A few years ago I took a drive to Texas. It was a reluctant trip. The destination meant a new life for me. At the time though, I didn’t see it as a genesis. I saw it more as an apocalypse. Such was my mood as I drove a moving van south deep into the heart of Texas. I don’t remember the radio station it … Continue reading Riding the Red Dirt: The Talent & Twang of the Turnpike Troubadours