T-Bone Walker

"Do" It One More Time

Reviewing the Revue, Part Two (With Audio!)

Groovy, Far Out and Monkee Business

Of Lost Legends and Found Heroes

Re: "Dallas Rag" and Other Stomps

Take the Music and Run

Pictures of You (Or Someone You Like?)

Unfair Park Mixtape Vol.1

He's about a mover

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

Scene, not heard

A few clubs and a few bands do not a "music town" make

Buzz

A few clubs and a few bands do not a "music town" make

Reviews

A few clubs and a few bands do not a "music town" make

Ghosts in the machine

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

To be or not to bop

Texan Jazz unveils the Lone Star contribution to jazz

Winners take mall

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

Fire and fury

Blues hero Sam Myers is the Rocket in the pocket

Out Here

Blues hero Sam Myers is the Rocket in the pocket

House of David

Fathead comes home

Roadshows

Fathead comes home

Holmes style

NY's Holmes Brothers are the Magi of soul

Behind the lines

From reds to feds to blues

Spoth the ravin'

Mark Ridlen continues his sonic adventure

Letters

Mark Ridlen continues his sonic adventure

The King's man

"Jr. Boy" Jones played with them all--now, he plays for himself

The mind's ear

Jimmie Vaughan is two albums into a solo career he didn't necessarily want

All wet

Supporters call the Trinity Plan a flood-control project. It isn't.

Fake the money and run

Steve Miller learned everything he knows about music while living in Dallas--but has he forgotten it all?

Jools Holland

Small World Big Band (Warner Music UK)

Best Blues Club

Hole in the Wall

Delbert McClinton

October 24

Walker, Texas Ranger

From Dallas came the man who first plugged blues into an amp--and into popular culture

All That Jazz

Tour music history at the library

Odds & Ends

ACL Music Festival, Chaz's Live and Local Show and an interview with David "Fathead" Newman

Real Whirled

Plus: New Entries in the Dallas Dictionary; “Oh, Laura”

Out & About

Boz Scaggs

Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble

SRV (Epic Records/Legacy)

Jesus' Favorite Singer

Fifty years after leaving the Soul Stirrers, Rebert Harris has been called home

Rock this town

Or: Oh, look...it's another end-of-the-century list

Out Here

Or: Oh, look...it's another end-of-the-century list

Flush with Fame

Guitarist Patrick Owen's career is in the toilet--and he couldn't be happier

Grading on a curve

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

Friday Morning Music: Do the "Dallas Rag"

Courtesy SonBrimmer​The jaunty pick-me-up "Dallas Rag" by the Dallas String Band appears on a number of compilations, among them the easy-to-find Texas Black Country Dance Music (1927-1935) and Before the Blues Vol. 2 and the hard-to-get American Pop: An Audio History - From Minstrel To Mojo: On R ... More >>

For Your Weekend Listening Pleasure: The Texas Cannonball Takes Over The Zoo in '75

​When we took a long, deep hit of Foghat at January Sound Studio back in April, a Friend of Unfair Park was kind to remind: Freddie King also recorded a set there in '75 for KZEW. March 31, 1975, to be exact -- about a year and a half before the Gilmer-born guitar-slinger died of heart failure at ... More >>

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 >>

Remembering Jerry Leiber

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 >>

Jamming on Dallas Music History's Doorsteps

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 >>

An Oral History of the Dallas Music Scene

Some of Dallas' most successful musicians recount the rebirth of its most storied entertainment district: Deep Ellum.

What Are You Thankful For?

Sitting around the house waiting for Turkey Day to roll around got me to thinking about all the things I'm thankful for. Of course, I'm lucky to have my family and friends and, these days, I am very thankful to have a job. But musically speaking, the Dallas scene has provided many a band, show and ... More >>

Finally, Freddie King's in Rock Hall of Fame

98kzew.comKing at KZEW's Armadillo Festival at Fair Park on April 27, 1975​I hear jingle bells: Freddie King's in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Per this morning's heads-up from Cleveland, the Gilmer-born guitarist, singer and songwriter is this year's entry in the Early Influence category; damn ... More >>

Alan Govenar to Oversee, Curate "Museum of Street Culture" Planned for 508 Park Avenue

Photo by Michael KellnerAlan Govenar in Paris in 2009 during the "Naked Lunch @ 50" celebration.​We were reminded just last week: First Presbyterian Church plans not only to install a recording studio inside 508 Park Avenue, a nod to the building's storied history as one of only two spots where bl ... More >>