Townes Van Zandt, who was a very blue singer-songwriter, is often quoted for stating "There are only two kinds of songs: There's the blues, and there's zip-a-dee-doo-dah." We'll save zip-a-dee-doo-dah ...

While the presently published reviews of Blues Come to Texas are accurate in their breadth they are not so in their depth. The quixotic tale of blues historians Paul Oliver and Mack McCormick is a ...

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Former Amarillo rocker Stephen Crane will celebrate the release of his latest blues CD on Saturday. Crane, former lead singer of Baby, one of Amarillo's hottest bands in the 1970s, will bring his ...

The blues seeps into the very soul of North Texas. From the days of Blind Lemon Jefferson and Lead Belly to the heart-stopping melodies of Leon Bridges, the blues undeniably sings Dallas-Fort Worth’s ...

Nothing says “I’m hurtin'” like the wail of a mournful guitar. It’s a sound that melts the heart and pierces the soul. While the blues saw a resurgence in the ’80s and ’90s, it’s fallen off the ...

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I have a faded copy of the July|August 1965 issue of the magazine Blues Unlimited, which includes an essay, “Working on the Project – T for Texas; T for Toil,” from music historian Paul Oliver. Oliver ...