Column: Mickey Newbury: Train songs, romantic idealism and An American Trilogy

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Column: Mickey Newbury: Train songs, romantic idealism and An American Trilogy

Ronda Rich

For The Times

Updated: Dec 1, 2021, 2:43 AM

Published: Nov 30, 2021, 8:20 PM

Perhaps you remember a line from Waylon Jennings’ career-making hit, “Luckenbach, Texas,” that tips the cowboy hat to “Hank Williams pain songs and Newbury train songs.”

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Column: A 400-pound statue travels for 13 hours

Ronda Rich

For The Times

Published: Apr 1, 2025, 9:43 PM

It’s no secret — in fact, it’s becoming “fabled” pretty quickly — that Tink and I come from worlds as far apart as Mars and Jupiter.

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