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I Photo by Scott Nelvton "The didn't sell their visions,.," This Looks Li ke Willie's Year published uere all itntocent. TbeY were staff of ESOUIRE magazine "Th'ey sre indiaiduals, fatni- its annual list of "100 Heavies" for the loaed. TbeY were lies. ssngs who are bound to- 'tbefelons . . . They vear ahead. was among sttbti itl the blues life . . . tbe offspring- of mid'twentierh' the hu ndred. The caption under -ones centur'y broken consciousness. :Willie's picture said he was Picked whb suraiue the Plagues ' ' ' -because best of They were beyond the ESOUIRE believed he was the The best music - tlte PossibilitY likelY to rePlace Merle defeat . . . liotbiug moues a one most eaerytbing that is exPressiae of of Haggard at the toP of the mass PoPu' aU in* ciuntry's got to giue is bY mduntain but itself . . . ." tarity ireap in in 1974' (By in his autobio' and about them. . . (TbeY are) Emmett Grogan And in June, ESOUIRE'S chief graphical novel, RINGOLEVIO.) ran a tbe only ones who had reached competition, PENTHOUSE, and got lengthy article by Todd Everett on the their own rock bottom BY JAY MILNER phenomenon' Everett's brotb- Witli.'tlut.on uD. . . TbeY searched for This looks like the Year of Willie topic sentence was: "Willie Nelson had tit apd sisters, not friends ' ' ' Nelson! And as several music writers begun to receive some of the popular have written: lt's They didn't sell tbeir aision - to around the nation recognition he deserves." time. sell"their aisidn would baae been about Then there was the enthusiastic TIMES review reprinted to pretend it was theirs . . . TheY For instance, a few months ago the New York 7 elsewhere in this Program' And in the June 6, 1974, edition of ZOO WORLD, the music magazine, R' Serge Denisoff, in his review of Willie s iro,h. "PHASES AND srAGES," sa id, among other comPlimentarY things: "The elegant thing about this is the character development and the mood it creates. just like a Bergman or Fellini film ' . ' lf this lp does not establish Willie Nelson as a nothing will' country music superstar. 'o It's a bit early for statements like this o is the best c&w album of 1974, but it E very well maY be." How come all this sudden national attention? One answer to that ques- tion is probablY catching uP with Willie Nelson at long last. Nashville mav be beginning to catcft uP with him. too - at long last. Since leaving Nashville. Willie has made two has been beating the drum with Willie Nelson for more than a dozen "Me - both for of vears. He is the Paul in Willie's song, and Paul," and the devil in the New York. These albums have sold far song, "You Look Like the Devil." better than anY of the 20-odd he'd p revi ous lY i n N ashvi I le ' made into its Hall of Fame, along with months ago with the addition of "" had Pa3sed and . guitarist . Mickey Raphael, the 100.000 sales mark at last report' who picked harmonica with B. W. and was still rising' (This shouldn't be Stevenson, joined Willie in April, interpreted as a total putdown of the 1973. Bee Spears, one of the best bass "Nashville Souird" The kind of com- players has played - My wontan's tight with an overdue baby in country music, mercial sr-lcc-:r! it has enjoyed means it for seyen years And Willie he's yelling, with Willie, off and on, can't be all baC. But regardless of how there's Paul English on Hey, Gypsy, let's go" or more. Then great a systenl nright be, generally,.it drums. Paul has been with Willie 14 doesn't necessarily mean that it will Paul the song, "Me "Fron 's song about Vears. He is the in for everYbodY ParticularlY work - Willie Nelson, "Willie The Wandering and Paul." Hunched over his drums, artists. and Willie's steadily rising resemblance to Gvpsy." Paul bears a striking national popularity since he left Nash- the devil himself, with his pointed. ville indicates it was wrong for hiln.) black goatee, black sombrero, and black cape with a scarlet satin lining. "You Doug Zabel interviewed Wiilie tast Leon Russell wrote the song, Look Like The Devil" about Paul. "l thor-rght Nashville was the rough- year for ICONOCLAST. the est. But I guess l've said that about weekly. In that revealing interview, Willie's popularity has spread across them all." Willie talked about the changes many several generations. His "groupies" are "Me and Paul" bY Wiliie Nelson believe he had gone through. When -From Zabe! asked if his music had. changed 17 to 77. Willie probably has done along with his physical appearance - more to bring rock and country music he'd let his hair grow long and some- together than any living musician. Many observers regard the First An- Willie has written so many hit coun' times wore a beard - Willie said: "Naw, places nual Willie Nelson 4th of July Picnic at try songs in the Past 20 Years that it's the same show. Some go places their Dripping Springs in 1973 as the event when he is during one of his ' the kids will and some places they'll that did most to break down the bar- three or four hour shows people in the parents will go, and some is better." riers once separating the two kinds of audiences keeP saYing, "HeY, I didn't both come together, which changed. popular music. Springs also know he wrore that." The rumor that He said his music had not Dripping just grouPs of focused national attention on the revo- Willie is'2,000 years old pops up now that he was reaching people reached when he lution of country music in Texas and and then and few PeoPle who know he had not (As the time, energy being generated him well will deny it with confidence, had less hair. I wrote at the creative same as nere. because it often appears highly likely' Willie was singing much the being is generallY re- The list of \l/illie's hit songs is too long alwavs, but the music PlaYed Although Willie to list here. lt would include such behind now is different - at least it is garded as the leader of the current uit-titutt as "Hello Walls," "Crazy," different from the music accompany- action in , he "Night Life," "FunnY How Time SliPs ing him r:n all his albums before the denies it. Susan Barton, Dallas a*Jv,;"'Touch M;," "YesterdaY's f irst Atlantic release, "SHOTGUN TIMES-H E RALD entertainment "tsloodY him if he was Wine," and later ones such as Wl LLlE." The current Willie Nelson writer, recently asked wuty Vtotnlng," "Heaven and Hell," band is one of the best as far as being the leader of the progressive country "Pick Up the TemPo," and so on able to make tlre sudden changes that movement. "l think we're all doing - Willie told her. "l with each Willie freak having a favorite Willie has become famous for as he our own thing." is head honclro | his or her own' reacts to the mood of an audience don't think anyone - of of The Nashville ' Associa- instead of following a planned pro- sure don't want the responsibility tion last November inducted Willie gram. This band was filled out a few leacJing that crazy bunch.'/ I Willie's Soddle A few nights before the 2nd Annual Willie Nelson 4th of July Picnic, the saddle shown here was presented to that once fast-draw Nashville outlaw, Shot- oun Willie Nelson, at a party in Austin' " The custom-made saddle has a silver olate with "Willie" engraved on it' lt is a saddle literally fit for a king' lt was made by RYon's Saddle and Suoplies, Inc., in Fort Worth, who have mad'e at least one saddle for a king-a special order from the U.S' State De- partment about two years ago for a.n Afti.un monarch. Ryon's also has made saddles for President Lyndon B' John' son and . Making the Presentation in Austin were JuV Milner, Doug Zabel, f .im O'Connor, SandY Jantzen and Jan Franklin. "We gave Willie the saddle." Milner explained, "because it is beautiful and we wanted to." Also contributing to the saddle fund were the Willie Nelson friends and ad- mirers listed below: JERRY, PAT, COLLEEN & CONNIE CUDE Lawton, Oklahoma SANDY, GAIL, ammi Smith' DANA & SUE HARRINGTON Dallas, Texas Tender LOCHWOOD Tough and for it' has ol# singing pro- of life, and her singing is stronger FOREIGN CAR SERV. -Some for her since she was 13. ot She won a Grammy Award 11446 Garland Rd. t.rrionuiiv Kristofferson's song, her fans don't know she is a fine song- version of Kris 1214\324-1134 t'ff"ip Through The Night'" Songs she rrur.'*rlti.n inciuOl fVf. Make.lt writer. tender, but Dallas ;;i.uni"it Ferry Lane,,",when Michael Her voice is both tough and -,:fr",." and homey. Sammi was SOAP CREEK SALOON c;il;;-;"d noom ror Rent.,, above all honest one of the hits of lastyear's Willie Nel' 707 Bee Caves Road ':'4 son 4th of July Picnic. She and her band 78746 Austin il went on state in the heat of the after- (5121327'9016 {!: .no soon had that huge audience's llli noon OLD PECAN STREET CAFE full attention. More recently. Sammi was one of the 314 East Sixth St. r:,' hit acts at the Steed Country Concert at (5121 478-2491 A r I i n g ton. Accord ing to P-E R- Austin FORMANCE magazine writer, GarY JOINT VENTURE McDonald, her performance was one of shared the bill (Gino & RoY) the best that day, and she the big ones including Dallas with some of ,,ETHYL,S" Willie Nelson, . Ferlin McDonald wrote. ;'stiottoHuskey and others' Only Bluegrass Club ;:{,;d response was expected for in Dallas Sammiis version of "HelP Me Make lt (Chuck) 522-89OO Through The Night.". but the crowd i$ ', i:iiii:,i,:!t "U.pu.p AgainstAgalnsr TheIne METRO" Wyl'qijlllllil:iW; ::.j really went wild over, E 6'3 ned Neck With several Harrington Sammi's singing style is sim.ple and Watt' .Mother"' Rav S. "rout hits alreadv Dallas honest. The term .ins;';;-ii out" Yigit.lljtl:l1':l^:l: ;;il; ,"nir-,rro, but appties peart Beer buckte,) sammi smith should TREE PUB [Ti:: # with many more'" CHERRY to Sammi Smith. sr." i."-,io ttt."iiii t" be following (RandY) Her many fans everywhere agree' 352 0244 the smoke and shadows oiif'" daik gide Dallas I Lefty was 12, he picked up his first guitar, according to a press release from ABC.Dunhill, his current record company. Two years later, 14-year-old Frizzell a earned his first paycheck as first prize The 2nd Annual Willie Nelson 4th much by listening to Lefty's records musician - winning tfre $5 of July Picnic is sure to be remem' when they were in their formative monev in a Dallas songwriting contest. to come, bered for many things bY manY dif' years as performers. (Listen, for in' It was a sign of things ferent people, In the running, how' stance, to the Frizzell influences in Later, Lefty had his own band and Dallas ever, for the most memorable single Billy Joe's now distinctively individual worked clubs and bars in the area. Jim Beck heard him and took a event of the three-day outdoor affair singing style. ) will be the return of the legendarY Following several relatively quiet demo record to of Columbia and Lefty Frizzell to his home territory as years, Lefty Frizzell came out last year Records, Law flew to Dallas young Frizzell to a contract. a oerformer, with two new albums that have zinged signed When Lefty Frizzell stands at the him back to the center of the action, That was in 1950 - the Year Lefty mike on the big stage in the giant The,,THE latest Frizzell album is titled Frizzell started unrolling his incredible Speedway infield, it is certain to be an LEGENDARY LEFTY string of hits. His first Columbia emotional experience for many in the FRIZZELL." Although it hasn't been record had "lf You've Got The audience and many other performers easy to find in Texas so far, this new Money, Honey (i've Got The Time)" side, "l as well. Old timers will be pleasantly Frizzell album is rated by many hard- on one side and on the other backward the 1950's when core Frizzell freaks as one of his very Love You In A Thousand WaYs." That Vanked to "AlwaYs it wasn't unusual to find a juke box best - which is saying a bunch. (Long- dual hit was followed bY filled with records by horn Head Football Coach Darrell Late" and "l Want To Be With You." almost entirely "Mom Lelty Frizzell and another singer/song' Royal said not long ago he played the Then came "," writer that time named Hank new Frizzell album everY morning and Dad Waltz." "Cigarettes and Cof' of "Confused" Williams. (Remember Lefty's "Long while he shaved and ate breakfast.) fee Blues," and to name Black Veil?") After experiencing the So - although it hasn't gotten a lot but a few Frizzell hits that come to performance of this living legend, of advance hooPla in the media the mind quickly. - joined thousands of younger fans will be appearance of Lefty Frizzell at the Lefty the in searching record stores back home for Willie Nelson Picnic this JulY 4th 1952 and later moved to California, "Town Hall his records. weekend has all the earmarks of a where he appeared on years Many younger on the genu ine show'stealer of historic Party" in Compton for five and Performers "Country show in program (Billy Joe Shaver, for one) measure.' the America" TV year. returned to may be seen acting verY much like Lefty Frizzell was born in Corsi- Hollywood for a He and has lived there awestruck groupies when Frizzell goes cana, Texas a number of Years before Nashville in 1962 on. Several have said theY learned Billy Joe Shaver was born there.lA/hen ever since.

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Death Of An Unpopular Pmt (Jimmv Buffett) I once knew a poet who lived before his time He and his dogSpooner would listen as hed rhyme Words to make you happy and words to make you cry And then one day the poet suddenly did die. But he left behind a closet filled with verse and rhymes yf$lfts}"lkh&dg And through some strange transaction e/+'Jttirg One was Drinted in the Times ilirjl DJEISI ilu And everybody s searching for the king of underground SAX()PHOI{ES/C()ME M${DAY They found him down in Florida with a tombstone for a crown. ()U/t{ PEI{CILTHIN M()USTACHE/GOO'S DRUNK And everybody knows a line from his books that cost 54.99 I wonder if he knows he s doin' quite this fine. Cause his books are all best sellers and his poems were turned to song They had his brother on a talk show though they never got arong And now he's called immortal, yes he's even taught in school They say he used his talents, a most proficient tool. But he left all of his royalties to Spooner his old hound Growing old on steak and bacon in his doghouse ten feet 'round And everybody wonders did he really lose his mind rc No he was just a poqt who lived before his time Yes he was iust a Doet who lived before his time.

Jluury jirtJJg!'i' tl ulllg3 -,rud J-lYlsg 1$ %'lltrrg SAXffi{ilES/C0ME ltil}{DAY PtlOL IHlt{ ilnUSTACHE / GUI'S Wt{ DRUilf They Don't Bounce Like Butfett No More it." Th€n with a twlnkle he adds' "l wantecl to ,rJli%'|fi [?-l?n'8?i'u$Eo"tT"*f'T'i"'J''f fd write a song which wasn't suggestive' to doubt!" byllne was Jeff Nlghtbird.) something that lelt nothing Ever since the release of "Living and -Dying Butfett bounc€s on stage ln 3-4 Time," Buffett has been recognized as a AUSTIN -Jimmy Kris like hobo surler healthy enough to do an writer comparable to and a about the oranoe loice commerclal, hls sprlng suntan' Kristofterson. But where th€y slng necklace' com- traditional themes of love, lonellness, and the strali colored hair, and sh€ll the guitar wlth-an oul- d€struction of the past, Bulfett is apt io sing up that way come visit this 5urnrnsll'; olemented by an acoustlc for director Frank Perry glrl swaying on top' "A frlend ln about shoplifting or frozen dinners from the all movie he's scoring iaoeous hula poet Mad Housewif€" and "Last woocl'burned her on there," he starts nioht qrocerv, write a song lor the ("Diary of a u;ntana "lt's going to be a modern western love wlth the girl in the Herbal rJnnein Patihen after l€arnlng trom Walter Summer"1 out. "He was in going to try my hand For a guy who's picked Cronkit€ that he'd dled, or do one of those called Rancho Delux: I'm iisenc" Shampoo." major rocording all across the gouth, talking tall tale ballads like '.'God's Own at acting"; and the n€€d for a music tor y€ars in div€s p€t proj€ct. an Incredlble UP energy' Drunk-," a Lord Buckley rap he picked up ln a studio in Austin, Willis' Buffett transmlts the Castle Creek crowd is of the Castle bar in New Orlsans. Second set, ln the intimate environment loose. Jimmy, his hula hula guitar slts close Between s€ts he slumps in a saggy coucn' ready and Creek club, where the audience the light, throws away the pull a souvenli a drink, and glves off an easy golng guitar flashing in to the musicin to out cradles and starts banging out r€- humor and roll- Key West warmth to well wishers ancl standard show Jnin"norsn fiait, Buftett's his new song, "Llf€ 16 that sense ol stroglers who come through. Austinjle cow- quests. Then he croons lno ouitar work magic. He ofters about th€ ups and sllly always work Willis Alan Rams€y, looking llk€ he'd iust a Tire Swing," va'oiOonO intimacy which doesn't boy ending with a car crash halls. Here everythlng been setting fence posts all day' strolls in' downs of existence in lavernous concert you just lifty yards from the tire he used to swing with a story: "The original tltle of this hand outstretched. "l sure want to thank beqlns last on as a child. 'The Unexplain€d Charge on the for including "spider John" on your ioio '""s grin. Jimmy up The crowd wants more, calling lor l€sser aan-k American Card.' lt came to me after album," he says with a Jumps pick always want€d to me€t you known songs such as "Cuban Crime of watchlng a businessman trylng to up.a smiling, "l've "They Dance Llke Into hls Shit. I'm sorry | missed a few words of Passion." and Don't hooker in Dallas." He then launches witlis.: Jimmy's into it. "l wanted classlc, 'Why Don't your song." Carmen Anymore." overnlght underground - to finish early and sn€ak off to th€ oyster bar Drunk And Screw." Bultett later says In a minute they're talking €nthuslastically We Ge1 D€ep Creek' before it closed," he confides. "But hell! | f€el wtth serlousness backstage, "l hate to be about: Jimmy's liv€ acres in in winter, but lf you're like singing all nlght." characterized by that, but th€ audlences love Montana - "lt;s too cold

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a man ... his music.. " his life. " one becomes the other and each means the same. and all become one. reach out... touch a giant. '. battered with the barnstorm' barleycorn years scarred with the hell-bent-for living life' tides of fortunes rising and falling with every changing moon never steadY, never constant. feel a presence fill the room. leqends made and scittered carelessly to the shifting winds of fame, like heroes of another age smell the leather'sweat echoes of knights and k'ngs. touch the timeless shadows of Daniel Boone and Wyatt Earp a question asked and a question never fullY answered " more is needed than just mortal words' tell the feelings, lefty . . . paint the pictures behind the mind. write a song... sinq a song. let me interview Your soul' be lefty. not just another man. tell me stories larger than life. be larger than lafe, be a legend. tell the worlcl a song... make them hear Your life, stand as tall as heroes stand and cast a giant shadow. be lefty. make another legend. Jerry A Little Joy and sloppiness

One of the most colorful personalities.and o"ifoit"t. on this year's Willie Nelson Picnic 5i"i*. it.l"trv Jeit Walker' Like Willie' Jerry ilit; recording star before nl .o*a"-n-"tt6'uti.n"o to Austin almost three y€ars ago' 3in"" tn"n, he's had a marked influ€nc€ on il;i.;ien happening musicallv in T,exas. "'frlrx", ine attltime hit song' "Mt' F.9. *tot" hlll before he- moved to the Texas .r".gl".l; York' he'd countrY. A native ol upstate New ;;;i'l;";;" in r"""t in the middle'6os' $;;; it;"te time to Pick a Plac.€ l"::I1: ii*n from the centers of the muslc 6usiness,"*"v jerrY Jeff chose Texas' --s'i;;;'n" ino willie moved to Texas' n"ii""i, lustin nas become on€ of the most ;;t'*";Gi" ;ities in the nation' Manv good. il".rJiiil'"l"rr""ov lived there, as Jerry Jeff ;;i;i;J out not long ago' which..was,on-e iJi.lr" n" t"ved to Austin in th€ fi'st place' 'B:i;il'toi" gooo Pickers h"Y" I:::9,any inere in the past two years' Now' almost ;il; ; tii" J""r' the hills around the capital iilv"tiitiv-tin! with music bv som€.of th€ *oiro'. best progressive country musicians'. "J"tiy Jefi seems to have benefitted latest album' orJiesJionatty by the move' His f'viu"- i"irinsua," was recorded live near nr.i" Texas' last year wlth. an "ifr"i,enuacn, to caPture the il;i;;;-;";ticiPatins per- sponianeit! of a Jerrv Jeff itJi""i"titti. McKeown i"ri""""" t'he album'has sold bett€r than Photo bY Ron any of his "tOPrevious albums' &tr -' Lost Gonzo round, and I look€d for a hol6 llorru Leff's backup group, The else," he told a wrlter for bouqht another 46": 'pfay"O him on that album' as like every'body ;;1;;;;;t into. FinallY, aft€r two .broken r** Aand, behind magazine not lono aqo' to the K€y JulY Picnic th,9i tI: BUDDY it"' thre€ drunk€n trips ii;;;il';;ih" +tn ot make a pany-pici thing out.of Texas' old has been called th€ "we trv to Yv;;]'l"il,I"'rii"ir-JnJ headed for Austln' ;;;".'iltc"nzo Band j"ii think th€ record buyer grounds' Many ,#:i such standouts .r"riv continueo""t iii""oi and old stompln' and includes a decent product' but I don't back to "London Hom€sick i"" to friends lrom years ago had dritted "";;t;;ndNunn, who wrote "ititi"a be so cl€an and tight it do€sn't back str€€ts the Terlingua album' i-ni'ir li should i""i" tn" funiy Texas dirt road Err"J''"nO"tG"tv sings it on fittf" and sloppiness that comes ih€ pickln' was Jonn lnmon' Manv fans ir."" ioy fun'" ag;in; tne feeiin' was gr€at; 6iniiJ"gti"n"and ;"i;g" looie ano having -.. . and anyon€ who want€d to three will one day b€ solo stars ir;';;;; for Jerry Jerf's-last eierywnere ' . [Jri"*-tnit"u ;^ ;les totals cam€ by and picked or lust llsten- themselves. r'" *"t right about what his fans "'ln'"JOition prolific ' t*"'?io"rnl, "..tiiUrt". to being a bank on having a fullhouse €d.--inafs b€tter muslclans *l-"tl nno vb, can how it's been at Jerrv Jeff is one of the whereever he and,-his Lost Loose' And new country muslc' ;r;;;;'.""1 r.""orJing sessions every since the stars of th€ even c"ll9sl"- H:rL,.i Jerrv Jelf pickers love to pick with il;;; 6ff orav, ;j;j;:i it; ;ioums (rec'orded the. ".ohgnnJ, irtnougn most h lov€.it moro l:?rT# ;, i ;i, i fu j::lj l,j"q oin"--, ptoteslional pickers' none lf -"1. favorite "hobby" seems J i i i'il Iiili' 1i-y'?:? l" 1^li l?* in"n .r!t.v Jetf, whose " "t"'llnnv JEFF wALKER out with other musicians after ".io",ljil'ffi:i' ;iilil"iir"J, i;-oe-h;;gi;s (Decca DL 7-5384)' ,-ntit 2 picking and sing^lng tT6;";; supposed..to o-"rt"rti"g vear,"'he wrote' I'm Ii.uon tn"" rest of ".t',the night' H6.has written In N.ashvlllo- Lvon's oo io on" oi tho record factorl€s the joy of that pasttim€: .- .., llght-plck --ii"t"'t Jerrv Jeff' lt's frl" viii-I.n.-motel-hamburg-r€d "ongi "nouta tot bt-gypsy in 'cuttlns tunes' (e-ulgl 'Pub as well as.nls !.e.;i"i..'rn"v call lt reflected in many of his songs know how my songs go in them' but rii"".*s"ry) . . . t onty tituv r" buned deeper plavlns wlth mv fll:".g: il;it6 music fans' lll"'i'v I llke thereis also some g)/psy in most ilriilr. thlnos: the muslc' w€ Jeff because ne i".",i.d*" share many Beer-ttlline'Food *no-rif" to listen to Jerry one.more' liy frlends do not good about it' share being iust makes them feel *Etblay to lmpress m€ or to securo "'1"" .rie tlhe unique "looseness" ol.a ii"" t" on th€ many Conversation t"x" nls niljti"nitnrb, *nl"n ls based ..tett show carried over to his albums' : bell€ve p€o- Jeiry with ii'l'"J';il;i;ilk€s we share' ' "l (MCA) now so€s alons ror common' loy and ;;;;"i;";t"nY rather than t'osether' rittin'g hit record llve' ;8"#:;;;i about lt' ' ' Anvwav.l Yale il;;ii" says he-is in- ll"i-ani'.tirr biloose ' 5535 iniie-'a stuoioi Jerry Jeff a couple or v€ars aso thatl plays in a studio' "There's ;,"ai"e;;;t tlnd iirniO"t"O when he have.more o:f#':J"t"';li ail aiound you all the tlme' ;;;;"i;s to $": ro''i"nv h""uies mlles oe Pan Dallas somethlng' clean that oood-time lo' I h ld' I s"tti"l yo, to do .up' eo n€ m €ntlon€d'stud Z[""in1t, and pretty soon you're soundlng il"n-"-""""i.ot Wtags so special abaut il picrtici. 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ON COLUMBIA/EPIC AND Billy Joe Shaver ls A Serious Soul Milner 8y-There Jay goes is no such thlng as a casual conv€r- The chorus of tho same Shaver lyrlc sation with Billy Jo€ Shaver' He com€g at you something like this: as he Just as head-on and open-end€d talklng ioes in the lyrics of hls eongs. As somebody "We're all wayfarlng wanderlng once sald about Wllllam Faulkner' when gypsles vou're talklng to Bllly Joe you elth€r lay your Alone lut out on the table or back off and shut up' Looks lik€ looking-for In som€ important ways, thls old boy from ls whor€ we'll alwaYs be in and around Corsicana, Waco and Mt' Cursed to be born Olympus (lf that's In Texas) ls the best of the As serious souls new breed of Texas honky tonk poets' Hls No one will take seriously." lyrics can bring on personal downhome lm- so r€al and sharply focused they'r€ too aoes honesty of his lyrlcs has crsated h6avy and sudden for fans wlth tlny ponder The stark enclav€s of Bllly Joe Shaver fans from coast tan ks. album, "Old Flve is usually as readable as lt to coast, although hls only A Billy Joe lyric burn€d up tho cannot be sald about all and Dimers t-tXe Ue," hasn't is singable, which yet. But a Shaver fan dls- Billy Jo€'s prlmary professlonal insplratlon country klnd and whatever th€ charts anywhere and Lofty sonoJ-the cult-like devotlon and badgers hls seems to have been Wllll€ Nelgon othe-r kind is called. You can boogi€ to Bllly olavs falntly Frlzz€ll flavors iriehOs until they buy the album-lf only to g€t Frizzell. Something Joe songs, all rlght, but if you've s€t out.to slnglng styl€-a surr€allstlc some p€ace. Then th€y too becom€ Shaver Shaver's unlque foroet where you came from and where you'v€ old and new with a dash of th€ devote'es. But (as wo Shaver devotees usually blending of th€ bedn, then you'd best find anothor dance hall' yet-to-b€. say) that do€sn't spread the word nearly fast Conslder, for example, th€ op€nlng verse of hed not met the legendary Frlzzell enough for the quallty of the goods' As thls Billy Joe Billy Joe's song, "Serious Souls" gtlll recently. Willl€ Nelson, how€ver' ls was viritten, Shaver's commerclal succ€gs until was the stream flowlng clear hls tal€nt anoth€r story. "Cool laooed far b€hind Central Tsxas' the mountaln Shaver hasn't b€come Willle comes from the same from 6ne ,eason Billy Joe country To the grassY green valley below household name throughout Amerlca may half- half'cotton-plck€r -that a Joe. Frlzzell also camo from And manY was the time we all drank be that too many folks who love hls songs sgawn€d Eilltte part of Texas' Was born In the samo from that fountaln they were wiltten by Tom T. Hall, Waylon the same think ln fact. Corslcana' But Willle Leaving nowhere but downhlll to go'" , Johnny Rodrlgu€z or town as Bilty Joe, Jennings, closer touch wlth Texas honky one of the other country starg who've made has k€pt in poets than most folks In or out of muslc' Shaver songs into hit slngleg. tonk Biliy Joe- in a "Muslc Clty News" !$9.r1tew lt thls way: "wlllle's-a "There's one in svory crowo a year or so ago-put Ka.d Wgu$ always be my hero' He loud hero down there. He'll For crying out doors for the contemporary turnlng out to be really opened the Why was it always pains writlng, 'Willle th€ H,iuna'rA me?" stuff. I took somo (owgoY ("Honky Tonk Hero" Wandering GYPsY'' He's a gYPsY cow- AFID TttE bY BillY Joe Shaver) boy-look into his face, and it's like looking in TWtt.txtEs the Grand CanYon." Billy Joe Shaver walted around, olf and on' "l've spent a life time UJTLL BE AT for eioht vears-hungry for a gllmmer of en- Making uP mY mind coura-gement. Then Wlllle Nelson and Krls To be Moth€f Pk^€'$ xiirtJr"t.on busted down a couple of More than th€ measure Nashville barriers to l6t somg fresh alr Into Of what I thought oth€rs lr{ Dnues r:oililtry muslc' Only then was Bllly Joe Shaver Could see." rewarded with som€ recogltlon where lt ("Old Five and Dimers" bY ZL counted. Billy Jos Shav€r) fuLq th- Bobby Baro was the flrst establlsh€cl ruasnvitt6 star to do somethlng tanglble.about CUSTOM MADE HATS t4. HATS ?,711 RlurLrils Billv Joe's primitive genlus after Willle Nelson RENOVATERS OF MEN'S FINE I went reneel'aOe and Krlgtoff€rson tappd a n€w 6Lg- 38*2 country a-udlence. "R€turn Muslc," Bare's tf"snultt" publishlng tlrmi hlr€d Bllly Joe' Thls TEXAS co{ee ct{c. t 5 oives Baie flrst albs on all new Shaver iongs-if, in th€ hustle and hubbub of th€ HATTERS oAILY i t cl.r-€-rd6 muslc world, somebody els€ doesn't ""riirvnappen along at tho rlght tlme and hear on€ Tt{€ dEEK a."r.td when Bare is otherwlse occuPied' Se-r Which is the way a b€glnn€r namod Johnny i aoo o*t ff1- happened to come out wlth th€ Rodriquez ;'Rlde aFld G€l lr''t sn"u"i song,' Me Down Easy"' Bare YoLt reacted qutcXty to cover the Rodrlgu€z ver.- (fPrte's rion ot tnit on6 . . . but a lust a llttl€ late and ll FgeE ar lgnlteo eAN became on€ of the early slngles that MARVIN E. GAMMACE' 3R' [r*e€€. Yor4 the talt of the Rodrlgu€z skyrock€t' MARVIN E. GA.MMAGE, JR' l{t R,ot-c*rt t- As Bare hlmsolf mlght put lt' (aithougn r7o5 S. LAMAR * 444-9445 Racv. probably using a less worn phrase) that's sho' * AUSTIN, TEXAS 74704 €'n.|\A. biz. 17 j NonqReedom of Choice! 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2nd ANNUAL WILLIE NELSON 4th OF JULY PICNIC JulY 4, 5,6,1974 (Texas World SPeedway) College Station, Texas

FRIDAY SATURDAY THURSDAY JULY 6 JULY 4 JULY 5 t ( DaYl I Willie Nelson Willie Nelson Willie Nelson David Carradine Asleep at the Wheel Hank Cochran Chambers Bobby Bare Moe Bandy George

Jimmy Buffett Billy Jim Baker David Allen Coe Alvin Crowe & the Neon Angels Milton Carroll Band Ewing St. Times Dick Crouse Lefty Frizzell Alex Harvey Johnny Dallas Hubbard Frieda and the Firedogs Ray Wylie & the Cowboy Twinkies Lost Gonzo.Band Steve Fromholz Jerry Lane Dee Moeller Darrall McCall Geezenslaw Bros. Tracy Nelson Michael MurPheY Linda Hargrove Rick Nelson Canyon Band Sammi Smith & the Stone Sahm B. W. Stevenson Doug Augie Meyers Shaver Red Steagall Billy Joe Buzz Rabin Jerry Jeff Walker Spanky & Our Gang Leon Russell Willie Alan Ramsey Threadgill t Kenneth Greezy Wheels t

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The following were not scheduled at press time: O'Dell' Johnny Bush, Johnny Duncan, Billy Gray, Red Lane, Plum Nelly' Kenny Magic Cowboy Band, Si|ver City Sadd|e Tramps, .

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Dee Moeller has been writing good songs and singing behind country stars like Willie Nelson on albums for some time now. Lately. a lot of music lovers in Texas and elsewhere have been won- derinq whv she doesn't have an album all helr own; they'd like to buy it. Not only is Dee Moeller good to listen to, she's good to look at too. Since she's been singing in Texas clubs in recent months, an enthusiastic Dee Moeller following has formed' Her appearance at this year's Willie Nelson iicnic is certain to cause that following to multiply. Word has now come that a Dee Moeller album is on its way, exciting news to a whole bunch of folks who've long thought it was over due. lf you haven't been luckY enough so far to hear her in Person, You ve ProD "Fasi ablv heard one of her latest songs, Oiaw Outta*," on WaYlon Jennings' new album. THIS TIME.

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THE FINEST !N MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRIAL AND CADIZ DALLAS TEXAS time to time, and Promised to when Bobby Bare steps on stage at from RED STEAGALL But in touch. The success Johnny Bush Willie Nelson Picnic this year, you keep the enjoys today is testimony to the fact as bet the audience will be ye.l.ling for Russell Steagall, better known can Nelson keeps his promises' ln his all time hits like. "Miller's tlre tiVittie "Reo.'; is a Texjn whose life and songs r"r. the early '60's, Willie's ship came. in,.so graduated fro.m "t Miles," and " city"' ri.-.iott to the soil' He b-.u.-"-''s to speak, when made a hit a oe- he is not recording, Bare is pro- West Texas State University wlth When ir"ora oi his song "Hello Walls,".then as a artists like or tak- i" Agriculture. Then he worked ducing his own hit. "Touch Me'" his music publishing Wifil" fruO ihemical-soil"tt. expert, but the country ing cire of .busi- When he formed a band for road all his Return Music, which has signed rrti"-nrs got him and he sPent ne"ss, tours, Willie's old pal Johnny Bush was bands' like Billy Joe Shaver' Bobby also ;;;;.il; irorkins with countrY writers one of the first people he contacted' all the a lot of time out doors fishing H*ntuuf fv, of course, Red went spends Johnny played drums. After touring for wav with mustc. and hunting. year, Willie dissolved '--ioi that native began stngtng about a -home years, Steagall wrote songs This California stay and write songs, and per- around Los Angeles 'be' to became hits for such established in night clubs Bush started playing drums for enough to vote and Johnny as Glen Campbell, ' tore ie was old iottt^ even before that' . Jeanne C' Riley and started writing songs wanted to be a -O.t"'Vf.tti"-songsb-onuv CofOtboro, his for- iohnny had alwaYs "Here We Go il.u-Uv went t; Nashville to seek Ray like per- sinqer and after three years with ttArtbama- woman," and "Beer tune as a country songwriter and- Willie iouin." out of the Priie he went out on his own and Music." i;;"; after he mustered oiintins the attentton entered the Picture again. for Dot, Warner Armv. He soon attracted bY major Red has recorded A contract was After several reiections Records' He is of executives at RCA' bankrolled a Brothers and Mira to Nashville' record companies, Willie with Capitol, siqned and Bobby moved resulted oresentlv under contract consistent recording session for Johnny. lt his big hits "Some' ftL f'ttt been one'of the most "SOUND OF A Iuho r.t.otO.d - performers in.country musrc in an aibum called, where MY Love," "PartY Dolls and writers and HEARTACHE." Out of that album eversince. Wlne" anO"'fexas Silver ZePher came the hit song, "You OughtTo Hear He now lives in Saugus, California,"' Before long, PeoPle had JOHNNY BUSH M" Cry." and is president of Amos the publishing stopped referring to Johnny as the-guy Productions, lnc', play drums for Ray Price branch of Amos JohnnY Bush is a Texas whose who' used to where he heads a staff of pop, rock and and Willie Nelson. career has been closely associated,with country song writers. willie and Johnnv JohnnY Bush wrote "WhiskeY iiiiiil rtrurton't. which Willie Nelson and his piuv"O in the same.band several years River," BOBBY BARE on so often. He also wrote the working every lolnr from West Hell' band'iam when that classic, "There Stands the album for RCA is i;;. i. the fine hotels' Bobby Bare's latest Johnny went "ouniryGlass." ;,LUT-LABYS, LEGENDS AND U"nJ-U-f.. up. Willie and titIJO, rr'tY saw each other Ligs." lt's a natural and very popular' ;;;; ;.v;.

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24 After the release of his first album co Road," "Two'Tone Brown,".-and with Frummox HERE TO THERE' "Keep Those Big Wheels Humming." ','i Steve went on an extended tour with Established stars like Leon Russell, Steven Stills. More recently, he has been Melba Montgomery, Del Reeves, Stoney doing a single in clubs across the coun- Edwards and others made recordings of ,.j"il i try. The word now is that he is putting those. But it was 's inter- together a backuP band, although at oretation of David's "Would You LaY most oress time it was not known whether Wittr Mez" that proved to be his ihe band would PlaY with him at the important stepping stone. That record- Willie Nelson Picnic' ing attracted the attention of Ron Bled' soe of Columbia who invited Coe to his DAVID ALLEN COE office to sing more of his material and later signed him to a Columbia contract' Coe has Songwriter David Allen David Allen Coe has found himself to write about' plentv of vivid memories has also found freedom the kind by mis' and - ijl. .t"tltOf'ood was interupted of freedom that rides with "the myste- reform school fortunes that sent him to rhinestone cowboy." The audience from one rious at an early age' He moved at Willie Nelson's 4th of July Picnic are point, a reformatory to another. At one for a real treat with David's pro- on death row in prison incident put him gressive countrY style. ioi t.u.tur months. Since David's final STEVE FROMHOLZ release in 1967, however, he has met life head on and been remarkably success- Chet FliPPo wrote in the ROLLING certain fu l. STONE, "Fromholz can work a In 1968, he came to Nashville with club' Steve has magic in an intimate three notebooks full of songs' lt is no been working this magic in Texas a that Coe's first Columbia with a duo coincidence number of Years. First liner notes mention Shel Silver- "Frummox," he sang and album known as stein, , Leon Russell' recorded uniquely original songs about NewburY. to "Texas and esPeciallY MickeY the people of Texas. Steve's is dedicated' The pub- bY music whom the album Trilogy" has been Praised t"tpont" to David Allen Coe's first as "one of the mcist real and ii. critics recorded songs was enthusiastic' They contributions to Texas folk "Tobac- original includecl "Penitentiary Blues," music in years. i* J4 a: j

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says that some people say he tries to sing like and some saY he loois like Ktistofferson. But it ain't so. Lee sings, "all I want to do is sing like Waylon." He holds back a grin when he gpti to the punch line, like it's hard for him not to laugh out loud' Not that WaYlon Jennings isn't one of Lee's musical heroes. He is. Lee first heard Waylon's sound over a Lubbock radio station some years ago. "He sang, 'House of the Rising Sun,"' Lee re- called in Austin earlier this summer." and it blew my mind. I told myself right then I had to meet him." A few Years later, Lee not only met Waylon, but Waylon recorded one of his songs, "Ladies Love Outlaws." Lee Clayton is a Picker Poet who knows where he wants to go and has both the has talent and drive to get him there. He Photo by Ron fulcKeown stripped his life down to his guitar and what he can carry in an old saddlebag' He travels light, looks, listens and lives spoken "theme" - lonesome country Lee had helP on his debut album also hard and moves forward about as much boy surviving in New York City. Each from Bonnie Bramlet, members of the (on one cut,) as a man can. song stands alone very well, but the al- Review and, Waylon sings another Lee ClaYton bum takes on new meaning when You one of 's recent bands' a fellow s song,-hit "lf .You Can Touch Her At All," listen to it with that in mind. Folks like that can't'hurt on latest RCA album, "THIS Critics around the country have beeR career. TlME," which was co-Produced bY uniformly enthusiastic about Lee's first Lee grew uP on the High Plains of Willie Nelson. And Lee has his first al- albu m. He conjures uP vivid visual West Texas. When he was 14, his father bum behind him (an MCA release titled, images and packs layers of meaning into moved the Claytons to Tennessee' He's "LEE CLAYTON") and will soon cut a single line. His songs have attracted 31 now, with a divorce and a hitch in a col- his second. He's also written a song that the attention of several established sing- the Air Force behind him. He has Waylon will sing on the sound track of a ing stars. Better Midler has asked for lege degree in, of all things, engineering' ("lt's kind of a 'Son of Thunder one of Lee's songs. W"nen f,e was discharged from the Air movie. ("1'd Road' movie about moonshiners.") recorded "Ladies Love Outlaws.'1 And force. lee headed foi Nashville' jacket, martialed a It maY be that MCA decided to call you won't find her name on the just about gotten court to be an his first itbum "LEE CLAYTON." be' but Carly Simon does some lovely back- touole of times. I was supposed gentleman, but I was picking cause his name is like his songs: Hear ground singing behind Lee on the haunt- officer and and the Air them once and they're not easy to for- ing, "New Vork CitY Suite 409." in bars during the evenings posslble' ) get. That album has an underlying, un- Force didn't think both were He'd sold four songs to Publishers within a week after he arrived in Nash- him to is aTexan who ville. Billv Joe Shaver introduced KINKY FRIEDMAN of music by being Bobby Bare, who published a couple made it big in country pub- kint y comes from South Clayton songs. Lee's songs are now different. s company' grew up on what he called, "a lished through Kristofferson i."ut unO Mogul and over-privileged children' An audition for Artie dude for recording his music a9., "uPtown several othefs resulted in his He describes he was in a conscience'" lt appeals contract with MCA. When country with almost all kinds from Grand Austin in MaY, Lee said he was to audiences of - He had to the so-called sophis- ready to cut his second album' Ole Opry kickers and, Manhattan lsland' Kinky enough new songs for two albu.ms ticates on they re even was almost a household name in o ne man's oPinion, Friedman on the first the U.S. before most PeoPle had better, generally, than those in something, because him because of the uniqueness of one-which is saying heard album gets better his apProach to countrY music' He the first Lee Clayton cash in on his confluence of the more You hear it. runugtO to in Texas by turning himself into a sort Lee Played a few club dates cultuies his first backup group' cosmic cowboY or (to quote last winter with of comic that comes magazine) "a Jewish jive Now, he has another band BUDDY he wants' But as the audiences at this much closer to- the sound artist." new band to College Willie Nelson 4th of July Picnic will He'll bring his his band are basic- station' discover, Kinky and J. M. allv fine country-rock musicians with a difierence. Kinky Friedman fans say' "Vive La Difference!" 27 B, W. Stevenson After high school, like manY others the "One day about three ago. of his generation, Stevenson hit Years He spent right after he got out of the Air Force, road in search of identity' Colorado, B.W. told me, 'Bob, I'm gonna be a time in California and awhile, but Well, this is a tough business, so I worked on a ranch for star.' He en' took him back to mY office there at eventually he returned home. State University Rubaivat. and i told h im, rolled at North Texas the old he doesn't 'Buckwheat, maybe should be in Denton, but for reasons You "kicked another line of work qo into he was out." thinking about gave just in iase things don't work out'' " Seven Years ago, the RubaiYat Stevenson his first PaYing job as a other Johnson, former manager, performer. He was still doing -Bob and Rubaiyat coffee house in Dallas peoples'songs, mostly country wesiern, folk, and ' quickly Since he quit his iob maintaining He picked up a local following to get his career Air Force missiles, things have been but he couldn't seem pretty well for B.W' off the ground. Then, he began writing working out His first Stevenson of Dallas. Less than a year dome oi his own material. WearY," after he returned to the Rubaiyat (he rong, ''Nllv Feet Are So first played there over five years be' round..i much like the material he on his fore) an RCA record company repre' does todav and is included FREE. Singing sentative heard him and signed him to second album, LEAD his own songs gave him a boost locally' a contract. His first album was released yet months later and, according to but the public hadn't discovered six Stevenson RCA regional promotion manager, did "progressive countrY" as "extremely well." although 30 to 40 categorizes his music. in the per cent of the album sales were After a hitch in the Air Force, Texas area. the graduated from Dallas' Stevenson started PlaYing at Stevenson things finallY Adamson High School. He's been Rubaiyat again and happening. The public was sud- pickin' and singin' since he traded in started hungry for and the drum he played irr his junior high denly , and B.W. Stevenson became marching band. Photo bY Jesus Carrillo a Dallas celebrity. People brought friends to hear him and local clubs found themselves competing for his talents. RCA scouts signed him, and B.W. was on his waY. In Dallas, not long ago, he talked SAND about his music and "the business" in general. "l guess l'm more used to talking to a crowd than to an indivi- dual," he drawled. IvIOUNTAIN A number of performers influenced his style. he said - Bob Dylan, Patrick 1213 Richmond Sky, Keith Sykes, Steve DeWitt, JerrY 528-8r64 Jefi'Walker and Mike Murphey, who's a close friend and also from Dallas. I "This has its hills and val- I business I hassle I leys," B.W. said. "l'd rather not I' get I witf, it all. Eventuallv, l'd like to lr to the point where mY record sales BEER ll would support my other aspirations, BIJNCHES OF GOOD li so I could get out of Performing. |l "l'd like to be able to get togethet a AND GOOD MUSIC.,.E"...O t studio and use it for some of the li pickers don't stand much of a li who chance unless they leave this area. COIJNTRY !! ti pickers FROM THE BIG li There's a lot of great around tl here in Texas and up 'til now they've area to get any- BEEn,wNE, rooslA|J,& nmt. il all had to leave this li where with their music. l'd just like to 7 nitcs a wech li * U* cntcltaiuncnt * get to a Position where I can helP !l other pickers out." tl That time should be near. A series ll of national hits and wide acclaim for ll his last two albums Prove Bob John- ti unnecessary. B.W' tl son's warning was Stevenson is a star. I John@!! Original - Gosmic Cowboy Johnny Darrell maY have been the original cosmic cowboy, He was one of the first Nashville singers to dabble in what is now called progressive country, or country rock, and wear his hair longer than was the style at the time. Johnny may be remembered as the one who made the first cou.ntry version of "Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town." His other hits included "Green Green Grass of Home" and "Pen In Hand." Because he flaunted cbnvention be- fore it was fashionable, Johnny's career came up against some frustrating bar- riers some years ago, and he took a self- imposed leave of absence of more than two years. But recently, Johnny Darrell has been making his comeback. He was a hit at the Steed show in Arlington in June. Now he is with CaPricorn Records. and those who know him are predicting a great future for Johnny Darrell again. The Best Coverage of Texas Music Is In ICOI|.OCLAST. Weekly.

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AUGTE-MEYERS (7th from left with beard) was well-known as the organist with the Sir Douglas Ouintet. Now, he's got his own band that's already attracted a large following with hard rocking. Tex-Mex, honky- tonk blues. Augie's band is shown here with some friends and family members. Left.to right they are: David Zether, Vangie Newhouse, Jimmy Newhouse, Kathy Zettner, Kevin Zettner, Clay Meyers (Augie's son who plays drums), Carol Meyers. Augie, Jack Barbar, Debbie, Kamila and Chris Holzhaus, Mike O'Dowd, Richard (a friend), Dale Jackson (a guest friend). F\.^' tat '* ,. {:,uffi' ; h #

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RAOIO STAT has been winning a growing' enthusiastic SADDLE TRAMPS- This young country band sILVER clTY areas' Their performances are marked lly an recent to*f",.. urp"cially in tfte Olf l"at and Austin following in own band members or countrv stanoaros energy, *hril;;ih;; are piaying-songswritten by:h:il infectious thaphoto,.they are: Grant Gerondale' Mike Crowe' ,made famou. oy stars. From lelt tl"rigl''t in and Rughead Laughlin' 'Ed Lucas, Rob Moormari,"rtunii.r,ed nu"ttu"f,sundy Marchbanks

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rhpes. @ Hear Mama Kershaw's Boy onwarner Bros. Records and Johnny - Duncon . Johnny Duncan 13 I tall (6'4") Texan who'c ort tho brlnk of slardom. And, llke most per- f0rmers who reach that stage In tholr careors. Johnny Duncan ls deflnltely no "ov€rnlght success." He comos from a famlly that has always lov- ed nruslc. Hls mothor, Mlnnlo, played and taught gultsr; so, by ihe tlm€ Johnny was 12, h€ had d€cldod what he wanted to do wlth hls llfo-he would mak€ muslc for pooplo. He's NIGHTLY been dolng Just that evor slnc6. "l knew €xactly ... sbout that tlme a gultar ENTER,TAINMENT became I maglc thlng to me. lt msant FEATURIN6 €vsrythlng. All of a suddon tho whole world Town Towers ("My flrst roal prot€sslonal elng- became 8 gultar. My mother, from the tlme I Ing lob.") EDDIE LYNN & was a llttl€ boy, encouraged me. There were All along he wrote songs-and throw many times when l'd come home lrom school 8nd away. One of hls blg thrllls came wh6n Atklng CLIFF TIARPER. my mother would be maklng blscults. She'd recorded one of hls songs, "Summer Sun- sUPERSTAR stop to show me a chord, 8nd thqre'd be flour day." Johnny's most commorclally successful NAME A-€;EAfiI, AND all over the gultar n€ck " song so far has been "Hard Luck Jo€," wrltten At f lrst he lu st want€d to b€ a wlth . Other successes In- THEY'RE cOMiNG gultarlst-("Chet Atklns, Los Paul and Morle clude "Baby Me, Baby," "When Sh6 Touch€o O iravls were my ldols tnen"). Brit In hls mld- Me" and "Wlndow Number Flve." THE WATERI{OLE te€ns, he declded to be I slngor' too. "l really bollovo th€ good solld country song Hls flrst blg break came when slnglng on I ls wh€r€ the Industry ls golng-back to the ON THE STRIP tel€vlslon show on Nashvllle's WSM. A Colum- grass roots," he sald. 2515 W, JEFFERS()N bla representatlve saw hlm and slgn€d hlm ln Duncan has made two albums released on 6RANr2 PRAIR.IE late 1966. A llttle lat€r, Johnny got a year-long Columbla RecordS: "Th€re's Som€thlng 214 ' 2b2' Coooo slnglng job In Eowllng Green, Kentucky, at tho About a Lady" and "Swe€t Country Woman."

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IIEEP il THE HERNT OT GI|UTITNY. Larry Gatlin . r, A Musical FamilY Larry Gatlin's name comes up ofton thes€ West T€xas. Then, as the boys went off to days when you're around Texas pickers' More college, the Gatllns appeared In publlc less and more of them ask if you've heard Larry and less for a tlme. Gatlin sing yet and, if you haven't, th€y advlse At the Un lversity of Houston on a you to do so right away. lt's no small compll- scholarship, Larry tried out for a lob as a ment, coming from other protessionals '.. who replacement in the lmperials gospel group. won't hand out compliments about musical He didn't get thatJob, but b€cause ofth€ audl- ability unless they mean lt. tion he got to do some of his songs tor Dottl€ Larry Gatlin sings in a clear, straightforward West, who introducsd hlm to Krls Krlstoffer- voice. He doesn't have to fake the hlgh and son. Kris al€rted , presldent of low notes. (Someone compared him wlth Monument Records, who signed the Gatllns to Mickey Newbury.) Background materlal a recording contract. provided by Monument, th€ record company "This sounds like the old cliche," Larry said that put out Gatlin's first album not long ago, not long ago, "but w€ really want to reach out reveals that Larry was born in Semlnole, Tex- and help somebody else wlth our music. as, 26 years ago. He comes trom a musical "W€ feel there ar€ people who maybe family, a very talented muslcal famlly. He and wouldn't go to church or have no rellglous af- his younger broth€rs (Steve, 23, and Rudy' filiations and we try to show them that there's 22,) started singing together when Larry was a good side to life, with all lts trials and six and thus Steve and Rudy were four and troubl€s. There's stlll an innat€ goodness in two and a half, respectively. Donna, the baby man, if we try to h€lp each other. ... lt's the yet, tim€ you did. sist€r, the boys a f€w years lat€r. least we can do, consldering tho help w€'ve heard Larry Gatlln it's high ioined place (new klds sang gospel in those early received from people liko , Krls, And a great to discover new talent The Gatlin Willle years. Their insplration came from the great Fred Fost€r and . They've all to you, if not to others) ls the 2nd Annual gospel groups-th€ Blackwoods, the been good to us. Nelson 4th of July Picnlc. For Instanc€' Billy the lmperlals, Jake Hess and the "l guess there's a r€ason for so many Joe Shaver was "discovered" at Drlpping Statesmen, Monum€nt Oak Ridg€ boys. Whenever a gospel show groups to be so down," Larry continued' "but Spr,ings. So was Lee Clayton. best Larry Gatlln albums' was nearby, th€ Gatlln kids were there. we think there's hope and if somebody's get ready for a run on are bound to Daddy Gatlin was an olldrlller and th€ faml- listening who can find somethlng to hang thelr becuase a big bunch of fans "discovor" Gatlin at Colloge Station thl, ly moved a lot for a tlme. One year th€y llv€d In hat on somoting we slng, then it's be€n worth Larry eight diff€rent towns. About 18 years ago' our tlme and theirs." July 4th weekend and want to hear a lot morr however, the Gatllns settled In Odessa' In Those pickers were right-lf you haven't from him. GEORGE M. JONES THE CENSORS -AND George M. Jones of Dallas is shown here in a more recent photograph than the one seen on another page in this program. Jones, who'll be playing guitar behind Billy Joe Shaver at this Willie Nelson Picnic, has had two frustrating experiences with gover:nment censors so far in his career. He got started as a professional song- writer "just mailing some songs." Reed liked the songs well o enough to record three of them - in- o cluding one titled, "Aunt Maudie's Fun (J Garden." Jimmv Dean also recorded the t one about Maudie's Garden. lt was I Reed's version, however, that was head- ing for the top of the charts when o censors struck George M. the f irst time. o The FCC applied pressu(e to radio sta- c tions not to play it. "Aunt Maudie's Fun Garden" was the first country song to openly sing about the marijuana "problem." Despite the setback, George M. was an ecology message titled, "Smokey These days, George M. seems to have doing all right in Nashville. He signed You're a Hokey Kind of Bear." become philosophical about the two with Gambit Records and his first al- "The chief of the Forest Service,s biows to his career. He will make an- bum there would have been rele'ased last Special Programs Branch said the song other album soon, for another record year, but the censor suddenly struck had no redeeming value at all," George company. Maybe country music fans again. This time it was the U.S. Depart- said. "He said, in fact; that my song was around the nation will get a chance to ment of Agriculture's Forest Service a mockery of an American institution. judge George M. Jones for themselves that objected to a George M. Jones It was a real bummer, because we this time around. song - a seemingly harmless song with worked real hard on that album."

Ray Wylie paid his dues touring with a singing group called, "Three Faces Ray Wylie Hubbard West," and tle and the Twinkies have played their share of roadhouses and ski lodges. The word is going around that ...Gareer on the Rise they are Ready. And this time, the word is the gospel truth. More and more people in and around Dallas these days are saying that Ray Wylie Hubbard and his Cowbov Twinkies are ready for stardom. They pack 'em in at places like the Rubiate. Ritz Pub, Fanny Ann's, Mother Blue's and other popular spots for Big D area nightcrawlers who love to boogie. Ray Wylie's career was given a boost by Jerry Jeff Walker when the latter gave Hubbard-'VIVA credit verbally on his hit album, TERLtNGUA." : for In putting this program together, writing the song, "Red Neck Mother," Whippoorwill Associates had the extra- and when people turn out to hear him ordinary aid and assistance of a number and his band they're usually hooked. :of good folks. We hate to risk leaving Ray Wylie attended Adamson High out someone who was important to our in Dallas and was an English major at effort, but feel the following did too North Texas State in Denton. He is a much beyond the call of duty not to be songwriter with a flare for oblique singled out here-for reasons known to humor, as well as the heartwarming each: Dick Adams, Walter La'cy, Jerald ballad. Smith, H.G. Wells, Billie Rasure, Sandy InJanuary, he was named by a Dallas Jantzen, Jan Franklin, Tim O'Conner, country music writer as the winner of album in mind. He and his young band, Ron McKeown, Jay Jones, Steve the First Annual Willie Award as the The Cowboy Twinkies, work together Brooks, Max Drazen, Lou Staples, Gina newcomer most likely to become a star with a fine rapport audiences respond to Mahar, R.W. Zabel, John Young, Susan in 1974. Recehtly, several record com- and, technically, the Twinkies may be Streit, Lana Nelson, Carter, Nina, and panies have been on his trail, with an the most improved band around. Sue H. 34 I I Willie & Waylon Gonvert N.Y. Times Gritic It's interesting to compare their separate In- (Note: The following review appear€d In the up dousing his gri6f with alcohol in hls final Jennings possesses the better New York Times, Sunday, May 19' 1974. A two- song, "Pick Up The Tempo." The album terpr€tations. richer more vlbrant, while Nelson column plcture of Willie N€lson ran with lt.) begins and ends with "Phas€s And Stages," voice, and the theme that everything goes ground In compensat€s for hls less supple vocals wlth intensity. By dolng "Walkln"'whlch By Loralne Allerman "circles and cycles, scenes that we've all se€n emotional "woman's" sid€, Jen- N.Y. Tim6s Critic before." Each song stands up as an indivldual Nelson olaced on his €ntity, but tied together by a concept, the nlngs shows that it's Just as expressive of a Where Nelson compels us to in muslc ls hard to find these days. songs have extra impact. man's viewooint. Honesty him more subtle With so mu6h srnphasis on etfect, albums that Throughout the album Nelson's slnglng ls come to through hls Jennings reaches out to touch us truly reflect the h€art of thelr makors often get so sincere that he really takes us inside the readlngs, shunted ofl Into speclal categorles which hearts of these two people. 's with a stronger attack. hls album Jennlngs conv€ys a never reach the large audlences they deserve. tasteful production reinforces the poignancy Throughout Classifled as of the lyrlcs, and the restraint exerclsed In all strong sense of realty with hls forceful phras- Movln' Outlaw," a muslcians, Willie Nelson and Waylon Jen- the makes the whole perfor- Ing. D€e Moeller's "Slow verslon of the fading west, ls tlng- nings both Texans and veterans of the coun- mance allthe more powerful. The wailof John Peckinpah Clayton's "lf You Could try music scene have only recently begun to Hugh€y's pedal perfectly capturos ed with regret. Lee cross over th€ country line to attract the pain expressed ln the ballads' On the Touch Her At All," which shows a man'9 com- prehenslon woman's power In bed, is followings at urban rock-folk showcases llke deeply movlng "ll's Not Supposed To B€ That of a bltterness. Kansas Clty hero in New York or Los way," the pedal steel llnes are llke tears' sung wlthout a trace of Max's of Jennlngs's Troubador. Yet Nelson's "Phases Another traditional country Instrum€nt, the Th€ same solid realism is true Ang€les' a straylng lov€r i8 (Atlantic SD 7291) arid Jen- f iddle, played by Johnny Glmble, adds a warm own "This Time" where and Stages" dep€nd on the Time" (RCA APL 1-0539) and Jazry spark to the upbeat "Sigt€r's Com- warned "each tomorrow will nings's "This Jennhgs comes that th€y are mon who know the ing Home." Nelson's own acou6tlc gultar play- love you glve today." Always demonstrato ol hlmself truths simply statecl. Ing, tinted with the blues, underlles the theille acrois as a man wlth a strong sense value of simple life as lt com€8' nor Jennlngs have anythlng song, and in "Pretend I Never Happened" and therofore able to accopt Neither Nelson fllled wllh with the stereotype image of country on plano provides a good whon contemporary music ls so to do lt's reasourlng gerformers as fancy drogsed dudes hollering strong rhythmlc pattern wlthin a dynamlc tortured, neurotlc characters' in a nasal twang above cornball flddle and arrangemonl. to hear a r€al man' guitar riffs. My own preludlces agalnst Although he does wrlto some songs, Llke Nelson's album, Jennings's 18 marked steel some 8en- what I consldered a kind of "y'll come an' get Waylon Jennlngs ls prlmarily an Interpreter by good musical tast€ and foatures play€d Brooks' Both it" music have been overcome by the taste shaping lyrlcs wllh hls own emotlonal €x- sitlve harmonica by Don that only the most and slncerity of these two men' In brlef' both perience. He has co-produced "This Tlme" albums shine wlth such soul fall to b€ Nelson and Jennings are maklng country with Willie Nelson and In fact slngs three of €xtr€me hard-rock fanatics could music that can even move those of ug who N€lson's "Phases and Stages" songs. hooked. thlnk we despise lt. Nelson, a prolific songwrit€r inducted last fall into the Nashville Songwrlters' Assoclatlon Hall of Fame, has carefully constructed "Phases And Stages" as a tracing both sides in a broken marriage. Unliko most other concept albums' thls one never lorces th€ idea nor relies on glmmicks. Both th€ music and lyrics Nelson has wrltten touch us directly because of their genulne Goncern for the situation that in one form or another strikes many PeoPle. On side A, he explbres th€ woman's polnt- of-view. His senslltivity ls made more extraor- dlnary for m€ because I've always consldered lhat country singers are by nature macho characters. Just the fact that in this story th€ woman is the one leaving home should ln- dicate how c€arly N€lson percelves women's needs. Hls heroing cannot survive as a human be- Ing "caring for someone who don't care any more" ("Washing The Dishes"). She deter- mlnes to walk away because she se€s that "l've be6n lying to me all along" ("Walkln"'). Even though she wlnds up back home wlth mamma, the past can't be erased as Nelson hits us wlth images like "jeans flt a llttl€ bit tlghter than they dld before" ("Down At The Gorner B€er Joint"). Finally, In what ls the most hauntlng ballad on the album, "(How Wlll I Know) l'm falling In Love 'Agaln," past emotional scars make her wonder about a newJound love. The man's side unfolds wlth "Bloody Mary Mornlng" and carries hlm through hls own sufferlng. Although he's trying to pull tog€ther his llfe and understand what hlt hlm, h€ wlnds

35 Willis Alon Kenneth Threadgill Romsey Kdnneth Threadgill is a living legend whose natural singing voice is clear as a bell. His fans include hard core country music lovers as well as fans of rock and they ipan all age groups. Janis Joplin always gave Mr. Threadgill credit for getting her started in her career. Many magazine and newspaper features have been written about him. Kenneth Threadgill does not choose to refer to himself as a folk singer, he is just a singer. He was discovered bY country and fqlk fans when he owned and operated a beer and sandwich joint on the outskirts of Austin in the early 1960's. He had an old nickelodeon there filled with Jimmy Rogers records. . . it cost 5d to play it and sometimes You could persuade Mr. Threadgill to sing along with Jimmy. Later, Threadgill and one of his bands picked and sang the old songs at The Split- Raill in Austin and gradually his fame saiead until he was in demand for concerts and nightclubs all over the Southwest. Mr. Threadgill is a deeply religious 'sings are "talking about the same thing, man. He believes that many of the and in lot's of cases using the same church hymns and countrY songs he tune." Not long ago a feature story on Kenneth Threadgill ran in THE TEXAS OBSERVER. Wayne Oakes wrote, "One finds every type of person at Thread- gills, all enjoying the music and each other. Such an improbable mixture of people never gather at the tavern next door." Threadgill's tavern is closed now. but the quote is typical of lhe man's unique tolerance. He has said, "Well l've always advocated (now I don't saY l'm to blame for all of it), but I've alwaYs advocated giving everyone his right. Like I told someone the other day when they were talking about some of those, they called them 'hippies.' They were criticizing their appearance. And you should have seen some the people doing the criticizing - they were as big as barrels. And I said, 'You don't see any of those hippies criticizing you.' See what I mean. They were huge, huge. . . just ridiculous looking. but nobody ever said anything to them about it. To me it doesn't make anv difference how they dress, I like to see them look clean. I appreciate cleanness. but as far as a man wearing his hair or beard, it's his. I don't care what he does as long as he treats me all right. My attitude is this, live and let live, and I guess people know that." We need more Kenneth Threadgills in this world. These Texas Musicians and Bands congratulate Willie Nelson for His Second Annual 4th of July'Picnic:

AUSTIN TEXAS WEATHER ERNIE HAWKINS Acoustic- E lectric A Picker's Picker Country/Rock (2141348-5662 Acoustic guitar with 12141348-5662 D. SEDERHOME-Elec. bass (214) 348-5662 RUSTY WEIR EAST TEXAS STRING Dallas bookings only ENSEMBLE GREEZY WHEELS call (214) 348-5662 (2141348-5662 (GarY) 1512], 453'7511 THE BACON BLITZ BAND Acoustic-electric-5 piece STEVE FROMHOLZ Country/rock Dallas bookings only, (2141348-5662 call {214) 348-5662 DALLAS I DOG TOOTH VIOLET (For bookings in the Dallas area Acoustic-electric-6 oiece THE DEADMAN BAND call the numbers listed here,) CountrV/rock (R.D. Lawrence & Wes Schaefer) (2141348-5662 (2141348-5662

RUSS ALVEY BROKEN SPOKE Acoustic Single "Country rock at its finest" PORE, COOKE & NEAL 12141691-8927 (214)348-5662 "A unique experience." (2141348-5662

LAST MILE RAMBLERS (from New Mexico) (214) 348-5662

sTEVE BROOKS, the Dallas artist who drew the caricatures on page six, says if you identified them as follows, you score 100 percent: (1) Jay Milner (2) Willie Nelson (3) Hank Wilson (4) Billy Joe Shaver (5) & (tj) Ray & Chris of Asleep at the Wheel (7) & (8) Kris & Rita (9) Michael Murphey (10) B.W' Stevenson (11) Dougsahm (12) Hondo Crouch (13) Jerry Jeff Walker (i4) WillisAlan Ramsey (15) Ray Wylie Hubbbard (16) Steve Fromholz (17l' Rusty Wier (18) Rick Nelson (19) Paul English (20) Samini Smith (21)Waylon Jennings. George M. Jones

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