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Wednesday Jun 24 | River Cities' Reader

What's Happenin': June 24 - July 7

Tuesday, June 30, 9 p.m. Jackie Greene does it all; a vocalist, songwriter, guitarist, and keyboardist, he can rock the stage solo or with a full band.

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Related Topix: Drama Movies, Music!, Willie Nelson, Country, Best of 2007, Coralville, IA, Ames, IA

Sun Jun 21, 2009

Hollywood.com

Kris Kristofferson

A former U.S. Army captain who turned to songwriting and helped rejuvenate the country-and-western scene in the late 1960s and early 1970s with songs like "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down," "Help Me Make It Through the.... A former U.S. Army captain who turned to songwriting and helped rejuvenate the country-and-western scene in the late 1960s and early ...

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Wed Jun 17, 2009

CMT.com

Merle Haggard, Jamey Johnson Surprise Songwriter Hank Cochran

Merle Haggard , Jamey Johnson and Lee Ann Womack were among the country artists at a surprise party for songwriter Hank Cochran at Nashville's BMI offices on Monday .

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Related Topix: Merle Haggard, Drama Movies, Music!, Country, Lee Ann Womack

Thu May 28, 2009

The Texas Observer

Back of the Book:

If the world no longer seems filled with stupid politicians and highly placed miscreants, maybe your subscription has expired.

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Related Topix: Texas, Austin, TX, Dallas, TX, Dallas Metro

Wed May 20, 2009

The Austin Chronicle

Off the Record

"You know the funny thing about the blues?" Bonnie Raitt prefaced "Thing Called Love" at the Bass Concert Hall on Sunday night.

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Related Topix: Bonnie Raitt, Blues, Music!, Drama Movies, History Movies, Heaven's Gate, Western, A Star Is Born, Musical Movies, Stephen Bruton, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Country

Mon May 18, 2009

The Austin Chronicle

Straight From the Horse's Mouth

Writer Edwin "Bud" Shrake, who passed away last week after a battle with cancer , was celebrated locally and nationally for his fiction and nonfiction.

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Related Topix: Drama Movies, Music!, Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson, Country

Sat May 16, 2009

Austin Texas News - KEYE 42 News

Stephen Bruton

The Austin music scene is now minus one of its greatest talents. Singer/Songwriter Stephen Bruton lost a valiant fight against cancer today.

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Related Topix: Music!, Drama Movies, Stephen Bruton

Thu May 14, 2009

The Austin Chronicle

Page Two: R.I.P.

"My father told me that birth is real, death is real, and all between is a game.

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Related Topix: Drama Movies, Music!, Stephen Bruton, Austin Metro

Tue May 12, 2009

KWTX

Services Pending In Texas For Songwriter Stephen Bruton

Guitarist and songwriter Stephen Bruton has died in Los Angeles at 60. Bruton, who with Kris Kristofferson for nearly 40 years, had songs recorded by Bonnie Raitt, Willie Nelson, Jimmy Buffett and others.

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Related Topix: Music!, Drama Movies, Stephen Bruton, Country, Kris Kristofferson, Bonnie Raitt, Blues, Willie Nelson, Entertainment

Mon May 11, 2009

The Austin American-Statesman

Stephen Bruton 1951- 2009

The word has spread like grief fire through Austin that Stephen Bruton, a triple threat as guitarist, producer and songwriter, lost his battle with cancer.

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Related Topix: Music!, Drama Movies, History Movies, Heaven's Gate, Western, Stephen Bruton, Austin, TX, T-Bone Burnett, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Country, Music, Entertainment

Sun May 10, 2009

DVDCreation Reviews

Renowned Texas Musician, Turner Stephen Bruton Dies on Saturday in Los Angeles

The film stars Jeff Bridges , Maggie Gyllenhaal , Colin Farrell and Robert Duvall .

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Related Topix: History Movies, Heaven's Gate, Western, Drama Movies, Music!, Short, Comedy Movies, Action Movies, Man of the House, Stephen Bruton, Esophageal Cancer, Health, Jeff Bridges

Chattanooga Times Free Press

Kristofferson bandmate, songwriter, actor, Bruton dies

Stephen Bruton, the recording artist, producer, songwriter, guitarist and actor who spent nearly two decades as "the baby" of Kris Kristofferson's touring band, died Saturday in Los Angeles.

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Related Topix: Music!, Drama Movies, A Star Is Born, History Movies, Heaven's Gate, Western, Musical Movies, Stephen Bruton, Comedy Movies, Convoy, War Movies, Action Movies, Country, Kris Kristofferson

Sat May 09, 2009

Local News

Longtime Austin musician, Stephen Bruton dies

The Austin music community is mourning the loss of a capital city legend this Saturday.

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Related Topix: Music!, Drama Movies, Stephen Bruton, Marcia Ball, Blues, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Country, Hal Ketchum, Chris Smither

Fri May 08, 2009

KERA-TV Dallas

Texas Writer-Journalist Bud Shrake Has Died

The Fort Worth native began in sports journalism. Along with Dan Jenkins , he eventually shaped American sports magazine writing with colorful yarns for Sports Illustrated - after having worked for the Dallas Times Herald and then the Dallas Morning News .

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Related Topix: Dallas Metro, Fort Worth, TX, Dallas, TX, Drama Movies, Music!, Arts, Literature

Tue May 05, 2009

The Bluegrass Blog

Songwriter Profile - Eric and Leigh Gibson

If you have a suggestion for a bluegrass songwriter we might want to consider, please contact us .

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Related Topix: Drama Movies, Music!, Disco, The Gibson Brothers, Churubusco, NY

Thu Apr 30, 2009

Country Weekly

Songwriter Billy Yates pays tribute to Vern Gosdin on Opry show.

Singer/songwriter Billy Yates will honor one of his musical heroes, the recently-deceased Vern Gosdin, on the Opry Country Classics show at the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville, April 30, at 7 p.m. The theme of the show was changed after Vern passed away, April 28.

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Related Topix: Drama Movies, Billy Yates, Music!, Vern Gosdin, Country, Nashville Metro, Nashville, TN

Mon Apr 06, 2009

Reverb

Local Connection to Adventureland Soundtrack

Adventureland , which our critic Scott Foundas likes a lot , features two songs by Civilian Fun Group.

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Related Topix: Music!, Drama Movies

Thu Mar 19, 2009

PR-inside.com

John Rich to Release Son Of A Preacher Man on March 24

Warner Bros. Records Artist John Rich, one-half of multi-platinum duo Big & Rich, will release his highly anticipated solo album, Son Of A Preacher Man On Tuesday, March 24 .

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Related Topix: Country, John Rich, Big & Rich, Drama, Music!, Kris Kristofferson, Nashville, TN

Sun Mar 15, 2009

WTAP-TV Parkersburg

Daybreak Previews Songwriter Night Performers

Comments are posted from viewers like you and do not always reflect the views of this station.

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Related Topix: Music!, Drama, Parkersburg, WV, Willie Nelson

Thu Feb 26, 2009

Entertainment News

Texas Heritage Songwriters will include Nelson, Guy Clark

Some of the biggest names in Texas music are going to be honored in Austin this weekend.

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Related Topix: Texas, Music!, Drama, Willie Nelson, Entertainment

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