As Steamboat wraps up for another year, we are on the cusp of another year of Texas Music pandemonium…or something. The more things change, the more they stay the same. Watching the events of MusicFest unfold from Texas I was reminded of the old Mike McClure lyric from The Great Divide’s “Yesterday Road”.… Read the rest
Songwriting is a wide and varied art form that takes on many different personalities depending upon the writer and the subject matter. Drew Kennedy is one of the best songwriters on the planet and has been for some time. He’s good because he’s honest, even when making the story up about something from the ether of his imagination, a high school anecdote or a gig routing trip through the vastness of west Texas.… Read the rest
Ric Flair famously proclaimed “To be the man, you’ve gotta beat the man.” A farcical taunt in the world of pro wrestling about who was the biggest, baddest and best at any given time. Someone who puts butts in seats and causes a reaction. … Read the rest
For nearly a decade, the Turnpike Troubadours have been standard bearers for the ragtag, raw, honest, genuine type of country music favored by folks in this region. The band, fueled by the Walt Whitman and Larry McMurtry infused lyrics of frontman Evan Felker, has always stood apart from peers and imitators because they are so damn good…and so damn real. … Read the rest
Over the years, I’ve prided myself on always having an answer when asked a variation of the following question.
“Who should I be listening to?” “Who’s the next big thing?” “Who’s about to blow up?”
This past Sunday at our big Texas Music Flood Waco event, I had no new names when this question was posed to me. … Read the rest
