We think of Austin as Texas’ music capital, but hundreds of miles away, a creative wind has swirled around Lubbock for decades, giving us some of Texas’s most venerated musicians.
Musicians From Lubbock
there must be some kind
of magic fountain
or wizard school
something in the air or the water
(not that there’s much of the latter
in that dry, dusty town
up toward panhandle way)
maybe the stars just shine there
with a particular brightness
on long, lonely nights
but for one little place
to have given us so many gifts
Buddy Holly and Lloyd Maines
Angela Strehli and Jesse Taylor
Waylon, of course
and all three of the Flatlanders,
Butch, Joe and Jimmy
something’s going on there for sure
and none of those amazing musicians
seems to want to tell us
just what that might be
but one thing they all seem to agree on:
Lubbock is a fine place
to be from
Produced by Laura Rice and Leah Scarpelli.