17 Feb 09 A G-Chord on an Old Martin – An Evening with Quinten Hope
Texas Music Journal caught up with Quinten at the Granada Theater in Dallas on Sunday, February 8, 2009 where he was opening for Andy McKee (quite a guitar player in his own right). Since the show highlighted acoustic guitars, Quinten left his Strat in the case and played his repertoire on an old acoustic – his Dad’s Martin.
Posted by: John South
Tags: Blues, Granada Theater, Jazz, Quinten Hope
03 Feb 09 One Door Closes, Another Opens
A flip of a coin, the flu, bad weather and an inexperienced pilot changed the face of music at 1:00 AM, fifty years ago today. America woke up on February 3, 1959 to find that Charles Hardin Holley, Richard Steven Valenzuela and Jiles Perry Richardson, Jr. were killed in an early morning airplane accident. Buddy Holly, Richie Valens and J.P. Richardson (the Big Bopper) had played at the Surf Ballroom…
Posted by: John South
Tags: American Pie, Buddy Holly, Don McLean, J.P. Richardson, Lloyd Maines, Richie Valens, The Big Bopper
27 Jan 09 Why Texas Music?
A common misconception is that Texas music is the familiar red dirt sounds of musicians such as Cross Canadian Ragweed, Stoney LaRue or Jason Boland. It is also misclassified as the outlaw sound of Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson, David Allan Coe, Waylon Jennings or Billy Joe Shaver. The truth is that Texas music is much more complicated than any simple classification scheme can represent. All of these musicians are fine
Posted by: John South
Tags: Blues, Country Music, Honky Tonk, music, musica tejano, Polka, Stoney LaRue, texas, Western swing, zydeco
