keith ferguson, tommy shannon, josh alan friedman

speaking of texas bluesmen and bad-ass writers, here are two of the finest pieces of "music journalism" i have ever read: the tales of tommy shannon, who played bass with both johnny winter and srv, and keith ferguson, who worked the four-stringed axe with the fabulous thunderbirds, both told by josh alan friedman (whom i once saw play the yardbirds' "jeff's boogie" note-for-mothafuckin'-note, on an _acoustic_ gtr, no less) in the pages of the dallas observer a few yrs back. if these don't get to ya, ya got no heart, pilgrim.