# Buddy (magazine)

Buddy is a free monthly music magazine serving the North Texas and Northeast Texas regions. It was first published in Austin, Texas, in October 1972 as a free bi-monthly. Stoney Burns (pseudonym of Brent Lasalle Stein; 1942–2011) and Rob Edleson (né Lewis Robin Edleson; born 1946) were the founders. The magazine's name is a tribute to Buddy Holly (1936–1959), who Burns said "changed my life." Buddy is described as a rock music magazine but, from its beginning, has included news and feature articles about performing artists and events of other genres, namely Texas progressive country, blues, jazz, folk, punk, and garage band music.

## History

Stoney Burns, before co-founding Buddy, published and edited Dallas Notes from 1967 to 1970, an underground bi-weekly newspaper. Christopher Gray of the Austin Chronicle, in 2000, likened Buddy as "the North Texas equivalent of Crawdaddy. Gray later wrote that writers for Buddy magazine who covered the blues scene in the Dallas-Fort Worth area helped resurrect the career of Zuzu Bollin and introduced mainstream music fans to notable regional blues artists, including jazz guitarist Roger Boykin (né Roger Mitchell Boykin; born 1940) and blues singer R.L. Griffin (aka "Fat Daddy;" né Raymond Lewis Griffin; born 1939) and the late pianist Boston Smith, brother of Buster Smith. At its peak, Buddy published editions in Dallas, Houston, and Austin/San Antonio and had a staff of almost two dozen.
   Please address all correspondence, love letters, hate mail, records, threats, photos, unsolicited manuscripts, payola, etc., to Buddy Magazine ... Buddy is copyrighted, but we're not fanatics about it. Write us and we'll give you permission to reprint just about anything you want. ... If your regular distribution spot runs out of magazines before you get yours, let us know and we'll print up an extra copy next time.
   There was no such thing as a music magazine. There was no Dallas Observer. There was no Guide in the Dallas Morning News. There was no place to learn about concerts and who was playing where. When we began writing, the musicians loved us and jumped right in to support us.
Early notable issues included "The Bob Dylan Story," "Plus Kinky Friedman All Star $^✡$ Issue" (as featured on the cover), January 1974. Buddy chronicled many performing artists before the emergence of their first albums, including, in 1975, Ray Wylie Hubbard, who was already popular as a Texas progressive country artist. That same year (1975), KAFM radio host Chuck Dunaway reported that Buddy, with a circulation of 40,000, was helping spread the positive aspects of progressive country. In 1977, 1978, Buddy was affiliated with KZEW-FM (a Dallas radio station known from 1973 to 1989 as "The Zoo"). By 1979, KTXQ took over Buddy, which had a circulation of 100,000. In 1982, Buddy was the official magazine of the Texxas Jam, a rock festival held at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas. Beginning around 1982, Buddy was issued in tabloid size and format.

## Selected personnel
### Writers

* Chuck Flores (né Charles Anthony Flores; born 1955) has been a photojournalist and music journalist since 1975. He is also a musician. Flores has been assistant editor with Buddy since 1989.
* Tom Geddie (né Tommy Maurice Geddie; born 1946)
* Shawn D. Henderson
* Rick Koster (Richard Koster; born 1955) wrote his first article, professionally, for Buddy in 1978. It was about Sammy Hagar. In 1998, St. Martin's Press published his book, Texas Music. As of 1997, Koster has been writing for The Day in New London, Connecticut.
* Tim Schuller (1949–2012)
* Kirby Warnock (né Kirby Franklin Warnock; born 1952); editor from 1976 to 1982
* Jan Sikes (né Janice Kay Smith; born 1951)
* Jackie Don Loe (born 1965)
* Mary Jane Farmer (né Mary Jane Ewing; born 1940), reporter for Buddy from February 2013 to present
* Lisa Rollins (PhD) (née Lisa Lynette Rollins; 1965–2014) contributed to a feature, "Spotlight on Performers"
* Kathleen Hudson, PhD (née Kathleen Ann Pillow; born 1945) won an award in 1989 from the Texas Press Women's Communication for her story, "You're Gonna Make It After All: Sonny Curtis" (Sonny Curtis). An academic in higher education and freelance writer, Hudson was the founding executive director in 1987 of the Texas Heritage Music Foundation in Kerrville, and served in that position until 2001
* Joe Nick Patoski (né Nicholas Joseph Patoski; born 1951), who, on November 16, 1980, in Austin, married Kris Cummings, keyboardist with Joe Carrasco. Kris was a 1981 inductee of Buddy Magazine's Texas Tornado List (see below).

### Selected writers who started with Buddy in 1973

* Stoney Burns
* Rob Edleson (né Lewis Robin Edleson; born 1946)
* Steve Brooks (né Charles Stephen Brooks; born 1949) (graphic artist)
* Ronald McKeown (né Ronald Houston McKeown; born 1946) (editor)
* Jesus D. Carrillo (né Jesus Domingo Carrillo; born 1952), photojournalist

## Selected videography

* When Dallas Rocked (2013): 64 minute documentary – interviews, photos, and commentary from the people who were there and lived through the heyday of the Dallas rock n roll music scene – during the 1970s and 1980s. Produced by Kirby Warnock, former Buddy magazine editor. Warnock narrates.

## Texas Tornado List

The Texas Tornado List, billed as "The greatest players in Texas. Perhaps in the world," is an annual hall of fame roster, since 1978, listing the top musicians in Texas. The name, Texas Tornados, is also the name of a band founded by 1986 Texas Tornado inductee, Doug Sahm.
| 1978: | Rocky Athas (fr) (né Rocky Dino Athas; born 1954) • Billy Gibbons • Bugs Henderson • Eric Johnson • John Nitzinger • Jimmie Vaughan |
| 1979: | Rocky Hill, Stevie Ray Vaughan |
| 1980: | Sumter Bruton (né Thomas Sumter Bruton; born 1944) (guitar), Alan Haynes, Mark Pollock (né Mark Thomas Pollock; 1951–2015) (guitar), Slim Richey, Ronnie "Mouse" Weiss (né Ronald Lon Weiss; born 1942) (vocals/guitar) |
| 1981: | Freddie Cisneros (né Alfred Cisneros; born 1947) (guitar), Pat Coil (né Patrick Cullen Coil; born 1954) (keyboards), Kris Cummings (née Kristine Anne Cummings; born 1951) (keyboards), Anson Funderburgh, Ezra Charles (Charles Helpinstill), Dusty Hill, Alex Napier (aka "Mr. Blue"; né Miles Alexander Napier; 1951–2011) (bass), Willie Nelson, David Stanley (né Samuel David Stanley; born 1946) (bass), Steve Williams, Wally Wilson |
| 1982: | Jim Alderman • Frank Beard • Billy Block • Louis Brousar • Jack Calmes • Michael "Junior" Clark • Fred Crain • Joe Don Davidson • Kim Davis • Stevie Davis • Michael DeBaise • Randall Dollahan • Red Garland (jazz pianist) • Bobbie Gentry • Mickey Gilley • Barbara Graham • Buzzy Gruen • Bud Guin • Keith Karnaky • Pee Wee Lynn • Herman Matthews • Whistlin' Alex Moore • Tommy Morrell • Bobbie Nelson • Dahrell Norris • Jim Raycraft • Connie Schlig • Jimmy Don Smith • Whitey Thomas • Ron Thompson • Jimmy Wallace (né James Michael Wallace; born 1954) (guitar) • Linda Waring • Larry White |
| 1983: | Lou "Lazer" Bovis • Doyle Bramhall • Steven Bruton (né Turner Stephen Bruton; 1948–2009) (guitar) • Mike Buck • Johnny Carroll • Dennis Cavalier • Jim Colgrove • Toby Davis • Randy DeHart • Lynn Groom • Paul Guerrero (né Paulins Guerrero, Jr.; born 1931) (drums) • Joel Guzman • Frank Hames • Brian Heinsohn • David Hill • Rick Jackson • Flaco Jimenez • Louis Johnson • Steve Jordan • Chris Layton • Rusty Lewis • Barbara Lynn • Bill Maddox (de) (né William Leslie Maddox; 1953–1910) (drums) • Ken "Big Nardo" Murray (drums) • George Rains • Leon Rausch • Jeff Sellers • Charlie Sexton • Walter Shannon • Craig Simecheck • Lewis W. Stephens • Jas Stephens • Uncle John Turner |
| 1984: | Rob Alexander • Terry Anglin (Jack Anglin's son) • Lee S. Appleman • Louis "Johnny Fixx" Baldovin • Marcia Ball • Karl Berkebile • John Bryant • Albert Collins • Johnny "Rosebud" Dowdy • Omar Dykes • Keith Ferguson • Craig Green • Bonnie Hearne • Craig LeMay • Bert Ligon • Rene Martinez • Paul Matson • Leon McAuliffe • Brian Mendelsohn • Ray Mendias • Smokey Montgomery • Tommy Nuckols • James Pennybaker • Brian Piper • Chuck Rainey • Terry Ranson • Billy Sanders • Jim Shelly • Al Stricklin • Robin Syler • Tim Wheeler |
| 1985: | Michael Bartula • Ray Benson • Little Joe Blue • Ponty Bone • Roger Boykin • Sarah Brown • Bobby Chitwood • Dave Clark • Michael Clay • Van Cliburn • Danny Cochran • Pee Wee Crayton • Steve Davison • Ronnie Dawson • W.R. "Tony" Dukes • Cornell Dupree • Denny Freeman • Fred Hoey • Mike Kennedy • Smokin' Joe Kubek • Steve Langdon • Charlie Lowe • Jim Milan • Gabriel Saucedo • Rollo Smith • Andy Stone • Eric Stuer • Johnny "Guitar" Watson • Mike Webster • U.P. Wilson |
| 1986: | Mel Brown • Johnny "Clyde" Copeland • Randy Drake • Ernie Durawa • Mike Gallaher • Ty Grimes (drums) • Jim "Horton Heat" Heath • Dave Hughlett • Ronald Shannon Jackson • Santiago Jimenez, Jr. (accordion) • Kenney Dale Johnson • Wade Johnson (né Wade Paul Johnson; born 1950) (drums) • Jackie King • Steady Freddy Krc (né Alfred Edward Krc; born 1954) • Jerry LeCroix • Augie Meyers • Stan Moore • Gary P. Nunn • Joe Ruggiero • Patrice Rushen • Doug Sahm • Joe Sample • Eric Tagg • Richard Theisen • Red Young |
| 1987: | Terry Blankenship • Roger Boykin • W.C. Clark • Bobby Dennis • Paul English • Randy Fouts • Mike Gage • Joel Harlan • Brad Houser • Jeff Howe • Johnny Marshall • Mouse Mayes • Delbert McClinton • Sam Myers • Darrell Nulisch • Newell Oler • Paul Orta • Gary Pelfrey • Gary Primich • Mickey Raphael • Rick "Casper" Rawls • William Richardson • Ted Roddy • Robert Clayton Sanders • Rhandy Simmons • Texas Slim Sullivan • Miss Inez Teddlie (1911–2002) • Craig Wallace • Kim Wilson |
| 1988: | Tim Alexander • Jack Barton • Jimmy Carl Black • Charles Brown • Herbie Cowans • Carl Finch • Frosty • B'Nois King • Don Leady • Joe McBride • Kim Platko • Mike Schwedler • Bill Swicegood • Al Trick • Fredde "Pharoh" Walden |
| 1989: | Kevin Afflack • Marc Benno • Robin Hood Brians • Mike "Spunky" Brunone • Alex Camp • Joe Coronado • Lavada Durst • Harold Evans • Gene Glover • Claude Johnson • Derek O'Brien (blues guitar) • Bill Payne • Paul Pearcy • Jim Suhler |
| 1990: | Maurice Anderson • Mike Arnold • Ronnie Bramhall • Jeannette Brantley • Phil Campbell • Randy Cates • Ron Dilulio • Bill Ham • Michael Hamilton • Earl Harvin • John Inmon • Michael Medina • Ruff Rufner • Wayne Six • J. Paul Slavens • Ron Snider • Matt Tapp • Buddy Whittington • Dan Wojciechowski |
| 1991: | Darryl "Dime" Abbott • Josh Alan • James Anderson • Gregg Bissonette (drummer) • Matt Chamberlain (drummer) • Mark Geary • Gerry Gibson • Tim Grugle • Dan Haerle • Steve Hill • Chris Hunter • Mitch Marine (drums) • Rex "Moon" Mauney • Andy Michlin • Ian Moore • Tommy Shannon • Steve Sonday • Andy Timmons • Kenny Withrow |
| 1992: | Dave Abbruzzese • Jim Cocke • Ted Cruz • Mike Daane • Mike Dunn • Mike Fiala • Jay Gillian • Ricky Lynn Gregg • Mike Kindred • Guthrie Kinnard • Chad Lovel • Martin McCall • Kelly McNulty • Jason Moeller • Buddy Mohmed • Mike Morgan • Ray Pollard • Jimmy R. Rusidoff • Mike Scaccia • Derek Speigner (drums) • Jimbo Wallace • Kinley "Barney" Wolfe • Jason Wolford • Alan Wooley • Tommy Young |
| 1993: | Vinnie Abbott • Miguel Antonio • Bobby Baranowski • Jeffrey Barnes • Pat "Taz" Bently • Chris Broadhurst • Brian "Hash Brown" Calway • James Clay • Ornette Coleman • Aaron Comess • Chris Craig • Roy Hargrove • Marchel Ivery • Barry Kooda • Peter Austin Lee • Sam McCall • David "Fathead" Newman • Casey Orr • Andy Owens • Calvin Owens • Shawn Phares • Carlton Powell • Johnny Reno (né Lindy Lloyd Barger; born 1951) (saxophone) • Rick Rigsby (bass) • Peter Schmidt • Ken Stock • Phil Taylor • Bill Tillman • Ronnie Wilson |
| 1994: | Rex Brown • George Dimitri • Donny Ray Ford • Fred Gleber • Michael Jerome • Matthew E. Johnson • David Lee Joyner • Robby LeDoux • David Milsap • Terry-Groff Montgomery • David Mora • Paul Quigg • Brett Reid • Robert Schietroma (percussionist) • Keith Traquair • Brian Wakeland |
| 1995: | Bruce Alford • Scott Arndt • Bobby Boatright (fiddle player) • Junior Brown • Johnny Case • Milo Deering • Alan Emert • Wilson Fisher • Mike Graff • Frank Hailey • Hal Harris • Kim Herriage • Matt Hillyer (guitar)• Gary Hogue • Cindy Horstman • Billy King • Johnnie Red Latham • Dave Palmer (keyboardist) • Lisa Pankratz • Drew Phelps (bassist) • Darrell Phillips • Michael Price • Henry Qualls • Mike Querry • Bobby Rambo • Reggie Rueffer (fiddle) • Kevin Schermerhorn • Jeff Scroggins • John Scully • Kevin Smith • Matt Snow • Richie Vasquez (drummer) • Scott White • Scott Whitfield (trombonist) • Ted Wood • Dave Zoller |
| 1996: | Gene Coleman • Sonnie Collie • John Fiveash (drummer/percussionist) • Donnie Gillyand • David Grissom (guitarist) • Murray Hammond • Bubba Hernandez • Andrew "Jr. Boy" Jones (guitarist) • Jamie McLester • Jamal Mohamed • Ernie Myers • Lee Roy Parnell • Clay Pendergrass (guitarist) • Chad Rueffer (guitar) • Fred Rush • Chris Skiles • Kenny Stern • Lisa Umbargar • Van Wilks |
| 1997: | Mark Austin • Steve Berg • Joe Cripps • Mary Cutrufello • Floyd Domino • John Garza • Chris Gipson • John Thomas Griffith • Tommy Hill • Tommy Hyatt • Will Johnson • Rick Koster • S.P. Leary (1930–1998) (blues drummer) • Ron Mason • Mike McCullough • Riley Osbourn • Lucky Peterson • Pat Peterson • Doug Pinnick • Steve Powell • Bill Randolph • Ed Soph • Clint Strong • Marvin E. Washington, Jr. |
| 1998: | John Arbour • Doyle Bramhall II • David Burns • Floyd Dixon • Danny Duncan • Big Al DuPree (né Alfred William Dupree, Jr.; 1923–2004) • David Fargason (bassist) • Juevey Gomez • Chuck Hasley • Paul Hollis • Keith Jones • Tutu Jones • Todd Lewis • Bob Livingston • Bobby Patterson • Jimmy Pendleton • Lucky Peterson • Rich Thomas • Terry • Ware • Danny Wright |
| | Two-year hiatus |
| 2001: | Richard Chalk • Tom Faulkner • Randy Garabay (né Ramiro Beltrán Garibay; 1939–2002) (guitar) • Dave Hineman • Lewis Hutcheson • Brady Mosher • Gary Myrick • Eddy Shaver • Holland K. Smith • Clark Vogeler |
| 2002: | John Adams • Ronny Ellis • George Fuller • Robby Garner • Fred Hamilton (guitar, bass, composer; Professor Emeritus University of North Texas College of Music) • Mace Maben • Jon Mastin • Phil McNeese • Blake Milton • Kenny Traylor • Ken Wheeler |
| | One-year hiatus |
| 2004: | Ken Bethea • Nick Curran • Todd Parsnow (né Todd Edward Parsnow; born 1970) (guitar) • Cookie McGee (née Carmen Yvonne McGee; born 1957) (left-handed guitarist, vocalist, pianist) • John Sprott (né John Hunter Sprott; born 1958) (guitar) |
| 2005: | Pete Coatney (né Pete Allen Coatney; born 1963) (drummer) • Doug Howard • Jimmy Morgan • Jason Thomas |
| | Nine-year hiatus Henceforth, guitar and bass guitar, only |
| 2015: | Christopher Alexander • John Carroll • Jerry Don Branch • Gary Clark, Jr. • Chris Claridy • Jason Elmore (guitar) • Glenn Fukunaga • Lance Lopez (guitar) • Marty Muse |
| 2016: | Rich Brotherton (né Richard Lenz Brotherton; born 1959) (guitar) • Quinten Hope • Devin Leigh • Jackie Don Loe • Danny Sanches • Ray Sharpe • Johnny Winter |
| 2017: | Will Owen Gage (né William Chapin Owen-Gage; born 1987) (guitar) • Wes Jeans (né Michael Wesley Jeans; born 1981) (guitar) • Mark Lettieri (guitar; notably with Snarky Puppy) • Tommy Nash (né Thomas Farrel Nash; born 1950) (guitar) |
| 2018: | Kyle Brock (né Kyle Glen Brock; born 1951) (bass) • Aden Bubeck (né Aden Steed Bubeck; born 1972) (bass) • Rhett Butler • Jesse Dayton (guitar) • Casey James (guitar) • Kirby Kelley (né Kirby Olin Kelley; born 1959) (guitar) • Dennis Ludiker |
| 2019: | Butch Bonnor (né Floyd Charles Bonner; born 1953) (guitar) • Tyler Bryant (guitar) • James Hinkle (né James Edward Hinkle; born 1957) (guitar) • Michael Lee (né Michael Lee Clemmer; born 1988) (guitar) • Lloyd Maines (guitar) |

## Buddy's Music Hall of Fame

| 1979: | Tex Ritter |
| 1980: | Lightnin' Hopkins (the award was accepted by María Elena Holly, Buddy's widow, and country swing pioneer, Leon Rausch) |
| 1981: | Roy Orbison |
| 1984: | Jimmy Dean |

## Buddy's Texas Music Awards

Buddy's Texas Music Awards ("The Buddies") is an annual readers poll survey that debuted 1973. The awards were presented at a black-tie event. The new act categories are chosen by music journalists.
| 1973: (1st) | Country: Willie Nelson |
| 1974: (2nd) | Country: Willie Nelson • Waylon Jennings (2nd place)Pop: ZZ Top • Jerry Jeff Walker |
| 1975: (3rd) | Country: Willie Nelson • Asleep at the Wheel (2nd place) • Kris Kristofferson (4th place)Pop: ZZ Top • Jerry Jeff Walker (2nd) • Michael Martin Murphey (3rd) • Rusty Wier (4th) |
| 1979: (6th) | Country: Waylon Jennings Pop/rock: ZZ Top Latin: Joe Carrasco Blues/soul/jazz: One O'Clock Lab Band Album: Bat Out of Hell Song: "Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys" New pop group: Mother of Pearl New rock artists: Kenny and the Kasuals New country artist: Joe Ely J. Boy Adams, hosted the ceremony which was broadcast live on KZEW, March 11, 1979 |
| 1980: (7th) | Country: Willie Nelson Pop/rock: ZZ Top Blues/soul/jazz: Bugs Henderson Album: Degüello New country artist: Whiskey Drinkin' Music (Austin) Ray Wylie Hubbard hosted the ceremony at Longhorn Ballroom March 18, 1980 |
| 1981: (8th) | Country: Willie Nelson Pop/rock: ZZ Top Latin: Little Joe, Johnny y La Familia Blues/soul: The Fabulous Thunderbirds Jazz: One O'Clock Lab Band Album: The Hard Way, by Point Blank Song: "Sailing," by Christopher Cross Songwriter: Jerry Dirkx, "She's In Love With The Rolling Stones" Critics choice, pop: Shake Russell-Dana Cooper Band Critics choice, blues: Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble Critics choice, pop: U.S. Kids Brother Dave Gardner hosted the ceremony at the Wintergarden Ballroom in Dallas at 1616 John West Road, March 13, 1981 |
| 1984: (11th) | Country: Asleep at the Wheel Pop/rock: Joe Ely Latin: Little Joe, Johnny y La Familia Jazz: The Crusaders Regional record: (tie) (i) Born to Blow, Johnny Reno and the Sax Maniacs; (ii) Drive This, Teddy Boys Movie filmed in Texas: Terms of Endearment Album: Eliminator, ZZ Top Song: "Gimme All Your Lovin'," ZZ Top Blues: Stevie Ray Vaughan Video: Sharp Dressed Man, ZZ Top from the album Eliminator New wave: Joe King Carrasco Ray Wylie Hubbard hosted the ceremony at the Loew's Anatole May 9, 1984, in Dallas |

## Disambiguation

* Not to be confused with the South Korean LGBT magazine, Buddy, published in Seoul (from February 20, 1998, to Winter 2003); OCLC 613611725
* Not to be confused with the Buddy Potápění ("Buddy Diving"), a bi-monthly (every two months) published in Prague, founded July 2007 (issue No. 1) (buddymag.cz); ISSN 1805-3017