The Texas Troubadour: The Night It All Went Wrong

Ernest Tubb was a legend. But when the whiskey took hold, the legend didn’t

always behave like a saint in the neon lights. When the drink set in,

he wanted to smash things. Windows. Silence. The night itself.

He was a man possessed by a wild energy. In nineteen fifty-seven, a feud simmered.

Jim Denny had allegedly sabotaged Tubbs festival, and the Troubadour wasn't about to

let that slide. The corridor echoed. Tubb staggered in, gripping a point three five seven

Magnum. He thought he saw his rival in the shadows. He pulled the

trigger. A roar filled the hall. He fired his weapon in the