DALLAS SOLO ARTISTS PAST AND PRESENT: Aaron Burton, Aaron Carlo Gonzalez, Al Dupree, Alison Adair Rogers, Andy Timmons, Annie Benjamin, Arthur Riddles, Ashlee Simpson, Bavu Blakes, Bea, Ben Fleming, Ben Kweller, Big Tuck, Black Ace, Blaze Foley, Bobby Patterson, MC Breed, Brent Best, Brian Houser, Brian Miller, Broose, Bubba Hernandez, Buddy Miles, Bugs Henderson, Carter Albrecht, Cary Pierce, Cas Haley, Charley Pride, Chris Holt, Cody Lee, Cold Cris, Colin Boyd, Corn Mo, Cricket Taylor, Da' Hitman, Daniel Folmer, Dan Paul, Dave Palmer, David "Fathead" Newman, DeMarkus Lewis, Dennis Gonzalez, The DOC, Donny Ray Ford, Doug Bryan, Doug Burr, Drew Phelps, Dylan Sneed, Edie Brickell, Emily Elbert, Erik Neff, Erykah Badu, Fat Pimp, Fats Washington, Floyd Dakil, Freddie King, Fur, Geno Young, Glen Reynolds, Hank Van Hawkins, Hash Brown, Headkrack, Henry Qualls, Homer Henderson, Hunter Sullivan, Jack Ingram, Jason Castro, J.D. Whittenberg, Jennifer Leonhardt, Jenni Nabb, Jeremy Word, Jessica Simpson, Jim Suhler, Joe Christ, John Dufilho, Johnny Lloyd Rollins, Johnny Reno, Josh Alan Friedman, Katie Chu, Kayla Reeves, Kelly Clarkson, Kirk Franklin, Kristy Kruger, Laura Palmer, Lauren Gifford, LeAnn Rimes, Lil Wil, Lisa Lazo, Lisa Loeb, Liz Mikel, Marchel Ivery, Marcus Striplin, Marren Morris, The Matthew Show, MC 900 Ft Jesus, Meat Loaf, Meredith Miller, Michelle Shocked, Mikey, Money Waters, Montrose, Murray Hammond, Natalie, Nate Diggs, N'Dambi, Norah Jones, Paco Estrada, Patrice Pike, Paul Slavens, Peter Schmidt, Phoenix Hart, Pikahsso, Randy Erwin, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Red Young, Reed Easterwood, Rhett Butler, Rhett Miller, Robert Gomez, Rod Russell-Ides, Ronnie Dawson, Roy Hargrove, Ryan Thomas Becker, Salim Nourallah, Sara Hickman, Sara Radle, Sarah Jaffe, Sean Kirkpatrick, Shelly Carroll, Steve Holy, Steve MIller, Stevie Ray Vaughan, St. Vincent, Spyche, Tahiti, Tangella Allen, Tevin Campbell, Texas Slim, Tex Edwards, Thaddeus Ford II, Tim Kibler, Tim Miller, Todd Deathrage, Tommy Allsup, Trini Lopez, Vanilla Ice, Will Johnson, Zuzu Bollin
NORTH TEXAS RECORD LABELS PAST AND PRESENT: Alternate Take, Brando Records, Carpe Diem Records, Control Freaq Records, Core Records, Crow Records, Deep Ellum Records, Direct Hit Records, Dragon Street Records, ESG Records, Eye 2 Eye Records, Heiress-aesthetic, Idol Records, Kirtland Records, Last Beat Records, Leaning House, New West Records, Oak Lawn Records, One Ton Records, Parallax Records, Rainmaker Records, Rockadelic Records, Spin Masters, Steve Records, Summer Break, Two Ohm Hop, VVV Records, Wild Child RecordsDALLAS RECORD STORES PAST AND PRESENT: Bill's Records, CD Source, CD World, Collector's Records, Deep Ellum Sound, Direct Hit Records, Disc Records, Forbidden Books and Video, Forever Young, Good Records, Half Price Books and Records, Melody Shop, Metamorphosis Records, Oak Lawn Records, Pagan, Peaches Records, VVV Records, Record Gallery, Seldom Seen Records, Sound Town, Sound Warehouse, Stacks O Tracks, Tower Records, Tunnelwerks, Underground Records, Virgin Megastore
NORTH TEXAS BANDS PAST AND PRESENT: About Nine Times, Adam's Farm, Adventures of Jet, The Agitators, Airline, Akkolyte, All God's Children, American Analog Set, American Blackbelt Academy, American Blues, American Horse, American Radio Flyer, American Werewolf Academy, Artist Vs. Poet, Aska, Assassins, Atlas Throat, Atomic Rodeo, Aton, Baboon, Bag O' Wire, The Backsliders, The Baptist Generals, Bassx, Bat Mastersons, Bedhead, Beef Jerky, Bee's Knees, Beledi Ensemble, Big Big Drama, Big Boss Groove, The Big Guns, Billygoat, Birch County, Black and Blue, The Black Arm Band, Black Frames, Blackheart Society, Black Tie Dynasty, Blender, BL Lacerta, Blacktop, Bloodrock, Blue October, Blue Petal, Bobgoblin, Bosque Brown, Bowling For Soup, Boys Named Sue, Brave Combo, The Brothers, Brutal Juice, Buck Jones, Buck Pets, Buena Vistas, Burden Brothers, Burnin' Rain, Cafe Noir, Calhoun, Calico, Callithump, The Calways, The Cannabinoids, Captain Audio, Cathouse, Caulk, Centromatic, Chain Link Fence, Chatterton, The Chemistry Set, Chomsky, Ciao, Circa Now, Clever Monkeys, Clumsy, Coalition, Cool Christine, '68 Comeback, Comet, Com:Plex, The Cookin' Ones, Cornhole, Cosmic Chimp, Cottonmouth Texas, Course of Empire, Crackbox, Crushed Stars, Curious George, The Cush, Damageplan, Da Nu Man, Daryl, Daylights, Deadman, Death is Not a Joyride, Deathray Davies, Decadent Dub Team, Decline, Deep Blue Something, Deep Snapper, The Demigs, Deprogrammer, The Devices, Dirty Shaker, Dixie Chicks, DixieWitch, Domestic Science Club, The Doo, Dooms UK, Doosu, Dove Hunter, Dragna, The Drams, Drowning Pool, The Dutch Treats, Earl Harvin Trio/Quartet, Eden Automatic, Edgewater, Electric Shaman, Eleven Hundred Springs, El Gato, The Enablers, End Over End, The Escorts, Ethyl Merman, Except Europa, Fair to Midland, Faucet, The Feds, Feet First, Fever in the Funkhouse, Fivecat, Fight Bite, Fireworks, Fishart, Fishboy, Fishing For Comets, Flat People, Fletcher, Flickerstick, Floor 13, Forever the Sickest Kids, Four Reasons Unknown, Fracas, The Frenetics, The Frenz, Funland, Fury 3, Gammacide, Gary Myrick and the Figures, Ghosthustler, Ghoultown, Glasspack, God's Property, The Golden Falcons, GoodFoot, Goodwin, Green River Ordinance, Ground Opening, Group Six, G Spot, Hagfish, Hafl Inch Soul, Halls of the Machine, Hammer Witch, The Happy Bullets, Hash Palace, Hellafied Funk Crew, Hellyeah, Hi Fi Drowning, The Hourly Radio, House of Cricket, Howling Dervishes, The Hugh Beaumont Experience, Hydroponic Sound System, I Love Math, Inner Frequency, Jackopierce, Jetpack, Jetscreamer, Jibe, Jonathan Tyler and Northern Lights, Josho Misho, Jump Rope Girls, Junky Southern, Kenny and the Kasuals, Kessler, Killbilly, The King Bucks, Kno How, Larry's Dad, Last Rites, Legendary Crystal Chandelier, Leroy Shakespear and Ship of Vibes, Life-Death Continuum, Little Jack Melody and his Young Turks, Local 63, Lotion, Loveswing, Macavity, Martyrs, Medicine Show Caravan, The Me-Thinks, Merkie Purple, Mic The Tiger, Midlake, Miser, Mission Giant, Mitra, Monkey Beat, Morbid Scream, The Moon Festival, Mugzu, The Mullens, The Mumbles, Mur, Naked Mom On the Lawn, The Naptime Shake, NCM, Necro Tonz, Nemesis, Nervebreakers, New Bohemians, The New Year, Nitzinger, Old 97's, Olospo, The Other Side, Pallor, Pantera, The Paper Chase, Pet Hospital, Pervis, Peyote Cowboys, Pilotdrift, Pimpadelic, Pinkston, Pleasant Grove, Pointy Shoe Factory, Polyphonic Spree, Pop Poppins, Pow Wow, PPT, Puncture, Punk Rock Dinosaurs, Q and the Black Martin, Quad Pi, Quickserv Johnny, Radiant, Radio Ranch, Radish, Rage, The Ralphs, The Ravens, The Reach, Record Hop, Red Animal War, Red Monroe, Refractory Period, Rehash, REO Speedealer, Rev. Horton Heat, Rigor Mortis, Riverboat Gamblers, Robert Jones, Rocket Girl, The Rocket Summer, Ropelab, Rotting Corpse, RTB2, Rubber Bullet, The Rueffer Brothers, Rumble, Sabotuer, Saturn Missiles, Sawed Off Sick, Scam, Secret Machines, Sedition, Semantic Noise, Shabazz 3, Shades of Grey, Shallow Reign, Shanghai 5, The Shapes, She-Dick, Shibboleth, Shiny Around The Edges, Ship of Vibes, Shovel, Sixty-Six, Sketch, The Slack, Slider Pines, Slobberbone, Slowpoke, Slow Roosevelt, Smile Smile, Snatch Lizard, Somebody's Darling, Snowhair, Solitude Aeturnus, Solly, Sorta, South San Gabriel, Southern Cross, Southside Reverb, Southwest F.O.B, Space Cadet, Spam, Sparrows, Spector 45, Speedtrucker, The Spin, Spot, Stag Film, Steel Porn Rhino, The Stellas, Stereo Rookie, Stickmen With Rayguns, Still Life, Stink!bug, The Stinky Shits, Strap, Street Hassle, Stumptone, Sub Oslo, Sugarbomb, Sunday Drive, Sunward, Superman's Girlfriend, Switchblade Love, T-4-2, Tablet, Tabula Rasa, The Tah-Dahs, Talon, Tele, The Telefones, Telegram, Telegraph Canyon, Tendril, Ten Hands, Ten High Trio, The Texas Twisters, The Crash That Took Me, The Theater Fire, Three On A Hill, The Tidbits, Titanmoon, Trailer Park, Transona Five, The Trees, 39 Powers, Tre Orsi, Tribe, Trio of One, Triple Six Shooters, The Toadies, Tomorrowpeople, The Toys, The Transistor Tramps, Tree Wave, Tripping Daisy, Trough, TrueHeart, The Twang Popes, UFOFU, Ugly Mustard, U Know Who?, The Underground, Union Watts, Unterwasser, Valve, Vibrolux, Vomit Pigs, The Von Erichs, Vorvadoss, V-Suckers, Watusi, Western Alliance, Whild Peach, Whiteman, Whitey, White Lotus Society, White Shapes, Wig, Woodbelly, Yeah Yeah Yeah!, Young Cynics, Zane Grey, ZZ Top
DALLAS PHOTOGRAPHERS: Allison V. Smith, Ange F, Bobby Jack Pack, Chris Howell, Dave Moynihan, Darleen McAdams, Denny Doran, Dylan Hollingsworth, Hal Samples, Hillary Whitehead, James Bland, Jason Janik, Jeff Liles, Jonathan D. Holloway, Judy Walgren, Kate Mackley, Michael Insuaste, Randy Seckinger, Ronnie Baker, Russell Turns, Scott Mankoff, Vernon Evans, Zack Lewis___ . ___ CURRENT and PAST NORTH TEXAS BLOGS and MAGAZINES: Ancient Chinese Secret, bigDLittled, Boca Tinta, Boogie Spot, Buddy, Buzzmonger, DC9 At Nite, DConstruction, Detour, Envy, Fine Line Live, Front Burner, Ghost of Blind Lemon, Gorilla Vs. Bear, Harder Beat, Nightlife, No Fold, Stereo On Strike, Sub Rosa, Suck It Trebek, Terry Vernixx, Unfair Park, We Shot Jr.
"OLD SCHOOL" DALLAS MUSIC PEOPLE: Alan Levy, Amanda Moore, Angus Wynne III, Arthur Stevens, Barry Kooda, Bill Simonson, Bill Wisener, Blake Woodall, Bob Cummings, Cat Simon, Charlie Gilder, Chris Howell, Chuck Rainey, Chris Motley, Cindy Chaffin, Colleen Bradford, Craig Johnson, Creighton Curlee, Cynthia Cook, Dale Brasel, Dale Brock, Dana Buck, Danny Eaton, Dave Burris, Dave Chaos, Dave Tatge, David Castell, Denny Freeman, Dewey Groom, Doak Boettinger, Don Henley, Don Nedler, Elizabeth Searcy, Frank Campagna, Geoff Lane, George Baum, George Sanchez (Gold Rush Cafe), Gibby Haynes, Gordon Perry, Hack (Slip Inn), Hal Samples, Hank Tolliver, James Bland, James McWilliams, Jeff Newton, Jeff Webb, Jim Cocke, Jimmy Parks, Jimmy Wallace, Joe Butcher, John "Beard" Brewer, Jon Dillon, Keith Rust, Malcom Mayhew, Mark Lee, Mark Pirro, Mark Pollack, Mike Daane, Mike Jerome, Mike Malinin, Mike Rainey, Mike Schwedler, Mike Snider, Paul Levatino, Paul Nugent, Paul Quigg, Perla Doherty, Pops Carter, Ray Compton, Ray Watkowski, Robert Miguel, Robert Wilonsky, Russ Hobbs, Russell Turns, Sam Paulos, Scott Beggs, Sean Bailey, Shane (Slip Inn), Shannon Wynne, Big Steve Shein, Stoney Burns, Teresa Gubbins, Theresa LaBarbera-Whites, Thomas Freylack, Toby Sheets, Zac Baird, Zac Crain
DALLAS VENUES PAST AND PRESENT: Adair's, Adam, The Agora Ballroom, All Good Cafe, Al's Bamboo, Arcadia Theatre, Avenue Arts Venue, The Balcony Club, Barley House, Bar of Soap, The Basement, Bend Studio, The Bijou, Bill's Records, Binary Star, Black Forest Theatre, Bomb Factory, Bowley and Wilson's, Bronco Bowl, Brooklyn, 500 Cafe, Canyon Club, The Cavern, Caravan of Dreams (Fort Worth), Cardi's, The Cellar, Circle A Ranch, Club Clearview, Club Dada, Cotton Bowl, Curtain Club, Dallas City Limits, Dave's Art and Pawn Shop, Dark Room, Deep Ellum Live, Double Wide, The Door, DuneBuggy Headquarters, Electric Ballroom, End of Cole, Exodus, Face's, Fair Park Band Shell, Fallout Lounge, Fannie Ann's, Fast and Cool Club, Galaxy Club, Gertie's, Gilley's, Granada Theatre, Granny's Dinner Theatre, Green Elephant, Ground Zero, Gypsy Tea Room, Hailey's (Denton), Hard Rock Cafe, the Honest Place, Hot Klub, House of Blues, Industry, The Institute, Joe's Garage (Fort Worth), Knox Street Pub, Kool Vibes Club, Life in Deep Ellum, Lizard Lounge, The Loft, Longhorn Ballroom, LouAnn's, Majestic Theatre, Matley's, Dallas Memorial Auditorium, The Meyerson, M.G. Kellys, Mick's, Minc, Mistral, Mother Blue's, Muddy Waters, Nairobi Room, New Amsterdam, Nick's Uptown, Old Town Music Hall, One, Opening Bell Coffee, Orbit Room, On The Rocks, The Palladium, Panther Hall, Popsicle Toes, Poor David's Pub, Prophet Bar, The Purple Onion, Redux, Reunion Arena, Ridglea Theatre (Fort Worth), The Ritz, Royal Rack, Rubber Gloves (Denton), Sloppyworld, Sons of Hermann Hall, Sneaky Pete's, Space, Sparkx, Sportatorium, Starck Club, State Bar, State Fair Music Hall, Stoneleigh P, Strictly Tabu, Studio D, Tango, The Terminal, Theatre Gallery, Tim Ballard's, Tombstone Factory, Tomcats, Tommy's, Trax, Trees, Twilite Room, The Venue, Video Bar, Wintergarden Ballroom, Wreck Room (Fort Worth), Zebo's, Zubar
RIP: Alex Magcosi, Whistlin' Alex Moore, Bobby Soxx (Stickmen With Rayguns), Brooks Tuttle, Buddy Miles, Cal Valentine, Carter Albrecht (Sparrows, Sorta), Charley Wirz, Dan "Dookie" Connelly (Daylights), Dave Avery, David Bindler (Da Nu Man), David Williams (Drowning Pool), "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott (Pantera), DJ Frantic, Elliott Smith, Freddie King, Henry Qualls, Jay Lavender (Daylights), Jeff Phillips, Jeff Roe, Jimmy Giuffre, John Labella (KZEW), Johnnie Taylor, Marchel Ivery, Peach (Whild Peach), Pepe (Loco Gringos), Robert Trammell, DJ Rob Spray, Ronnie Dawson, Roxy Gordon, Russell Smith, Sam Meyers, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Wes Berrengen (Tripping Daisy), Will Clay___ . ___ Let's try to keep the comments section free of advertising for upcoming events. I'd really rather this page be focused on the historical context of just how we got to where we are today.