Storytime With Texas Red

JFK and Abbott Vaughn Meader

This is a story about two brief moments in my life, and the profoundly memorable events that occurred during each one.

Palimony, 1983

This is a true story about a drug, alcohol, and anger-fueled six-month marriage in crisis, a probable divorce, and a spontaneous side-trip to one of America's great party cities.

Mental Health in Phoenix, Arizona - 1983

This is a true story about mental health, alcoholism, addiction, a blues band, and my catastrophic attempts at sobriety and recovery in 1983.

Angie & Chateau Vegas

This is a story from 1983, about a hot Las Vegas blackjack dealer, an incident with a Porsche, an illegal cocktail, and a nightclub I haven't been able to find in decades.  It's another story I would pitch as "Leaving Las Vegas" meets "Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas."

Sammie & The Maxim

This is a story about two days in Las Vegas in 1983.  I would pitch it as "Leaving Las Vegas" meets "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas."

A Brush with the Law in Macon

A story about a blues band of young guys from Louisville, Kentucky, on the road to Macon, Georgia, to play their first high profile gig, not knowing what awaited them in that Southern town.

Sunrise and the Bureau of Indian Affairs

This is a story about a frightening incident that occurred in 1976, when I was doing a solo gig at Sunrise Ski Resort on the Fort Apache Reservation in northeastern Arizona.

Sunrise and the Bureau of Indian Affairs

This is a story about a frightening incident that occurred in 1976, when I was doing a solo gig at Sunrise Ski Resort on the Fort Apache Reservation in northeastern Arizona.

Farquahrt's - Brandi Story

An age-old story of what happens when a band blows into town for a gig, and meets up with a fan who wants to hang with the singer.

Sunrise and the Bureau of Indian Affairs

This is a story about a frightening incident that occurred in 1976, when I was doing a solo gig at Sunrise Ski Resort on the Fort Apache Reservation in northeastern Arizona.