‘I Hope Your Old Plane Crashes’: Waylon Jennings and the Night That Haunted Him
In February 1959, Waylon Jennings gave up his seat on Buddy Holly’s doomed plane — and made a…
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Down Highway 84: Charley Crockett Records ‘Clovis’ at Norman Petty’s Studio
In July 2025, Shooter Jennings produced Charley Crockett’s album Clovis at Norman Petty’s legendary studio — just over…
The Boy Who Led Blind Lemon Through Deep Ellum
In the early 1920s, a teenage T-Bone Walker guided Blind Lemon Jefferson from bar to bar through Deep…