The Gobblers Knob

Since listening to Farm over and over recently, I have been on a serious Dinosaur Jr. kick. I have also been digging into their back catalog. Unlike some of the die-hard fans from the early nineties, I really did – and still do – enjoy their commercially successful 1994 album, Without A Sound. For my money, “Feel [...]

  Well, it may not be on New Year’s Eve, but I can’t think of a better, more joyful way of saying goodbye to 2009 than by catching Slobberbone at The Granada Theater on Wednesday, Dec. 30th. While Slobberbone’s reuniting has perhaps been my favorite musical story of the year, one of the opening bands, [...]

In year’s past, I haven’t done much a personal “Best-Of” list at year’s end. I have left that up to others, mainly due to the stress level inherent with such a task. This year, I contributed a list to multiple outlets, so I figure I would share my ballot with you here. What you see below [...]

This looks pretty sweet. Ryan Bingham is the voice behind the song (produced by T-Bone Burnett) that provides the backdrop for what is a really great trailer. At this point, the movie can go ahead and suck, since the song and the trailer are so good. Jeff Bridges looks to be going for a combination of [...]

The folks at The Granada Theater in Dallas have done it again. This Friday, there is an insanely mighty night of honky-tonkin’ on the agenda. A combo bill of Texas Country (read: not “red dirt”) featuring Dale Watson and Max Stalling. I hope I don’t have to say any more than that to interest anyone [...]