Fishing for Success With BLAKE SCHROEDER
by Kelly Reeves When you first meet professional bass angler Blake Schroeder, you immediately notice a few things, his genuine politeness, true professionalism, and his undeniable passion for fishing, family, and friends. Hailing from Texas, Schroeder is making a name for himself in the professional bass fishing circuit, not only for his skills on the water but also for his personable...
Star of Texas: The Cavender Family
by David Preziosi From their first store in Pittsburg, Texas, which opened in 1965, to 95 stores across 15 states today, Tyler based Cavender’s has grown into an incredibly successful family-run business and a leader in the western wear industry. Their success has always come down to hard work, dedication, and a deep knowledge of their customer’s needs. They pride themselves...
Double W Kennels
by Brynna Breen Y’know the feeling when you’re out in the field, or marsh, hunting? It’s something special, that feeling – like you’re free, and no one needs anything, no one is bothering you, or is gonna break that perfectly still silence. It’s misty; it’s quiet – so peacefully quiet – and in the early morning tranquility, you wait for that...
Chris Colston – Music and More
by Kelly Reeves The East Texas town of Noonday is famous for growing the sweetest onions. Grapeland and its sandy soil grows the best watermelons. Tyler is known for its roses. Gilmer and Golden, no doubt, produce the sweetest sweet potatoes ... and Jacksonville is well known as the Tomato Capital of the World. There’s some debate whether it is...
On the Porch With Barry Corbin
by Kelly Reeves As a kid in the 70s, the only thing more exciting than watching Westerns on television on the weekends, was going outside and playing cowboys and Indians with the neighborhood boys afterward. Sometimes it was lawmen versus the bad guys, readily recognizable by the black cowboy hats and low-slung cap guns they wore. The thing that stayed the...
Whiskey Myers’ Frontman Cody Cannon – Lyrics and Lures
by Melissa Fox As the lyrics of the famed, and fan favorite, Whiskey Myers song “Stone” refer to - the highway has been Cody Cannon’s home for quite some time. However, when the world seemingly came to a halt as a result of the pandemic several years ago, Cannon, Whiskey Myers’ lead singer and guitarist, found himself off the road...
The Second Act of Larry Wells
by Kelly Reeves Have you ever met a fellow so lucky that he could fall in a barrel of nickels and crawl out with a two-dollar bill? Well, I’ve met a few over the years, but I recently made a new friend that takes ‘luck’ to a whole different level. I’m a firm believer that luck is predictable. The harder...
Randall King – Traditional Country Music from the Heart
by Melissa Carlson & Kelly Reeves “This kid is what country music is all about.”- Garth Brooks When “The King of Country”, George Strait, sang “Amarillo By Morning” in 1983, country music artist Randall King wasn’t yet born. It would be eight years later before Randall King would make it to Amarillo. Born and raised in the small town of Hereford,...
