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Classic Clips: The Lost Gonzo Band with Jerry Jeff Walker and Gary P. Nunn “London Homesick Blues” – live from Texas Roa...

London Homesick Blues appears on Jerry Jeff Walker’s iconic 1973 live album, ¡Viva Terlingua! (1973). Recorded in Luckenbach, Texas, with The Lost Gonzo Band, the song was written...

Word Wrangler: July 15, 2026

George Hamilton IV tours Texas to look for love in his song “Fort Worth, Dallas or Houston.” Here are some cities he stops at.

Keith Urban Channeled Don Williams When Recording This Hit Single From 2016

NASHVILLE, TN - NOVEMBER 06: Keith Urban and Don Williams accept award at the 49th Annual ASCAP Country Music Awards at the Gaylord Opryland Resort on November 6, 2011 in Nashville...

29 Years Ago, George Strait Was at No. 1 With an Album Built Around a Major Hit That Almost Went to Tim McGraw

George Strait Twenty-nine years ago, George Strait was at the top of the country chart with one of his biggest hit albums. The post 29 Years Ago, George Strait Was at No. 1 With a...

On the Charts 39 Years Ago Today, George Strait Reigned at No. 1 With This Lone Star-Themed Lament

George Strait during George Strait in Concert - August 20, 1983 at Soldier Field in Chicago, Illinois, United States. (Photo by Paul Natkin/WireImage) On July 11, 1987, George Stra...

Willie’s New Album Is Worth Listening To, and Not Only Because of Bob Dylan

A song cowritten by Dylan is among the songwriting triumphs on 'Dream Chaser,' Willie Nelson's latest record.

Zach Top Delivers Stunning Acoustic Rendition Of “Amarillo By Morning” In Durant, Oklahoma

Solid country gold right here. Simply put, there’s no one doing it quite as well as Zach Top these days. Though there are plenty of other stellar artists keeping the traditional sc...

Born in Texas 34 Years Ago Today, the Country Star Who Helped His Musical Hero Break a Longstanding Record on His Birthd...

Thirty-four years ago today,...

Word Wrangler: July 6, 2026

Ten more artists who’ve dubbed a tune simply “Texas.”

Born on Texas 60 Years Ago Today, the Guitarist Whose Band’s Biggest Hit Has Been the Cornerstone of Countless Weddings

Sixty years ago to...

Willie Nelson & Family :: Alliance Wagon Yard, Austin, TX (January 28, 1975)

There's live Willie Nelson, and then there's 1975 Willie Nelson. Captured for the Texas TV series "Lone Star Cross Country Music Hour" just months before Red Headed Stranger, this...

Born on This Day in 1938, the Nashville Legend Who Played on the Biggest Hits From Kris Kristofferson, Dolly Parton, and...

Lucy Dacus, Lucinda Williams, Phosphorescent, & More Contribute To New Blaze Foley Tribute Album

Outlaw country legend Blaze Foley — a guy who not only lived that life but died that death, shot by the son of his friend Concho January at age 39 — is the subject of a new tribute...

Classic Clips: Teddy Thompson “She Thinks I Still Care” – Transatlantic Sessions, 2013

Teddy Thompson has never been shy about his love of classic country; heck, in 2023 he released a full album of country covers titled simply My Love of Country, but before that, bac...

Born in Texas on This Day in 1952, the High School Rocker Who Became the Undisputed “King of Country Music”

Anniversary Cheers: Don Williams “Epilogue – The Cellar Tapes”

Recordings from more than 40 years ago are unearthed by country music icon’s son, cleaned up and remastered. Well, I do hope AUK readers will forgive this foray into mainstream cou...

On This Day in 1998, George Strait Topped the Charts With a John Prine-Penned Laid-Back Love Song

Twenty-eight years ago today, George Strait gave John Prine his se...

Word Wrangler: May 30, 2026

Musicians who have played at Texas's oldest continually operating dance hall.

Now & Then: Joshua Ray Walker’s Ain’t Dead Yet and the reach of Guitar Town

Joshua Ray Walker’s Ain’t Dead Yet and Steve Earle’s Guitar Town are separated by four decades, but they share a clear country music lineage. Both albums come from writers who use...

“I had a little too much Jack Daniels and went to sleep. Early the next morning, I woke up to Eric and George playing uk...

Terry was Clapton's guitarist in the 1970s, and through Slowhand he was able to meet a particularly famous face

Born 77 Years Ago in Nashville, the Country Rocker Behind No. 1 Hits From Randy Travis, Ricky Van Shelton, and Don Willi...

Russell Smith Seventy-seven years ago today, the Grammy-winning country rocker who penned some of the most memorable hits of the 80s and 90s was born. The post Born 77 Years Ago i...

Rodney Crowell Unearths Long-Lost Album

Sometimes great music simply has to wait for the right moment. For Rodney Crowell, that moment has finally arrived with the release of Then Again, a previously unheard album that …...

LISTEN: Ray Wylie Hubbard’s “Cassette Mix Tape”

At nearly 80 years old, legendary Texas outlaw troubadour Ray Wylie Hubbard is still turning up the amps and delivering the kind of gritty, unapologetic music that feels tailor-mad...

7 Years Ago Today, We Said Goodbye to the Grammy-Winning Country-Rock Frontman Who Penned Chart-Topping Hits for Randy T...

SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE -- Episode 18 -- Pictured: Musical guest The Amazing Rhythm Aces perform on May 10, 1980 -- (Photo by: NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images via Getty I...