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Cover story on Ernest Tubb.

Additional machine-extracted names mentioned in this issue: Roy Acuff, David Allan, Buddy Allen, Black Bart, Toby Beau, Alan Brown, James Brown, Milton Brown, Johnny Bush, David Allan Coe, Rusty Cofield, John Conboye, Eldridge Davis, Kathy Deitsch, Floyd Domino, Rob Grimes, Chris Holzhaus, Elvis II, Mick Jagger, Waylon Jennings, Elton John, Linda Lovell, Bill Loyd, Steve Lucke, Skip Lutz, Tom Mathis, Augie Meyer, Ronnie Milsap, Maria Muldaur, Bettie Naylor, Willie Nelson, Jim Nesbitt, Elaine Noble, Chris O'Connell, Dwight Oberholzer, San Pedro, Elvis Presley, Rick Presley, Jimmy Rodgers, Johnny Rodriguez, Ron Rose, Larry Scherff, Jim Schumacher, Carly Simon, Hank Singer, Steve Spencer, Linda Stevenson, Bob Wills, Orth Woodruff.

Spanky McFarlane, holding a hat and crouched next to a seated Willie Nelson

Willie Nelson and road hand, Billy "B.C." Cooper, seated and talking. Cooper is holding a Lone Star beer and pointing.

Willie Nelson smiling and wearing straw hat with the logo from his third 4th of July picnic (copy 2 of 2). Image published on the cover of the June 1976 cover of Action Magazine, available at https://dc.library.txstate.edu/node/4546.

Willie Nelson smiling and wearing straw hat with the logo from his third 4th of July picnic (copy 1 of 2). Image published on the cover of the June 1976 Action Magazine, available at https://dc.library.txstate.edu/node/4546.

Cover story on Sonny Baermann's painting of Willie Nelson's Guitar Trigger.

Additional machine-extracted names mentioned in this issue: Joe Anthony, Fred Astaire, Manfred Beck, Tony Booth, Frenchie Burke, Larry Burruss, George Chambers, Cesar Chavez, Dina Covington, Hondo Crouch, Chon Davila, Bobby Flores, Robert Gomez, Waylon Jennings, Darrell McCall, Augie Meyers, Pete Montemayor, Pearl Montoya, Keith Moon, Barbara Murullo, Don Pedro, Sunny Planto, Jim Redd, Jon Robbins, Woody Roberts, Johnny Solo, Ronnie Spillman, Ted Stecker, Encore Talent, Chuck Tate, Wayne Turner, Jim Wharton, Vivian Rosales Wharton, Patrick Whitmore.

Dr. Houston talks about growing up in Denton County, attending college at UNT and teaching in Big Spring, Texas. He discusses studying for his PhD at UT-Austin and being recruited by Deacon Wright to teach at SWTSTC in the 1930s. He describes campus, the English department and its staff, and his experiences as a professor, head of the English department, and Dean of Liberal and Fine Arts during his time at the university (1937-1970). He also relates stories about Dr. McCrocklin and the university's participation in the AAUP and other academic organizations.

Cover story on Big John Oaks (Big JohnÕs HanginÕ Tree Saloon)