Delbert McClinton in the studio with Lyle Lovett recording “Too Much Stuff” for McClinton’s 1997 album “One of the Fortunate Few.” Texas music journalist Diana Finlay Hendricks uses the album’s title ...
The singer/songwriter is one of the 2024 Kennedy Center honorees. In 1996, Raitt spoke to Fresh Air about about the musicians that inspired her, including Mississippi Fred McDowell. This is FRESH AIR.
McClinton began playing the guitar as a young teenager. Soon, he formed a band called The Straitjackets, who served as the house band at Jack’s, a club in Fort Worth, Texas. At the age of 19, he was ...
Susan Antone stands on the sidewalk amid the overflow of construction sprawling from the new Home of the Blues on Fifth Street. “Hi y’all!” she greets with arms spread wide as Delbert McClinton and ...
It's 1982, and eight of the finest musicians Delbert McClinton could muster surround him on stage. McClinton, wearing a New York Yankees T-shirt, jeans and aviator glasses, bangs out a steady beat on ...
This is FRESH AIR. I'm David Bianculli. One of this year's Kennedy Center honorees is singer and songwriter Bonnie Raitt. She's a 10-time Grammy Award winner, best known for her soulful voice and her ...