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‘Scene-lebrity’ Tweets Of The Week | Week Ending June 21, 2015
What were some of your favorite Texas Music “Scene-lebrities” up to this week? Doing Keg stands, looking for ice cream, watching golf, going to the movies and sharing it all with us!
Bart Crow is Headed To The Grand Ole Opry
He is the pride of Maypearl, Texas; and one of the nicest, hardest working singer/songwriter/dad's (in my own humble opinion, and I am rarely wrong) in the Texas-Red Dirt Music Scene. And this summer Bart Crow will be making his Grand Ole Opry debut.
Robert Earl Keen + Lyle Lovett Grace The Cover Of Texas Monthly
The July 2015 issue of Texas Monthly Magazine hits newsstands Monday, with two very talented Texans on the front cover - Robert Earl Keen and Lyle Lovett. This month's cover story is dedicated to "secrets behind some of your favorite Texas songs," and includes the back story of songs written by Willie Nelson, Selena, Kacey Musgraves and the Dixie Chicks.
JB Patterson Kicked Out of Moonshine Band
Do you ever get the feeling that you've forgotten something? Your mom's birthday? A doctor's appointment? Basic gun safety rules during a photo shoot? To turn off the iron before you leave the house?
Five Years No Cross Canadian Ragweed
It was on this date (May 19) in 2010, the press release announcing the band Cross Canadian Ragweed was "taking a break" was released. The announcement forever changed the Texas / Red Dirt music scene and left all of us screaming "CARRRRRNNNEEEYYYY MANNNNN!!"
Kevin Fowler to Perform 2,000th Show of His Career
Something extraordinary happened on this date in Amarillo, Texas in the year 19 and 66.
The "Redneck Messiah" was born.
Johnny Chops Has ‘Songs for Sale’
You know him as "Johnny Chops," the bass player from the Randy Rogers Band. He has been laying down their four string groove for well over a decade. But Jon Richardson also does his own thing from time to time, and even released his debut solo album Sticks And Stones back in August of 2013.
‘Scene-lebrity’ Tweets Of The Week: May 3rd-9th, 2015
I've waded through the Twitter-verse noise of the first week of May to bring you some of the best "Scene-lebrity" tweets. Check out what your favorite Texas Music "Scene-lebrities" were up to this week -- or at least the ones that appear to actually be tweeting themselves.