When it comes to music genres that lyrics really take shape in, country music is one of the key players. And while there are ...

“Let’s go to Luckenbach, Texas,” Waylon Jennings sang in a duet with Willie Nelson. The song’s title, “Luckenbach, Texas (Back to the Basics of Love)” gives a hint as to what the song is about—a ...

Q: I work as a park ranger in the Hill Country, and because of the Waylon Jennings song “Luckenbach, Texas (Back to the Basics of Love)” I am often asked about Luckenbach. I did some research so that ...

Each time I sit beneath Luckenbach’s towering oak trees on an easy, breezy afternoon listening to the soothing sound of guitars while sipping a cold beer, I wonder why I don’t come here more often.

“Luckenbach, Texas (Back to the Basics of Love)” by Waylon Jennings became a No. 1 hit on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, holding the top spot from May 21 to June 25, 1977, after debuting ...

Several years ago we had an opportunity to visit Luckenbach, Texas, a small spot best known to locals and fans of country music. Luckenbach gained widespread fame in 1977 when a song of the same name ...

Forty years ago, Waylon Jennings released “Luckenbach, Texas (Back to the Basics of Love),” a country Number One and crossover hit with pop audiences even though – according to lore – he’d never been ...

» Getting there: In the heart of Texas Hill Country, Luckenbach is located on Ranch Road 1376, some 52 miles northwest of San Antonio, 75 miles west of Austin and about 10 miles from Fredericksburg in ...

Dale Watson has recorded a whopping twenty-nine albums over the last two decades, making him one of the more prolific Texas musicians still working. The singer, whose unmistakeable voice matches his ...

Django Walker (seated) sharing a laugh with Jerry Jeff and Hondo while Hondo’s daughter Cris (standing) looks on. Within minutes of the Jerry Jeff Walker-Hondo Crouch statue’s unveiling in Luckenbach, ...