Texas Music, an appreciation thread

[romafan]

Texas (my state!

) - so many greats. Some free association here:

Milton Brown, Bob Wills, Ernest Tubb, Joe Ely, Butch Hancock, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, TVZ, Doug Sahm, Johnny Winter, Roky Erickson + many more....

 

[javyn]

Originally Posted by gnatty8

This many posts in a thread about Texas music and not a single mention of the Butthole Surfers? Gentleman, I am thoroughly disappointed..

Check the OP

 

[CunningSmeagol]

Eric Johnson, SRV.

 

[Dakota rube]

It don't matter who's in Austin,
Bob Wills is still the king...

 

[JustinW]

OK, so Jay Farrar is only an honorary Texan, but I'm am adding this because it's a TVS cover with Kelly Willis & Jay Farrar ... and it's just bloody brilliant!

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[Thomas]

What, is Willie no longer Texan or something?

 

[Bhowie]

Originally Posted by Thomas

What, is Willie no longer Texan or something?

I've never been a fan.

My favorite jew

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This one is for Roma
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[JustinW]

My two faves from Kervert Kinkster:

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[texas_jack]

My dad's band and the Elevators playing together. My dad playing flute.

 

[JustinW]

Originally Posted by texas_jack

My dad's band and the Elevators playing together. My dad playing flute.


Great version of She Lives! And way cool that your dad played with them

 

[texas_jack]

Originally Posted by JustinW

Great version of She Lives! And way cool that your dad played with them

He had an equally popular band at the time but they faded out fast. Similar style of music.

 

[JustinW]

Originally Posted by texas_jack

He had an equally popular band at the time but they faded out fast. Similar style of music.

Did he hang-out with any of the UT activist/hippies of the mid-1960s? We may have some common friends.

 

[texas_jack]

Originally Posted by JustinW

Did he hang-out with any of the UT activist/hippies of the mid-1960s? We may have some common friends.

Yeah, my parents were a big part of the whole beatnik Austin thing back then.

 

[MrG]

Ryan Bingham

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[dave]

we've made it 2 pages w/o a mention of UNT's favorite sons, Slobberbone? ouch.

what about the big boys, DRI, Bark Hard, the rev. horton heat...the list goes on.