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Show Review: Dale Watson’s Chickens

February 7, 2019October 3, 2023Andrew Blanton2

I’m pushing every scarf and purse out of my way as I inch closer and closer to the ticket table. There’s a line a mile long at C-Boy’s Heart and Soul in South Austin. I stand on my tiptoes to get a glance at Dale Watson’s signature-silver pompadour as he strums along on the back […]

Chris Knight Knows What It Takes

January 15, 2019February 7, 2019Andrew Blanton1

My fingers ache as they squeeze the steering wheel. Sweat drips from my palms and forehead as I desperately attempt to stay locked in place. Thirty-mile-an-hour winds bounce semi-trucks left and right, terrifying me as I stare at the mere inches left between my sedan and a concrete barrier. A screaming ambulance blasts past me, […]