january 2008
cover: Billy Joe Shaver, courtesy Compadre Records
features
8 Everybody’s
Brother Billy Joe Shaver
From honky tonks to tent revivals Billy Joe Shaver
can hold a crowd
anywhere in the palm of his hand.
by Tom Geddie
14 Best of the Upper East Side of Texas 2007
Two and a half pages of some of the best food, faces and places in East Texas.
23-25
Favorite Texas-Related CDs of 2007
Tom’s annual favorite list this year includes Norah Jones, LeAnn rimes, Joe Ely,
Miranda Lambert, Sam Baker, Cadillac Sky, Jimmy LaFave and 18 more,
by Tom Geddie
departments
4 Talk of the Town
Marshall-based movie, Ray Wylie Hubbard and Kacey Musgraves, Tyler Museum of
Art, honored women, little Elvis, high school honors, senior daycare, artsview,
...
6 Business
Miranda Lambert wines, East Texas Wellness Expo, Tyler Business Expo,
unemployment rate, chamber membership, Grand Saline Depot Plaza park, longhorns
and more
9 Feeling Good
A few minutes of sunshine every day is good for us all says Athens’ Cain
Center’s executive director Marcia Colbert.
10 Crossword Puzzle
11 Kid’s Korner
A special message for the new year, Small Wonders, a woody wagon from
yesteryear, Vern’s illustration of HD-TV, and picture differences
by Vern Dailey and Muffin
12 Grits & Gourmet
Extension Agent Brian Cummins shares the many benefits of the sweet potato,
followed by a soulful recipe for sweet potato pie.
Mermaids, Mustard and Mayo by Rachel Bixler, The Road We Follow by Dorothy
Miller Birdwell and A Winter’s Memory by Emily Sterling.
Cherished Thoughts with Love, a coffee table book of babies by photographer Anne
Geddes sure to melt the heart of any human being.
by P.A. Geddie
24 Reel Time
Basstroturf and Tackle. Our favorite outdoorsman returns to the County Line this
month with his comparisons of bass fishing to football.
by Barry St. Clair
26 Tolbert’s Tales
Turnin’ the Other Cheek
by Jerry Tolbert
27 Marketplace
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