I’ve been honored and blessed to be asked by Mattson Rainer to come shoot the breeze with him on his radio station, 92.1 KNBT-FM Radio New Braunfels three years in a row now. It’s not something I take lightly. Few people support and love music as much as Mattson. He created an Americana institution before […]
Josh Ward is a testament to mom and pop stick-to-it-tiveness. He and his wife have pulled his career up from the bootstraps for 15 years. Ward used to bounce around to any guitar pull that would have him while working in the oil fields. He was an early, charter member of the Galleywinter family and […]
Peeling back the curtain is never easy for an artist. They always like to maintain the facade of cool. But, Wade Bowen has never shied away from that with regard to his songwriting or career. 2018 was a beatdown of emotions of the highest order for Bowen. The YouTube documentary details the trials and tribulations […]
Jimmy Buffett is a songwriting savior for generations. Admittedly, as a youth my only connection with him was to the two radio standards I often heard growing up “Margaritaville” and “Come Monday”. That all changed in college when I was first getting heavy into Texas Music and diving back into all things Jerry Jeff Walker. […]
Yep. One more post about Bowen Music Fest for 2019. Wade Bowen started all of this as an excuse to get together and play some golf with his buddies about twenty years ago. It has since cornered the market on charity events in this scene and beyond. It’s truly remarkable what has happened. He (and […]