Play-N-Skillz' Dallas Freaks.
In 2007, Irving siblings Juan and Oscar Salinas won their first Grammy. Better known as the hip-hop production duo Play-N-Si...
Butthole Surfers' Pepper.
There are a ton of songs about or inspired by Dallas, and they say a lot about who we are. So each week, in this space, we'...
Ben Kweller's Falling.
At age 19, Ben Kweller was already on the brink of has-been territory. His band Radish had signed a record deal with Mercury Record...
Grateful Dead's Deep Elem Blues.
Like Lead Belly's "Take a Whiff on Me," a song we featured early on in this column, the song "Deep Elem Blues" has s...
Carlene Carter's Goodnight Dallas.
There are a ton of songs about or inspired by Dallas, and they say a lot about who we are. So each week, in this space,...
Waylon Jennings' People In Dallas Got Hair.
In 1972, Willie Nelson left Nashville to permanently relocate to Austin, Texas. There, he became one of the fi...
Jeannie C. Riley's The Back Side Of Dallas.
There are a ton of songs about or inspired by Dallas, and they say a lot about who we are. So each week, in this sp...
What Can The Silver Jews' "Dallas" Tell Us About The City's Historical Cattle Trails, Club Drugs and Hypocritical Christians?
Though Silver Jews frontman David...
Big Tuck's Welcome To Dallas.
There are a ton of songs about or inspired by Dallas, and they say a lot about who we are. So each week, in this space, we'll tak...
Frank Loesser's Big D.
There are a ton of songs about or inspired by Dallas. And they say a lot about who we are. So, each week in this space, we'll ...