Red River Station welcomes back, Max & Heather Stalling, to our Indoor Acoustic Series, Saturday December 20. Max and Heather, married since 2007, are finally combining their musical talents to create a captivating project. Max handles rhythm guitar and lead vocals, while Heather brings her exceptional fiddle skills and harmony vocals to the stage. After years of individual success, their collaboration promises a fresh and exciting musical experience.

Another contentious, all-day meeting of Fannin County Commissioners Court resulted in little progress regarding the final courthouse restoration reimbursement of $600,000 that Texas Historical Commission is waiting to give Fannin County. The courthouse has been occupied since April 2022 and all four commissioners voted to receive the money, with only the county judge holding up the payment. "It's time to put down the gavel and let the next generation come in and see what we can do," Fannin County resident Tammy Woods remarked. "I think we have a good commissioners court, but it is time for the judge to step down."

Broadway Dallas and Broadway Across America are thrilled to announced that single tickets for the Tony Award® winning Best Musical, The Outsiders, based on the seminal novel by S.E. Hinton and Francis Ford Coppola's landmark motion picture, went on sale August 15. The Outsiders will play Dallas’ Music Hall at Fair Park November 4-16, 2025, as part of the 2025/2026 Broadway Series presented by Broadway Dallas. photo by Matthew Murphy

The latest U.S. Drought Monitor indicates that much of Texas is under drought intensity. In response, the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service Disaster Assessment and Recovery, DAR, unit is urging landowners to act now to minimize fuel loads, protect critical structures and plan coordinated responses before fires ignite. (Texas A&M AgriLife)

Guests celebrating in style at La Cabrona’s 2024 Día de los Muertos event. Join us again this year on Nov. 2 for live mariachi, vendors and much more. photo by Meredith Lucus

1971 – death of Duane Allman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist. Howard Duane Allman (November 20, 1946 – October 29, 1971) was an American rock and blues guitarist and the founder and original leader of the Allman Brothers Band, for which he was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995. Born in Nashville, Tennessee, Allman began playing the guitar at age 14. He formed the Allman Brothers Band with his brother Gregg in Jacksonville, Florida, in 1969. The group achieved its greatest success in the early 1970s. Allman is best remembered for his brief but influential tenure in the band and in particular for his expressive slide guitar playing and inventive improvisational skills. A sought-after session musician both before and during his tenure with the band, Duane Allman performed with King Curtis, Aretha Franklin, Herbie Mann, Wilson Pickett, and Boz Scaggs. He also contributed to the only studio album by Derek and the Dominos, Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs (1970). Allman died following a motorcycle crash on October 29, 1971, at the age of 24. In 2003, he was ranked number 2 in Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 100 greatest guitarists of all time, second only to Jimi Hendrix. In 2011, he was ranked number 9 and in 2023 he was ranked 10th. His guitar tone (achieved with a Gibson Les Paul and two 50-watt bass Marshall amplifiers) was named one of the greatest of all time by Guitar Player.