Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction. Fire in the Water, Earth in the Air -- THE LEGENDS -- TERRY ALLEN. Going Back to the Dirt -- RICHARD BOWDEN. Underground Lubbock -- LLOYD MAINES. It's Amazing How Much Gets Done -- JAY BOY ADAMS. Chicken-fried Memories -- DON CALDWELL. Selling the Family Farm for a Song -- BOBBY KEYS. Like a Rolling Stone -- TOMMY HANCOCK. The Supernatural Family Band -- BUTCH HANCOCK. The Universe in a Grain of Sand -- ANGELA STREHLI. Blues in a Texas Town -- JESSE "GUITAR" TAYLOR. A Bad Loud Place -- PONTY BONE. Illumination on the Streets of Lubbock -- BRUCE JAGGERS. The Greatest Show on Earth -- JOE ELY. Lord of the Highway -- SHARON ELY. Living on Dreams -- KIMMIE RHODES. West Texas Angel -- JO HARVEY ALLEN. Take Me Back to Paradox City -- JO CAROL PIERCE. Bad Girl Upset by the Truth -- GUY JUKE. Life Imitates Art -- DAVID HALLEY. Hitchhiking to Nirvana -- CARY SWINNEY. Desperate Searcher -- DOUG SMITH. Music Ordained by God -- DOWNE BURNS. Back to the Basics of Love -- BOB LIVINGSTON. Gonzo Compadre -- WADE PARKS. Nothing Else to Do -- COLIN GILMORE. Living in Dichotomy -- JIMMIE DALE GILMORE. Hub City Mover -- MAC DAVIS. Happiness Is Lubbock, Texas -- Appendix I. Selected Discographies -- Appendix II. Original Interviews -- Index.