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    January 29, 2012

    For 26 Episodes in 1966, WFAA Played Host to the Funkiest, Most Soulful TV Show in America

    ​Last night, I got a text from Peter Schmidt, who could not believe I've never written about a short-lived 1966 TV show called The !!!! Beat, hosted by iconic Nashville deejay Bill "Hoss" Allen. Wrote Peter, who'd come across it yesterday after a lunchtime discussion about Etta James turned up an ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 15, 2009

    Moes Aplenty

    ​Last night, I got a text from Peter Schmidt, who could not believe I've never written about a short-lived 1966 TV show called The !!!! Beat, hosted by iconic Nashville deejay Bill "Hoss" Allen. Wrote Peter, who'd come across it yesterday after a lunchtime discussion about Etta James turned up an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 5, 2008

    Watching the Election and the People Who Watched the Elections Last Night

    ​Last night, I got a text from Peter Schmidt, who could not believe I've never written about a short-lived 1966 TV show called The !!!! Beat, hosted by iconic Nashville deejay Bill "Hoss" Allen. Wrote Peter, who'd come across it yesterday after a lunchtime discussion about Etta James turned up an ... More >>

  • Music

    September 28, 2006

    Ike Turner

    Risin' With the Blues (Zoho Records)

  • Music

    September 7, 2006

    A Hoot of a Holler

    There never was a tear in Bob Wills' beer

  • Music

    April 15, 2004

    2004 Dallas Observer Music Awards

    You voted. We counted. It's your favorite local acts, amplified.

  • Music

    September 6, 2001

    Bob Dylan

    Love and Theft (Columbia Records)

  • Music

    October 19, 2000

    Joe Jackson

    Night & Day II (Sony Classical)

  • Music

    December 9, 1999

    Pickin' a winner

    CMH Records has given '80s faves a musical makeover, whether you like it or not

  • Music

    August 12, 1999

    Taking the Wheel

    For the second time this decade, Ray Benson pays tribute to Bob Wills

  • Music

    January 21, 1999

    Out Here

    For the second time this decade, Ray Benson pays tribute to Bob Wills

  • Music

    December 31, 1998

    Homewardsounds

    Picking the best locally made records of 1998 was easy. Who knew?

  • Calendar

    July 2, 1998

    Night & Day

    July 2 - 8, 1998

  • News

    April 30, 1998
  • Music

    April 23, 1998

    Everything old

    Rockabilly queen Kim Lenz moves ahead by looking backward

  • Music

    November 20, 1997

    Schleppin' out

    Joe Jackson lugs the baggage of a onetime pop star into an ambitious middle age

  • Music

    August 28, 1997

    Camelot in 4/4 time

    A golden age in Dallas jazz turns 40

  • Music

    May 1, 1997

    The 1997 Dallas Observer Music Awards

    A golden age in Dallas jazz turns 40

  • Music

    May 9, 1996

    Fire and fury

    Blues hero Sam Myers is the Rocket in the pocket

  • Music

    April 18, 1996

    Winners take mall

    When the readers voted the rock, the Old 97's came away 'big' winners

  • Music

    December 21, 1995

    Grading on a curve

    This was the year local music broke, but was it fixed?

  • Music

    September 21, 1995

    Hank, junior

    Wayne Hancock rides shotgun down the Lost Highway

  • Music

    September 7, 1995

    Swingin' the blues

    Big Al Dupree makes his recording debut after 72 years

  • Music

    July 6, 1995

    Collyers of the wild

    Lone Star Trio offshoot sprouts deep country roots

  • Music

    April 27, 1995

    Ghosts in the machine

    When the vinyl jukebox dies, so will a little piece of the music it played

  • Music

    April 27, 1995

    Reviews

    When the vinyl jukebox dies, so will a little piece of the music it played

  • News

    April 13, 1995

    1995 Dallas Observer Music Awards (Part I)

    When the vinyl jukebox dies, so will a little piece of the music it played

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