Email Author William Michael Smith

2013 Stories by William Michael Smith

• Houston-Born Tejano Icon Lydia Mendoza Honored With New Postage Stamp

  published May 15, 2013

  Texas music lovers have one more thing to celebrate as of today. The United States Postal Service is issuing a new series of stamps titled Music Icons, and Houston's own Lydia Mendoza is the first hon... More >>

• UPDATED: RIP Scott Daniels: Horseshoe, Carolyn Wonderland Guitarist Dies Suddenly

  published May 12, 2013

  UPDATED (Monday, 10 a.m.): Corrects Daniels' moving to Austin, and adds information on the burial service and memorial. UPDATE 2: Comments from Daniels' girlfriend, Candyce Prince have been added. S... More >>

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  Planned Parenthood's Sandra Fluke Event Forced Out of Midtown Bar Proof

  published May 09, 2013

  Planned Parenthood's quarterly "Cocktails For A Cause" get-together last Tuesday had some extra star power -- Sandra Fluke, the Georgetown University law student famously called a slut by Rush Limbaug... More >>

• Eight Houston Musicians Who Deserve More Love

  published May 08, 2013

  Bassist, organist, composer, member of the infamous Homopolice, one of the Rocks Off 100, self-avowed electronic music geek, flanger aficianado, and suave Poison Girl drink slinger, Beau Beasley has b... More >>

• Working With Willie Nelson: Houston's Joe Sample Takes Us In the Studio

  published Apr 24, 2013

  Working on this week's cover story on Willie Nelson was a blast -- and a blast from the past. One minute I'd be typing and the next the phone would ring. "Hey, this is Johnny Bush, I hear you're do... More >>

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  COVER STORY

  Mr. Record Man: Willie Nelson

  published April 25, 2013

  WILLIE NELSON was dead broke. The American music icon, who turns... More >>

• Cover Story: A Brief History of Joe Sample and the Crusaders

  published Mar 08, 2013

  What a badass. As chronicled in this week's cover story, there's a reason why Joe Sample is Texas Southern University's artist-in-residence at the school's jazz studies program -- and why he may be a... More >>

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  COVER STORY

  The New Crusaders

  published March 7, 2013

  It's a Saturday morning in January, and Joe Sample, casually dressed in a baby-blue polo and jeans, barks instructions inside of a matchbox-size... More >>

• Cops Suspect Up to 300 Counts of Fraud in KTSU DJ Case

  published Jan 09, 2013

  Note: This article was written by William Michael Smith and Houston Press staff writer Steve Jansen. A TSU DJ has been arrested in an alleged pledge-drive scam, a local TV watchdog reporter said late... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  KTSU DJ Arrested for Suspected Credit Card Fraud

  published Jan 09, 2013

  According to a tweet from Fox 26 reporter Isiah Carey late this afternoon, KTSU radio volunteer Michael Whitfield was arrested earlier Wednesday and could face up to 300 counts of credit card fraud fo... More >>