Keith Richards

The Eight Bands Most in Need of a Senior Citizen Ticket Discount

So the Rolling Stones have announced their first large tour in 6 years, and their "50 And Counting" jaunt will see them stop in nine cities across North America. This is borderline amazing considering that Keith Richards and Mick Jagger are 69 and CHARLIE WATTS IS 71 FREAKING YEARS OLD. Can you imag ... More >>

Andrew Lostetter of Marquee Grill on Snowboarding, Trees and Recovering

In "Dancing in the Light" off the Rolling Stone's re-release of Exile on Main Street, Keith Richards' guitar has a pronounced Southern drawl and Mick Jagger sounds like he was born in East Texas while he complains of a "sinking feeling"... "You really hit the big time, I really took a dive
 I'm r ... More >>

Over The Weekend: Drive-By Truckers and Centro-matic at the Granada Theater

Drive-By Truckers, Centro-maticGranada TheaterSeptember 2Better than: "Freebird."Drive-By Truckers​In the Drive-By Truckers documentary The Secret to a Happy Ending, a young female fan jokes that she often wears diapers to DBT shows, just so she won't miss any of the show waiting in a bathroo ... More >>

For Sale, a Very Rare Keepsake From When The Byrds Played the Forest Ballroom in June 1968

Heritage Auction Galleries​Says here the the Forest Theater was built in '47; my father, who grew up a few blocks over on Park Row, recalls how, in the mid-'50s, Shearith Israel used the movie theater for High Holiday services when they were finishing out the synagogue's present-day location on Wa ... More >>

In Honor of Nicki Minaj's Dallas Hotel Skirmish: The Ten Best Musician Fights of All-Time

​By nature, musicians are a rowdy bunch. When tempers run high, as they often do with this hot-blooded bunch, stuff gets broken. And by "stuff," we mean musicians themselves. When musicians fight, it's often very public, very bloody, and the source of national news.Such was the case this week when ... More >>

Joe Ely Tells Us Why He's Now Satisfied At Last

Joe Ely​At 64, Joe Ely is the elder statesman of Texas music. For over three decades, Ely has continuously released some of the most influential country-rock and folk albums around, inspiring and influencing bands as disparate as The Clash and Uncle Tupelo. Beginning his career in Lubbock while pl ... More >>

In Defense of My Chemical Romance: 10 Bands That Look Emo, But Aren't.

My Chemical Romance​You know the look: Checkered sneakers, skinny pants, that forlorn gaze through a cascade of floppy bangs. Emo kids are easy to spot. Or are they? Can you tell that a band is emo by the way they look? In this week's paper, we talked to My Chemical Romance guitarist Frak Iero a ... More >>

Robert Johnson's Dallas Recording Studio Gets Pulled From Purgatory.

Which Musicians Will Die in 2011?

Anthony Bourdain Liked Our BBQ-Gate,
For Some Reason

​It's a fair bet there's not too much overlap between Anthony Bourdain and Dallas Morning News restaurant critic Leslie Brenner's lists of what they liked best in 2010. According to a recent feature story, Brenner this year thrilled to grilled mussels and escargot fritters. Bourdain enjoyed t ... More >>

Today In Music News: T.I. Going Back To Prison, Keef Judges Jagger's Member And Atomic Tom Get Improvisey

Your daily dose of national music news for Monday, October 18, 2010...T.I. is going to spend at least 11 months in prison after violating his probation. I guess talking down a jumper didn't help him out any.Keith Richards says Mick Jagger has a little wang.  He's not sayin', he's just sayin' ... More >>

The Londoner: This Week, the Dude is a Bloke

Londoner's chicken and chips, as captured by the low-res spy camera hidden in our glasses. We need new glasses.​The Londoner2909 Thomas Ave. 214-979-2333 Dude Factor: 9, or Clive Owen, on a scale of 1 (Daniel Radcliffe) to 10 (Keith Richards). I'm pretty much the exact opposite of an Angloph ... More >>

Today In Music News: Miley Cyrus Gets Defensive, Ozzy Gets Studied And Tim Bachman Gets Pinched

Your daily dose of national music news for Wednesday, June 16, 2010...Miley Cyrus and her tiny teeth say she's not trying to look like a slut with her slutty looking stage outfits.  I guess some things come naturally to us and we really don't have to try, right?Cambridge researchers want to st ... More >>

Bye, Bye Miss American Pie

Mick Taylor's May 19 Show At The Granada Canceled Due To Illness

Mick Taylor​With the recent reissue of Exile on Main Street, my favorite effort from the Rolling Stones, my personal interest in catching guitarist Mick Taylor next Wednesday at the Granada Theater was pretty high. Taylor was in the Stones from 1969 to 1974--considered by many to be the band's gre ... More >>

Today In Music News: Keef Is On The Wagon, Metallica Fans Get Angry And My Morning Jacket Get Jazzy

Your daily dose of national music news for Monday, February 1, 2010...Keith Richards has allegedly given up his long love affair with the bottle.  Notice he didn't say he gave up snorting relatives ashes.Looks like Chilean Metallica fans have taken a page from GNR fans...My Morning Jacket get ... More >>

Year in Review: 2009's Best Alt-Country Proves that Yes, Willie Nelson is Still a Badass

We spent 2009 sorting through piles of folk and Americana releases, revising this list in our heads till the bitter end and failing repeatedly to understand the hype behind the Avett Brothers in the process. While a year of listening brought no shortage of pleasant surprises, our hands-down favorite ... More >>

Gig Alert: Guthrie Kennard Tonight at Cadillac Ranch

Unbeknownst to me, semi-local singer/songwriter Guthrie Kennard has set up a sort of residency at the Los Colinas nightspot Cadillac Ranch. If I'd been paying better attention, I would have already hustled my ass up John Carpenter Freeway and caught Kennard's fine examples of Americana much earlier ... More >>

Weekend Roundup: R.E.M., Breve Eternidad, Kessler, Edgefest

Your Weekend Planner: Mystery, History and Get-Well Wishes

Charlie Sextion Talks Working With Dylan, Struggling To Find His Own Sound

Allstoned

Richard Lloyd

The Radiant Monkey (Parasol Records)

Buddy Guy, Muddy Waters Band, Pinetop Perkins

Friday, August 31, at Billy Bob's, Fort Worth

A Reel Angel

Same Old Story

Sequels, prequels and threequels headline Hollywood 2007

Fool's Gold

The Pirates are back, and they're out to ransack your wallet

Taylor Hollingsworth

Tragic City (Brash)

Guthrie Kennard

Ranch Road 12 (Armadillo Music)

L.A. Law

If the talk doesn't rock, then you must walk

Reduced-Salt Dogs

In the slick and handsome Pirates of the Caribbean, more is somehow less

Puff Puff Poof

Smoking ban passed in the name of public health--right?

North Mississippi Allstars

51 Phantom (Tone-Cool)

The Charlatans UK

Wonderland (MCA)

Mass N.E.R.D.er

Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo are revolutionary producers. Now they're doing it for themselves.

Blowin' Smoke

Ted Demme and Denis Leary are a match made in effin' heaven

Sandy Knox

Pushin' 40, Never Married, No Kids (American Originals)

Out Here

Faded glory

Apocalypse then

Altamont slammed the door on rock 'n' roll's dream of peace and love. An insider remembers.

Out There

The Crit and Shap Poll

You've had the best; now, the year's most overrated records

Risky business

Seventeen years after its advent, sampling remains mired in legal and aesthetic controversy

A tale of two venues

The difference between the Stones' two area appearances was more setting than set list

Through the past (lightly)

The Rolling Stones grind along in their worn-out money machine

Everything's just fine

Coming down with the Dandy Warhols

Going against typecasting

Don't call Carolyn Wonderland and the Imperial Monkeys a blues band

Out There

Roadshows

Roll over, Chuck Berry

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

Roadshows