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Posted: June 12, 2006 10:25 am
by ph4ever
Jahfin wrote:conched wrote:Jahfin wrote:I'd add The Gourds, the Old 97s, Bob Wills, Slobberbone, the Derailers, the Weary Boys, the South Austin Jug Band and Ramsay Midwood to the list. Not to mention Townes Van Zandt and Steve Earle. Well, Earle wasn't born there but as he's wont to say, he "got there as fast as he could".
Didn't know Steve wasn't from Texas. He got away from here too.
If I'm not mistaken he was born in Virgina. Somewhere online I've seen a photo of Steve as a baby with his parents putting his feet into a shoebox filled with Texas soil. So, the first time he ever set his feet on the ground it was on Texas dirt.
I believe he got upset with Texas' stance on the death penalty and refused to even play there for a while but I know he's played at least a couple of times at the Austin City Limits Music Festival in recent years.
I read his biography a while back and don't recall any of this but that dosn't mean that I just don't remember it. I do know at the time of his death he was very active in a Dallas NA chapter that still is in existance.
If you're gonna talk great Texas guitarists you must also include Jimmy Vaughan, Bugs Henderson and John Nitzinger.
edit - all info I've found shows Stevie was born in Dallas
Posted: June 12, 2006 3:08 pm
by txaggirl91
just heard the randy rogers band... forgot about them.
saw em in december. another great texas band to listen to
Posted: June 13, 2006 1:09 am
by Jahfin
ph4ever wrote:Jahfin wrote:conched wrote:Jahfin wrote:I'd add The Gourds, the Old 97s, Bob Wills, Slobberbone, the Derailers, the Weary Boys, the South Austin Jug Band and Ramsay Midwood to the list. Not to mention Townes Van Zandt and Steve Earle. Well, Earle wasn't born there but as he's wont to say, he "got there as fast as he could".
Didn't know Steve wasn't from Texas. He got away from here too.
If I'm not mistaken he was born in Virgina. Somewhere online I've seen a photo of Steve as a baby with his parents putting his feet into a shoebox filled with Texas soil. So, the first time he ever set his feet on the ground it was on Texas dirt.
I believe he got upset with Texas' stance on the death penalty and refused to even play there for a while but I know he's played at least a couple of times at the Austin City Limits Music Festival in recent years.
I read his biography a while back and don't recall any of this but that dosn't mean that I just don't remember it. I do know at the time of his death he was very active in a Dallas NA chapter that still is in existance.
If you're gonna talk great Texas guitarists you must also include Jimmy Vaughan, Bugs Henderson and John Nitzinger.
edit - all info I've found shows Stevie was born in Dallas
We were talking about Steve Earle.
Posted: June 13, 2006 7:45 am
by cowboyjunkie
Townes Van Zandt. Best songwriter to ever come up from Texas (or from most anywhere).
Been listening to Fred Eaglesmith some lately. I'll be riding across Canada on a train with him in November and I want to know the songs!
Posted: June 13, 2006 7:48 am
by Prthd119
cowboyjunkie wrote:Townes Van Zandt. Best songwriter to ever come up from Texas (or from most anywhere).
Been listening to Fred Eaglesmith some lately. I'll be riding across Canada on a train with him in November and I want to know the songs!
I absolutely love Townes! thanks...Think I'll put that in this morning!
Posted: June 13, 2006 10:51 am
by ph4ever
Jahfin wrote:ph4ever wrote:Jahfin wrote:conched wrote:Jahfin wrote:I'd add The Gourds, the Old 97s, Bob Wills, Slobberbone, the Derailers, the Weary Boys, the South Austin Jug Band and Ramsay Midwood to the list. Not to mention Townes Van Zandt and Steve Earle. Well, Earle wasn't born there but as he's wont to say, he "got there as fast as he could".
Didn't know Steve wasn't from Texas. He got away from here too.
If I'm not mistaken he was born in Virgina. Somewhere online I've seen a photo of Steve as a baby with his parents putting his feet into a shoebox filled with Texas soil. So, the first time he ever set his feet on the ground it was on Texas dirt.
I believe he got upset with Texas' stance on the death penalty and refused to even play there for a while but I know he's played at least a couple of times at the Austin City Limits Music Festival in recent years.
I read his biography a while back and don't recall any of this but that dosn't mean that I just don't remember it. I do know at the time of his death he was very active in a Dallas NA chapter that still is in existance.
If you're gonna talk great Texas guitarists you must also include Jimmy Vaughan, Bugs Henderson and John Nitzinger.
edit - all info I've found shows Stevie was born in Dallas
We were talking about Steve Earle.
damn - I guess I need to drink coffee BEFORE I post
Posted: June 14, 2006 12:08 am
by SeattleParrotHead
Anybody remember Foster and Lloyd? Radney Foster hosts CMT's Crossroads from time to time, I don't know what happened to Bill LLoyd.
Posted: June 14, 2006 12:28 am
by reed69
Wow , didnt realize half of waht was out there , its gonna take me a while to get a good sampling from all these artists. On steve earle ive always been a huge fan of earle , i appreciated him more as a guitarist before i ever figured out i liked texas music so much. I may be like steve , being born in virginia, maybe i need to get to texas as fast as i can haha
Posted: June 14, 2006 12:34 am
by txaggirl91
reed69 wrote:maybe i need to get to texas as fast as i can haha
smart man...
Posted: June 14, 2006 7:34 am
by cowboyjunkie
Tampico wrote:check out this site
http://www.lonestarmusic.com/
This will give all the artist you need to listen to.
Ray Wylie Hubbard, Fred Eaglesmith, Alejandro Escovedo, James McMurtry, Reckless Kelly, Stephen Bruton.........
Fred Eaglesmith is from Canada, which is sort of like Texas but exactly opposite.
Posted: June 14, 2006 11:52 am
by ph4ever
Don't foget to go way back in Texas Music History - try some Blind Lemon Jefferson
Posted: June 14, 2006 2:37 pm
by The Lost Manatee
And of course there is Stacie Earle, sister to Steve. She and her hubby are pretty good too. And there is Jean Synodinos out of Austin, she's not too shabby either. Give Lubbock's Beth Wood a listen too, she's another up and coming artist.
Posted: June 15, 2006 3:57 am
by cowboyjunkie
Nobody has mentioned Daniel Johnston. His influence on modern music has been staggering.
Posted: June 16, 2006 10:39 pm
by shrimper dan
Cross Canadian Ragweed,Stoney LaRue,and you can't forget Delbert McClinton
Posted: June 16, 2006 11:21 pm
by txaggirl91
CCR is good but in my opinion have strayed from their earlier roots