Buddy Magazine

12/04/2025

Former McKinney mayor and The Guitar Sanctuary owner George Fuller is selling 100 guitars from his personal collection. This collection features vintage 50s Gibsons, 60s Fender, as well as contemporary Private Reserve pieces from Paul Reed Smith. Check out the article and collection at the link below.

Former McKinney mayor George Fuller has long been recognized as both a civic leader and a driving force in North Texas’ cultural and creative development. A builder, developer, and musician, Fuller has spent decades championing the arts and helping establish McKinney as a destination for live musi...

11/27/2025

Awesome to see Jack White rock “Seven Nation Army” in Detroit’s NFL Thanksgiving halftime show in the same month as our Cover Story discussion with Jack about the legacy of that song! 🤠

Read our Q & A with Jack about The White Stripes’ signature song below 👇

https://buddymagazine.com/cover-story/jack-white-seven-nation-army-ian-saint-americanafest/

11/26/2025

Lee Roy Parnell December 12 in Plano at Love and War in Texas, get yer tickets now while you can

The Texas Flavored Christmas Tour sleigh is gassed up and ready to slide!

Lee Roy Parnell
The Don Gibson Theatre
Flat Iron
Love and War in Texas-Plano Authentic Site
Globe Theatre TX
Greek Bros. Oyster Bar
11th Street Cowboy Bar
Texas Heritage Songwriters Association

11/25/2025

If there is anyone qualified to review a Paul McCartney show, it is Buddy Magazine associate editor Elaine McAfee Bender. She has seen one or more shows on every solo tour since the 1970s. The Tulsa event last month was a bit more scaled down than his other Enormodome shows on the tour, making this a more intimate watch and listen for the 20K attendees. Check out Elaine's observations and thoughts on the show below.

Photos and article by Elaine McAfee Bender On his latest North American tour, Paul McCartney once again embraces the nostalgia which thrills those multigenerational audiences pouring into venues to get a glimpse of  “the cute Beatle” and to sing along, cry, and cheer his every word. At age 83, ...

11/24/2025

For our November 2025 2.0 issue, we present the great guitarist and songwriter Josh Alan, on the heels of his sixth album release, "Acoustic Instrumentals". Josh once shared a Buddy cover with another artist back in the 90s, but this time, all the surface real estate is his own. Buddy writer Rob Garner played bass in Josh's electric band from 1998-2003, and they also share a lot of stories about their band adventures. See the sidebar piece, "Strange Dreams: My Time in the Josh Alan Band," linked from the main article URL below.

11/24/2025

I was really happy to hang out with Reese for a while today at Antone's before he performs tonight with Joe Bonamassa at the Moody Theater.

11/15/2025

RIP Todd Snider.

Aimless, Inc. Headquarters is heartbroken to share that our Founder, our Folk Hero, our Poet of the World, our Vice President of the Abrupt Change Dept., the Storyteller, our beloved Todd Daniel Snider has departed this world. Where do we find the words for the one who always had the right words, who knew how to distill everything down to its essence with words and song while delivering the most devastating, hilarious, and impactful turn of phrases? Always creating rhyme and meter that immediately felt like an old friend or a favorite blanket. Someone who could almost always find the humor in this crazy ride on Planet Earth.

He relayed so much tenderness and sensitivity through his songs, and showed many of us how to look at the world through a different lens. He got up every morning and started writing, always working towards finding his place among the songwriting giants that sat on his record shelves, those same giants who let him into their lives and took him under their wings, who he studied relentlessly. Guy Clark, John Prine, Kris Kristofferson, Jerry Jeff Walker.

How do we move forward without the one who gave us countless 90 minute distractions from our impending doom? The one who always had 18 minutes to share a story. We’ll do it by carrying his stories and songs that contain messages of love, compassion, and peace with us. Today, put on one of your favorite Todd Snider records and "play it loud enough to wake up all of your neighbors or at least loud enough to always wake yourself up.” We love you Todd, sail on old friend, we’ll see you again out there on the road somewhere down the line. You will always be a force of nature.

"Like A Force of Nature"

If we never get together again
Forgive me for these fools I’ve been
See if you can remember me when
I was listening to my better angels

It’s like a force of nature
Coming over me
I can’t keep myself from moving
It’s like a force of nature

May your hope always outweigh your doubt
Until this old world finally punches you out
May you always play your music
Loud enough to wake up all of your neighbors
Or may you play at least loud enough
To always wake yourself up

Todd Daniel Snider
October 11, 1966 - November 14, 2025

11/10/2025

Artist and producer John Pedigo, along with seasoned chef and restaurateur Robin Gill, plans to carry on the legacy of AllGood in Deep Ellum.

11/10/2025

Here is every cover story and link since we fired up the digital and print presses after the pandemic, and after Ron handed us the keys. Most of our content is not even listed here - check the website for much more. Make sure you filter "All Comments" to see everything, and stay tuned for many more to come.

11/07/2025

This month's Buddy Magazine cover story features Jack White, who is being inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame tomorrow night, Saturday, Nov. 8. White doesn't do many interviews, so we were thrilled when our own Ian Saint had a chance to speak with him at the Americana Music Association's Americanafest in September.

The result is a fantastic story by Ian, covering White's thoughts on the impact of "Seven Nation Army." John C. Reilly also level-sets with his perspective on the impact of the song on modern world culture, but we won't spoil it. Check it out and read what Reilly said, and we totally agree with his observation.

The cover photo was taken by Andrew Sherman at White's pop-up show at Trees Dallas last November. 13 The photo was shot on an iPhone, with Andrew's sharp eye, and no filter. This is the second time we have used an iPhone shot on a Buddy Magazine cover (the last time was Samantha Fish back in 2023, captured by Ron McKeown).

A great shot is a great shot, no matter the gear. In this image, the crowd is as much the star as White and the band. Andrew seems to have captured the impossible in this framing of the image: the performers and crowd appear to be conjunctively wrapped in a big blue aura. Hat tip to the Trees and the band's lighting crews for this amazing moment.

Also check out Ian's video of White's "Seven Nation Army" live at Trees, in the article.

Congratulations again to White on his well-deserved Hall of Fame induction with The White Stripes!

[Note: we have a second November 2.0 cover coming out later in the month].

11/06/2025

wow man, this is some good stuff.