As if Delbert McClinton’s voice wasn’t enough, embued with the grit and soul of a hundred Texas honky-tonks, his bank of memories from the past 60 years would comprise a book you’d want to read. As a ...

Alex Chadwick talks with singer-songwriter Delbert McClinton about his new album, Cost of Living, and what it's like to have a hit on the blues and country charts on the eve of your 65th birthday.

Delbert McClinton and Glen Clark: Blind, Crippled & Crazy In 1972, Texans Delbert McClinton and Glen Clark had already been a part of the Texas music scene for ten years. They recorded Delbert & Glen ...

After over five decades in the music industry, 76-year-old Delbert McClinton is still trucking. Or, perhaps, cruising is a more appropriate metaphor—and sometimes literal reality—for his career. The ...

"There were downs but a lot of ups. But that's the American dream." By Chuck Dauphin The music of Delbert McClinton – a seamless fusion of country, blues and Texas Roadhouse sound – has long been one ...

Ex-Trick Pony lead singer Heidi Newfield teams up with a number of respected music names -- including blues guitarist, pianist and harmonica player Delbert McClinton -- on her forthcoming new album, ...

This exclusive excerpt from Diana Finlay Hendricks’s Delbert McClinton: One of the Fortunate Few (December 6, Texas A&M University Press) revisits a time when students from the University of Texas ...

Delbert McClinton was born on November 4, 1940, in Lubbock, Texas, and is a Grammy-winning American singer-songwriter renowned for blending blues, rock, country, and Americana. Starting his career in ...

In 1972, Texans Delbert McClinton and Glen Clark had already been a part of the Texas music scene for ten years. They recorded Delbert & Glen (1972) for Koch, inaugurating two careers, McClinton's ...

But McClinton is a pro, and he shows few signs of slowing down. He even seemed surprised when I brought up the idea of retirement, though he's grown somewhat less willing to meet every whim of every ...

Delbert McClinton describes his latest album Tall, Dark & Handsome, out July 26th, as “kind of a salute to Texas blues, the music I grew up on.” With respect to the always-succinct McClinton, it’s ...

Coastal fans of Clay McClinton – son of Delbert McClinton and a prodigious champion of dusty roadhouse rock in his own right – have had to wait a while for new music. But the wait is just ...