Roy Rogers

Michael Martin Murphey: "I Was Always Proud of Texas"

Michael Martin Murphey will not get off the phone. The Texas singer-songwriter, arguably America's foremost ambassador and scholar of traditional cowboy ballads and trail songs, is the kind of person who has answered two or three other questions by the time his interviewer is ready to ask another on ... More >>

The American Bandstand (Extended) Hot 100

Somehow it's hard to believe that Dick Clark was only 82 years old when he died after suffering a "massive heart attack" Wednesday morning in Santa Monica, Calif. (Since I managed to survive one myself, I've noticed that anytime someone dies of a heart attack, it's always "massive."). Despite his yo ... More >>

Jerry Shirley: A Slice of the Pie Has His Say

​English lad and budding drummer Jerry Shirley was all of 16 years old in late 1968 when he received the phone call that would change his life forever. On the other line was Steve Marriott, the singer/guitarist for mod group the Small Faces ("Itchycoo Park"). Shirley's musical hero and new a ... More >>

Vintage Rodeo Concert Pictures: Elvis, George Strait And More

All photos courtesy of Houston Livestock Show & RodeoElvis Presley (1970, '74)​Rocks Off was so knocked out by our sister blog Hair Balls' gallery of vintage Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo pictures a few days back that we emailed the Rodeo (which starts tomorrow with Clay Walker, for all you r ... More >>

Lonesome Onry and Mean: Don Mahoney's Kiddie Troupers

www.donmahoneyandjeannaclare.comGrowing up in West Texas, Lonesome Onry and Mean didn't see his first TV show until 1955. But Houston got television about the time LOM was born, and one of the first TV personalities young Houstonians became enamored with was Don Mahoney. Television came to Houston ... More >>

Roy Rogers & the Delta Rhythm Kings

Cowboy Noir

Riding horses, sucking dust and planning for the big time

Dark Riders

The good, the bad and the ugly rock-star performance contracts

Of Boobs and Blood

Troma's Lloyd Kaufman has guts, all over the floor

Color-Coded Rodeo

The livestock show's heritage nights are called "outreach" by some and "de facto segregation" by others

Salman Fury

Salman Rushdie lashes out at his favorite targets in Fury

Toothless Croc

Paul Hogan aims for the family crowd with this tame installment

Grady Lee

Texas Sunset (Spotted Dog)

Bedeviled Hams

Handsome Reckless Kelly might not have to sell its soul to Nashville after all

Boots and Hoots

Rocky Carroll crafts footwear for presidents and popes -- but not the Houston Rodeo

Rotation

Happy Trails

A cowboy's name hasn't kept bluesman Roy Rogers off his chosen range

Letters