Country icon George Jones famously asked “Who’s Gonna Fill Their Shoes” back in 1985. For the most part, modern Top 40 country isn’t terribly interested in the footwear of elder greats, given the way ...

When blackbirds show up in Ray Wylie Hubbard’s songs, they don’t leave the stage until they’ve spoken their piece. In “All Loose Things,” the swamp-blues opener from Hubbard’s latest album, amid ...

The Texas troubadour and anthem writer performs songs from his newest album, The Grifter's Hymnal. Ray Wylie Hubbard On Mountain Stage Texas troubadour Ray Wylie Hubbard makes his 11th appearance on ...

Finding himself alongside stars like Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, and Bobby Bare, Ray Wylie Hubbard helped shine a light on outlaw country. Throughout the 1970s, Hubbard watched as the genre took ...

A good songwriter can find inspiration in just about anything. Texas legend Ray Wylie Hubbard, for example, found it in a reptile-filled roadside attraction. “Snake Farm, it just sounds nasty.” While ...

When anyone asks me today who my favorite act is, it’s like asking a beachcomber to pick out his favorite shell. My mind is a blur, but I usually bring up Ray Wylie Hubbard, who returns to the Hanger ...

Lucinda Williams has been called a “poet laureate,” and the “laureate” part of that informal-yet-apt label has been reinforced by many a songwriter from many a generation. So it should come as no ...