Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vi
3. Foreword ix
4. Preface xii
5. Acknowledgments xvi
6. Introduction xvii
7. Talking Texas 1
8. The Art of Listening 8
9. Paving the Way 12
10. The Writer 16
11. Living to Write 22
12. Young and Restless 29
13. A Harder Edge 42
14. The Storyteller 54
15. Ultimate Tales 65
16. The Character Within 77
17. For Love Not Money 83
18. Hemingway Lives in Texas 90
19. Today's Jimmie Rodgers 95
20. Time to Rock 104
21. Texas Energy on the Road 109
22. Crawlin' Crawfish Circuit 141
23. Off the Wall 147
24. On Dreaming 158
25. Vulnerable 162
26. Grace and Spirit 169
27. A Texas Heart 182
28. Back to Texas 187
29. A Walking Conversation 194
30. Family and Friends 199
31. Heritage Matters 203
32. Generous with Life 206
33. Blues on the Edge 211
34. Texas Twister 220
35. Fears and Dragons 230
36. Passion on the Road 238
37. The Business 245
38. That'll Be the Day 255
39. My Way 266
40. The Road Goes On . . . 271
41. Coda 277
42. Biographies and Selected Discographies 279