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February 22, 1996Wasted Days, Wasted Lives (Part II)
Record producer Huey Meaux was a legend in the music business. Now he's an accused pedophile on the run.
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December 30, 1999He Will Survive
Houston piano man Ezra Charles has outlasted even his worst enemies
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March 10, 1994The Marty's Over
Houston piano man Ezra Charles has outlasted even his worst enemies
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October 13, 1994Live Shots
Houston piano man Ezra Charles has outlasted even his worst enemies
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January 15, 2009Sole of Houston: Airport Drive, The Finale (Including Unwanted Puke)
And here is the final installment of David Beebe and John Lomax's 20-plus mile hike from Intercontinental Airport to Spanish Flowers restaurant. Part one is here and part two is here.David Beebe's accounts of the same hike are here and here.Airline's furthest reaches are lined by sprawling and run-d ... More >>
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April 27, 1995Post Mortem
And here is the final installment of David Beebe and John Lomax's 20-plus mile hike from Intercontinental Airport to Spanish Flowers restaurant. Part one is here and part two is here.David Beebe's accounts of the same hike are here and here.Airline's furthest reaches are lined by sprawling and run-d ... More >>
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February 19, 2009Here Come The Chieftains
And here is the final installment of David Beebe and John Lomax's 20-plus mile hike from Intercontinental Airport to Spanish Flowers restaurant. Part one is here and part two is here.David Beebe's accounts of the same hike are here and here.Airline's furthest reaches are lined by sprawling and run-d ... More >>
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July 19, 2007Dance Hall Days
Fitzgerald's Hits the Dirty 30
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January 26, 2006Gutbucket Blues, Chopped and Screwed
The North Mississippi Allstars and Houston DJ Jimmy D team up on a revolutionary EP
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December 12, 2002Memories
The Chronicle locks away the Post archives
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December 28, 2000Street-Fighting Man
Roy Head used to love to mix it up. Now the blue-eyed soul man fights to keep his career alive.
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August 18, 2009Sherwood Cryer, Gilley's Co-Founder and Ornery Cuss, Dies at 83
Chris GraySherwood Cryer at G's Ice House, 1999Sherwood Cryer, who co-founded legendary super-size Pasadena honky-tonk Gilley's and watched it rocket to worldwide fame in the wake of 1980's Urban Cowboy before a bitter falling out with his partner Mickey Gilley led to the club's demise, passed aw ... More >>
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August 18, 2009Sherwood Cryer, Gilley's Co-Founder and Ornery Cuss, Dies at 83
Chris GraySherwood Cryer at G's Ice House, 1999Sherwood Cryer, who co-founded legendary super-size Pasadena honky-tonk Gilley's and watched it rocket to worldwide fame in the wake of 1980's Urban Cowboy before a bitter falling out with his partner Mickey Gilley led to the club's demise, passed aw ... More >>
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November 17, 2009Lonesome Onry and Mean: How Two Houstonians Helped Make Dwight Yoakam a Star
Dwight Yoakam live at Rockefeller's, October 1986The late Bob Claypool did exhaustive research for his book Saturday Night at Gilley's.Other than his adopted Los Angeles, Houston may be the most important city in country singer Dwight Yoakam's career. Yoakam's music finally found a rabid country ... More >>
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November 23, 2009Dwight Yoakam at the Arena Theatre, Take 2: It Only Hurts When I Cry
[Ed. note: That's right, this show was so nice we're reviewing it twice.] Photos by Jason Wolter Dwight Yoakam may not have sung that particular Ray Price song Saturday night at the Arena Theatre - maybe he forgot; we've never seen a set list in a three-ring binder before - but he's sure got hear ... More >>
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November 25, 2009Hiding on the Backstreets, Part 2: Bruce Springsteen Brings The River, Born In the U.S.A., Tunnel of Love and Tom Joad to Town
Daniel KramerBruce Springsteen and Miami Steve van Zandt at Toyota Center, April 2009 As Bruce Springsteen fans come to grips with the unfortunate reality that this past weekend's show in Buffalo, N.Y., may well have been the final offical tour date - although surely not the final show - from the ... More >>
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December 3, 2009In the Pit
Daniel KramerBruce Springsteen and Miami Steve van Zandt at Toyota Center, April 2009 As Bruce Springsteen fans come to grips with the unfortunate reality that this past weekend's show in Buffalo, N.Y., may well have been the final offical tour date - although surely not the final show - from the ... More >>
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February 3, 2010Great Moments With Mr. Rockefeller: Ray Price, Bobby "Blue" Bland and the Kansas City All-Stars
[Ed. Note: To help spread the word about next Friday's benefit for the Houston International Festival's education programs at Rockefeller Hall, featuring Texas Johnny Brown and Marcia Ball, Rocks Off asked iFest director of performing arts and former Houston Chronicle music critic Rick Mitchell to r ... More >>
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February 11, 2010Lightnin' Strikes
[Ed. Note: To help spread the word about next Friday's benefit for the Houston International Festival's education programs at Rockefeller Hall, featuring Texas Johnny Brown and Marcia Ball, Rocks Off asked iFest director of performing arts and former Houston Chronicle music critic Rick Mitchell to r ... More >>
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