From Ernest Tubb to Bob Wills to Willie, Texas has produced a jukebox worth of classics. Here are the best. We’re celebrating honky-tonks all month long here at Texas Monthly. Don’t forget to check ...

On this day (July 25) in 1988, Vern Gosdin was at the top of the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart with “Set ‘Em Up Joe.” Released as the second single from Chiseled in Stone in April of the same year ...

For many record stores, vinyl has been an economic savior, and that's true for Ernest Tubb Record Shop — even if it came to the rescue more than 60 years ago. In the early days, Ernest Tubb sold ...

Today would have been country legend and pioneer Ernest Tubb’s 98th birthday. Born in 1914 in Crisp, Texas near Dallas, his hometown is now designated as ghost town. For forty years, Tubb was a ...