Subject: Jimmy Reed

• Be of Good (Blue) Cheer

  March 12, 2008

• Still Howlin'

  Omar Dykes keeps finding ways to push the blues out there

  September 28, 2000

• Reservation Blues

  Indigenous's rock springs from the deepest roots in North America

  April 26, 2001

• Racket

  "The Big E" isn't your typical DJ

  June 28, 2001

• The Anti-Clapton

  Rocky Hill hopes to find a smooth patch on his rocky road

  July 11, 2002

• Big Sandy and his Boys

  September 15, 1994

• Postmarked Texas

  August 31, 1995

• Press Picks

  August 22, 1996

• Rotation

  August 22, 1996

• Color of the Blues

  July 17, 1997

• Cry Tough

  January 15, 1998

• Lost Tuneage: Jerry Lynn Williams

  Who Dat? www.myspace.com/jerrylynnwilliamsI'd forgotten about Fort Worth rocker and soul man Jerry Lynn Williams until the other day when I was reading Eric Clapton's autobiography. Warner Bros. had returned Clapton's tapes from sessions in Montserrat and, to keep his Warner's deal, Clapton agreed the company should suggest songs they thought were hit single material. They sent him three songs by Williams: "Forever Man," "Something's Happening" and "See What Love Can Do." Clapton agreed

  April 3, 2009

• Juneteenth Revisited

  Two arts organizations attempt a new spin on an old event

  June 12, 2008

• Red Hog Saloon

  When the jukebox is an art form

  May 3, 2007

• H-Town Mixtape Part II

  More Songs About Houston

  November 23, 2006

• David Allan Coe

  Friday, September 2, at Texas Tumbleweeds, 13101 Kuykendahl, 281-872-7829.

  September 1, 2005

• Hound Dog Taylor

  Release the Hound (Alligator)

  May 20, 2004

• Reconsider Him

  At the end, Warren Zevon's past is finally unearthed

  July 17, 2003

• Doyle Bramhall

  Fitchburg Street (Yep Roc)

  March 6, 2003

• Sloppy Joes

  For Austin's Weary Boys, energy and exuberance trump technique

  September 5, 2002

• Smoke and Steel

  The Kinsey Report's findings: Blues, rock, funk and reggae can coexist in one band, but the blend won't make you famous

  June 27, 2002

• Bert Wills

  Tell Me Why (Gold Rhyme)

  October 26, 2000

• Downbeat

  Former drummer Ben "Scatman" Turner dies, and the heart of the jazz community skips a beat

  June 15, 2000

• Listen In

  Clandestine -- Dave Nevling and the Blues Kats -- Tommy Dardar and the Sheetrockers

  April 27, 2000

• Clean, Sober and Blue

  Jerry Lightfoot struggles in Houston -- and wins

  October 27, 1994

• Live at Liberty Hall

  April 30, 2009