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2001 Stories by Aaron Howard

• Tom Russell

  published May 3, 2001

  Most of the outstanding Texas songwriters are regional poets. Although they don't write poems per se, they use a poetic style that accommodates... More >>

• Westward Ho!

  published April 26, 2001

  Pull out a modern map of the United States. Find St. Louis on the eastern border of Missouri. Now imagine that was the edge of the United States... More >>

• Playbill

  published April 26, 2001

  Houston almost lost Pete Mayes during his recent stint in the hospital, where he underwent a quadruple bypass. The bluesman suffers from... More >>

• Shaver

  published April 19, 2001

  To say that the words on The Earth Rolls On mean something is an understatement on the order of "Genghis Khan liked to ride ponies with his... More >>

• Louis Armstrong

  published April 19, 2001

  Louis Armstrong would have been 100 years old last year. To mark the centennial, Sony released a four-CD box, Louis Armstrong: The Complete... More >>

• A Perfect Fitz

  published April 12, 2001

  Some are saying Kevin "Snit" Fitzpatrick stumbled. The Hollisters' ex-drummer, they say, left the band -- or was asked to leave, depending on... More >>

• He Saw the Light

  published April 12, 2001

  Don't call it a midlife crisis. Forty-two years old isn't midlife, but by that age one has been knocked around a bit. It's time to take stock of... More >>

• A Crack Team

  published March 15, 2001

  There's a misconception among many of Clandestine's fans. They seem to think the Houston-based Celtic band should be doing something more to... More >>

• Delbert McClinton

  published March 15, 2001

  Delbert McClinton's new album features a cast of wild honky-tonk women. There's the nameless hell-raiser who lives it up while the narrator is... More >>

• Playbill

  published March 15, 2001

  Indian drumming, believe it or not, has become fashionable on the dance floor. Remixers are fusing Indian classical music with cool,... More >>

• Tattoo Jew

  published March 8, 2001

  Davenen is the Yiddish term for Jewish prayer. There's a different Yiddish word for "Christian prayer," since davening implies more of an... More >>

• Erykah Badu

  published March 1, 2001

  Intelligent, imaginative and spiritual, Erykah Badu is such a welcome counterpoint to gangsterism and thugism that, in retrospect, it's easy to... More >>

• Just for Openers

  published February 22, 2001

  It's a weekend night at Fitzgerald's, but the upstairs stage at this Heights institution doesn't sound like its usual raucous, juvenile self. A... More >>

• Denice Franke

  published February 22, 2001

  Even if you have watched Denice Franke evolve from a backup singer for Nanci Griffith to a tentative songwriter to a poet, you won't be prepared... More >>

• Sade

  published February 8, 2001

  After an eight-year recording hiatus, Sade is back with Lovers Rock, a session that isn't a radical departure for the vocalist but sounds... More >>

• Wandering Son

  published February 1, 2001

  If you want to break into the music business, sometimes it helps if your daddy is a star. Ask Ziggy Marley or Rufus Wainwright or Jakob Dylan. But... More >>

• The Rock of Aged

  published January 25, 2001

  Now into his fifth decade of music-making, Levon Helm has come full circle: The drummer and vocalist with one of the greatest rock bands of all... More >>

• Playbill

  published January 25, 2001

  They don't sing or play guitar, but Joe and Ann Parsons are two of the most familiar faces on the Texas country music scene. Joe hosts open... More >>

• Dwight Yoakam

  published January 11, 2001

  Musician, actor and film director Dwight Yoakam has never typecast himself or his music. Yoakam uses the country form as structural support for... More >>

• Staying Alive

  published January 4, 2001

  The decorations have come down, the confetti has been swept away. Look around, because that music club where you rang in the new year may no... More >>