Stevie Ray Vaughan

Jeff Liles Tells Stories From Dallas' Past and Looks to its Bright Creative Future

There it is. Nestled in South Dallas, rescued by caring souls of our local arts. The beacon that is The Kessler. A majestic Texas juke joint, pampered with TLC and vision that only a handful of true music fans could bring. The Kessler (or rather, "The Kessler X " as our subject refers to it) is o ... More >>

50 Important SXSW Music Questions

Editor: We have so many questions in Austin. Here are 50 of them. 1. Will I like the pedicab costumed as The Hulk if he gets angry? 2. Are we all really just in New York? 3. Is this t-shirt rad? 4. Do you want to get some 'za, which is now absolutely the slang for pizza? 5. How far can you sprint w ... More >>

Dallas' Late Mike Scaccia Gets Inducted into Decibel's Hall of Fame, Talk Area History

It's probably fair to suggest that we here at DC9 have been on a bit of a metal kick as of late. But who can blame us, for this? Recent shows from The Deftones, Graveyard and Testament, to go along with ear-busting discoveries and all kinds of Mastodon news has made many of our metal jeans get extra ... More >>

Diversity Tops the Charts: From Local Artist, Bradley James to Swedish Native Band, Goat

This is not your everyday Billboard chart. Each week, we'll tell you which bands are selling in the fine record shops in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex, where we consumers of music have impeccable taste. "Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds rightfully take the top three spots this week with their excellent ... More >>

B.B. King Gave the House of Blues His Picks, His Bracelets and a Holy Blues Masterpiece: Review

"Electrifying," "Magnetic," "Memorable" are just some of the words that people used to describe an evening with B.B. King at the House of Blues in Dallas. His sophisticated style of soul-wrenching guitar playing inspired tears of joy and calls of "Amen," "Preach it, brother" and "Oh Lord, I'm coming ... More >>

The Good Show's Tom Urquhart: "Robyn Hitchcock Says Music Is Communion, and I Believe That"

Tom Urquhart's Saturday KTCU FM 88.7 radio show, The Good Show, is up for another nomination in this year's Dallas Observer Music Awards, for Best Radio Show. It's exactly what Fort Worth needs a little more of: A vehicle to make their local music scene all the more cohesive and accessible. Urquhar ... More >>

Get to Know Your 2012 DOMA Best Jazz and Latin Nominees

Leading up to our November 10 showcase, we'll be getting you familiar with some of our Dallas Observer Music Awards nominees, either via past features we've done on them, or new ones. You can vote for your favorite acts, venues and more right here. Best Jazz Act Damon K. Clark Damon K. Clark might ... More >>

Bucks Burnett: "The Dallas Music Scene Needs To Be More Like a Monarchy. It Needs More Pageantry."

You can't really write a column about behind-the-scenes people in the Dallas music scene and not include Bucks Burnett. We are big fans of Bucks, and he's been featured in the Observer numerous times. Hell, one of the last times we tried to interview him, we kept getting interrupted by calls from th ... More >>

The Top Ten North Texas Blues Albums

See also: The best Texas songs of all time, #100-80 See also: The best Texas songs of all time, #79-60 Alex Moore, Alex Moore Barrelhouse pianist "Whistling" Alex Moore spent all of his life in Dallas, recording for Columbia in 1929, Decca in 1937, and RPM/Kent in 1951. During the '60s blues reviv ... More >>

The Best Texas Songs of All Time: #100-80

"Between the Hank Williams pain songs And Jerry Jeff's train songs And blue eyes cryin' in the rain Out in Luckenbach, Texas Ain't nobody feeling no pain" - Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson, "Luckenbach, Texas" With that introduction, welcome to the first in a five-part series, in which we attempt ... More >>

For Your Weekend Listening Pleasure: Jimmie Vaughan Says Howdy to Fair Park in May '98

Jimmie's first band was The Pendulums, which bowed at the 1966 Sunset High School Bisonettes Winter Dance.​Got an email from Kirby Warnock a few days ago that said Jimmie Vaughan would be returning to Oak Cliff on November 10 -- to the Texas Theatre, matter of fact, as part of his ongoing "Soul of ... More >>

This Week In Dallas Music History: The Story of Blues Rulebreaker Robert Ealey

​This week back in 1997, Texas blues man Robert Ealey was already a legend. He had worked with the likes of Stevie Ray Vaughan, T Bone Burnett, and Jim Suhler, and when this story was written, he had just released a most masterfully titled record, I Like Music When I Party.In this edition of This ... More >>

Posters of the Week: Granada Honors SRV, RTB and DJ Sober with New Propaganda Posters

​Earlier this week, the Granada Theater debuted a series of posters on their Facebook page that aim to honor some local music heroes and maybe shed a little light on the their building's 65-year history. So far, three in this "Support Local Music" series of "Granada Propaganda" designs have b ... More >>

Good Friday: Eisley Returns To Dallas, Plus The Rest of This Weekend's Shows

Eisley plays Granada Theater on Saturday​It's not the strongest weekend we've seen here lately, but there are still some worthwhile shows to get out and see. Namely, Eisley, who'll perform at the Granada Theater along with their kid sister, Christie DuPree, and The Narrative. This will be their fi ... More >>

The Many, Ongoing Interests of Ray Wylie Hubbard

For Your Weekend Listening Pleasure: T-Bone Walker (And B.B. King) Play Monterey Jazz Fest

GregoGet yours today.​Aaron "T-Bone" Walker died 36 years ago, almost to the day; the 7-year-old who lives in my house notified me of this over breakfast Wednesday as he read from the this-day-in-history section of the morning paper. He asked, "Who was T-Bone Walker?" I gave him the short answer: ... More >>

Tonight, Tonight: Amos Lee at House of Blues, Chris Watson at Dan's Silverleaf, The Lonesome Heroes at The Kessler and Murder FM at Trees

Another frigid Thursday evening and another quality collection of musical options for the discerning music fan...

A Field Guide to Dallas Wildlife

For Fans Who Want to Belly Up to the Bars and Those Who Inhabit Them

Good Friday: Dia De Los Toadies, AllGood Cafe's 10-Year Anniversary Party, Spooky Folk, Little Black Dress, Ween, Frankie Muniz, Dead Confederate, The Cush, Bowling For Soup, Milton Hopkins, Florene, Spector 45, B.B. King and More...

​This weekend marks the third annual (and biggest yet) Dia De Los Toadies Festival.Each year the location of the festival changes, so The Toadies and nine other Texas bands will take over Whitewater On The Horseshoe in New Braunfels tonight, and all day tomorrow. This year's most exciting new addi ... More >>

A Lance Armstrong Gateway in the OC?

Courtesy Bike Friendly Oak CliffClick to expand the vision for Bishop Avenue with bike-only lanes between Methodist and Bishop Arts​Another day, another bike plan for Oak Cliff. But Jason Roberts, founder of Bike Friendly Oak Cliff, says the Seventh Street proposal and another for Bishop Avenue ar ... More >>

Samuel James' True Blues

Weekend Roundup: Franz Ferdinand, The Kills, Lamb of God, The Secret Handshake and Zounds Sounds

Franz Ferdinand at House of Blues, Friday, April 24The popularity of these Scottish rockers exploded after the success of their 2004 self-titled debut album (which sold 3.6 million copies worldwide). And, I mean, their first single "Take Me Out" didn't do too badly either! Did you know that band's n ... More >>

American Blues: Dallas-Born Rocky Hill, Dusty's Older Brother, Died on Friday

Rocky HillA longtime music publicist pal sends the sad news: Dallas-born Rocky Hill -- Dusty's big brother and one hellacious blues guitarist forever proud of his self-proclaimed rep as "The Anti-Clapton" -- died on Friday, with few details other than that available at present. All I've found online ... More >>

American Blues: Dallas-Born Rocky Hill, Dusty's Older Brother, Died on Friday

Rocky HillA longtime music publicist pal sends the sad news: Dallas-born Rocky Hill -- Dusty's big brother and one hellacious blues guitarist forever proud of his self-proclaimed rep as "The Anti-Clapton" -- died on Friday, with few details other than that available at present. All I've found onlin ... More >>

What It Was Like: Baptist Generals, Red Red Meat, Mark Sultan, Herman Dune, Justin Townes Earle, The Tallest Man On Earth, Dinosaur Jr.

Noah W. Bailey The Baptist Generals' Chris Flemmons at the Sub Pop Showcase.Band: Baptist GeneralsWhere: Sub Pop Showcase at Radio RoomWhat It Was Like: If you're ever seen the Baptist Generals play one of their "rug shows" then you know what a special experience these all-acoustic sets can b ... More >>

A Year After Its Splashy Debut, More Changes at Troubled Lone Star Radio

At Least Deep Ellum'll Look Pretty

Super Unknown

Hinson slays the Granada

Bowie at the Bell

Some advice for those who dare the unthinkable

A Rare Wonder for Your Ears

Down to Earth

Missing from the Dallas Scene: You

First Impression

Poking around the new Deep Ellum W/W: Deep Ellum | Dallas Observer Losers Awards Show

Of Lost Legends and Found Heroes

Fall Out

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Robert Randolph & the Family Band

March 28

Bells’ll Be Ringing

Dallas forms a special union

2002 Dallas Observer Music Awards

These are your choices, not ours, for the best musicians in town

Kids Play

The Moss Brothers are a novelty act -- until you hear them

Invisibl touch

The Invisibl Skratch Piklz are so good, they had to retire -- sort of

Truth in advertising

A tour through music misses a stop

Day for Knight

Ray Wylie Hubbard is no longer up against the wall, redneck mother

Slipped discs

Are Virgin and Tower really the enemy, or can the indie stores fight back?

Out Here

To be or not to bop

Texan Jazz unveils the Lone Star contribution to jazz

The beautiful loser

Keith Ferguson keeps a loose grip on Fabulous past

The shaman and his savior

Documentary Arts preserves the lost music of the Hmong

Out Here

Bootlicking

Some of the best records are the ones never released

Case dismissed

Judge tells the Nightcaps that ZZ Top aren't "copycats"