EW's GRADE
B

Details Release Date: May 12, 2008; Writers: Bill Fitzhugh, Kix Brooks, Ronnie Dunn; Genres: Fiction, Music; Publisher: Center Street

Two bedraggled saloon singers — alter egos of a certain country duo — share misadventures on the Texas honky-tonk circuit in The Adventures of Slim & Howdy

Music Biz Plot Point
The duo cover songwriters who are unfailingly name-checked.

Lowdown
The comic prose is so sharp it's a shame that veteran comic novelist Bill Fitzhugh's name is so minuscule on the cover next to Kix Brooks and Ronnie Dunn's. B

Originally posted May 16, 2008 Published in issue #992-993 May 23, 2008 Order article reprints

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