Email Author William Michael Smith

2008 Stories by William Michael Smith

• Lonesome Onry and Mean: Only a Week Until Robert Plant/Allison Krauss

  published Sep 19, 2008

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• Irma Thomas: Simply Grand

  published September 18, 2008

  File Irma Thomas's new Simply Grand under "Why didn't I think of this?" Pair the New Orleans vocal icon/national treasure with great... More >>

• Flaco Jimenez

  published September 18, 2008

  Rumor has it Flaco Jimenez has been known to take a drink or two. There are also those who claim, "That cat is messed up all the time."... More >>

• Lonesome Onry and Mean: Tell the Truth Until They Bleed: Coming Clean in the Dirty World of Blues and Rock 'n' Roll by Josh Alan Friedman

  published Sep 09, 2008

  Like all great feature writers, Josh Alan Friedman has a telephoto eye for the telling tidbit. Tell the Truth Until They Bleed: Coming Clean in the Dirty World of Blues and Rock 'n' Roll, his rec... More >>

• Drew Smith: Drew Smith's Lonely Choir

  published September 11, 2008

  Drew Smith's Lonely Choir has restored my faith in Austin somehow. It's such a cool, in-the-moment pop record with some kind of... More >>

• Guy Clark, Nanci Griffith

  published September 11, 2008

  Guy Clark, who has recently overcome both a bout of cancer and a broken leg, is the unparalleled dean of living Texas songwriters. A product of... More >>

• Tonight: Tommy Hall Schedule at the Old Quarter in Galveston

  published Sep 06, 2008

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• Tonight: Tommy Womack at a Pasadena House Concert

  published Sep 06, 2008

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• Lonesome Onry and Mean: Jon Byrd Tunes Up Country

  published Sep 03, 2008

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• Johnny Flynn: A Larum

  published September 4, 2008

  The first time I heard Englishman Johnny Flynn's amazing A Larum, I thought it sounded like Ray Davies working with the Pogues. What... More >>

• The Iguanas

  published September 4, 2008

  There was a time when the Iguanas seemed to be virtually in residence at Houston's Fabulous Satellite Lounge. The group's heady mixture of New... More >>

• Aftermath: Corb Lund & The Hurtin' Albertans at McGonigel's Mucky Duck

  published Aug 27, 2008

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• Lonesome, Onry and Mean: Pat Green's Instant Karma

  published Aug 21, 2008

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• Aftermath: Heybale! at the Continental Club

  published Aug 18, 2008

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• Tonight: Lowell Thompson at Rudyard's

  published Aug 14, 2008

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• String-Scraping Rock Stars Two Star Symphony

  published August 14, 2008

  When the Rice University Theater kicks off its 2008-09 season with the multimedia laser light show production Synesthesia, Two Star... More >>

• Fever Tree Rising

  published August 14, 2008

  Forming near the tail end of Houston's prolific psychedelic era, Fever Tree brought a Doors/Jim Morrison brand of dramatic theatricality almost... More >>

• Black Joe Lewis & the Honey Bears

  published August 14, 2008

  One look at this Austin-based blues band, who played Lollapalooza in Chicago a couple weeks back, and you know they're cool. Black Joe Lewis, a... More >>

• Sam Phillips: Don't Do Anything

  published August 7, 2008

  The jewel-case graphics for Sam Phillips's Don't Do Anything dangle these teasers, all circled with red pen like a teacher ticking off... More >>

• Sonny Landreth

  published August 7, 2008

  Look in the most rarified air in the world of electric guitar, and Sonny Landreth will be right there alongside better-known names like Mark... More >>

• Tonight: Teresa Kolo at Waldo's

  published Aug 01, 2008

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• Jubal Lee Young

  published July 31, 2008

  Jubal Lee Young comes from exceptional musical bloodlines. Father Steve Young, the Buddhist outlaw, wrote several of Waylon Jennings's biggest... More >>

• Tony Joe White

  published July 31, 2008

  Not just an electrifying performer, Tony Joe White is also one of the great rock and roll writers of the past 40 years, registering cuts with... More >>

• Kirk Farris

  published July 17, 2008

  Activist, poet, artist, performer and former investigator for the Harris County Pollution Department, Kirk Farris is well-known to... More >>

• Lonesome, Onry and Mean: The Death of Honky-Tonkr (Part 1)

  published Jul 15, 2008

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