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  ZZ Top, B.B. King and Stevie Ray Have Worn Guitar Straps Crafted by Dallas' Christian Brooks

  August 14 at 4:01 a.m.

  Christian Brooks’ creativity seems to know no end. The leatherworker, musician and now author rattles off projects as fast as he mentions names of the famous people he’s worked with. Best known for his guitar straps, famously beloved by Stevie Ray Vaughan among many others, Brooks is now celebrating the...

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  From Big Brother Star to Internet Influencer, Elena Davies Builds Her Brand

  August 14 at 4 a.m.

  Talk to Elena Davies for five minutes and it’s clear why her career path includes stints on radio and reality TV. Davies, the former Dallas radio personality turned reality TV babe is equal parts charming and abrasive — at least according to her Instagram profile. On a Monday afternoon in...

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  The Trees Return After 30-Year Break With Near-Perfect Album, Palace of Sin

  August 14 at 4 a.m.

  Pat McKanna has patiently waited almost three decades to release the debut album Palace of Sin from his band The Trees. In an era when short attention spans have made albums tend to be collections of singles, Palace of Sin truly stands out from the pack as an album with...

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  Brother of C. Struggs Remembers Oak Cliff Rapper After He Dies From Cancer

  August 13 at 4 a.m.

  After battling nasopharyngeal carcinoma for roughly a year, Oak Cliff reality rapper Corey Struggs — better known as C. Struggs — died last Friday at the age of 32. While his exit may have been premature, the North Texas native was able to solidify himself as a legendary figure in...

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  Rap Producer Kasseem Dean Bought Riley Holloway's Art

  August 13 at 4 a.m.

  Riley Holloway assumed someone was pulling his leg. Early this year, he began receiving attention from an Instagram account that appeared to belong to rap producer Kasseem Dean, better known as Swizz Beatz. “I was like, ‘Swizz Beatz?’ Yeah, right,” the Dallas-based painter tells the Observer. But Holloway isn’t skeptical...

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  Inside Chuck Ebert's Recording Studio in a Cabin Outside Fort Worth

  August 10 at 4 a.m.

  On the outskirts of Fort Worth, just past an iron gate with a musical note ornament, sits the cabin. Actually, two cabins are located on the five acres. One is a home built with logs from Willie Nelson’s original roadhouse. The other is a recording studio so serene it borders...