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  Mickey Gilley on Houston, Honky Tonks and Hollywood

  July 15 at 4 a.m.

  Mickey Gilley is probably not into numerology. But there are two double digits that he brings up several times each during our interview: 83 (his age) and 17 (his Billboard No. 1 country music hits – the titles of most which he rattles off with ease). “George Strait has more...

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  Speaking Up: Son Volt Delivers Power to the People with Union

  June 14 at 5 a.m.

  When someone is in disagreement with something they have a choice; they can act or stay silent. At a time when society and the government continuously churn out tumultuous headlines Jay Farrar and his band Son Volt have decided to speak out. Their latest release Union has songs ripped directly...

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  Heart of Gold: Charley Crockett Knows How to Stay True

  June 11 at 4 a.m.

  Texas was founded on the notion of being fiercely independent. Its settlers had to endure the hardest landscapes and conditions to claim their stake. One of the most famous pioneers of our state was the legendary Davy Crockett, and musician Charley Crockett no doubt carries his strong willed blood pumping...

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  Escaping the Rapture with Rock and Roll: Oklahoma's Parker Millsap Will Plug in at Heights Theater

  April 18 at 4 a.m.

  With his release of Other Arrangements last year, Oklahoma native Parker Millsap seems to have purged himself of the religious guilt that comes with having been raised in a Pentecostal household. He went electric and allowed himself to have fun. “I just wanted to write songs that are really fun...

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  Funny and Smooth: Daptone Records Artist James Hunter Six Starts Tour in Houston

  April 9 at 5 a.m.

  Anyone fortunate enough to have caught one of the past James Hunter Six shows in Houston already knows what this artist brings to the table. He is the real deal of old-school R&B; with a voice like the ones they just don’t make anymore and the guitar licks to match...

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  Tweed Smith Keeps Her Birthday Party Rolling

  January 24 at 5 a.m.

  Growing up in 1950s/60s Houston, young Alice Faye Smith – named for the popular performer from a couple of decades earlier – always knew she wanted to be a singer. There was really no other career path for her, simply because it was all around her. Everyone in her family...