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It sounds like the song came about kind of organically, like many great songs do. Said Heeney, "I recall we wrote most of it after one of [Eric's] shows and buttoned it up the next morning. It fell out pretty fast—we were just jamming. We had been out for several days and the ...
That Mexican OT, a newcomer from Bay City, Texas with enough charisma to pull Houston rap-and-grill royalty Paul Wall for a guest verse, beams like a movie star in the exuberant video for “Johnny Dang,” clutching the song’s namesake jeweler like they’re brothers. What’s more, OT ...
Bad English had several other radio songs that had moderate success, but we’re going with “Forget Me Not,” the band’s more rocking debut single, as their second best song. The track hit No. 2 on the Mainstream Rock chart while just narrowly missing out on the Top 40 (it peaked ...
Texas country rock out of West Texas. Pony Bradshaw Red Dirt BBQ & Music Festival Pony Bradshaw North Georgia Rounderis strongly related to Pony Bradshaw’s last album (Calico Jim) but also stretches its legs into different territory. Place/region/localism/history has been a focus of Bradshaw’...
It’s almost unfair when you think of the number of country music superstars that are from Texas. We are so fortunate to have so many incredible musicians from the lone star state. But before we start talking about all the big names, I want to give a hat tip to all the smaller countr...
Glen Campbellliked to sing about places. 1968’s “Wichita Lineman” was, of course, about Wichita, and his next hit, “Galveston,” was about the coastal Texas city. Campbell’s attraction to these themes came from the way places expressed the character of the people that lived there. Wri...
“Blue Yodel (T for Texas)”– Jimmie Rodgers Country music begins (and some would say ends…) with Jimmie Rodgers and the Carter Family. His songs of love, loss, and the real life of the working class resonated with people all over the country. It doesn’t get more country than Rod...
J. Holiday created an international frenzy from Paris, France to Paris, Texas with his 2007 seduction hit simply titled, "Bed." He gave a whole new meaning to the phrase, 'getting tucked in.' 'Play,' Goapele Goapele.Erika Goldring/Getty Images ...