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Blind Lemon Jefferson

  • Blogs

    March 14, 2012

    White Rabbits Have Some Very Strange Ideas About Spring Break Songs

    White Rabbits aren't your run-of-the-mill hipsters. The New York Times recently likened the New York band's third album, Milk Famous, to "Radiohead's technique of surrounding a sustained vocal melody with jagged pointillism... some songs barely bother to flesh out their chords. They're all rhythm an ... More >>

  • Music

    January 12, 2012

    A God-Fearing Boogie Man

    Reverend K.M. Williams says the blues aren't the devil's music.

  • Blogs

    October 25, 2011

    Mosquitoes: A Tiny, Highly Annoying Musical History

    ​The Texans are in first place (for now), the Texas Rangers may become the Lone Star State's first-ever World Series champions tomorrow (ouch), and early voting for the November 8 mayoral/City Council election started Monday. The Houston Press Music Awards showcase is less than three weeks awa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 12, 2011

    Friday Night: Sideshow Tramps CD Release At Fitzgerald's

    Photos by Jason WolterHayes Carll (left) and Craig Kinsey go down the road.​Sideshow Tramps Fitzgerald's September 9, 2011 If Aftermath doesn't have to be at the office first thing in the morning, sometimes we let our personal hygiene slide a little. Some days stretch well into the afternoon ... More >>

  • Music

    September 8, 2011

    Tramps On Your Street

    Neartown stalwarts Sideshow Tramps make real-life "Montrose music" on eclectic new album Revelator.

  • Blogs

    August 2, 2011

    Johnny Winter's New Orbit: Roots, William Shatner & Sly Stone

    bobmargolin.comLondon, 1979 (l-r): Bob Margolin, Johnny Winter, Muddy Waters​Beaumont-born bluesman Johnny Winter is having a very busy year for a man who is 67. Not only is he set to release his first album of newly recorded material in eight years, Winter is also featured on I'm Back! Family ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 8, 2011

    Ray Benson: "Before Keith Richards, There Was Bob Wills"

    ​Although he grew up outside Philadelphia, Ray Benson is the quintessential Texas musician. Somewhere in his rambling South Austin studio/office compound is a proclamation declaring him the 2004 official state musician, not to mention the umpteen Grammys he's won as front man and bandleader of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 26, 2011

    Five Essential Boogie-Rock Albums

    ​Boogie-rock has probably been derided by critics more times than people have torched a doob while listening to BTO. Intellectual types tend to write it off as guys with feathered bangs, mustaches and shirts open to their navel playing songs about cars, girls and partying (and partying in cars ... More >>

  • Music

    February 11, 2010

    Lightnin' Strikes

    The late legendary Houston bluseman finally gets an official historical marker.

  • Blogs

    January 7, 2010

    How Texas and Alabama Match Up... Musically

    ​ For once, Rocks Off is grateful for this sinus-splitting headache (thanks, Mike Stinson!), because it gives us something to focus on besides the fact that we are crawling out of our skin waiting for kickoff tonight. At this point, sports pundits have analyzed the Longhorns and Crimson Tide to wi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 24, 2009

    Lonesome Onry and Mean: The Shadowy Depression-Era Roots of Modern Country and Bluegrass

    As LOM promised in last week's blog about bluegrass, here are some precursors to that art form. These are some wonderful tunes to listen to on your boom-box or iPod while tending your illegal still. Charlie Poole: Charlie Poole is the iconic model for every hard-drinkin', guitar-plunking, Appalachi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 12, 2009

    A Musical Guide to Post-Secession Texas, Part 2: "Trinity"

    [Note: This week Rocks Off is looking at the musical heritage, highs and lows, for each of the five possible states that might result should Texas secede from the U.S. like Gov. Rick Perry wants it to. Yesterday we began with the Panhandle/West Texas "Palo Duro" territory; today it's northeastern qu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 26, 2009

    ReFried Rice: In the Hot Seat with Larry Meeker from The Snake Charmers

    ​Chemist by day, guitarist by night. What bands are you checking out today?I came to play the gig or get my ass kicked. The Ton Tons. Flying Fish Sailors... (Uh. they aren't playing.) Who are your HPMA picks?Best Bassit I believe is not on here. It's our Best Bassist, Will Bloomingtrim. Jack Sch ... More >>

  • Music

    December 25, 2008

    The Year in Albums

    ​Chemist by day, guitarist by night. What bands are you checking out today?I came to play the gig or get my ass kicked. The Ton Tons. Flying Fish Sailors... (Uh. they aren't playing.) Who are your HPMA picks?Best Bassit I believe is not on here. It's our Best Bassist, Will Bloomingtrim. Jack Sch ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 24, 2008

    Aftermath: B.B. King at House of Blues

    Photos by Mark C. Austin   B.B. King deserves a break. If the genial Buddha of the blues, now 83, would rather spend the bulk of his two-hour set bantering with the sold-out crowd about Viagra (groan) and the wayward ways of womankind instead of, you know, singing and playing, he's earne ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 20, 2008

    B.B. King

    Photos by Mark C. Austin   B.B. King deserves a break. If the genial Buddha of the blues, now 83, would rather spend the bulk of his two-hour set bantering with the sold-out crowd about Viagra (groan) and the wayward ways of womankind instead of, you know, singing and playing, he's earne ... More >>

  • Music

    November 20, 2008

    B.B. King

    Photos by Mark C. Austin   B.B. King deserves a break. If the genial Buddha of the blues, now 83, would rather spend the bulk of his two-hour set bantering with the sold-out crowd about Viagra (groan) and the wayward ways of womankind instead of, you know, singing and playing, he's earne ... More >>

  • Music

    October 23, 2008

    House of Lightnin'

    Photos by Mark C. Austin   B.B. King deserves a break. If the genial Buddha of the blues, now 83, would rather spend the bulk of his two-hour set bantering with the sold-out crowd about Viagra (groan) and the wayward ways of womankind instead of, you know, singing and playing, he's earne ... More >>

  • News

    October 2, 2008

    Bill White, the F-word and "Gatemouth" Brown

    Bill White offends Georgians

  • Blogs

    September 25, 2008

    Gatemouth Brown Gets Hit By A Third Hurricane, Doesn't RIP

    Bill White offends Georgians

  • Blogs

    September 25, 2008

    Gatemouth Brown's Grave Intact... Sort Of

    Bill White offends Georgians

  • Blogs

    July 25, 2008

    Gatemouth Brown Needs a Gravestone

    Bill White offends Georgians

  • Blogs

    May 16, 2008

    If Music Be the Food of Love, Play On

    Bill White offends Georgians

  • Blogs

    October 30, 2007

    Celebrating Day of the Dead at the Graves of Houston Musicians

    Bill White offends Georgians

  • Music

    October 25, 2007

    The Scene Is Dead. Long Live the Scene!

    Ideas toward a Houston-style musical Day of the Dead

  • Music

    October 4, 2007

    Save Our Houston Songs

    A plea for monuments and musical preservation

  • Blogs

    September 27, 2007

    A Paean to Texas Blues in Arlington?

    A plea for monuments and musical preservation

  • Music

    September 29, 2005

    So Long, For Now So Long

    RIP, Gatemouth Brown

  • Music

    May 20, 2004

    Somethin' Serious

    Big Mike looks for a fresh start after three and a half years in the joint

  • Music

    February 13, 2003

    Wham, Bam, Thank You MAMH

    The proposed Museum of American Music History could be the solution to our "image problem"

  • Music

    November 28, 2002

    Anson Funderburgh and the Rockets featuring Sam Myers

    Saturday, November 30

  • News

    July 26, 2001

    Mount Coy

    South Park Mexican carves out his place in history with the 2001 Music Awards

  • Music

    August 10, 2000

    Jug Ugly

    Aaron Loesch and band find inspiration in life's throwaway objects

  • Music

    August 29, 1996

    Leaving the Country

    Jimmie Dale Gilmore broadens his horizons -- and if he's lucky, his listeners'

  • Music

    January 25, 1996

    Sound Check

    Jimmie Dale Gilmore broadens his horizons -- and if he's lucky, his listeners'

  • Music

    January 18, 1996

    Static

    Jimmie Dale Gilmore broadens his horizons -- and if he's lucky, his listeners'

  • Music

    June 8, 1995

    What Becomes a Legend Most?

    Gatemouth Brown's lesson for longevity do what you do, and be the best at it

  • Music

    December 2, 1993

    New Blues

    Alternative rock robs pop's cradle

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