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Hank Williams

  • Blogs

    May 24, 2012

    Country: Meet the 2012 RFT Music Award Nominees

    The 2012 Riverfront Times Music Showcase is two weeks away. And if that is our own St. Louis Music holiday, then consider this the season: Throughout May, we've been making our cases for all 125 bands and artists nominated for an RFT Music Award this year, introducing the nominees from one or more o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 19, 2012

    The Ten Best Juke Boxes in St. Louis

    ​Selecting the Riverfront Times' Best of St. Louis 2011 was no picnic. Choosing the winner meant several worthy candidates would go unmentioned -- until now. In this RFT Music series, we're beeboping and scattin' our way through notable runners up in a number of categories. There is no surer way ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 18, 2012

    Willie Nelson at the Pageant, 4/17/12: Review, Photos and Setlist

    Willie Nelson and Family | The Pernikoff Brothers April 17, 2012 The Pageant Halfway through last night's Willie Nelson show at the Pageant (6161 Delmar Boulevard, 314-726-6161), with the obligatory Texas flag backdrop flying on stage and Willie about to launch into "Good Hearted Woman," a man asks ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 14, 2011

    Raul Malo Talks Mavericks Reunion and Staving Off Cynicism with Holiday Music

    Kristin Barlowe​When Raul Malo rattles off singers like Frank Sinatra, Pavarotti, Elvis, Andrea Bocelli, Hank Williams and Celia Cruz, he's not name dropping and he's not blowing smoke. The former lead singer of one of the great country bands of the '90s, the Mavericks, and current solo artist ... More >>

  • Music

    August 18, 2011

    David Olney

    8 p.m. Thursday, August 18. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Avenue.

  • Music

    June 16, 2011

    Slaid Cleaves

    7:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 22. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Avenue.

  • Blogs

    May 16, 2011

    "You can't drink when you're dead": An interview with Steve Earle

    Photo: Ted Barron​"I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive" is the title of a beloved Hank Williams Sr. song. It's also the title of Steve Earle's new novel, as well as his newest album, and if it's not the motto tacked to his New York City apartment door it damn well should be. We reached Ea ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 5, 2011

    Earle of the Arts

    Photo: Ted Barron​"I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive" is the title of a beloved Hank Williams Sr. song. It's also the title of Steve Earle's new novel, as well as his newest album, and if it's not the motto tacked to his New York City apartment door it damn well should be. We reached Ea ... More >>

  • Music

    April 28, 2011

    Social Distortion' Jonny "Two Bags" Wickersham on the band's resurgence

    Photo: Ted Barron​"I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive" is the title of a beloved Hank Williams Sr. song. It's also the title of Steve Earle's new novel, as well as his newest album, and if it's not the motto tacked to his New York City apartment door it damn well should be. We reached Ea ... More >>

  • Music

    March 3, 2011

    Country-music legend Kris Kristofferson talks about touring with his "hero," Merle Haggard

    Photo: Ted Barron​"I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive" is the title of a beloved Hank Williams Sr. song. It's also the title of Steve Earle's new novel, as well as his newest album, and if it's not the motto tacked to his New York City apartment door it damn well should be. We reached Ea ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 28, 2011

    Interview: Rodney Crowell on Memory and Country Music

    Alan Messer​There are lots of reasons to hate Rodney Crowell. He's had scores of country hits and penned definitive progressive country anthems such as "'Til I Gain Control Again" and "Old Home Place Revisited." He records with Joe Henry and sings like a fallen angel. And he's had breakfast in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 14, 2011

    R.I.P. Gene Roberts, Long-Time KDHX Country Music DJ

    Sara Finke/KDHXGene Roberts on May 6, 2008​Gene Roberts, who hosted the long-running KDHX show "Country Function, Bluegrass Junction," until August 2008, died on Wednesday. He was 82. "Gene had what is likely the most extensive collection and knowledge of country and bluegrass music there is ... More >>

  • Music

    September 8, 2010

    Justin Townes Earle

    9 p.m. Wednesday, September 15. The Old Rock House, 1200 South Seventh Street.

  • Blogs

    August 12, 2010

    Last Collector Standing: Ted Ryan on Country Music, Colonel Sanders' Christmas Album and Being a Record Store Clerk

    The number of chain record stores nationwide has dwindled. However, St. Louis has become an unlikely safe haven for indie record shops as well as for DJs who prefer to spin the black circle instead of scrolling their iPods. In this weekly column, we'll focus on personal portraits of St. Louis' recor ... More >>

  • Film

    January 20, 2010

    Misery and Gin: Country music, faded stardom, liquor and age in Crazy Heart

    The number of chain record stores nationwide has dwindled. However, St. Louis has become an unlikely safe haven for indie record shops as well as for DJs who prefer to spin the black circle instead of scrolling their iPods. In this weekly column, we'll focus on personal portraits of St. Louis' recor ... More >>

  • Music

    December 9, 2009

    Jamey Johnson

    7 p.m. Sunday, December 13. Pop's, 401 Monsanto Avenue, Sauget, Illinois.

  • Music

    November 18, 2009

    George Jones

    8 p.m. Saturday, November 21. Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts Center, on the campus of the University of Missouri-St. Louis, 1 University Boulevard.

  • Blogs

    October 15, 2009

    The Dive Bomber: South City Hospitality at Pepper's Bar and Grill

    I approached Pepper's Bar and Grill (near Bevo Mill, not the place on Locust) on a cold, rainy night to see a woman sitting on the front stoop. She wore shorts and a t-shirt and was talking on the phone. She jumped up as I neared the door, smiled at me, opened the door and promptly let it slam close ... More >>

  • Music

    October 14, 2009

    The Song Remains the Same: Singer-songwriter Tom Russell might have released his finest moment with his new album, Blood and Candle Smoke

    I approached Pepper's Bar and Grill (near Bevo Mill, not the place on Locust) on a cold, rainy night to see a woman sitting on the front stoop. She wore shorts and a t-shirt and was talking on the phone. She jumped up as I neared the door, smiled at me, opened the door and promptly let it slam close ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 20, 2009

    The Dive Bomber: McLain's Corner

    Robin Wheeler writes for the blog Poppy Mom. She also has a strange attraction to drinking establishments with jars of pickled -- or possibly fossilized -- eggs. She reports on these dives for Gut Check every Friday.Saturday morning, I got the following quasi-anonymous text: "Hey, Wheeler. Why do ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 18, 2008

    The Top 10 Reissues of 2008

    It's time to rank the best of what went around and came around again. BILLY JOEL The Stranger (Columbia/Legacy) As punk and disco exploded, the Piano Man's deeply unhip 1978 breakthrough proved that top-shelf Broadway/Brill Building songwriting could still sell - and, occasionally, rock. "Scene ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 19, 2008

    Second Spin: Billy "Crash" Craddock, Rub It In

    It's time to rank the best of what went around and came around again. BILLY JOEL The Stranger (Columbia/Legacy) As punk and disco exploded, the Piano Man's deeply unhip 1978 breakthrough proved that top-shelf Broadway/Brill Building songwriting could still sell - and, occasionally, rock. "Scene ... More >>

  • Music

    December 12, 2007

    Robin and Linda Williams

    8 p.m. Friday, December 14. The Sheldon Concert Hall, 3648 Washington Boulevard.

  • Music

    November 21, 2007

    Punk's Not Dead

    Against Me! Plays anarchist punk rock for the masses.

  • Music

    August 8, 2007

    The Holmes Brothers

    8:30 p.m. Sunday, August 12. BB's Jazz, Blues and Soups, 700 South Broadway

  • Blogs

    July 12, 2007

    Lucinda Williams: Outtakes from the Riverfront Times' interview and music feature this week

    8:30 p.m. Sunday, August 12. BB's Jazz, Blues and Soups, 700 South Broadway

  • Music

    August 23, 2006

    Clare Burson/Richard Ferreira

    8 p.m. Sunday, August 27. Blueberry Hill's Duck Room (6504 Delmar Boulevard, University City).

  • Music

    August 2, 2006

    Beat Happenings

    Music news you can use

  • Music

    March 29, 2006

    Hank III

    Thursday, March 30 at 8 p.m. Mississippi Nights (914 North First Street)

  • Music

    March 15, 2006

    Van Morrison

    Pay the Devil(Lost Highway)

  • News

    December 21, 2005

    Overlooked in '05

    Ten great discs that were, ahem, underserved by the media this year

  • Music

    September 7, 2005

    Paperback Master of Puppets

    We talk mashups with Beatallica, skewer Ember Swift and find out what Robert Earl Keen is really saying

  • Music

    April 27, 2005

    Dave Insley and the Careless Smokers

    Wednesday, May 4; Frederick's Music Lounge (4454 Chippewa Street)

  • Music

    April 20, 2005

    The Gourds

    Tuesday, April 26; VooDoo Lounge in Harrah's Casino (777 Casino Center Drive, Maryland Heights)

  • Music

    June 9, 2004

    Various Artists

    Billy Martin Presents the Turntable Sessions (Amulet)

  • Music

    March 31, 2004

    Various Artists

    No Depression: What It Sounds Like (Vol. 1) (Dualtone)

  • Music

    March 10, 2004

    The Holmes Brothers

    Saturday, March 13; BB's Jazz, Blues & Soups

  • Music

    May 21, 2003

    He Can Make It

    The strangest fact in the George Jones bio is that he's survived at all

  • Music

    April 30, 2003

    Hayseed Dixie

    Thursday, May 1; Blueberry Hill's Duck Room

  • Music

    January 9, 2002

    Various Artists

    Timeless (Lost Highway)

  • Music

    January 9, 2002

    Wayne Hancock

    Friday, Jan. 11; Off Broadway

  • Music

    August 8, 2001

    American Icon

    Emmylou Harris keeps proving herself to be one of country music's most important artists

  • Music

    April 4, 2001

    Momus

    Folktronic (Le Grand Magistery)

  • Music

    October 11, 2000

    Merle Haggard

    Friday, Oct. 13; Mississippi Nights

  • Music

    March 22, 2000

    Blast Furnace

    Neko Case's new album, Furnace Room Lullaby, generates real heat

  • Music

    October 6, 1999

    GOOD BUZZ

    Make a beeline to Frederick's Lounge's weekly hootenanny

  • Music

    January 27, 1999

    Rolling Thunder

    Make a beeline to Frederick's Lounge's weekly hootenanny

  • News

    January 20, 1999

    Letters to the Editor

    Make a beeline to Frederick's Lounge's weekly hootenanny

  • Music

    January 13, 1999

    Are You Sure Hank Done It That Way?

    An essential boxed set shows what was right about Hank Williams and what's wrong about country music today

  • Music

    December 9, 1998

    Best Bassist: Michael Prokopf

    An essential boxed set shows what was right about Hank Williams and what's wrong about country music today

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