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  Leif Garrett: An American Idol

  January 10 at 4 a.m.

  It’s one thing to make a memorable stage entrance, but this was something way out of the ordinary. That’s what was going through 17-year-old Leif Garrett’s mind on the evening of February 25, 1979 as he charged across the dirt floor of the Astrodome on a white horse and carrying...

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  The Godfather of Swamp Pop is Honored with New CD and Book

  Friday, December 6, 2019 at 4 a.m.

  He’s known as the “Godfather of Swamp Pop”—but not because any rivals to the title met an unexplained end in a river while wearing concrete shoes. It’s because at 82 years of age, Warren Storm is the oldest of the genre’s originators still actively performing. Swamp pop, which began in...

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  The Krayolas Pay Tribute to Their Dad on Christmas Record

  Tuesday, December 3, 2019 at 4 a.m.

  Growing up in San Antonio in the late ‘60s and early ‘70s, Hector Saldana, Jr. and younger brother David say they enjoyed especially close familial ties with their parents and three sisters. Holidays were always special, but none more so than Christmas. And while they freely admit that it was...

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  Deck the Halls With Historic and Bright Holiday Home Tours

  Tuesday, December 3, 2019 at 4 a.m.

  Gingerbread takes on new meaning this time of year. Sure, we're fans of the sweet and spicy cookies iced with buttons and smiles, but this season also includes open houses for Victorian era stunners. With holiday home tours in Houston, Galveston, Round Top, Chappell Hill, Bastrop and Woodville, 'tis the...

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  1973: It Was a Very Good Year for Rock...and Other Genres

  Monday, December 2, 2019 at 4 a.m.

  1973: Rock at the Crossroads By Andrew Grant Jackson 448 pp. $29.99 Thomas Dunne Books Andrew Grant Jackson has a thing for dates. His previous rock book, 1965, argued how that trip around the sun was just as important in music as its closer and more celebrated cousins 1966 and...

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  Michael Bloomfield: The Forgotten Guitarist of Blues Rock

  Wednesday, October 23, 2019 at 5 a.m.

  Guitar King: Michael Bloomfield’s Life in the Blues By David Dann 736 pp. $39.95 University of Texas Press At one point in the mid/late ‘60s, Michael Bloomfield was considered by many as the country’s premiere blues-rock guitarist, seamlessly meshing the traditions of the genre’s past with the louder inclinations of...