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Lyle Lovett: A musician without a label
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... venues where you could go hear great songwriters like Guy Clark and Townes Van Zandt or go listen to Jerry Jeff Walker and Lightning Hopkins," Lovett said. "There was also this great rhythm and blues scene, and all of these musicians playing all ... Comment?
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Ray Wylie Hubbard brings Texas favorites together for Grit 'n Groove Festival
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... country anthems. He's the mind behind "Up Against The Wall Redneck Mother" (covered and made famous by Jerry Jeff Walker in the early 1970s), and 2006's ultra simple hit with a surprisingly smooth groove, "Snake Farm." Hubbard, by all accounts, also ... Comment?
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Ray Wylie Hubbard: "Mother Blues"
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... the mid-50s), and wrote one of his best-known songs ("Up Against the Wall, Redneck Mother"-made famous by Jerry Jeff Walker) whilst living in New Mexico, Hubbard casts a very long shadow in Texas. He came of musical age in the late 60s and early ... Comment?
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... filmmaker Bernardo Bertolucci in 1940 (age 73); game-show host Chuck Woolery in 1941 (age 72); musician Jerry Jeff Walker in 1942 (age 71); actor Erik Estrada in 1949 (age 64); actor Kate Nelligan in 1951 (age 62); singer Nancy Wilson (Heart) in ... Comment?
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Last Night: Willie Nelson at Arena Theatre
... other country artists of similar vintage and pedigree still kicking around (George Jones, Merle Haggard, Jerry Jeff Walker), no one else is as embraced and respected across the generations as the Red-Headed Stranger. Willie didn't put on a bad show ... Comment?
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Nashville Skyline: Country Music Radio...
... country music radio station. Lots of live shows and interviews, much music from Willie , Waylon , Jerry Jeff Walker , Ray Wylie Hubbard , David Allan Coe , Greezy Wheels, Michael Martin Murphy and the like. But when I got to Manhattan, I was ... Comment?
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Hey, late-night lovers; this one goes out to you
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... Dylan and Phil Ochs. Arlo Guthrie's first public performance of Alice's Restaurant was on WBAI. Same with Jerry Jeff Walker's Mr. Bo Jangles. As the country's youth became more radicalized during the escalation of the war in Vietnam, WBAI (and Fass) ... Comment?
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Aspen Times Weekly: Jerry Jeff Walker at the Wheeler
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... And I was pretty OK with that. Last week changed things. It's not what you think. It just so happens that Jerry Jeff Walker was on the other end of the line. To some, he's a living legend. He's the reason you hear "Mr. Bojangles" on the radio all ... Comment?
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Bill Staines takes the stage at Bo Diddley's
... His songs have been covered by Peter, Paul and Mary; Tommy Makem and Liam Clancy; Mason Williams; Jerry Jeff Walker; Nanci Griffith; and Glen Yarborough. "He's got 20-some albums, he's done a lot on 'Prairie Home Companion.' He travels the country; ... Comment?
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... and tables outside. The occasional country band would perform at night. And there were live bull rides. Jerry Jeff Walker would make Dos Amigos a regular stop -- and Walker's wife, Lewis remembers, wouldn't let him come unless she was present. ... Comment?
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... and tables outside. The occasional country band would perform at night. And there were live bull rides. Jerry Jeff Walker would make Dos Amigos a regular stop -- and Walker's wife, Lewis remembers, wouldn't let him come unless she was present. ... Comment?
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Creager tour celebrates Lone Star roots
... night. As one of the first of the "new" Texas singer-songwriters to take up where artists the likes of Jerry Jeff Walker, Ray Wylie Hubbard and Steve Fromholz left off, Roger Creager is comfortable as a kind of "elder statesman" of the Red Dirt ... Comment?
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... Growing up, I didn't start out to be a 'rich dream' Nashville artist. My heroes were Willie and Waylon, Jerry Jeff Walker, Gary P. Nunn, - those kind of guys - and I always admired them for their independence." "I think we played 160 shows last year ... Comment?
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Jerry Jeff Walker is strongly associated with the progressive country scene that centered around Austin, TX, in the 1970s and included such figures as Willie Nelson, Guy Clark, Billy Joe Shaver, the Lost Gonzo Band, Waylon Jennings, and Townes Van Zandt. Comment?
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Charter Tech students do some 'Sol Searching' with Scott Kirby
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... are natural, his storytelling style and humorous live performances are also reminiscent of Harry Chapin, Jerry Jeff Walker and Steve Goodman, with a dash of James Taylor's finger-picking guitar thrown in. Kirby said he grew up around working ... Comment?
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RE: Spring 2013 pre/post local events.
... http://tmtsm.com/ Another good place for music is Gruene Hall. We're going to see Jerry Jeff Walker on Friday night for our 15th anniversary. I could tell you about the bachelor party some of the COMMON rowdies threw for me in San Antonio 15 years ... Comment?
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Todd Snider on how he thinks of acoustic guitars and mandolins when he thinks of Colorado
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... from firsthand tutelage from Prine; one of his two releases from 2012, Time As We Know It: The Songs Of Jerry Jeff Walker , is an intimate tribute to a master of the genre, the country rambler who wrote "Mr. Bojangles" and served as one of Snider's ... Comment?
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New DVD/CD Series Kicks Off with Jerry Jeff Walker's 'Live...
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A new DVD/CD series, which includes performances from 75 different artists, debuts with the release of Jerry Jeff Walker - Live From Austin , Texas: Dixie's Bar and Bus Stop from May 6. Entertainment via Megaforce Records and Sony/RED distribution. Comment?
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... Fame. In 1968 he was a pharmacy major at the University of Texas at Austin. By the 1970s, Nunn was backing Jerry Jeff Walker with the Lost Gonzo Band, which parted ways with Walker in 1977, with Nunn later moving on to a solo career. Austin City ... Comment?
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