Boldly Going
The history of rock 'n' roll is filled with would-be messiahs. John Lennon reportedly told his fellow Beatles — after multiple hits of acid...
The Wreck Room: 1997-2007
A couple of years ago, I sat at a table at J&J's Hideaway with Wreck Room owner Brian Forella and developer Philip Poole. The...
Unbreakable
Smoothvega, back-to-back winner of best rap/R&B artist in our annual Music Awards (2006, 2007), wants to make one thing abundantly clear: He is by...
Play Him
A bout this time of year in 1960, a young, blond California high-school teacher named Chris Strachwitz got off a bus in Fort Worth’s...
Tiny Country
What do you do when you’re a 17-year-old young woman, you haven’t graduated high school yet, and your talent is compared to that of...
Bright and Loud
A couple of weeks ago at a Wreck Room show, a crowd of about 50 rowdy concertgoers trashed the place.
The next day, according to...
The House that Blue Built
A 12-year veteran of the local blues scene, Fort Worth singer-songwriter Drue Webber has finally released a solo album.
A mix of vocal tracks...
And Another Thing …
Little Rooster wasn’t a hero. He was a small-town constable who always wanted to play cop.
Got himself a scanner and listened to it constantly....
Musical Healing
Get Well is an unusually health-conscious — and healthy-sized —band.
There are six people in the group, and they all generally dig one another....
Everybody’s Outlaw
Even if artists such as Bob Dylan, Kris Kristofferson, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Bobby Bare, and Elvis Presley have seen more chart action with...
