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Music News – July 11, 2019
It’s been a very good year for Texas musicians, starting with King George Strait. This iconic Texan has more Number One songs (61) and more Number One albums (27) than any other act in the history of recorded music. His closest competition is Willie Nelson with 17 Number One albums under his belt. The Okie […]
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Music News – July 4, 2019
For over 45 years Willie Nelson has held his 4th of July picnic in the Lone Star State and once again he’s in Austin today hosting the annual event. The original picnic was held in Dripping Springs in 1972 and wasn’t called a picnic at the time, it was considered a reunion concert. Basically a […]
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Music News – June 27, 2019
It’s no secret that Blue Water Highway is one of my favorite bands on the Texas music scene. They were formed in Lake Jackson by two high school friends, Zack Kibodeaux and Greg Essington. To round out the three point harmonies they recruited friend Catherine Clarke. Zack and Catherine are actually classically trained opera singers, […]
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Music News – June 20, 2019
Country music has had a long line of duos from George and Tammy, Conway and Loretta and Johnny and June. Here in Texas we have Bruce and Kelly, which of course are Bruce Robison and Kelly Willis. This dynamic duo is married and just happens to be excellent singers and songwriters. They met in 1992, […]
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Music News – June 13, 2019
When Australian actor Greg Pead made the movie titled Reckless Kelly in 1993, little did he know he’d give a young band from Challis, Idaho a very cool name. Pead changed his name to Yahoo Serious and made a string of comedies in Australia in the early ‘90’s. The Reckless Kelly movie was a satire […]
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Music News – June 6, 2019
When Randy Rogers released his new album, Hellbent, he already had a string of hit albums under his belt. He could have just thrown together some songs and put out anything and his fans would have snatched it. However, that’s not how Randy rolls, anything with his name on it will be the best he […]
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Music News – May 30, 2019
Twenty four years ago, Texas rockabilly band Two Tons of Steel started playing every Tuesday night at the historic Gruene Hall. Tuesday nights were usually a slow night at the hall, and the band didn’t normally play on that night. Front man Kevin Geil, once a photographer for the San Antonio Express news, has led […]
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Music News – May 23, 2019
Alex Meixner Plays Krause’s Cafe Memorial Day weekend is always the official kick-off of the spring and summer season in our city. What better way to get the party started than with the wild man of polka, Alex Meixner. He’s easily one of the most popular polka artists in America. He and his ace […]
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Music News – July 25, 2019
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