 Lomax bankrolled the magazine, wrote as a music editor, and worked as the behind-the-scenes editor in chief.The "Gazette" ran early features on Rodney Crowell, Lacy Dalton, Gail Davies, and others.Lomax started his “Song City Serenades” column during the "Nashville Gazette" period; after the magazine folded a few months later, Lomax began a similar news column for "The Aquarian Weekly."