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Nutrition Corner: Spring Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Time out with The Dirty River Boys. . . . . . . . . . . 10 Q&A with Marco, Travis, Nino and CJ Todd Purifoy: Through the Lens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 The photographer opens his vault and shares his favorite images 2013 Summer Festival Listings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Armed with Tunes: The Healing Power of Songwriting . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Townes Van Zandt Tribute Showcases Texas Talent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Favorite Venues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
DEPARTMENTS Artists Helping Others . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 MY Other Gig: The Trishas' Jamie Wilson . . 22 MY Rig: Uncle Lucius' Jon Grossman
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Never another Spring Break,” is what I said after MTV ventured into the Mexico scene in the late 90’s. I’d been successfully producing Spring Break vacations and events for nearly 20 years, and at the time this “culture” made landfall in Cancun, I was involved with multiple charter flights, taking thousands to various beautiful Mexico destinations. It was a great party until this media outlet brought something completely “different” to the beautiful Yucatan beaches and venues. Fast forward to 2011 when the Randy Rogers Band suggested we move the (8th annual) Sake of The Song Festival to Concan (NOT Cancun) Texas, and at a different time frame than previous SOTS events. “Let’s move it to Spring Break.” I was reluctant at first, and then I realized this was an opportunity to present some genuine Texas music in a very unique part of Texas…with the Frio River, the beautiful south Texas Hill Country-esque scene, and the friendly community of Concan—I was in.
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At this writing, I have just returned from six music-filled days along the Frio River, now known as the “Rio Frio Fest” in Concan. It was a gathering of all ages and a respectful, fun-filled week in this iconic part of Texas where the music, people, and weather were exceptional. It was truly a Texas experience with some really good people. I’d like to extend my sincere gratitude to the Randy Rogers Band, Kevin Fowler, and all the artists who performed, plus the sponsors who made this festival possible. (Visit www.RioFrioFest.com.) Also, thank you to the very accommodating Concan lodging community for embracing and supporting this festival, and to the many participants who ventured to a destination you may never have heard of before. Your positive feedback tells us that there’s a NEW respectful Spring Break. Lastly, THANK YOU, MTV. Get out and enjoy some great live music with good people and the best of times it provides. Cheers, John Dickson P.S. Mexico is an absolutely wonderful destination to vacation.
The MusicFest Contributing Writers, Extended Family Get Real For The MusicFest Magazine Brian T. Atkinson
is the author of I’ll Be Here in the Morning: The Songwriting Legacy of Townes Van Zandt. The Austin-based writer and photographer’s work regularly appears in the Austin American-Statesman, as well as American Songwriter, Texas Music and Lone Star Music magazines. Atkinson has contributed to No Depression, Relix, Paste, Maverick Country and several other music magazines. His “For the Sake of the Song: The Outlaws of Americana,” an exhibit of live concert photography, has shown in Austin, Denver, and Seattle. Look for Atkinson’s liner notes in This One’s for Him: A Tribute to Guy Clark. For more information, visit brianatkinson.net and towneslegacy.com.
Vince Messina was born and raised in Beaumont, Texas. Early on, Vince was exposed to a wide range of musical styles that included blues, rock, country, zydeco and metal. Vince played in a number of musical projects before moving to San Marcos, TX to attend Texas State University - San Marcos. While working toward his bachelor’s degree, Vince interned at Dickson Productions and has been working at Dickson Productions ever since. Vince is currently pursuing his Masters Degree in History, focusing on the 18th and 19th century American Frontier at Texas State University. You can usually find Vince at any Dickson Production event with his signature smile. Jessie Scott is the director of Hill Country
Wendy Jo Peterson, MS, RD is a dietitian/nutritionist who specializes in sports nutrition with a particular interest in fueling the athlete in every musician. You can find her tweeting about “good-eats” and healthy living or catch her on the road working with musicians to modify their 12oz nutrition plans!
Live, with venues in New York City and Washington, DC. She is also heard on the radio weekdays from 10 am to 3 pm at KDRP, Austin/Dripping Springs—Americana Radio for the Texas Hill Country. She is a partner at Music Fog and a founding member of the Americana Music Association where she still sits on the Board of Directors. While at XM Radio, her channel, X Country, became the most listened to Americana music station in the world.
Articles in this magazine are the opinions and experiences of other people. The MusicFest Magazine cannot be held responsible for the reliability of events, press releases or news printed or the actions and occurrences during any events, press releases, or news printed. We do not confirm submissions from promoters, public relations representatives, or outside news sources, but simply provide postings as a community service to our readers. All collaboration or verification of such postings is the responsibility of the reader prior to relying on such information for any action that may be taken on their behalf or on the behalf of others. We suggest you confirm the locations and lineups of promotions before attending any event listed.
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It's All Good by Liz Foster
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Artists Helping Others
When They Come Back, We Give Back!
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5th Annual Reckless Kelly Celebrity Softball Jam April 14th, 2013 Dell Diamond, Round Rock, TX
he Boot Campaign is a grassroots initiative started by five women from Texas known as the “Boot Girls.” The campaign provides an easy and tangible way for Americans to show appreciation for troops both past and present, as it raises awareness of the challenges the troops face upon their return home and donates funds to charities which support this transition. Proceeds from boot sales are donated to partner charities, who assist returning veterans and active troops dealing with emotional, mental and physical issues. What better way to say thank you to our troops than sporting a pair of boots just like theirs? Join in the growing chorus of heroes, musicians, entertainers, athletes and other celebrities and get YOUR boots on!
rkcsj.org Benefitting the Reckless Kelly Charitable Youth Foundation
17th Annual KNBT 92.1 FM Americana Music Jam May 19th, 2013 Gruene Hall, New Braunfels, TX knbt.fm - gruenehall.com Benefitting Connections Individual and Family Services
15th Annual Bowen Classic June 2-3rd, 2013 Waco, TX wadebowen.com/classic Benefitting The Advocacy Center For Crime Victims and Children
5th Annual Randy Rogers Band For The Sake of the Shot Golf Tournament September, 2013 Weatherford, TX rrbgolf.com Benefitting Autism Speaks
The MusicFest January 4-9th, 2014 Steamboat Springs, CO themusicfest.com Benefitting the Center for Texas Music History; Shriners Hospital for Children-Galveston, TX; Friends of the ARK-Port Aransas, TX
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When you buy and wear a pair of “Give Back” combat boots, 100% of the net proceeds from the sale of the signature boots and merchandise go to partner veterans’ charities, and at the same time, you’re making a donation to honor our servicemen and women around the world. In return, you get a pair of boots that you can wear proudly any day of the week, and for every occasion, as a symbol of your donation and your appreciation! The MusicFest, Shiner Beers and several artists—including Stoney LaRue, Cody Canada, Jason Boland & The Stragglers, Wade Bowen, Micky and The Motorcars, Reckless Kelly, The Trishas, Randy Rogers Band, Jack Ingram, Kristen Kelly, The Rankin Twins, The Dirty River Boys, Roger Creager, and Kevin Fowler—have been instrumental in spreading the “When They Come Back, We Give Back” message all around the globe.
Jaunary 4-9th, 2014 Steamboat Springs, CO themusicfest.com Benefitting the French Simpson Memorial Library There are many charitable events (not listed) hosted or involving artists in the Texas music scene and beyond. Please support their efforts to help others.
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Nutrition Corner:
SPRING CLEANING Get the Junk Out Your Trunk B y We n d y J o Pete rs o n
urious about detoxing or going on a cleanse? Before you kick off some crazy “eat this and avoid that” kind of program, consider starting with a true cleanse of your daily habits. Ask yourself these five questions:
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How many cups of vegetables do I eat per day? How many cups of fruit do I eat per day? How many meals per day do I eat out? How many meals per day come from a box, bag or package? How much lean protein do I eat per day?
Once you have answered these five questions, you have a platform to begin cleansing. You might be asking yourself, “Really? It’s that simple?” Is it really that simple? Making lifelong changes to boost your fruit and veggie intake, limit processed foods and eating out, and boosting your lean protein consumption can be a cakewalk for some and a gut punch for others (puns intended). People choose to go on a cleanse for a variety of reasons, but most often I hear, “I just want to clean out my system and have more energy.” It’s not a bad reason, but cleansing your system is not like running your car through a car wash. Cleansing should be approached with seven things in mind:
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Increasing your fruit and vegetable intake to 10 cups per day. Removing all processed foods from your diet, including breads, cereals, bars, powders, etc. Eating small amounts of protein (if any), generally in the form of seafood. Eating 1 oz of nuts per day (helps with fat soluble vitamin absorption). Removing all added fats, sugars, and salts. Drinking water, water, water …and perhaps some coconut water or veggie juice. Taking a high dose probiotic supplement to boost gut flora.
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“How long should I cleanse and how often?” he ultimate goal of a cleanse should be to jump start positive habits to eating healthier for life…not just for a vacation, birthday, or bikini. Start off with a three-day cleanse and see how you do. If you’d like to get your diet overhauled, consider meeting with a local dietitian/nutritionist who can help kick you off in a truly cleansing direction. Here’s a three-day plan to get you on the right track:
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Day 1 Probiotic (At least 25 billion/day) Breakfast: Digestive Fruit Salad (1 cup fresh pineapple, 1 cup fresh papaya, 1 cup blackberries or raspberries + 1 Tbsp chia seeds & ½ juiced lime) Lunch: 3 cups spinach, 6 cherry tomatoes, 4 oz seafood, 2 Tbsp lemon juice Snack: ¼ cup pumpkin seeds, 1 apple Dinner: 2 cups broccoli, 6 oz seafood, 1 juiced lemon Dessert: 1 frozen banana, 2 tsp cocoa powder, ½ tsp cinnamon
Day 2 Probiotic (At least 25 billion/day) Breakfast: Digestive Fruit Salad (1 cup fresh pineapple, 1 cup fresh papaya, 1 cup blackberries or raspberries + 1 Tbsp chia seeds & ½ juiced lime) Lunch: 3 cups kale, 2 Tbsp apple cider vinegar, 4 oz seafood Snack: ¼ cup sunflower seeds, 1 orange Dinner: 1½ cups fennel and orange salad, 6 oz seafood, 1 juiced lemon Dessert: 1 frozen banana, 1 Tbsp coconut flakes
Day 3 Probiotic (At least 25 billion/day) Breakfast: Digestive Fruit Salad (1 cup fresh pineapple, 1 cup fresh papaya, 1 cup blackberries or raspberries + 1 Tbsp chia seeds & ½ juiced lime) Lunch: 1 cup tomatoes, 1 cup parsley, 1 cup cucumber, ¼ cup lemon juice, 6 olives, 4 oz seafood Snack: ¼ cup almonds, 1 pear Dinner: 1 cup grated cabbage, 1 cup grated carrots, 1 Tbsp apple cider vinegar, 6 oz seafood, 1 juiced lemon Dessert: 2 cups frozen mango, ½ juiced lime, coconut water to blend
Foods suggested in the above menus were selected to promote gut health and regularity, as well as to meet nutritional needs. Vegetables and fruits can be swapped out based on convenience; however, try to select fruits and vegetables that match by color. Lastly, skip the battered and fried varieties of seafood (yes, one step ahead of you) and stick to grilled, broiled or steamed preparations. Remember to season with spices and herbs only. This program is not intended to treat or cure any illness, and anyone taking medications or who is pregnant should consult a physician prior to starting any diet program. p g justwendyjo.com
MusicFest Summertime Tip: Freeze your favorite veggie juice or vitamin water for a refreshing, frozen snack. "Cool Jazz" Chill Ice Cube Tray available at fredandfriends.com
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here are only positive things to say about the talented group of musicians that is The Dirty River Boys. If you aren’t familiar with this up-and-coming band, make it a point to get familiar with their distinctive sound paired with their impressive combination of instruments. Over the past three years, MusicFest goers have witnessed the growing popularity for this band. All it takes is one live performance for an audience member to know that this type of musical collaboration cannot be easily duplicated, making it a special experience for all types of music aficionados.
MaRcO: Play a whole bunch of laser tag. Eat various exotic cheeses and caviar. Wear my white jeans everywhere, while listening to The Spin Doctors on a loud and dated boombox I carry over my shoulder. But really, I enjoy riding my bicycle around the neighborhood when weather permits. I also enjoy occasionally sleeping until noon, covered in the three dogs that live with my girlfriend and me. Writing songs in a completely silent house is pretty damn great, too. Nino: Lately I enjoy brewing my own beer on days off. I try to relax at home and unwind but it seems as if there is always an errand to run, people to meet, etc.
The MusicFest Magazine had the pleasure of getting to know these gifted musicians:
TrAvIs: I like to cook, eat a lot of food and run marathons.
MaRcO GuTiErReZ - Acoustic Guitar and Vocals
Cj: Motorcycles, machine guns and monster trucks... horses, dogs and half-pipes.
Nino Cooper - Acoustic Guitar and Vocals TrAvIs StEaRnS - Drums/Cajone, Vocals
What do you miss most while on the road?
CoLtOn JaMeS (Cj) - Standup Bass/Banjo, Vocals
MaRcO: My sanity. My woman. The ability to make a good Manhattan whenever the hell I want one.
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Nino: The calm comfort of home and my gal. TrAvIs: My Mexican burritos. Cj: My dog Otto, and healthy food.
You started your music careers in El Paso. Does El Paso have a supportive live music scene?
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MaRcO: El Paso has a decently supportive scene. You can get shows at the venues and dives where everyone else plays, but getting paid and making a living out of it is tough. Getting a big and consistent following is tough. We took our own route for live music in El Paso. It was our own unique plan of attack. We played in any venue that would pay and when I say any, I mean ANY venue. Hotel lobby, upscale cocktail bar, sketchy east side cholo bar. You name it, we played it.
Cj: The fine balance between life and death.
Nino: Starting out in El Paso was tough. I decided to quit my job and go full force with music. This meant playing everywhere we possibly could, taco bars, corners in restaurants, four-hour bar gigs, Sunday brunches, private parties, hotel bars, small venues, etc. TrAvIs: El Paso came not hard but not easy for me. I played three-hour sets for rock cover bands, but who really cares about that. I had to take a leap of faith and get out and find music elsewhere, or be a roadie.
Who are your influences? Have you met any of them, or ever had the opportunity to perform alongside any of them? MaRcO: One of my biggest influences is Ryan Adams. Let me reiterate that: Ryan Adams, not Bryan. You have no clue how many times I have listed him as an influence on a phone interview for a newspaper and it comes out as Bryan ‘Summer of 69’ Adams. Anyway, Ryan Adams’ Gold was the album that changed the whole game for me. I was really into the lyrical content of music but when I heard Gold when I was 13, it really blew my mind. Same with Bright Eyes and Conor Oberst. That dude is a genius. Both of them are the kind of good that just makes me mad I didn’t write whatever I’m listening to of theirs. Whatever I was listening to before, that was complete crap anyway. Rancid and Lars Frederiksen and The Bastards are also amongst my
Cj: I don’t represent EPT. I’ll die in Zorn, TX.
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When you started performing as a group, did you recognize the potential and possibilities, or was it just a gradual approach? MaRcO: We went all-in from the beginning. I personally was tired of failing college and hated waking up at 6:30 to do a 9 to 5. Nino: I think we all knew this is what we wanted to do for a living. When you commit to something and give up everything else for it, you have to realize its potential… We now do this for a living, but we have a lot more work to do and many more markets to break into. That being said, it has been a gradual growth that can be attributed to the work we have put into it, and we hope that it continues. TrAvIs: I recognized the potential. Otherwise I would have done something else, like gone to Florida and hit the road as a roadie. Cj: I saw the potential for something different from the start, a magical blend of real life. I was done with music until I came upon these boys.
What inspires the group’s lyrical content? MaRcO: Everything and nothing at all, all at the same time. A few of the songs I wrote are from experiences, a few are loosely based on books, movies and people in my life, and a few are completely made up. Nino: For me, it is the need to express a feeling, thought, experience or story. When that need becomes strong enough, the song just starts to take shape. It is never one thing in particular, but rather situational influences that make some sort of impact on me…it’s always changing. TrAvIs: Can’t speak for my brothers, but for me, if I get
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From my perspective, I get to see the effort that people put into every single performance. Drew Brown and Adam Odor work on the MusicFest Tribute to Townes Van Zandt recording.
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THROUGH THE LENS THE PHOTOGRAPHER PULLS FROM HIS VAULT & SHARES HIS FAVORITE IMAGES "When The MusicFest Magazine asked me to put together a handful of my favorite photos, it seemed like no big deal. But it inevitably turned into a much more complicated task. The truth is, I have many photos that rank in my list of favorites. These aren’t necessarily shots that I feel are my 'best' technically. Rather, they are shots that have personal significance to me." – TP
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Jonathan Tyler
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One magical night at Bear River during MusicFest 2013 with Walt Wilkins, Bruce Robison, Michael Martin Murphey, Pauline Reese and Larry Gatlin. Having them all on stage was a tribute to what MusicFest can pull off on a regular basis. Jack Ingram performs on the outdoor stage at MusicFest each year and it’s always a special show.
Although I have a difficult time picking my favorite shots through the years, this one makes EVERY list. I was lucky enough to be in the right place at the right time with this shot of Robert Earl Keen heading to a MusicFest show, and I am so thankful for that.
Stoney LaRue, Tina Wilkins, Walt Wilkins, Radney Foster, and Charlie Robison.
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Festivals L Larry Joe Taylor’s 25th Annual Music Festival A A April 23-27th, 2013 S Stephenville, TX D David Allan Coe, Randy Rogers Band, Reckless Kelly, Wade Bowen, Ray Wylie R Hubbard, Stoney LaRue, Casey Donahew H Band, Chris Knight, Kevin Fowler, Roger B Creager, Midnight River Choir, Six Market C Blvd., Tejas Brothers, Thom Shepherd B www.larryjoetaylor.com w
April'13 Crude Fest April 11-13th, 2013 Midland, TX Jason Boland and The Stragglers, Reckless Kelly, Kevin Fowler, Cody Canada and The Departed, Bart Crow Band, Cory Morrow, The Dirty River Boys, Roger Creager, Cody Johnson, Kyle Park, No Justice www.thecrudefest.com
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he lyrics of the renowned jazz standard sum it up: “Summertime and the livin’ is easy.”
What better way to celebrate the summer than to do it “festival style” with your favorite bands, beer, and buds! Festivals are forms of celebration and entertainment that date back centuries. More than just a means of merriment, they offer a “sense of belonging” for all who attend; everyone leaves with lasting memories and new friends. Whether you’re a connoisseur of wine, lover of parades, expert turkey-caller, golf pro, washer-tourney champion, or strawberry guru, there’s a summer festival just for you. Cheers to a celebratory season of music, friendship, laughter, and life!
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Thomas Michael Riley’s Thomas T 6th Annual Music Festival April 12-14th, 2013 Luckenbach, TX Thomas Michael Riley, Max Stalling, Larry Joe Taylor, Tejas Brothers, The Rankin Twins, Blacktop Gypsy, Chris Wall, Deryl Dodd www.thomasmichaelriley.com
Reckless Kelly Celebrity Softball Jam April 14th, 2013 Round Rock, TX Hayes Carll, Dale Watson, Ray Benson, Charlie Robison, Wade Bowen, Micky and The Motorcars, Bruce Robison & Kelly Willis, Midnight River Choir, Roger Creager, Cody Canada and The Departed, The Trishas, Kyle Park www.rkcsj.org
Old Settler’s Music Festival April 18-21st, 2013 Driftwood, TX The Gourds, Justin Townes Earle, Leftover Salmon, Bob Schneider, Fred Eaglesmith www.oldsettlersmusicfest.org
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May'13 C Canadian River Music Festival May 11th, 2013 Canadian, TX www.canadianrivermusicfestival.com
Pasadena Strawberry Festival May 17-19th, 2013 Pasadena, TX Casey Donahew Band, Cody Johnson Band www.strawberryfest.org
Homer’s Backyard Ball May 18th, 2013 Amarillo, TX www.homersbackyardball.com
KNBT 92.1 Americana Music Jam May 19th, 2013 New Braunfels, TX www.gruenehall.com
Kerrville Folk Festival May 23-June 9th, 2013 Kerrville, TX
August '13
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Braun Brothers Reunion
Fredericksburg Crawfish Festival
August 8-10th, 2013 Challis, ID
May 24-26th, 2013 Fredericksburg, TX
Reckless Kelly, Micky and The Motorcars, Braun Family, Randy Rogers Band, Guy Clark, Dale Watson, Wade Bowen, Cody Canada and The Departed, Todd Snider, Corb Lund, Turnpike Troubadours www.braunbrothersreunion.com
Bart Crow Band, Jake Hooker and The Outsiders, Bayou Roux, Jean Pierre and The Zydeco Angels, The Walburg Boys www.fbgjaycees.com/crawfish-festival
Texas Rice Festival October 2-5th, 2013 Winnie, TX www.texasricefestival.org
Austin City Limits Festival October 4-6th & 11-13th, 2013 Austin, TX www.aclfestival.com
69th Annual Peanut Festival October 8th & 10-12th, 2013 Floresville, TX
June'13
Kerrville Wine & Music Festival August 30th-September 1st, 2013 Kerrville, TX
27th Annual Gruene Music & Wine Festival
60th Annual Luling Watermelon Thump
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October 10-13th, 2013 Gruene, TX
June 27-30th, 2013 Luling, TX Randy Rogers Band, Turnpike Troubadours, Jason Boland and The Stragglers, Curtis Grimes, William Clark Green www.watermelonthump.com
July'13 WoodyFest July 10-14th, 2013 Okemah, OK Red Dirt Rangers, Jimmy LaFave, Annie Guthrie, Ellis Paul, Sam Baker, Vance Gilbert, Trout Fishing in America, John Fullbright, The Burns Sisters www.woodyguthrie.com
Viva Big Bend July 25-28th, 2013 Marfa and Alpine, TX
West Fest August 30th-September 1st, 2013 West, TX www.westfest.com
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All proceeds go to the United Way www.gruenemusicandwinefest.org
The Conroe Cajun Catfish Festival October 11-13th, 2013 Conroe, TX www.conroecajuncatfishfestival.com
Keep on the lookout for these upcoming events!!
41st Annual Cuero Turkeyfest
Texas GatorFest
October 11-13th, 2013 Cuero, TX
September 12-15th, 2013 Anahuac, TX www.texasgatorfest.com
14th Annual Americana Music Festival & Conference September 18-22nd, 2013 Nashville, TN www.americanamusic.org
www.vivabigbend.com
Larry Joe Taylor’s Rhymes and Vines Music Festival
www.turkeyfest.org
Yorktown Western Days-Ziegfest October 18-20th, 2013 Yorktown, TX www.yorktowntx.com/western-day
Buda Fire Fest October, 2013 Austin, TX www.firefesttexas.com
The MusicFest
September 19-21st, 2013 Stephenville, TX
January 4-9th, 2014
www.larryjoetaylor.com
Rio Frio Fest
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March, 2014 Concan, TX www.RioFrioFest.com
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Festivals Rio Frio Fest: A NEW Texas-Style Spring Break By Vince Messina Photo by House Pasture Cattle Co.
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ix days of sun, cool winds, and over 20 bands all while the iconic Frio River serves as a backdrop. I won't bore you with how Rio Frio Fest came to be, but I will tell you what you missed and maybe just this article alone will influence your decision for next year’s Spring Break. Bass player from The Washers, Matt Kopycinski, said it best: “Being here is like being in Steamboat Springs for MusicFest but without the snow and cold!” Day 1: The Monday kickoff show consisted of Whiskey Myers and Cadillac 3 performing on the main stage at House Pasture Cattle Company. Each group has a distinct southern rock n' roll sound that is refreshing. No doubt about it that each group gained a new fan in this viewer. The highlight of the evening was watching members of both groups plus Kevin Fowler get up onstage to cover Marshall Tucker Band “Can’t You See.” Keep your eyes and ears open to catch a glimpse of these bands when they are in your area. You will not be disappointed. Day 2: Saw the kickoff of various activities that included hog sackin’, a washer tournament and the best outdoor weather anyone could ask for. The afternoon show at the local bar, Joe Jimmy’s, featured Dub Miller, Adam Odor, and Matt Skinner all while Kevin Fowler emceed the hog sackin’ competition, which proved entertaining to say the least. The evening show at House Pasture saw Bri Bagwell, Cody Johnson, and Roger Creager gracing the stage with high-energy, crowdpleasing performance by each group. Each group had its own moment, but to see Roger Creager jump from instrument to instrument, performing renditions of Billy Joel’s “Piano Man” by himself, and Dave Loggins' “Please Come to Boston” with his brother, Randy Creager, was truly magical. Day 3: On Wednesday, things started to get interesting. A stage was constructed
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next to the Frio River to capture the scenery. An entertaining set by Thom Sheppard got people out of their cabins at 2 pm to enjoy some good country music, some cold beverages, and to soak in the beauty of the area. Following the riverside performance, the evening show at House Pasture took the festival to another level as the audience was treated to some quality performances by The Washers, Kyle Park, and Kevin Fowler. Every artist delivered to their level of expectation
afternoon hog sackin’ taking place at Joe Jimmy’s with an engaging set by the group, Buster Jiggs. Lead singer Kristin Muennink has a distinctive vocal range that compliments the band’s sound. It was a great way to set the tone for Thursday’s evening show at House Pasture’s main stage. The new group, The Washers, opened up the evening with another amusing set. The Washers were followed by The Trishas, who I cannot say enough great things about. I’ll leave it at
To experience the scenery, to enjoy some quality music, and to make unforgettable memories, I would advise everybody to set their reminders for Rio Frio Fest, Spring Break 2014 now! plus more! Kevin Fowler is a true crowd favorite and knows how to get people moving. One cannot describe the enthusiasm Kevin projects to his audience; you will have to see for yourself! The highlight of the show was Kevin bringing Kyle Park and Cody Johnson onstage to do a rousing rendition of Queen’s “Fat Bottomed Girls.” I had to pick my jaw off the ground at that point.
that because I can go on for days talking about these talented ladies. The evening was capped off by the Turnpike Troubadours. Energetic and entertaining is the best way to describe their set. Opening their set with the new hit single “Gin, Smoke, and Lies,” from their new album, the evening just got better and better with the band performing songs from their three albums.
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Day 6: As if I was not spoiled enough with the week’s supply of music, Saturday’s finale was kicked off by Thieving Birds, who brought the energy and set the tone for the evening. The next group was The Departed. It was the first time I have seen them since their initial formation in 2011, and I have to say, they rocked! Dual guitars provided by Cody Canada and Seth James were in itself a spectacle to see. If you haven’t gotten yourself a copy of their latest record, Adventus, you need to immediately! The festival came to a close with an awe-inspiring set by Randy Rogers Band. What can one say that has not been said? These guys are true professionals, and I must admit it is amazing that they have been together for a decade, a truly rare quality. The hype is already building for their new album, Trouble, to be released on April 30, and Randy gave the audience a good taste of the new material. Randy ended his set with the classic Buddy Holly song “Oh Boy,” a fitting end to an incredible week. In wrapping up this article, I am just going to say that there is a great time to be had during Rio Frio Fest for Spring Break. You may be hungover, sunburnt and flat out exhausted, but to experience the scenery, to enjoy some quality music, and to make unforgettable memories, I would advise everybody to set their reminders for Rio Frio Fest, Spring Break 2014 now! It’s only going to get better. An enormous ‘thank you’ to the people at Shiner Beers, Enchanted Rock Vodka, Rebecca Creek Whiskey, and Ranch Hand Truck Accessories for their great products and for being some of the most quality people to talk to. And last but not least, thanks to all the music listeners, because without you, all of these experiences would not be possible. Neil Young wrote it best, “Keep on Rockin’ in the Free World.”
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article to describe how much I enjoyed the Friday shows. The afternoon show was back at the riverside stage with American Aquarium, an up-and-coming band from Raleigh, North Carolina. I did not know much about these guys at first, but that quickly changed. I came away extremely impressed with this group. The lyrics are cleverly written and well thought out while the backing rhythm is hard to ignore. I will keep my eyes open for where these guys are playing next. The evening show kicked off with a bang with Shinyribs delivering a unique set that consisted of a number of “foot-tappin'” songs. Frontman Kevin “Shinyribs” Russell has such a profound stage presence that kept on getting more and more interesting as he switched back and forth from electric guitar and ukulele. Following Shinyribs was the rockin’ soul, southern boogie machine, Uncle Lucius. The dictionary does not have enough adjectives to describe how great these guys are. The night’s headliner was the always entertaining Stoney LaRue. I’ll admit it’s been a long time since I have seen Stoney with this full band, The Arsenals. Stoney, the true showman and gentleman that he is, made sure the crowd recognized and appreciated the band as each member got to sing and perform a song. The night was capped with Stoney performing the crowd favorite, “Oklahoma Breakdown.”
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ellow dudes, you’ve been to festivals, so you’ve heard the pointers about what to wear: plenty of sunscreen, a hat, long sleeves, comfortable shoes, blah blah blah. Snoresville, amiright? So, for a change of pace, here’s what not to wear.
Meggings: Leggings for men. Unless you’re Tommy Lee’s twin brother, nothing good can come from wearing skin-tight Spandex pants—especially if it’s cold.
Manpris: Capri pants for men. Not quite pants, not quite shorts, 100 percent emasculating. Leave the lady pants to the ladies. Mantyhose: Seriously—I felt my testosterone level drop as I typed the word, plus I think I just got my first period. Nuff said. Murse: Dude, it’s not a satchel, it’s not European, it’s not metro—it’s a purse and it’s girly. Indiana Jones can pull it off—you can’t. Trust me. And while I’m specifically addressing festivals here, you might want to give second thought to wearing this stuff anywhere. You can thank me later. jeffcarmack.com
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"The goal of SongwritingWith:Soldiers is to use songwriting in the service of someone else, to tell their story — not so we can sell records or try to get on the radio — but just to get their story into a song, is probably the best use of my craft that I’ve ever found." — Darden Smith By Mary Judd
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hen 20-year Army veteran Fatuma Salim-Shirazy drove from Texas to New York for her first post-military job, she made sure her new CD was in the player. It was called SongwritingWith:Soldiers and had kept her company for the past month. She knew nearly every word to all ten songs, each of which moved her for different reasons. But one song stood out as her favorite, “Why Not Me.” It was her song, after all. She’d written it with Austin singer-songwriter, Darden Smith. Fatuma was one of ten active-duty soldiers and post-9/11 veterans brought together by Smith and his SongwritingWith:Soldiers team for an intimate retreat to share stories and turn them into song. Five males and five females attended. None were musicians. All were apprehensive. A few even stated beforehand that they didn’t want to “talk about what they’d been through.” But throughout the weekend, Smith along with fellow singer-songwriters Radney Foster and Jay Clementi put the soldiers at ease through the mastery of their craft and the healing power of song. As they strummed their guitars, the musicians shared some of the stories behind their own songs–the heartaches, the laughs and the piercing moments of insight. Within this atmosphere of openness, trust and respect, the soldiers began to let their own stories venture out. Some felt comfortable working in groups. Others, like Sergeant Scott McRae, uttered a phrase in conversation that prompted a private writing session. “I felt like I’d lost the
dream,” McRae told Smith, describing his experience in America after Hurricane Katrina. “I’d been in Iraq and Afghanistan and nothing I saw there compared to what I witnessed here, in my own country.” Together, the two men wrote “The Dream.” Here’s a glimpse:
…The wife, the kids The white picket fence From where I come from That’s what made sense I did my time overseas But I’m thinking maybe It was what I saw when I came home That made me so crazy Within this atmosphere of openness, trust, and respect, the soldiers began to let their own stories venture out.
“My goal is for these servicemen and women to see us seeing them,” Smith says. “They change when they feel truly heard and understood. Suddenly their private, often traumatic experiences become part of a bigger human story.”
“Sometimes,” Smith continues, “the soldiers weep when they first hear their song. They let down their guard. They make more eye contact. It is immensely rewarding to use our craft as songwriters in this way. To listen deeply to another person, to mine our skills, open our hearts and create the most authentic songs we can with them.” “I play my song for my family all the time,” says Sergeant Jaime Santiago who wrote “Perdí” with Radney Foster. A blend of Spanish and English, the composition is both a painful tribute to what’s been lost and a touching love song to his family. “My daughter listens to it with her friends,” he adds, showing how SongwritingWith:Soldiers reaches beyond the servicemen and women to their families and communities, opening up new lines of communication. Jay Clementi and Sergeant Nikki Shaw collaborated on the raw and rowdy “Blackout,” revealing the desperate measures many veterans take to simply sleep. The song, like many written over the weekend, has relevance far beyond the battlefield. By retreat’s end, two and a half days after meeting each other, the soldiers and songwriters had written ten songs and made deep connections. “This retreat restored my faith in humanity,” Sergeant McRae confided during the group farewell. “People really do care.” Several of the soldiers, including McRae, have asked to serve as volunteers to help with retreats in the future.
SongwritingWith:Soldiers hopes to hold more retreats around the U.S. With enough funding they hope to produce CDs with performances by additional artists and hold a national concert to pay tribute to the soldiers. If you would like to help SongwritingWith:Soldiers hold more retreats for military members and their families, make a donation online at: www.songwritingwithsoldiers.com
Jay Clementi, Darden Smith, & Radney Foster
Listen to the songs from the retreats at www.songwritingwithsoldiers.com/music Scan for more info here
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t seems like there’s no good time for a musician to have a baby, but after five years of marriage, my husband and I just figured it was as good a time as any. I had been touring for almost eight years at the time and had just become a part of a new band, The Trishas. I was about eight weeks along when I broke the news to the girls, and I made them keep it a secret for another four. Then the questions started. How would I do it? When would I stop touring? Will the band break up? The honest answer to all of them was that, well, I didn’t know. I didn’t think that a baby could stop me. I knew I had a good support system from both sides of our family, my band was excited about it and I felt sure that it would work itself out. But I really didn’t know.
All moms work, whether it’s at home, at an office, or in a van with four other girls traveling across the country and singing for a living. If you love something enough, you make it work. I’m a songwriter, a musician, a wife and a mother. I can’t imagine trading one of those things for the other. It’s hard work, but it’s worth it. Now, three years later, The Trishas have released two records, played countless shows in and out of Texas, and gone through three pregnancies. Two of those were mine. I’m the mother of two beautiful girls. My other gig is being a mom. The way I look at it, I have the best of both worlds. I am a stay-athome mom and a working mom, all rolled into one. On the days we’re off, I’m at home. On the days we’re on, at least one of the kids is with me. Joanie, my two-year-old, has been on the road with us since she was six weeks old. For the first year, there was nothing she missed. When she got a little older I was able to leave her for a few days at a time, and after three weeks in the Rocky Mountains, six months pregnant with number two during a record release, she began staying home a bit more. Maggie, my four-month-old, is a trooper in her own right. She was born five days after our last show at Gruene Hall and made her first flight and trip to Steamboat at eight weeks. The Trishas started
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touring again in January (with our aptly named “Bundle Up the Babies” tour), and Maggie slept through every show. It seems she’s heard it all before. I am lucky enough to have my mother and a network of other saints to help during the shows, and that is the only way that it could work. If there is one thing I’ve learned how to manage, it’s logistics. I somehow manage to pack clothes for myself and two kids, all my gear and theirs, a breast pump, allergy medicines, arrange babysitters, arrange car seats around guitars, amps and drums, and still keep everyone happy (that I know of ) and comfortable in a station wagon. Then, I take a deep breath and hope I remembered food. This road that we’ve chosen is a tough one. It’s hard on my husband, Roy, when I take the kids away, and it’s hard on me when I have to leave. There are a lot of male musicians who leave their children and it’s hard on them, as well, but for some reason this feels different Continued page 30 because I’m the mom.
TOWNES VAN ZANDT TRIBUTE SHOWCASES
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ohn Townes Van Zandt II slowly walked onstage. He eased behind the mike. Smiled broadly.
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“I’ve never had so much fun at a gig that lasts for a week,” Van Zandt said, laughing. He was jovial but serious. Dedicated. Grateful. As Van Zandt launched into a three-song set during MusicFest’s “A Tribute to a Legend: Townes Van Zandt,” we immediately knew this would be the festival’s peak moment. J.T.’s completely at ease with his father’s songs and he ran through them seamlessly. One after the other–“Nothin’,” “If I Needed You” and the criminally overlooked classic “High, Low and In Between”–shined and sparkled with singularity. Townes Van Zandt was Texas’ finest songwriter, a poet who could stand against his hero Dylan Thomas, and a folksinger matchless this side of Woodie Guthrie. J.T. could’ve sung such praises onstage, but instead he simply cracked wise like his father might’ve. “That was one of the happy ones,” he joked after performing the hopelessly bleak “Nothin’,” Van Zandt’s darkest and deepest meditation on his time in mental hospitals for substance abuse and manic depression. Highlights dotted MusicFest’s marquee event before J.T. Van Zandt closed the show. Bruce Robison brought perfect pathos to “Flyin’ Shoes.” Walt Wilkins added thrilling buoyancy to “Loretta.” Few could match Jamie Wilson and Jason Eady’s supreme take on “For the Sake of the Song.” The latter particularly resonated and spotlighted the significant impact the legendary Ft. Worth-born singer-songwriter has had on the next generation’s Lone Star state songwriters. Wilson summed up her thoughts succinctly. “Whenever you want to be a songwriter,” she said, “you listen to Townes. I’ve covered almost all these songs at one time or another.” “Man, Townes knew how to write a sad song,” Robison said wistfully during the show. He later trailed the thought in an interview with The MusicFest Magazine: “It was great to really get inside that song and learn it and play it. Townes is an amazing writer and he put a lot in the songs. I didn’t really get into Townes until I moved to Austin, but I’ve always been amazed by ‘Pancho and Lefty,’ which I think is one of the top five country songs of all time. It’s amazing, magical.”
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"I've never had so much fun at a gig that lasts for a week," Van Zandt said, laughing. Photo: Todd Purifoy
We undeniably watched a torch being passed at the tribute. Remember those words: Amazing. Magical. Add: Songwriters. They're all important at MusicFest. Put these names in your pipe: Hayes Carll, The Trishas, HalleyAnna, Jack Ingram. Plus: Slaid Cleaves, Corb Lund, Jason Eady. Every day we found folks like these playing at the Dung Beetle, MusicFest’s makeshift saloon at the Steamboat Grand–which for me was a Saxon Pub away from my Austin neighborhood, a Cactus Café in the mountains, a tiny paradise that ultimately stole away all my afternoons and evenings during MusicFest. I trailed favorites around town as the week rolled on, but every time I wound my way back to the Dung Beetle for more songs and stories. The performers strung together above are all unique singersongwriters in their own ways, consummate performers and engaging storytellers who swapped hilarious asides as frequently as they sang heady and heartbreaking songs, a group of next generation folks who revere songwriters’ songwriters like Guy Clark and Ray Wylie Hubbard and Van Zandt. They’re continuing a tradition and a communal spirit, a championing of kindred souls, a burning desire to spread elsewhere what we have in Texas. Songs. They’re all about the songs. You hear Carll’s “Knockin’ Over Whiskeys” and Cleaves’ “Wishbones” and Lund’s “One Left in the Chamber” and HalleyAnna’s “On My Way to Get You Off My Mind,” and there’s no doubt about that. They’re our musical and spiritual heart. We saw them beating in time on several occasions. So many players and singers and songwriters stopped by the Dung Beetle to root each other on, and impromptu collaborations frequently happened. Surprises popped up constantly. Randy Rogers Band fiddler Brady Black certainly made the rounds. A particular favorite: I caught Black backing George Devore on his “quintessential road songs” at the Dung Beetle one crisp afternoon. The duo practically elevated the stage, showing clear evidence that performers enjoy the festival’s endlessly laid-back vibe as much as those attending. “Every year it’s the same and it’s fun,” singer Charlie Robison said over drinks with J.T. Van Zandt one evening. “There are a lot of folks who don’t know a lot about me there,” his brother Bruce said. “I always have a bit of a different relationship with the full-on Texas music scene, so I’m always playing for new folks at MusicFest. Also, the things they get me to do are interesting. This year, I played a song swap with Michael Martin Murphey and Larry Gatlin, which was an insane experience.” Now, “insane” for the festival-goer might need redefining.
My MusicFest experience wasn’t at all crazy like I expected, which was literal rowdiness with fans by the hundreds spilling beer and howling for Saturday night party anthems every time a song ended, a perpetual scream for “Free Bird” echoing over mountaintops. Why? People talk about high times, but thinking man’s blues often remain in the shadows. So, the idea that MusicFest would celebrate Van Zandt—and that so many followers would be at the festival carrying on our most effortlessly elegant songwriter’s legacy so poignantly—honestly never crossed my mind until I heard news and witnessed the evidence. I obviously had the wrong impression. “Insane” was more a surreal thing for me. I almost could feel Townes’ spirit in the room at MusicFest’s tribute. We Texans were there to toast a Lone Star state legend, a man uniquely ours, a songwriter who lived for the sake of the song, as he put it, and we were in Colorado, where Townes split his time with Texas early on, during those years when he was writing his best. Songs like “Pancho and Lefty,” “If I Needed You,” “Tecumseh Valley,” “To Live Is To Fly,” “I’ll Be Here in the Morning,” “Highway Kind” and all the others were thundering through him somewhere between Corsicana and Crested Butte.
The Dung Beetle was a Saxon Pub away from my Austin neighborhood, a Cactus Café in the mountains, a tiny paradise that ultimately stole away all my afternoons and evenings during MusicFest. We undeniably watched a torch being passed at the tribute. “We weren’t a very recognizable bunch except to the cops,” J.T. Van Zandt said, “so this (recognition) would’ve meant a lot to Townes.” Folks celebrated Townes, but they also were accepting responsibility for doing their best to measure up as closely as they can in the future. Listen and you’ll hear it in the voices of Jason Boland (“Rex’s Blues”), Randy Rogers (“Be Here to Love Me”), Micky Braun (“I’ll Be Here in the Morning”), Wade Bowen (“To Live Is To Fly”), the innovative Dirty River Boys (“Lungs”). There’s accountability in those melodies. “It’s a privilege to have John Townes Van Zandt II here to honor his father’s unparalleled songwriting and to celebrate his inspiration to the music we hear now,” MusicFest founder John Dickson wrote in the festival’s program notes, “and the music yet to be made.” Yes: Amazing. Magical. Songwriters.
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be a favorite, too. Musicians that are not Texas-based would have to include the L.A. hardcore supergroup OFF!, Shovels and Rope, J. Roddy Walston and The Business, and Johnny Fritz (formerly known as Johnny Corndawg). Nino: In this scene, Sons of Fathers, Lincoln Durham and Uncle Lucius. Unique style, great songs, and strong talent. Also, The Wheeler Brothers and The Crooks. TrAvIs: Lincoln Durham, The Crooks. Lincoln - He’s got something different and he’s honing in on it and staying consistent. In this business, working hard and consistency is most important. He works hard and is catching my eye. The Crooks because they have a very unique sound and are very good at their presentation of it. Photo: Marshall Foster
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ThE DiRtY RiVeR BoYs favorites. I love the energy and raw angst in punk but what really had me sold with Rancid was the fact that, in the midst of all this raw fastpaced anger, the songs were great stories of their lives. I haven’t met any of them though. I’m going to be completely honest here and you might judge or like me less for it, but the only country music I had ever listened to before touring Texas was the 90’s country I was forced to listen to while my mom was driving me around town as a kid. I’m pretty sure you can count all the alt country and Americana bands I listened to later in my teen years. (Americana is more ‘country’ than what country is considered these days, I think.) Anyway, since we started touring this whole great state of Texas and figuring out what ‘Texas Music’ and ‘Texas Country’ was, I’ve found a few people I really dig. It was really great playing alongside Ray Wylie Hubbard. One of the most rad memories I have had in the past couple of years was opening for Ray Wylie at Larry Joe Taylor Festival and ending the set with The Stones’ “You Can’t Always Get What You Want,” and Ray getting on there and singing it with us. Made me feel pretty goddamn special. Nino: When I was a kid, I loved Chuck Berry, Elvis and Keith Richards. This is why I started playing guitar in the first place… I was about 11. When learning guitar I listened to just about everything from Jimi Hendrix to Boston, early Green Day to Goldfinger, Bob Dylan to The Rolling Stones, Stevie Ray to BB King, even Frank Sinatra to Bobby Darin. Later a stronger focus on songwriting was influenced by Ryan Adams, Josh Ritter, Dylan, Townes, Josh Rouse, The Shins, Whiskeytown. TrAvIs: Green Day, Nirvana, The Police… Cj: Hank Williams, George Jones, Avenge Sevenfold, and Dr. Dre.
What current bands have recently caught your attention, and for what reasons? MaRcO: The list could go on forever but Lincoln Durham, Sons of Fathers, Uncle Lucius, The Crooks, and The Wheeler Brothers are ones to look out for because they’re completely f-ing great. There is passion, honesty and originality in their music that a lot of other stuff out these days lacks. It’s all fun and different. Those five are really going places. Our fellow El Pasoan band, The Lusitania, will always
Cj: Despite being a musician, I don’t listen to much music.
Have you noticed a change in your concert attendance? Many music fans have become attracted to your live show and unique musical compositions. Is there anything in particular that makes your performance attractive to the listening audience? MaRcO: My favorite change has been seeing more and more people come out to the shows. It’s uplifting to see all of this running around pay off a little bit. I think our set-up in general is something different that people notice and enjoy. The whole acoustic thing lined up in a row really makes people excited. Another thing that I think throws people for a curveball is how drastically different we all look. I remember a venue owner who had never heard us came up after soundcheck and said, “I was real curious to hear what kind of music a short guy, a cowboy, a hippy lookin’ dude, and a nerdy lookin’ dude would make. I was real surprised and real impressed,” or something like that. That’s generally what people think when they see us before and then hear us. Nino: Yes. Attendance seems to be gradually growing every time we return to the same market. TrAvIs: I’ve noticed a lot of changes. It gives me hope for the kind of attendance numbers we are trying to reach. A lot of bands tour up to five years without getting half the attendance that we have been able to get in some areas….It gives me hope for our future. As far as the listening audience, our unique sound and solid harmonies, I think, makes it attractive. Cj: We channel our entire hearts through our songs, and we play every show as if the world will end tomorrow.
Who decides who sings what songs? And could you explain how the songwriting process works and evolves over time? MaRcO: Whoever takes vocal lead on a certain song is usually the one who came up with the idea for it. We all have something musically different to contribute to build it up as an arrangement, but lyrically/ writing wise, it typically goes the way of the initial creator. It’s not that way all of the time. Most of the time though. Nino: Usually whoever wrote the lyrics, or the majority of the lyrics, is the one who is singing that song. It starts with the lyrics and the idea, then we end up winging it on stage one night…Takes a few shows but it soon evolves into the final DRB product. Continued page 32
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Favorite Venues,
Fantastic Shows Gruene Hall New Braunfels, TX gruenehall.com 4/20 .... Jack Ingram 5/04 .... Charlie Robison 5/17 .... Jerry Jeff Walker 5/19 .... 92.1 KNBT FM’s Americana Music Jam 5/24 .... Max Stalling 5/25 .... Brandon Rhyder 5/26 .... Gary P. Nunn 6/06 .... Walt Wilkins and the Mystiqueros 6/21 .... Merle Haggard 6/28 .... Leon Russell 7/04 .... The Damn Quails 7/12 .... Cory Morrow
Billy Bob’s Texas Ft. Worth Stockyards billybobstexas.com 4/18 .... Uncle Lucius 4/26 .... Bart Crow 7/04 .... Willie Nelson’s 4th of July Picnic
Sam’s Burger Joint San Antonio, TX samsburgerjoint.com 4/26 .... Adam Hood 5/03 .... Alejandro Escovedo 5/04 .... Two Tons of Steel
Granada Theater
McGonigel’s Mucky Duck
House Pasture Cattle Company
Houston, TX mcgonigels.com 4/26 .... Radney Foster 5/17 .... Max Stalling 5/18 .... James McMurtry 5/21 .... Charlie Robison 5/24 .... John Evans 6/15 .... Slaid Cleaves 7/05 .... Ray Wylie Hubbard
Concan, TX housepasture.com 5/25 .... Gary P. Nunn 6/01 .... Roger Creager 6/08 .... Whiskey Myers 7/04 .... Jason Boland and the Stragglers 7/05 .... Randy Rogers Band & The Dirty River Boys 7/06 .... Cory Morrow 7/13 .... Stoney LaRue 7/20 .... Kevin Fowler
Whitewater Amphitheater New Braunfels, TX whitewaterrocks.com 5/25 .... Josh Abbott 6/15 .... Randy Rogers Band Tulsa, OK cainsballroom.com 5/17 .... Jason Boland and the Stragglers 6/21 .... Turnpike Troubadours New Braunfels, TX riverroadicehouse.com 5/17 .... Jason Eady 5/31 .... Six Market Blvd. 6/07 .... No Justice 6/14 .... Midnight River Choir
The Blue Door
Antone’s
Houston, TX firehousesaloon.com 4/19 .... Jason Boland 4/26 .... Cory Morrow Austin, TX antones.net
Nutty Brown
The Woodlands, TX doseydoescoffeeshop.com 4/09 .... The Trishas 5/07 .... Walt Wilkins and the Mystiqueros 5/19 .... Pure Prairie League 5/21 .... Willy and Cody Braun of Reckless Kelly 6/04 .... Cory Morrow 6/25 .... Dirty River Boys
Schroeder Dance Hall Goliad, TX schroederdancehall.com 5/18 .... Kyle Park
Floore’s Country Store Helotes, TX liveatfloores.com 4/26 .... Chris Knight
San Marcos, TX cheathamstreet.com
Luckenbach Fredericksburg, TX luckenbachtexas.com
Railroad Blues Alpine, TX railroadblues.com
Lucy’s Retired Surfer Bar & Restaurant Austin, TX lucysretiredsurfers.com
The Rattle Inn Austin, TX therattleinn.com
Tumbleweed
Oklahoma City, OK bluedoorokc.com 5/10 .... John Fullbright
Oklahoma City, OK wormydog.com 4/06 .... Whiskey Myers 4/20 .... Cody Johnson
Cheatham Street
River Road Icehouse
Firehouse Saloon
Wormy Dog Saloon
Austin, TX thesaxonpub.com
Cain’s Ballroom
Dallas, TX granadatheater.com 4/12 .... Cory Morrow 5/18 .... Chris Knight and Jason Eady
Austin, TX nuttybrown.com
The Saxon Pub
Dosey Doe
Stillwater, OK tumbleweedusa.com
Brewster Street Ice House Corpus Christi, TX brewsterstreet.net 4/11 .... Whiskey Myers 5/14 .... Ryan Bingham
Texas Music Theater San Marcos, TX txmusictheater.com
Courville’s Beaumont, TX courvillesconcerts.com
Grady’s 66 Pub Yukon, OK gradys66.com 4/20 .... Midnight River Choir 4/26 .... Lincoln Durham
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he jack of all trades is something of a tragic figure, destined to move endlessly from task to task without ever mastering one. Think of a man whose roving eye keeps him from settling down with one true love, instead bouncing from another to another forever. Alas, every band needs someone to round out the sound, and in Uncle Lucius, I play that role. I started as strictly a keys man when I joined up with The Loosh two-plus years ago. Gradually, as the songs found a need, I expanded my foothold. I tried my hand on the accordion first on a few of our rootsier offerings, and thereafter I nudged my way into playing rhythm electric guitar, a melodica, and even a bit of vibraphone on our most recent LP, And You Are Me. Sometimes I felt akin to a clown car, with one instrument after another piling out and showing up in my hands, but usually the rush of dropping one and grabbing another added to the intensity of the live performance, especially since the guys rarely waited long enough for me to get set back up! Each new instrument necessarily expands your appreciation for the subtleties that define its personality. One of my favorite Austin spots is a homespun musical workshop called Dantone’s, whose few rooms are literally jampacked with instruments exotic and ordinary, priceless and pedestrian. On the same table, you could grab a Bolivian recorder or pluck a West African kalimba. Sometimes an awkward, less familiar instrument helps you connect with the
primal, instinctual flow from which all creativity emanates, whereas a familiar one only suggests the too-familiar patterns you’ve already exhausted. An odd instrument at Dantone’s has broken many a creative logjam, just as onstage, a novel instrument can be just what a song needs, even if it’s clumsier in your hands. For a long while the burly boys in Uncle Lucius helped me haul a Hammond M3 organ, the spinet model that tips the scales at a mere 250 pounds. On our way to Steamboat 2012, the M3 enjoyed a last, eventful run. On New Year’s Day, hours before a show in Phoenix, I phoned my awesome Austin keyboard tech, Stan Jones, with the distraught news that the organ didn’t start at all–not a click, not a sputter. After a moment’s thought, Stan told me to gather some fishing wire and go to work wrapping it carefully around the shaft of the internal engine. Summoning the considerable Zen and shamanic powers at his disposal, our singer Kevin delicately arranged this wire, time after time after time, until the perfect pull ignited the motor shaft to just the right speed that I could fire up the rest of the organ. After what seemed like 25 attempts, it worked that night, and every night the rest of the run, through Steamboat and all the way home. Already I felt pretty special to get to play a genuine 1959 relic onstage in a world of sophisticated models; but the added suspense of starting the thing up with fishing wire each night made it a miracle every time. Certain feelings cannot be pantomimed by a modern emulator! Nowadays I tote around some very good old friends, keyboard-wise; both my main boards I bought in ‘06 have been abused without restraint ever since. They look trashy and beat-
up to some, but I wear their scars like a badge of honor, proof of all the hours I’ve torn them to pieces. For piano, I use a Korg SP-300, now discontinued, but with excellent sounding patches that must’ve been tweaked a time too many over the years. My electric piano, clav and organ sounds are covered in my workhorse, a Nord Electro 2. Nord’s engineers are Scandinavian sticklers, attacking a very few classic keyboard sounds instead of attempting to make hundreds of average ones. They meticulously model the Wurlitzer 200a (Ray Charles’ “What’d I Say”), the Fender Rhodes (The Doors’ “Riders on the Storm”), the Hohner Clavinet (Stevie Wonder’s “Superstition”) and of course, the Hammond itself. Its functionality is dead-on, with exactly the same options and controls as on the originals themselves. Though the sounds arrive at the audience through digital means, as a player you are allowed exactly the same tools as the classic axes, no more and no less–which is probably why, no matter how beat-up this keyboard becomes, I can never see myself giving it up.
Each new instrument necessarily expands your appreciation for the subtleties that define their personality. On the amp side, I use a Fender Twin for the pianos and guitar. I still carry a 1959 Leslie model 45, refitted to be a two-speeder. There’re still tiny enclaves of 50-year old dust hiding in that thing, but the real whip of the wind and the moving parts in that cabinet are unlike anything ever heard. My first whiff of the Leslie sound was a religious experience, and hearing it every day never fails to move me. Easy to see why this classic piece remains a lynchpin of the modern stage. Thanks for listening to this jammer yammer, hope it was a little bit informative and not too long. Give me a shout if you see me on the road; hopefully I’ll have started some new instrument to play for you!
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Uncle Lucius' Top 10 Vinyls “I was honored when The MusicFest Magazine offered us the opportunity to share our personal aural obsessions with y'all—such a cool thing, and so I immediately went to turning through all the ‘classics’ in my head...trying to arrange all my Willies and Waylons, my Stones and my Dark Sides until I realized....man, everybody knows these albums—everybody knows how amazing they are—how timeless and life defining they have been for so many of us. Then I thought...well maybe I could do something a little different here. So, if y’all don’t mind, I'd like to share the top ten albums that, to me, helped define what 'Texas Music' really is. How expansive it has been, and in turn, how these artists and their music have opened the door to what 'Texas Music' can continue to be. And, with those thoughts in mind....” – Hal Jon Vorpahl
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1. Houses of the Holy - Led Zeppelin 2. Are You Experienced - The Jimi Hendrix Experience 3. Exodus - Bob Marley & the Wailers 4. Harvest - Neil Young 5. Animals - Pink Floyd 6. Southernplayalisticcadillacmuzik - Outkast 7. Born in the U.S.A. - Bruce Springsteen 8. The White Album - The Beatles 9. Wildflowers - Tom Petty 10. The Fillmore Concerts - The Allman Brothers Band
1. Red Headed Stranger - Willie Nelson 2. Townes Van Zandt - Townes Van Zandt 3. A Love Supreme - John Coltrane 4. Kind of Blue - Miles Davis 5. Led Zeppelin IV - Led Zeppelin 6. Amnesiac - Radiohead 7. Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music - Ray Charles 8. Rage Against the Machine - Rage Against the Machine 9. Heartbreaker - Ryan Adams 10. Soup - Blind Melon
1. Music From Big Pink - The Band 2. Animals - Pink Floyd 3. Head Hunters - Herbie Hancock 4. Songs in the Key of Life - Stevie Wonder 5. Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs - Derek and the Dominos 6. Time Out - Dave Brubeck Quartet 7. Uncloudy Day & Will the Circle Be Unbroken? - The Staple Singers 8. Thelonious Himself - Thelonious Monk 9. Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath 10. Caravan - Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers
1. Graceland - Paul Simon 2. Rubber Soul - The Beatles 3. Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music - Ray Charles 4. The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan - Bob Dylan 5. Astral Weeks - Van Morrison 6. Catch a Fire - Bob Marley & the Wailers 7. Blue - Joni Mitchell 8. Good Old Boys - Randy Newman 9. VH1 Storytellers - Johnny Cash / Willie Nelson 10. Greetings from Michigan - Sufjan Stevens
1. Texas Cannonball - Freddie King 2. 'Frisco Mabel Joy - Mickey Newbury 3. Country Blues - Lightnin' Hopkins 4. Ridin' Dirty - UGK 5. Vulgar Display of Power - Pantera 6. Down South in the Bayou Country - Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown 7. Hangin' on by a Thread - Texas Tornados 8. Thunderstorms and Neon Signs - Wayne "The Train" Hancock 9. Baduizm - Erykah Badu 10. A Real Mother For Ya - Johnny "Guitar" Watson
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Other Gig I wonder wond nder der sometim sometimes how it will work out for them, but so far, so good. Joanie’s adaptable, outgoing and not afraid of anything (except horses for a little while, but in her defense, it did sneeze on her). She’s the center of attention and loves to dance and sing. Who knows if she would be like that in any other environment, but I like to think our lifestyle had something to do with it. For the last year, we’ve had Charlie, Savannah Welch’s baby, on the road with us as well. God help
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that little boy; he’s surrounded by women. All moms work, whether it’s at home, at an office, or in a van with four other girls traveling across the country and singing for a living. If you love something enough, you make it work. I’m a songwriter, a musician, a wife and a mother. I can’t imagine trading one of those things for the other. It’s hard work, but it’s worth it. I’m living my dream, and I love my job. And my kids think everybody’s mom plays in a band.
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ThE DiRtY RiVeR BoYs TrAvIs: We all decide. We come to the table individually but then when we start working with them, that’s when the song becomes alive then we are able to decide who is going to sing what parts sometimes. For example, if the second verse is soft and sweet we might throw it to CJ, etc. That’s what I think makes this band so unique and is something worth fighting for. Cj: Fate decides our path: no set list, no metronome, just pure energy.
You started out as a trio, but later on added Colton (CJ) on the standup bass. What led to this dynamic addition? What does CJ bring to the group that was not there before? MaRcO: There was always something missing as a three-piece. We made it work well, but something was definitely missing. It’s the style that CJ plays. No one plays like him. Nino: We always had intentions of having a bass player. It just took us a while to find the guy. CJ adds a whole rhythmic low end backbone that tastefully fills in the gaps. Definitely an integral part of the band’s sound. TrAvIs: We always knew we needed bass, but since the three of us gave it all in El Paso, we weren’t just going to settle for anyone. When CJ played with us the first time, he didn’t know any of the music and winged the whole 90 minutes. That’s something you don’t find very often. Along with his skills onstage and dedication, he brings the fire
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to complete the four elements: earth, water, air, fire. Cj: I would hope to bring more than a low end rumble, mixed with anger.
What was your favorite book or author when you were growing up? MaRcO: S.E. Hinton. I read all of her books when I was younger. I need to go back and re-read ‘em though. I don’t read nearly as much as I used to or should. Mega-bummer. Nino: The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho. TrAvIs: My favorite book was Hatchet by Gary Paulsen. Cj: Thrasher Magazine.
Is there a favorite meal or particular item that your mom or family member prepares that makes you feel especially at home? MaRcO: When it’s wintertime, and I get to thinking about homemade menudo, tamales, and the Thanksgiving setup only an El Paso Mexican family would have, I get painfully nostalgic and homesick. Damn it, it just happened as I wrote that. That and the honey balsamic glazed lamb my lady makes on special occasions. Nino: El Paso Mexican food. TrAvIs: The Asado de Puerco burrito from Real Burrito, El Paso, TX. Cj: My mom’s the greatest cook in the world. She could bring anybody back home.
Music Reviews by Jessie Scott
Trouble Randy Rogers Band
Burning Days Sons of Fathers
Cheater's Game Kelly Willis & Bruce Robison
The Low Highway Steve Earle
Take a tight-knit cadre of folks who have made a mutual commitment to follow their hearts, and watch what happens over 13 years of pursuing the dream. On their new album, Trouble, Randy Rogers Band continues its deft march, threading the needle of accessibility between Texas music and Nashville. “Goodbye Lonely” could end up on mainstream country radio as a top down, speakers blasting, on the way to the beach summer hit. The morning-after tune, “Fuzzy,” paints the picture perfectly. “Flash Flood” has a welcoming, old school country vibe. There is another entry in the burgeoning library of road anthems with “Trouble Knows My Name,” featuring a cameo appearance from Willie Nelson. “One More Sad Song” is a classic in the making. “Shotgun” smolders and is sure to be an in-concert favorite. Trouble is an earthy, honest excursion into life with all its pain and its glory. It deals in heartbreak, camaraderie, and sheer exuberance, delivered with hooks a plenty. Randy and band continue to nail it with another collection of well-crafted songs; the band, as always, is tight and hot. The album is slated to come out on April 30, and of course the tour is already in full swing. As MusicFest fans know, RRB always delivers in concert. Trouble adds another chapter to a growing catalog, as the Randy Rogers Band continues to forge an gacy. impressive legacy.
The last two years have been a turbocharged time for David Beck and Paul Cauthen, a.k.a. Sons of Fathers. Their self-titled album catapulted them out of San Marcos into the national spotlight. They have been busy touring the country, with plenty of stops at radio stations along the way. The band has grown in numbers in the process, and it is a delight to watch them orchestrate their future. At the center of Sons of Fathers is a commitment to hookladen harmonies, intricate song construction, and an overriding desire to keep pushing the creative envelope. The music is a dance between the dynamic and the delicate; the injection of educated pop flourishes and brings it to the next level. Sons of Fathers’ new album, Burning Days, has just come out and is climbing the Americana Radio Chart, as they continue to grow their audience at one incendiary show after another. They totally bring it in concert, as MusicFest audiences have witnessed over the last two years. “Burning Days” is a haunting and persuasive track. “Not This Time” has a perfect rainy day, curled up on the couch, looking out the window vibe. “OGCTAW” is eerie and hypnotic, and “Feel the Fall” is at once wistful and joyous. Burning Days is a coming of age album, of searching for love and wondering about what life will bring. It is also a statement of the band melding and meshing, becoming secure in the bonds being forged.
An enduring Austin love story has yielded a new chapter in the illustrious careers of Bruce Robison and Kelly Willis. Of course, Bruce has written a string of memorable tunes recorded by others like The Dixie Chicks, George Strait, and Tim McGraw, but somehow has never quite gotten the time in the spotlight that he deserves. Kelly has had a string of well-respected albums, but having a family has made it more difficult for her to embrace the necessary rigors a solo career demands. That they have a good time together on stage is no surprise. That they have delivered a wholly joyous album, Cheater’s Game, is a no-brainer. There is an ease to this album which speaks of a good time being had by all. Many musical friends make contributions, too, making it all the sweeter. It is interesting to note that Bruce did not write all the tunes on the album—there are contributions from elders like Don Williams and Razzy Bailey, and contemporaries like Hayes Carll, Robert Earl Keen, and Dave Alvin. By the way, there is a new era of musical couples happening right now that harkens back to the days of Johnny and June and George and Tammy. What is emerging is a more bandoriented mindset, the duet as a cohesive unit of sonics, more than just vocal partners: Shovels & Rope, Whitehorse, Kacey & Shane, and now we can add Kelly and Bruce to the list.
Steve Earle is a man whose massive shadow precedes him. His is a tale of rebellion, an out of control bad boy ultimately saved by his intellect, his muse, and true love. To trace his career is to see the artist in different periods, each with a glorious coloration. Sometimes raucous, sometimes gentle, Steve gets to do what he feels at the moment in every project he undertakes. One thing is for sure, his message is steadfast, his voice is true, and in it echoes all the great American roots flavors. Listening to the new album, The Low Highway, I am struck by the everyman quality and by the common ground of the music. I think Bruce Springsteen could learn something here. Steve is still very much in touch with creative exploration and forges forward, adding to his songbook with eloquence and grace. This time around, he has chosen to record his 15th studio album with his live band: Chris Masterson, Eleanor Whitmore, Kelley Looney, Will Rigby and Allison Moorer. The Low Highway was co-produced by Steve and Ray Kennedy, whose legendary production partnership is known as the Twangtrust. Tunes range from the folky “Burnin’ It Down,” to the bluegrass tinged “Warren Hellman’s Banjo,” to the grungy “Calico Country.” Sweet or gruff, political or laic, Steve Earle is ever accessible, and you owe it to yourself to get to know the music of this elder statesman of Americana.
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The Charts
Brought to you by MusicFest at Steamboat For the week of April 1, 2013
TEXAS MUSIC CHART
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Kelly Willis & Bruce Robison - Cheater’s Game Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell - Old Yellow Moon Mavericks - Suited Up and Ready / In Time Carrie Rodriguez - Give Me All You Got Steve Earle & The Dukes (& Duchesses) - The Low Highway Son Volt - Honky Tonk Richard Thompson - Electric Holly Williams - The Highway Steeldrivers - Hammer Down Wayne Hancock - Ride Buddy Miller & Jim Lauderdale - Buddy and Jim Billy Bragg - Tooth & Nail Milk Carton Kids - The Ash & Clay Kris Kristofferson - Feeling Mortal Sons of Fathers - Burning Days Josh Ritter - The Beast in Its Tracks Ben Harper with Charlie Musselwhite - I Don’t Believe A Word You Say Dale Watson & His Lonestars - El Rancho Azul Mumford & Sons - Babel James Hunter Six - Minute by Minute Dawes - Stories Don’t End Dwight Yoakum - 3 Pears Howlin’ Brothers - Howl Daniel Romano - Come Cry With Me Shooter Jennings - The Other Life Bobby Rush - Down in Louisiana Bobby Bare - Darker Than Light Black Lillies - Runaway Freeway Blues Civil Wars & T-Bone Burnett - A Place at the Table Soundtrack Gurf Morlix - Finds the Present Tense Samantha Crain - Kid Face Various Artists - The Music Is You: A Tribute to John Denver Caitlin Rose - The Stand-In Chicago Farmer - Backenforth, IL Kasey Chambers & Shane Nicholson - Wreck & Ruin Avett Brothers - The Carpenter Jim James - Regions of Light Gibson Brothers - They Called It Music Shannon Whitworth - High Tide Steve Martin & Edie Brickell - Love Has Come For You
The Americana Airplay chart represents the reported play of terrestrial radio stations, nationally syndicated radio shows, satellite radio and internet stations who have agreed to submit weekly spin counts.
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Turnpike Troubadours - Wrecked Bart Crow - Dandelion Will Hoge with Wade Bowen - Another Song Nobody Will Hear JB & the Moonshine Band - Kiss Me That Way Kyle Park - True Love Whiskey Myers - Virginia Aaron Watson - Lips Rob Baird - Dreams and Gasoline Granger Smith - We Do It In a Field Josh Ward - Send Me You Thom Shepherd - Simplify Casey Donahew Band - Give You a Ring Cody Johnson - I Don't Care About You Mark McKinney with Bri Bagwell - She Ain't Leavin' Brandon Rhyder - Haggard Jon Wolfe - The Only Time You Call Six Market Blvd. - 14 Miles Coley McCabe - This Ain't The 60s Josh Grider - Lone Star Highway Jason Cassidy - Blame It On Waylon Randy Rogers Band - Trouble Knows My Name Reckless Kelly - She Likes Money, He Likes Love William Clark Green - It's About Time Rich O'Toole - Messin' Around Clayton Gardner - Happy Ending The Damn Quails - Me and the Whiskey Micky & The Motorcars - A Thousand Tears No Justice - Never Gonna Be Enough The Departed - Prayer for the Lonely The Rankin Twins - Holdin' Pattern Zane Williams - Sure Felt Like Goodbye Uncle Lucius - Keep the Wolves Away The Great Divide - Without You Brandon Jenkins - Through the Fire Deryl Dodd - Something Ain't Always Better Than Nothing Bo Phillips Band - Riverbed Josh Abbott Band - I'll Sing About Mine Anson Carter - All About the Music Matt Caldwell - What Cowboys Do Jerrod Medulla - Don't Say You Don't Each weekly chart lists the Top 40 in order of spin count. The chart is based on the total airplay or spins at each reporting station.
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Kyle Park - Beggin’ For More Hayes Carll - Flowers and Liquor Kacey Musgraves - Same Trailer Different Park Shooter Jennings - The Other Life Grace Park & The Deer - An Argument For Observation Uncle Lucius - And You Are Me Sons of Fathers - Burning Days John Corbett - Leaving Nothin’ Behind Townes Van Zandt - Sunshine Boy: Unheard Studio Sessions & Demos 1971-1972 The Dirty River Boys - Science Of Flight Aaron Stephens - To Reach Your Soul EP Turnpike Troubadours - Goodbye Normal Street Kelly Willis & Bruce Robison - Cheater’s Game Sons of Fathers - Sons of Fathers Ray Wylie Hubbard - The Grifter’s Hymnal Lumineers - Lumineers Kris Kristofferson - Feeling Mortal Wheeler Brothers - Gold Boots Glitter Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell - Old Yellow Moon Dustin Welch - Tijuana Bible Mavericks - In Time American Aquarium - Burn. Flicker. Die. Terry Allen - Bottom Of The World Gurf Morlix - Finds The Present Tense Adam Hood - The Shape Of Things Ashley Monroe - Like A Rose Son Volt - Honky Tonk John Fullbright - From The Ground Up Various Artists - Deep In The Heart: Big Songs For Little Texans Everywhere Rich O’Toole - Brightwork Wayne Hancock - Ride Tom Skinner - Tom Skinner No Justice - America’s Son Cody Johnson Band - A Different Day Chris Wall - El Western Motel Pake Rossi - Mercy Of The Mountain Jason Eady - AM Country Heaven Beaumonts - Where Do You Want It? Chris King - 1983 Cody Canada & The Departed - Adventus
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