Galleywinter

As part of the Country Fans Care for St. Judes fundraising program, a 2011 calendar has been released featuring Texas Music luminaries from Robert Earl Keen, Randy Rogers Band and Miranda Lambert to Pat Green and Radney Foster.  The calendar costs $15 and 100% of the profits go to St. Judes for research to help the world’s sick children.

You can purchase your copy HERE.

*On a personal note, as I documented in my “A Country Band From Texas Picked Me Up at Graceland” story (in the midst of being added to the archives), I had the tremendous opportunity to tour St. Jude.  As I noted at that time, we were all a bit weary of touring a place full of sick children while we were in the midst of having such a good time.  Selfish indeed, and our wonderful tour guide assured us that nearly everyone who gets the complete behind the scenes look we got feels the same way at first, but soon realizes that it is not a sad place at all…it is actually a place full of hope, love and happiness.  Those four hours changed my life as we met the children, nurses, doctors and administrators of this special place.  I vowed to get more involved with what they were doing and help with their mission any way I could.  So, when this press release cruised into our inbox, I didn’t hesitate to share it with y’all.  That $15 investment is going to a terrific place … Keep Reading

It’s that time of year… errr… that time for a new year! Here’s a run down of some great things going on to celebrate the New Year.

Welcome to Version 4!

The is the start of our rollout for a new look and new functionality for the next version of Galleywinter. We’ve totally redone the entire articles and content from the ground up. We want things to be simple and straight forward and hook into all the other websites we all frequent like Facebook & Twitter. Better SPAM protection and a little we’re going to be a little looser on posting requirements to hopefully allow everyone to add their comments easier.

We’re also bringing on several new writers as well as doing some cool stuff like pulling in some podcasts and other stuff. Hope you like it and would love to hear suggestions in how we can make it better. There are some articles missing from a few years ago, but we are bringing those in a little at a time… we just couldn’t wait another day to get this up and running!

Just a reminder… right now the new look is only in the articles, but the other areas will follow soon. The forums, calendar and lyrics will retain the old look until we rework them.

Thanks again for all your years of support!… Keep Reading

Some months back, Bart Crow was faced with the difficult decision to have a procedure done on his ailing back. Due to the hand to mouth nature of independent music, the members of Crow’s band were left without a gig while he recovered. In the great spirit of Texas music, several musicians stepped up to the plate and offered the guys some fill-in work during Bart’s recovery period.

Well, unfortunately, Bart has to go back in for another round of painful back surgery and the guys in his band are again looking for some fill-in work. If you’re a singer in need of a killer backing band or just a couple pieces of that band, then this is a great opportunity for you.

For more info, hit Bart up on Twitter by Direct Messaging him @bartcrowband… Keep Reading

Join us for yet another round of award show snark Wednesday night at 7PM. The CMA’s are billed as “country music’s biggest night!”…can it live up to the hype?

Will Taylor Swift fake cry? Will Jennifer Nettles swallow the little guy that sings with her? Will Jason Aldean duet with Lil Wayne? Will Tim McGraw’s plastic black cowboy hat make yet another appearance? Will some of our guys get decent airtime? Will Blake Shelton get drunk and embarass Miranda Lambert?

The answer to these questions and much more Wednesday night at 7PM.… Keep Reading