Subject: Robert Earl

• Twang of the 'Burbs

  November 27, 1997

• Lonesome Onry and Mean: Ben Mallott at McGonigel's Mucky Duck

  www.benmallott.comWith its outrageous cowboy boots and fringed pant legs, the cover of Sugar Land native Ben Mallott's Look Good, Feel Good had just enough of the bells and whistles to make me think this could be another Texas music wannabe floating along on his Undecided/General Studies degree and daddy's money. But there was also some ironic thing at work, and we all know those Texas music doofuses don't do irony. I'm relieved to tell you it was obvious from the first song that Mallott

  February 23, 2009

• A Wunderkind Looks at 40

  Todd Snider is still talking the blues after all these years

  June 23, 2005

• Hayes, Dude

  A fresh and brainy country alternative

  December 18, 2003

• Robert Earl Smith

  Rearview Mirror (Muleshoe)

  April 11, 2002

• Hayes of Wine & Roses

  Galveston's Hayes Carll sets aside sin long enough to come up with Flowers & Liquor

  January 24, 2002

• Gardeners of the Music World

  Nightclub owners provide a feeding place for musicians

  January 3, 2002

• Play Ball!

  Sports bars and gay bars cater to a similar crowd: Guys who watch buff men

  May 17, 2001

• Life in the Slow Lane

  DJ Screw lived mostly for his work, as if he would have time later to celebrate his success. That time would never come.

  January 18, 2001

• Hogg's Head on a Stick

  Hogg Grill.

  April 6, 2000