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 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 ...

There's a symphony of hard times in Delbert McClinton's rich Texas drawl. It's in his lyrics - ballads of loss, longing and an irrepressible desire to keep going - and behind the sting in his wit. And ...

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 ...

It's 1982, and eight of the finest musicians Delbert McClinton could muster surround him on stage. McClinton, wearing a New York Yankees T-shirt, jeans and aviator glasses, bangs out a steady beat on ...

Now and then, you might hear it said that someone was born to play the blues. For Lubbock, Texas native Delbert McClinton, that’s actually the case. “It’s not a matter of something I wanted to do.

1 Broadway Watch Guide July 2026: Where to Watch HADESTOWN Proshot, MOANA & More Following an outstanding performance at the reopened "My Father's Place" at the Roslyn Hotel opening for Midge Ure, ...

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.

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, ...

KURE BEACH, NC (WWAY) — Grammy Award winner Delbert McClinton is the headlining act of the 26th Annual Pleasure Island Seafood, Blues & Jazz Festival. He brings his band, Delbert McClinton and ...

As the sun was setting on the first day of the inaugural WMOT 895 Fest at Hop Springs Beer Park, Delbert McClinton took the stage in front of more than 1,000 crowd members. Then Hop Springs really got ...