In 1971, self-appointed mayor Hondo Crouch turned the Texan town into a rural respite for country stars. Soon it was immortalised in chart-topping songs – and became a symbol of a simpler American life In the summer of 1973, the US country singer Jerry Jeff Walker was in the middle of nowhere, r...

Source: [Guardian International](https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/sep/29/luckenbach-the-texas-town-a-byword-for-outlaw-country-music)

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