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Sig Byrd

  • Blogs

    September 15, 2010

    Sig Byrd's Columns Making Their Way On To The Net

    Now just a couple of clicks away​There are many Houstonians who mourn the fact that the columns Sig Byrd did for the old Houston Press are not easily available.That's changing, though.Byrd wrote for the old daily (and briefly for the Chronicle), describing a city that seems unreal now -- seedy dow ... More >>

  • News

    December 17, 2009

    An Historic Night in Houston

    Annise Parker wins the runoff to become Houston's next mayor.

  • Blogs

    December 8, 2009

    La Carafe's Planned Beer Garden Stymied By City Hall Snags

    Photo by photine​About three months ago, we reported exciting news for downtown drinkers who also liked to light up. La Carafe was planning to expand into the vacant lot next door. The addition was to be in the form of a beer (and wine) garden.Back in 2008's Best of Houston issue, we awarded the ... More >>

  • Music

    November 26, 2009

    No Turkeys Allowed

    Our annual holiday shopping guide to recent local releases

  • Blogs

    November 20, 2009

    Houston 101: Sig Byrd, Houston's King of True-Life Noir

    ​Of all the columnists in the history of Houston journalism, Sigman Byrd was easily the darkest and the most literary. From the late 1940s to the early '60s, Byrd wrote a column called The Stroller for the old daily Houston Press and later, briefly for the Chronicle. He always much favored the ci ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 11, 2009

    Coming To La Carafe: More Room To Smoke and Drink

    Photo by photine​In our Best of Houston issue last year, we selected the scant few tables in front of La Carafe as the Best Place to Smoke and Drink in town. We loved the place for its "prime view of the skyline" and the fact that outside speakers allowed patrons to "bathe in the sweet sound ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 19, 2009

    The Nickel: A Musical History of the Fifth Ward, Part 3

    [Note: Part 1 of The Nickel is here, and Part 2 is here.] Almost as forgotten as Hersal Thomas, Goree Carter was a Fifth Ward guitarist who was credited by late New York Times pop critic Robert Palmer with being the creator of the very first rock and roll record. This was his obscure 1949 singl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 17, 2009

    The Nickel: A Musical History of the Fifth Ward, Part 1

    Back in its heyday, the corner of Jensen Drive and Lyons Avenue was known as "Pearl Harbor, the Times Square of the Bloody Fifth." You wouldn't know it today - the entire area is a vast wasteland of tired and abandoned lots and boarded-up shacks, but for much of the 20th Century this area was th ... More >>

  • Music

    June 26, 2008

    Ten Things I Love About the Houston Music Scene

    Back in its heyday, the corner of Jensen Drive and Lyons Avenue was known as "Pearl Harbor, the Times Square of the Bloody Fifth." You wouldn't know it today - the entire area is a vast wasteland of tired and abandoned lots and boarded-up shacks, but for much of the 20th Century this area was th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 26, 2008

    Sole of Houston: Deep Harrisburg: Lomax and Beebe Take on the East Side Again

    Back in its heyday, the corner of Jensen Drive and Lyons Avenue was known as "Pearl Harbor, the Times Square of the Bloody Fifth." You wouldn't know it today - the entire area is a vast wasteland of tired and abandoned lots and boarded-up shacks, but for much of the 20th Century this area was th ... More >>

  • Music

    March 8, 2007

    Johnny Bush

    Honky-tonk hero explores his hardscrabble Houston roots with an autobiography and a CD

  • Best of Houston

    September 23, 2004

    Best Local CD Cover

    Honky-tonk hero explores his hardscrabble Houston roots with an autobiography and a CD

  • Best of Houston

    September 23, 2004

    Best Book About Houston

    Honky-tonk hero explores his hardscrabble Houston roots with an autobiography and a CD

  • Best of Houston

    September 21, 2000

    Best Out-of-Print Book by a Dead Local Columnist

    Sig Byrd's Houston, Sigman Byrd, The Viking Press, 1955

  • Best of Houston

    September 21, 2000

    Best Out-of-Print Book by a Living Local Columnist

    Houston: Land of the Big Rich, The Story of a Fabulous City, by George Fuermann

  • News

    December 15, 1994

    Letters

    Houston: Land of the Big Rich, The Story of a Fabulous City, by George Fuermann

  • News

    November 24, 1994

    Letters

    Houston: Land of the Big Rich, The Story of a Fabulous City, by George Fuermann

  • News

    November 10, 1994

    The Lost Houston of Sig Byrd

    Forty years ago, one writer captured our city better than any before or since. Now he's forgotten. And the Houston he saw? All but gone.

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