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2003 Stories by Rob Patterson

• He's Gone Country

  published December 11, 2003

  If the Good Whoever didn't intend Jason Allen to be a country music singer, then the master control for legacies, legends and the fickle finger of... More >>

• Albert and Gage

  published November 27, 2003

  Some essentials oft missing in today's music, both local and worldwide: grace, finesse, authority and the knowledge that in the final tab it's... More >>

• Tuba Pooh-Bahs

  published October 30, 2003

  On the one hand, Drums and Tuba are just your average rock power trio, logging 200 or so dates a year on the road. Typically, there's guitar,... More >>

• Time Trial

  published October 9, 2003

  A snap decision led Ed Hamell to name his act Hamell On Trial. One day, three years ago, he would learn how fateful that moniker would become.... More >>

• Claire Holley

  published October 9, 2003

  Another female Americana singer-songwriter. Ho-hum, you say? Three years ago, that yawn would have been justified over Claire Holley. Her... More >>

• John Hiatt and Robert Cray

  published October 9, 2003

  This is a piquant pairing if there ever was one. At their best, Hiatt and Cray concoct music that rests on the edge between suave and rough, and... More >>

• Remember Shakti

  published September 25, 2003

  Do you remember fusion? Or would you rather not? If you answered in the affirmative to the second question, that's understandable, for rarely has... More >>

• David Lindley

  published September 25, 2003

  Best known as Jackson Browne's hippie-dippy multi-instrumental foil and later the leader of offbeat party band El Rayo-X, David Lindley is... More >>

• Ratt Steaks

  published August 21, 2003

  Many of the best bands grow -- at least spiritually so -- out of a common love for a certain style of music. Such is the case with the... More >>

• Ray Charles

  published August 7, 2003

  Flip Wilson used to do a drag bit back in the '60s where he played Spain's Queen Isabella as an African-American mama. "Columbus is gonna find Ray... More >>

• Little Richard and Jerry Lee Lewis

  published July 31, 2003

  The piano may pale in rock and roll popularity next to the electric guitar, but these two pioneers certainly proved long ago that it was an ideal... More >>

• Texas Decks

  published July 10, 2003

  The cowboy hat may be D:Fuse's trademark, but his music hardly makes you think of Texas. Instead, his creations evoke such locales as New York,... More >>

• Amy Rigby

  published June 19, 2003

  When the bubbles of jocularity are injected into songwriting, after a few spins the mix can often go as flat as a bottle of champagne left open... More >>

• Mauled Eagles

  published June 12, 2003

  If one strictly adheres to the tenets of the hipster Bible, a religion almost as narrow and near-fascistic as Bush Republicanism, it is dogma that... More >>

• The Star Spangles, with the Datsuns

  published May 22, 2003

  There's one thing to remember when surveying the "new rock" movement, especially with regard to a certain overly hyped group from New York City:... More >>

• Reggae Rugrats

  published May 8, 2003

  For fans of roots reggae with a socially conscious bent, recent years have seen a drought of worthy new music. While Jamaican and... More >>

• The Austin Curse

  published April 24, 2003

  It's a Texas rock and roll cliché: Young music buffs move to Austin to attend the University of Texas, start a band, graduate (or not) and... More >>

• Bowling for Bands

  published March 13, 2003

  Bands have always been second-class citizens in the Nashville country music system. Even after the long ride of the recently retired Alabama and... More >>

• Guit With It

  published January 16, 2003

  The nearly universally held short take on Junior Brown is that he's the guy who fused Jimi Hendrix-style guitar playing with traditional country... More >>