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Texzilla58

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On 4/25/2022 at 1:23 PM, Texzilla58 said:

I was born in Ft Worth, of parents who have Texas lineage to preAlamo years. Spent most of my youth as an expat, and then my career moved me all over. We have a Texas film thread going in Movie threads, thought we could do same for songs.
 
My list is not complete, just what’s coming to mind of tunes that made me homesick living elsewhere.
 
Whiskey River - Willie Nelson
Waltz Across Texas - Ernest Tubb
Little Bit is Better than Nada - Texas Tornados
Across the Alley From the Alamo - Asleep at the Wheel
New San Antonio Rose - Bob Wills
LA County - Lyle Lovett
Crazy Arms - Ray Price
Woman Across the River - Freddie King
Master of Sparks - ZZ Top
My Baby Don’t Dance to Nuthin but Ernest Tubb - Junior Brown
I Don’t Think Hank Done it This Way - Waylon Jennings
Does Fort Worth Cross Your Mind - George Strait
Texas Flood - Stevie Ray Vaughan
How do You Spell Love - Fabulous Thunderbirds
 
There’s a million of them.

 

1 hour ago, Chad Fuck said:

How is this not on the first page?

Those horns..

Not only was it on the first page, it was in the first post.

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18 hours ago, Chad Fuck said:

 

Sweet. That’s another song the Dead covered.

This one’s long and slow.

And here’s a fully electrified version.

According to Deadbase, over the course of 30 years they only played it 45 times. But, as always, never the same way twice. 

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Too many great mentions in this thread, and imo the quintessential song that always makes me think "man, now THAT is Texas!" is definitely London Homesick Blues, but I'm surprised there aren't any mentions of one of my favorite Texas bands around right now--Mike and the Moonpies. 

Cheap Silver and Solid Country Gold is an outstanding record. 

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Tune not Texas-Themed but artist damn sure is: 

 

Willie doing a Cindy Walker song.  Doesn't get more Texas than that.  

Another Cindy Walker song:  With a munch of folks.

And Miss Walker doing one of her own, made famous by Bob Wills.

 

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21 minutes ago, Nuge said:

Heard this song the other day and thought of this thread. Cracked me up.

 

I love that one.

"I'd sooner die a Sooner or a dumb ass Aggy than to die in the land of the Baylor Bear".  Wise words indeed.

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Clatter and roll - Darden Smith. I hit a bus on my bicycle at 4th and congress. 

Velma from Selma - Augie Meyers.

Sold American or Ballad of Charles Whitman - Kinky Friedman

Wacko from Waco - Billy Joe Shaver

All the pretty girls - The Judy’s 

Brand New Way - Hickoids

Telephone Road - Steve Earle

Pigeons - Bill Callahan

Bob Fudge - Colter Wall

Beer Run - Todd Snider

Mother Blues - Ray Wylie Hubbard

Texas Me - Doug Sahm

Haley’s Comet - Dave Alvin

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