Luckenbach News

Alas, I wasn't able to pry myself from under the Christmas tree Christmas night in time to catch Velveteen Fox like I wanted.

Michael Barnes is the Austin American-Statesman's social columnist. He lives in South Austin with his partner, Kip, two dogs and two cats.

The migration parable. Rathbone Oddbird and his wife, Strident, moved to Corsicana when the economy went south, in other words sometime since 1957.

The holidays bring family together, and when said family is stuck in an only-old-country-is-good-country frame of mind, so am I. I'm not saying I believe that all the time, because God knows I love today's most mainstream stuff.

"Let's get out tonight, do somethin' different." Whoever said it, who knows, but the reaction was universal.

J erry Jeff Walker had a mature music career when the Jonas Brothers and Miley Cyrus were zygotes.

"Hey kid, anyone ever tell you what 'Louie Louie's really about?" a Blame it on the last weekend of the fair, clear skies after weeks of rain, and this down economy, but Saturday's attempt to top 1,800 guitarists strumming to the same tune in the same room came up far short of the record set in Luckenbach this summer.

On August 23rd, 1,868 guitarists gathered in Luckenbach, Texas to break the world record for largest guitar ensemble.

Another day has passed by in the Tucson Film and Music Festival , but there is still time to get out there and support a great event and ensure its continued success here in Tucson.

Officials at Fort Hood, Texas, on Monday identified a soldier who was killed in a weekend motorcycle accident.

Schreiner University will be the site of the 13th annual Texas Heritage Living History Day, featuring a variety of exhibits, entertainers, speakers and other presentations to honor Texas history - particularly the role of songs and storytelling and, new this year, a tribute to Hispanic Heritage.

Funeral arrangements are complete at the Zoeller Funeral Home for Leon Dietert, who passed away on Friday at the Eden Home, Inc.

So, you think it would be hard to top 1,802 Germans strumming along to "Smoke on the Water?" Fannin County has a share of this world record because Dr.

Watch the Texas crowd play the "Luckenbach Song ," winning the title back for the Americans, since the Germans had beaten the record set by 1,683 guitar players in Kansas City playing "Smoke on the Water": Video 1,857 guitar players in Luckenbach, Texas broke the Guinness World record for most guitar players playing simultaneously on August 23, ...

In 2007, 1,802 Germans played "Smoke On the Water" in unison to enter the Guinness Book of World Records as the largest recorded guitar ensemble.

According to lyrics to the song "Luckenbach Texas ," one of the two things in life that make it worth living is "guitars that tune good." That tuning thing is liable to be nothing more than a formality at 2 p.m. Sunday at Luckenbach when a horde of guitarists gathers to attempt to set a new Guinness World Record for the biggest guitar-picking ...

In 2007, 1,802 Germans played "Smoke On the Water" in unison to enter the Guinness Book of World Records as the largest recorded guitar ensemble.

It was mid May that I walked the stage, received my diploma and boarded a plane for New York City.

Brett Johnson , an NBC 5 reporter for 13 years who was known for his folksy style and love of Texas music, died Sunday.

The city of Fredericksburg rolls out the "Willkommen" mat this July 4 weekend for visitors to this German community located in the heart of the Texas wine country.