Texas Music

[dee]

This is one of my favorites these days. Sad to say the guy singing has gone out on his own but I'm sure will do very well.

[downshift_me]

I know it's not Texas Country which is what everyone else is posting but Notchnate, a board member(at least I know he was in Canada) is Oh, Sleepers lead guitar player now. Probably one of the better metal bands to come out of Texas in the last decade.

I think he ended up making his way over here a few months ago. He's a pretty nice kid.

[dee]

Creager's acoustic cover of jimmy Buffets "Pirate at 40" he released on a live album is one of his best. He always came down and mingled after shows around here, very down to earth guy. A few others that were fun to hang out with were Max Stalling (who sadly doesn't play around here too often), Django Walker was fun guy to hang out with and put on a great show but I haven't seen his act in years. The Ragweed guys were pretty nice when they played the smaller shows, last time I saw them was when Larry Joe Taylor fest was in Meridian. Band of Heathens, mickey and the motorcars, Reckless Kelly were nice to sit and have a few drinks with and visit always very friendly.

[black2002ls]

Wade Bowen has one of the best voices, his cover of "please come to Boston" is one of my favorite songs. Aaron Watson plays the best dancing music in the state short of Asleep at the Wheel. Never was a big Brandon Ryder fan as far as concert performance's go. My favorite was Cross Canadian Ragweed before they got too big to play at the smaller venues.

I have had the pleasure of working with a lot of the big name acts in the Texas Music scene. Not so much the last 2 years, but before that I ran some local music venues and we were able to bring some pretty big names through the venue I ran in Commerce. Wade Bowen was one of the acts that rubbed me the wrong way. Great musician, great voice, though he was one of the few that shunned our patrons. We didn't sell out for his show (400 capacity), we only had about 200 people. After his show, he headed to the bus and we never saw him again. The other person to do that was Charlie Robison, he had a smaller crowd than Wade did. He played a Thursday night show and we closed at midnight. The merch guy had the booth packed up and headed to the bus by 11:55. As soon as the show was over Charlie was hot on his heels, never saw him again either.

Cool... I will check out Whiskey Meyers. I already have a few Band of Heathens and several of Roger Creager in my rotation.

I never really got into Whiskey Meyers. Once I heard that Cody Cannon got drunk and fell off the stage at Hanks in McKinney and someone else had to finish his show, I decided it wasn't worth going to see them. Roger is one of my favorite artists in the scene. He played one of our Thursday shows at the Mule in Commerce. I felt terrible for him, as we didn't even have 100 people in the bar and he put on one hell of a show. One of my best memories was from sound check that day. I was running around up stairs trying to get the A/C's defrosted while he was checking his mic and guitar. He played an acoustic version of Friday Night Fever (by george strait). Best song I've ever heard acoustic, everyone who was working the bar getting set up at the time stopped and was in awe. I keep telling myself next time I see him live I'm going to try and get him to play it...

[jdgregory84]

I know it's not Texas Country which is what everyone else is posting but Notchnate, a board member(at least I know he was in Canada) is Oh, Sleepers lead guitar player now. Probably one of the better metal bands to come out of Texas in the last decade.

[gearhead78]

If you liked Turnpike Troubadours try Whiskey Myers. I love me some Jason Boland.

X2 on Whiskey Myers they are a good act to see. Band of Heathens, Brandon Jenkins and Roger Creager are some of my favorite acts to see.

Cool... I will check out Whiskey Meyers. I already have a few Band of Heathens and several of Roger Creager in my rotation.

[dee]

Not that I'm important or anything, but you're awesome in my book. That is all.

Well I appreciate that and you seem equally as awesome.

[downshift_me]

Wade Bowen has one of the best voices, his cover of "please come to Boston" is one of my favorite songs. Aaron Watson plays the best dancing music in the state short of Asleep at the Wheel. Never was a big Brandon Ryder fan as far as concert performance's go. My favorite was Cross Canadian Ragweed before they got too big to play at the smaller venues.

Not that I'm important or anything, but you're awesome in my book. That is all.

[dee]

Wade Bowen has one of the best voices, his cover of "please come to Boston" is one of my favorite songs. Aaron Watson plays the best dancing music in the state short of Asleep at the Wheel. Never was a big Brandon Ryder fan as far as concert performance's go. My favorite was Cross Canadian Ragweed before they got too big to play at the smaller venues.

[downshift_me]

X2 on Whiskey Myers they are a good act to see. Band of Heathens, Brandon Jenkins and Roger Creager are some of my favorite acts to see.

Roger Creager, Wade Bowen and Aaron Watson are 3 of my favs. Brandon Rhyder was a fav, but his last concert I was pretty bored and ADD kicked in.

[dee]

If you liked Turnpike Troubadours try Whiskey Myers. I love me some Jason Boland.

X2 on Whiskey Myers they are a good act to see. Band of Heathens, Brandon Jenkins and Roger Creager are some of my favorite acts to see.

[downshift_me]

He was pretty good. I heard from a few people he has not as good as he has been at other imes they had seen him. My favorites were Jason Boland, Dirty River Boys, and Turnpike Trubadors. The Bigsbys and American Aquarium were really good too but since I had not heard much from either before I was not as in to it.

If you liked Turnpike Troubadours try Whiskey Myers. I love me some Jason Boland.

[gearhead78]

Pretty much my exact backstory. Listened to early punk, alt, true hip-hop. Still listen to all of it but my main rotation is Texas Country.

Would have liked to of seen Chris Knight at TMR! We make a point to see Boland everytime he is out our way.....

He was pretty good. I heard from a few people he has not as good as he has been at other imes they had seen him. My favorites were Jason Boland, Dirty River Boys, and Turnpike Trubadors. The Bigsbys and American Aquarium were really good too but since I had not heard much from either before I was not as in to it.

[Chopped54]

The last year or so I have been re-discovering my love for music. As a kid I was in to punk and alternative before it got popular. That morphed in to liking mostly rock but the last few years I have not been feeling it even switched over to main steam country but just never gelled with it. About a year ago a friend pointed out 95.3 and I started listening to the Texas country , southern rock , red dirt what even you want to call it scene. I really like this music.

The wife and I just spend all day / night at Southfork for the TMR (Texas Music Revolution) show and had a blast. I liked a lot of it but one band that I have not herd much of kicked serious ass. The Dirty River Boys are now going to be added to my Itunes.

Pretty much my exact backstory. Listened to early punk, alt, true hip-hop. Still listen to all of it but my main rotation is Texas Country.

Would have liked to of seen Chris Knight at TMR! We make a point to see Boland everytime he is out our way.....

[Vertnut]

My wife and I saw Junior Brown at the Granada a few years ago, and a guy named Jesse Dayton opened for him. He's out of Austin and plays at the Spoke a lot. I'm not a huge country fan, but he's pretty damn good.