by Michael Corcoran “Free-form radio will not die as long as I’m alive,” Larry Monroe told the Austin Chronicle in 1997. Thirteen years later, he signed off at KUT, which had cut his hours on-air and implemented a partial playlist. “I’m Larry Monroe, and I’ll see you in the future,” the DJ said at the […]
Churchwood video for “I Have a Devil In Me” The band Churchwood has one of the greatest Austin music videos of all time. It’s for the bluesy rock song “I Have a Devil In Me” and features a rotund man in a Speedo dancing with joy in an exercise class at a resort. It’s had […]
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Raised in a remote frame house without electricity or running water in Idaho’s Sawtooth Mountains, Micky, Gary, Willy and Cody Braun had never heard of “The Tonight Show” until they appeared on it in 1989. Micky, the youngest, was 8 at the time. Oldest brother Cody was 12. The band’s lead singer was father Muzzie […]
Aug. 31: Texas 56, New Mexico State 7 Sept. 7 BYU 40, Texas 21 Sept. 14 Ole Miss 44, Texas 23 Sept. 21 Texas 31, Kansas State 21 Oct. 3 Texas 31, Iowa State 30 Oct. 12 Texas 36, Oklahoma 20 Oct. 26 Texas 30, TCU 7 Nov. 2 Texas 35, Kansas 13 Nov. 9 […]
It was a gutsy, free-slugging prizefight, the kind of game that no team deserved to lose. But Texas wanted it a little more and came away with a 47-40 overtime win against the West Virginia Mountaineers in Morgantown. The winning touchdown was a two-yard pass to fullback Alex De La Torre, his first catch in […]
By Michael Corcoran In the summer of 2006, David Boyle spent a month on his knees in an old Baptist church in East Austin, but he wasn’t repenting for his time as keyboardist in the naughty funk band the Scabs. The Australia native, who moved to Austin in 1991, was on all fours refinishing the […]
1, Whoopi Goldberg & Ted Danson. 2. John Lennon & Yoko Ono 3. Rock Hudson & Jim Nabors 4. Renee Zellweger & Kenny Chesney 5. Frank Sinatra & Mia Farrow 6. Julia Roberts & Lyle Lovett 7. Sandra Bullock & Jesse James 8. Arnold Schwarzenegger & Maria Shriver 9, Barbara Walters & Sen. Edward […]
DOIN’ THE DOZEN: THE 12 GREATEST OVER-THE-TOP ROCK GUITAR SOLOS OF ALL TIME 1. Dickey Betts on “Whipping Post” 2. Johnny Winter on “Be Careful With a Fool” 3. Jimmy Page on “Stairway to Heaven” 4. Jimi Hendrix on “Little Wing” (or about 15 other numbers) 5. Freddie King on “Remington Ride” (second solo) 6. […]
Musicians move to Austin to rejuvenate their careers. Yet when Donna Hightower decided to relocate here 23 years ago, it was with thoughts of retirement. The Missouri-born singer, who signed her first recording contract with Decca in 1951, had made a pretty good living in Europe, where she went to sing for a week at […]
