

Dwight Yoakam's the last great country singer left--and he doesn't need a twang to prove it

Out There

Gimme, gimme truth

Jay Farrar and Dave Grohl don't owe you anything

Roll over, Chuck Berry

In rock and roll, 'legend' is another word for 'forgotten'