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Buddy
EditorRon McKeown
    (né Ronald Houston McKeown; born 1946)
CategoriesMusic:
    Rock 'n' roll
    Blues
    Progressive country
    Pop
FrequencyMonthly
FormatPrint
Digital
Mobile device
PublisherRon McKeown
FoundedOctober 1972 (51 years old)
First issueOctober 1, 1972 (1972-10-01)
CompanyBuddy Publishing Co.
CountryUnited States
Based inSulphur Springs, Texas
LanguageEnglish
Websitebuddymagazine.com
ISSN0192-9097
OCLC52985380

Buddy is a monthly music magazine serving the North Texas and Northeast Texas regions. It was named after Buddy Holly and was first published October 1972 as a as a free bi-monthly. Stoney Burns (pseudonym of Brent Lasalle Stein; 1942–2011) and Rob Edleson (né Lewis Robin Edleson; born 1946) were the founders.[1]

Taglines

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  • Originally, its tagline was "The music magazine."
  • Since February 1975, its tagline has been "The original Texas music magazine." Buddy bills itself as the oldest music magazine in Texas.[2][3]
  • When Buddy published separate editions for Houston, Dallas, and Austin-San Antonio, it used the tagline "The Music magazine of Dallas," etc.

History

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Stoney Burns, before co-founding Buddy, published and edited Dallas Notes from 1967 to 1970, an underground bi-weekly newspaper. Christopher Gray of the Austin Chronicle, in 2000, likened Buddy as "the the North Texas equivalent of Crawdaddy.[4]

He recently stated that writers for Buddy magazine who covered the blues scene in the Dallas-Fort Worth area helped resurrect the career of Zuzu Bollin and introduced mainstream music fans notable regional blues artists, including jazz guitarist Roger Boykin (né Roger Mitchell Boykin; born 1940) and blues singer R.L. Griffin (aka "Fat Daddy;" né Raymond Lewis Griffin; born 1939) and the late pianist Boston Smith, brother of Buster Smith.[i]

At its peak, Buddy had editions in Dallas, Houston, and Austin/San Antonio and a staff of almost two dozen.[5]

A statement in the masthead – in 1976, when Stoney Burns was editor and publisher out of Houston – read:



Circulation

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  • In 1975, KAFM radio host Chuck Dunaway reported that Buddy, with a circulation of 40,000, was helping spread the positive aspects of progressive country.[7]
  • By 1979, KTXQ took over Buddy, which had a circulation of 100,000.[8]

Selected personnel

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Writers

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  • Chuck Flores (né Charles Anthony Flores; born 1955) has been a photojournalist and music journalist since 1975. He is also a musician. Flores has been assistant editor with Buddy since 1989.
  • Tom Geddie (né Tommy Maurice Geddie; born 1946)
  • Shawn D. Henderson
  • Rick Koster (Richard Koster; born 1955) wrote his first article, professionally, for Buddy in 1978. It was about Sammy Hagar. In 1998, St. Martin's Press published his book, Texas Music. As of 1997, Koster has been writing for The Day in New London, Connecticut.
  • Tim Schuller
  • Kirby Warnock (né Kirby Franklin Warnock; born 1952) was editor from 1976 to 1982
  • Jan Sikes (né Janice Kay Smith; born 1951)
  • Jackie Don Loe (born 1965)
  • Mary Jane Farmer (né Mary Jane Ewing; born 1940), reporter for Buddy from February 2013 to present
  • Lisa Rollins (PhD) (née Lisa Lynette Rollins; 1965–2014) contributed to a feature, "Spotlight on Performers"
  • Kathleen Hudson, PhD (née Kathleen Ann Pillow; born 1945) won an award in 1989 from the Texas Press Women's Communication for her story, "You're Gonna Make It After All: Sonny Curtis" (Sonny Curtis). An academic in higher education and freelance writer, Hudson was the founding executive director in 1987 of the Texas Heritage Music Foundation in Kerrville, and served in that position until 2001

Selected writers who started with Buddy in 1973

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  • Stoney Burns,
  • Rob Edleson (né Lewis Robin Edleson; born 1946)
  • Steve Brooks (né Charles Stephen Brooks; born 1949) (graphic artist)
  • Ronald McKeown (né Ronald Houston McKeown; born 1946) (editor)
  • Jesus D. Carrillo (né Jesus Domingo Carrillo; born 1952)

Library identifiers

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  • ISSN 0192-9097
  • OCLC 52985380, 5134794

Addresses

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Disambiguation

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  • Not to be confused with the South Korean LGBT magazine, Buddy.
  • Not to be confused with the Buddy Magazine, a bi-monthly published in Prague, founded July 2007 (issue No. 1) (buddymag.cz)

Selected videography

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  • When Dallas Rocked (2013): 64 minute documentary – interviews, photos, and commentary from the people who were there and lived through the hay-day of the Dallas rock n roll music scene – during the 1970s and 1980s. Produced by Kirby Warnock, former Buddy magazine editor. Warnock narrates.

Affiliations

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  • In 1977, 1978, Buddy was affiliated with KZEW-FM (a Dallas radio station known from 1973 to 1989 as "The Zoo")
  • In 1982, Buddy was the official magazine of the Texxas Jam

Format

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  • Beginning around 1982, Buddy was issued in tabloid size and format.

Selected issues

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  • "The Bob Dylan Story," "Plus Kinky Friedman All Star ✡ Issue" (as featured on the cover), January 1974

Early coverage

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Buddy covered many performing artist before their first studio recording:

  • Ray Wylie Hubbard: Around 1975, Buddy chronicled his emergence before his first album.

Texas Tornado List

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The Texas Tornado List, billed as "The greatest players in Texas. Perhaps in the world," is an annual hall of fame roster, since 1978, listing the top musicians in Texas. The name, Texas Tornados, is also the name of a band founded by 1986 Texas Tornado inductee, Doug Sahm.

1978: Rocky Athas • Billy Gibbons • Bugs Henderson • Eric Johnson • John Nitzinger • Jimmie Vaughan
1979: Rocky Hill, Stevie Ray Vaughan
1980: Sumter Bruton, Alan Haynes, Mark Pollock, Slim Richey, Ronnie Weiss
1981: Freddie Cisneros, Pat Coil (keyboards), Kris Cummings, Anson Funderburgh, Ezra Charles (Charles Helpinstill), Dusty Hill, Alex Napier, Willie Nelson, David Stanley, Steve Williams, Wally Wilson
1982: Jim Alderman • Frank Beard • Billy Block • Louis Brousar • Jack Calmes • Michael "Junior" Clark • Fred Crain • Joe Don Davidson • Kim Davis • Stevie Davis • Michael DeBaise • Randall Dollahan • Red Garland • Bobby Gentry • Mickey Gilley • Barbara Graham • Buzzy Gruen • Bud Guin • Keith Karnaky • Pee Wee Lynn • Herman Matthews • Whistlin' Alex Moore • Tommy Morrell • Bobbie Nelson • Dahrell Norris • Jim Raycraft • Connie Schlig • Jimmy Don Smith • Whitey Thomas • Ron Thompson • Jimmy Wallace • Linda Waring • Larry White
1983: Lou "Lazer" Bovis • Doyle Bramhall • Steven Bruton • Mike Buck • Johnny Carroll • Dennis Cavalier • Jim Colgrove • Toby Davis • Randy DeHart • Lynn Groom • Paul Guerrero • Joel Guzman • Frank Hames • Brian Heinsohn • David Hill • Rick Jackson • Flaco Jimenez • Louis Johnson • Steve Jordan • Chris Layton • Rusty Lewis • Barbara Lynn • Bill Maddox • Ken "Big Nardo" Murray (drums) • George Rains • Leon Rausch • Jeff Sellers • Charlie Sexton • Walter Shannon • Craig Simecheck • Lewis W. Stephens • Jas Stephens • Uncle John Turner
1984: Rob Alexander • Terry Anglin (Jack Anglin's son) • Lee S. Appleman • Louis "Johnny Fixx" Baldovin • Marcia Ball • Karl Berkebile • John Bryant • Albert Collins • Johnny “Rosebud” Dowdy • Omar Dykes • Keith Ferguson • Craig Green • Bonnie Hearne • Craig LeMay • Bert Ligon • Rene Martinez • Paul Matson • Leon McAuliffe • Brian Mendelsohn • Ray Mendias • Smokey Montgomery • Tommy Nuckols • James Pennybaker • Brian Piper • Chuck Rainey • Terry Ranson • Billy Sanders • Jim Shelly • Al Stricklin • Robin Syler • Tim Wheeler
1985: Michael Bartula • Ray Benson • Little Joe Blue • Ponty Bone • Roger Boykin • Sarah Brown • Bobby Chitwood • Dave Clark • Michael Clay • Van Cliburn • Danny Cochran • Pee Wee Crayton • Steve Davison • Ronnie Dawson • W.R. "Tony" Dukes • Cornell Dupree • Denny Freeman • Fred Hoey • Mike Kennedy • Smokin’ Joe Kubek • Steve Langdon • Charlie Lowe • Jim Milan • Gabriel Saucedo • Rollo Smith • Andy Stone • Eric Stuer • Johnny "Guitar" Watson • Mike Webster • U.P. Wilson
1986: Mel Brown • Johnny "Clyde" Copeland • Randy Drake • Ernie Durawa • Mike Gallaher • Ty Grimes (drums) • Jim "Horton Heat" Heath • Dave Hughlett • Ronald Shannon Jackson • Santiago Jimenez, Jr. (accordion) • Kenney Dale Johnson • Wade Johnson (né Wade Paul Johnson; born 1950) (drums) • Jackie King • Steady Freddy Krc (né Alfred Edward Krc; born 1954) • Jerry LeCroix • Augie Meyers • Stan Moore • Gary P. Nunn • Joe Ruggiero • Patrice Rushen • Doug Sahm • Joe Sample • Eric Tagg • Richard Theisen • Red Young
1987: Terry Blankenship • Roger Boykin • W.C. Clark • Bobby Dennis • Paul English • Randy Fouts • Mike Gage • Joel Harlan • Brad Houser • Jeff Howe • Johnny Marshall • Mouse Mayes • Delbert McClinton • Sam Myers • Darrell Nulisch • Newell Oler • Paul Orta • Gary Pelfrey • Gary Primich • Mickey Raphael • Rick “Casper” Rawls • William Richardson • Ted Roddy • Robert Clayton Sanders • Rhandy Simmons • Texas Slim Sullivan • Miss Inez Teddlie (1911–2002) • Craig Wallace • Kim Wilson
1988: Tim Alexander • Jack Barton • Jimmy Carl Black • Charles Brown • Herbie Cowans • Carl Finch • Frosty • B’Nois King • Don Leady • Joe McBride • Kim Platko • Mike Schwedler • Bill Swicegood • Al Trick • Fredde “Pharoh” Walden
1989: Kevin Afflack • Marc Benno • Robin Hood Brians • Mike "Spunky" Brunone • Alex Camp • Joe Coronado • Lavada Durst • Harold Evans • Gene Glover • Claude Johnson • Derek O'Brien (blues guitar) • Bill Payne • Paul Pearcy • Jim Suhler
1990: Maurice Anderson • Mike Arnold • Ronnie Bramhall • Jeannette Brantley • Phil Campbell • Randy Cates • Ron Dilulio • Bill Ham • Michael Hamilton • Earl Harvin • John Inmon • Michael Medina • Ruff Rufner • Wayne Six • J. Paul Slavens • Ron Snider • Matt Tapp • Buddy Whittington • Dan Wojciechowski
1991: Darryl "Dime" Abbott • Josh Alan • James Anderson • Gregg Bissonette (drummer) • Matt Chamberlain (drummer) • Mark Geary • Gerry Gibson • Tim Grugle • Dan Haerle • Steve Hill • Chris Hunter • Mitch Marine • Rex "Moon" Mauney • Andy Michlin • Ian Moore • Tommy Shannon • Steve Sonday • Andy Timmons • Kenny Withrow
1992: Dave Abbruzzese • Jim Cocke • Ted Cruz • Mike Daane • Mike Dunn • Mike Fiala • Jay Gillian • Ricky Lynn Gregg • Mike Kindred • Guthrie Kinnard • Chad Lovel • Martin McCall • Kelly McNulty • Jason Moeller • Buddy Mohmed • Mike Morgan • Ray Pollard • Jimmy R. Rusidoff • Mike Scaccia • Derek Spigener • Jimbo Wallace • Kinley “Barney” Wolfe • Jason Wolford • Alan Wooley • Tommy Young
1993: Vinnie Abbott • Miguel Antonio • Bobby Baranowski • Jeffrey Barnes • Pat “Taz” Bently • Chris Broadhurst • Brian “Hash Brown” Calway • James Clay • Ornette Coleman • Aaron Comess • Chris Craig • Roy Hargrove • Marchel Ivery • Barry Kooda • Peter Austin Lee • Sam McCall • David “Fathead” Newman • Casey Orr • Andy Owens • Calvin Owens • Shawn Phares • Carlton Powell • Johnny Reno (né Lindy Lloyd Barger; born 1951) (saxophone) • Rick Rigsby (bass) • Peter Schmidt • Ken Stock • Phil Taylor • Bill Tillman • Ronnie Wilson
1994: Rex Brown • George Dimitri • Donny Ray Ford • Fred Gleber • Michael Jerome • Matthew E. Johnson • David Lee Joyner • Robby LeDoux • David Milsap • Terry-Groff Montgomery • David Mora • Paul Quigg • Brett Reid • Robert Schietroma (percussionist) • Keith Traquair • Brian Wakeland
1995: Bruce Alford • Scott Arndt • Bobby Boatright (fiddle player) • Junior Brown • Johnny Case • Milo Deering • Alan Emert • Wilson Fisher • Mike Graff • Frank Hailey • Hal Harris • Kim Herriage • Matt Hillyer • Gary Hogue • Cindy Horstman • Billy King • Johnnie Red Latham • Dave Palmer (keyboardist) • Lisa Pankratz • Drew Phelps (bassist) • Darrell Phillips • Michael Price • Henry Qualls • Mike Querry • Bobby Rambo • Reggie Rueffer (fiddle player) • Kevin Schermerhorn • Jeff Scroggins • John Scully • Kevin Smith • Matt Snow • Richie Vasquez (drummer) • Scott White • Scott Whitfield (trombonist) • Ted Wood • Dave Zoller
1996: Gene Coleman • Sonnie Collie • John Fiveash • Donnie Gillyand • David Grissom (guitarist) • Murray Hammond • Bubba Hernandez • Andrew "Jr. Boy" Jones (guitarist) • Jamie McLester • Jamal Mohamed • Ernie Myers • Lee Roy Parnell • Clay Pendergrass (guitarist) • Chad Ruffer • Fred Rush • Chris Skiles • Kenny Stern • Lisa Umbargar • Van Wilks
1997: Mark Austin • Steve Berg • Joe Cripps • Mary Cutrufello • Floyd Domino • John Garza • Chris Gipson • John Thomas Griffith • Tommy Hill • Tommy Hyatt • Will Johnson • Rick Koster • S.P. Leary (1930–1998) (blues drummer) • Ron Mason • Mike McCullough • Riley Osbourn • Lucky Peterson • Pat Peterson • Doug Pinnick • Steve Powell • Bill Randolph • Ed Soph • Clint Strong • Marvin E. Washington, Jr.
1998: John Arbour • Doyle Bramhall II • David Burns • Floyd Dixon • Danny Duncan • Big Al DuPree (né Alfred William Dupree, Jr.; 1923–2004) • David Fargason (bassist) • Juevey Gomez • Chuck Hasley • Paul Hollis • Keith Jones • Tutu Jones • Todd Lewis • Bob Livingston • Bobby Patterson • Jimmy Pendleton • Lucky Peterson • Rich Thomas • Terry • Ware • Danny Wright
Two-year hiatus
2001: Richard Chalk • Tom Faulkner • Randy Garabay (né Ramiro Beltrán Garibay; 1939–2002) (guitar)[9] • Dave Hineman • Lewis Hutcheson • Brady Mosher • Gary Myrick • Eddy Shaver • Holland K. Smith • Clark Vogeler
2002: John Adams • Ronny Ellis • George Fuller • Robby Garner • Fred Hamilton (guitar, bass, composer; Professor Emeritus University of North Texas College of Music) • Mace Maben • Jon Mastin • Phil McNeese • Blake Milton • Kenny Traylor • Ken Wheeler
One-year hiatus
2004: Ken Bethea • Nick Curran • Todd Parsnow (né Todd Edward Parsnow; born 1970) (guitar) • Cookie McGee (née Carmen Yvonne McGee; born 1957) (left-handed guitarist, vocalist, pianist) • John Sprott (né John Hunter Sprott; born 1958) (guitar)
2005: Pete Coatney (né Pete Allen Coatney; born 1963) (drummer) • Doug Howard • Jimmy Morgan • Jason Thomas
Nine-year hiatus
Henceforth, guitar and bass guitar, only
2015: Christopher Alexander • John Carroll • Jerry Don Branch • Gary Clark, Jr. • Chris Claridy • Jason Elmore (guitar) • Glenn Fukunaga • Lance Lopez (guitar) • Marty Muse[ii]
2016: Rich Brotherton (né Richard Lenz Brotherton; born 1959) (guitar) • Quinten Hope • Devin Leigh • Jackie Don Loe • Danny Sanches • Ray Sharpe • Johnny Winter[iii]
2017: Will Owen Gage (né William Chapin Owen-Gage; born 1987) (guitar) • Wes Jeans (né Michael Wesley Jeans; born 1981) (guitar) • Mark Lettieri (né Mark Justin Lettieri; born 1984) (guitar; notably with Snarky Puppy) • Tommy Nash (né Thomas Farrel Nash; born 1950) (guitar)[iv]

Buddy's Music Hall of Fame

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1979: Tex Ritter
1980: Lightnin' Hopkins (the award was accepted by María Elena Holly, Buddy's widow, and country swing pioneer, Leon Rausch)
1981: Roy Orbison
1984: Jimmy Dean

Buddy's Texas Music Awards

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Buddy's Texas Music Awards ("The Buddies") is an annual readers poll survey that debuted 1973. The awards were presented at a black-tie event. The new act categories are chosen by music journalists.

1973:
(1st) 		Country: Willie Nelson
1974:
(2nd) 		Country: Willie Nelson • Waylon Jennings (2nd place)
1975:
(3rd) 		Country: Willie Nelson • Asleep at the Wheel (2nd place) • Kris Kristofferson (4th place)
Pop: ZZ Top • Jerry Jeff Walker (2nd) • Michael Martin Murphey (3rd) • Rusty Wier (4th)
1979:
(6th) 		Country: Waylon Jennings

Pop/rock: ZZ Top
Latin: Joe Carrasco
Blues/soul/jazz: One O'Clock Lab Band
Album: Bat Out of Hell
Song: "Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys"
New pop group: Mother of Pearl[a]
New rock artists: Kenny and the Kasuals
New country artist: Joe Ely

J. Boy Adams, hosted the ceremony which was broadcast live on KZEW, March 11, 1979
1980:
(7th) 		Country: Willie Nelson

Pop/rock: ZZ Top
Blues/soul/jazz: Bugs Henderson
Album: Degüello
New country artist: Whiskey Drinkin' Music (Austin)

Ray Wylie Hubbard hosted the ceremony at Longhorn Ballroom March 18, 1980
1981:
(8th) 		Country: Willie Nelson

Pop/rock: ZZ Top
Latin: Little Joe, Johnny y La Familia
Blues/soul: The Fabulous Thunderbirds
Jazz: One O'Clock Lab Band
Album: The Hard Way, by Point Blank
Song: "Sailing," by Christopher Cross
Songwriter: Jerry Dirkx, "She's In Love With The Rolling Stones"
Critics choice, pop: Shake Russell-Dana Cooper Band
Critics choice, blues: Stevie Ray Vaughn & Double Trouble
Critics choice, pop: U.S. Kids[b]

Brother Dave Gardner hosted the ceremony at the Wintergarden Ballroom in Dallas at 1616 John West Road, March 13, 1981
1984:
(11th) 		Country: Asleep at the Wheel

Pop/rock: Joe Ely
Latin: Little Joe, Johnny y La Familia
Jazz: The Crusaders
Regional record: (tie) (i) Born to Blow, Johnny Reno and the Sax Maniacs; (ii) Drive This, Teddy Boys
Movie filmed in Texas: Terms of Endearment
Album: Eliminator, ZZ Top
Song: "Gimme All Your Lovin'," ZZ Top
Blues: Stevie Ray Vaughan
Video: Sharp Dressed Man, ZZ Top from the album Eliminator
New wave: Joe King Carrasco

Ray Wylie Hubbard hosted the ceremony at the Loew's Anatole May 9, 1984, in Dallas

Notes and references

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Notes

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  1. ^ Mother of Pearl, an Austin band:
    Jerrie Jo Jones (Jerrie Thompson), R&B vocals
    Ernie Gammage (né Troupe Earnest Gammage III; born 1944), bass and R&B vocals
    Johnny Richardson, lead guitar, replaced in 1979 by Al Bettis
    Layton DePenning (né Layton Allen DePenning; born 1947), guitar and vocals
    Donald Ray Fischer (born 1952), drums and vocals
    Jones, Richardson, Gammage, and DePenning had been members of Plum Nelly
  2. ^ U.S. Kids:
    Jim Zachery
    Mike Schwedler (né Michael Edward Schwedler; born 1955), drums
    Steve Williams, bass
    Eddie Lowe
    Don "Little Donnie Walkerbird" Walker, guitar
    Dickey Ferguson

Secondary sources

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  1. ^ a b "Willie Nelson, Elton John, Robert Plant Intertwined in Buddy Mag History," by Byron Harris, WFAA (online), August 29, 2018, updated August 30, 2018
    Note: Harris (Byron H. Harris, Jr.; born 1946) was a semi-retired reporter who had been with WFAA-TV from 1975 to 2015
  2. ^ "From the Stoney Burns Archives, A Look at the Birth of Buddy Magazine," by Robert Wilonsky, Dallas Observer, October 4, 2011
  3. ^ "Media: The Buddy System – Life at Dallas’s first rock magazine wasn’t just a job - it was an attitude," by Kirby F. Warnock, D Magazine, July 1990
  4. ^ "Sad Stories and Steel Guitars: Tearjoint Troubador Ted Roddy's Country Soul," by Christopher Gray, Austin Chronicle, November 10, 2000
  5. ^ "Dallas International Guitar Festival Hosts Benefit for Buddy Magazine," by Jo Ann Holt, Focus Daily News, July 24, 2018
  6. ^ "Country Music with Dr. John" by John Lightfoot, Beaumont Journal, March 17, 1976, p. 9C (www.genealogybank.com/nbshare/AC01110112104856097231541109669)
  7. ^ "Dallas' KAFM Is Bigger Than Texas These Days," by Claude Hall, Billboard, November 8, 1975, pps. 4, 22, 24
  8. ^ "Dallas–Ft. Worth Giants," Claude Hall's International Radio Report, Vol. 2, No. 28, July 19, 1979, p. 6
  9. ^ "Garibay, Ramiro Beltran (Randy)," by Jackie Potts, Handbook of Texas Online, Texas State Historical Association, (n.d.), (hardcopy, p. 114)

Primary sources

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  1. ^ "Not Fade Away: Buddy writers and photographers recorded the 1973 Kerrville Folk Festival, Willie’s first Fourth of July Picnic, the Texas Jam, the rebirth of Deep Ellum and the rise of social media," by Bellicose Bullfeather (pseudonym of Stoney Burnes; né Brent LaSalle Stein; born 1942), Buddy, July 2018, p. 12
  2. ^ "Buddy Texas Tornados Announced – Congratulations to the Buddy Texas Tornados of Guitar and Bass, Class of 2015," Buddy, June 2016, p. 11
  3. ^ "Buddy Texas Tornados – Congratulations to the Buddy Texas Tornados of Guitar, Class of 2016," Buddy, April 2016, p. 10
  4. ^ "Buddy Texas Tornados – Congratulations to the Buddy Texas Tornados of Guitar, Class of 2017," Buddy, April 2017, p. 10
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