Your Most Texas Songs

[hullabelew 3724]

Willie's Hill Country Theme reminded me of this version.  One of my favorite instrumentals of all time.

 

Edited April 27, 2022 by hullabelew

[jimmyjazz 46492]

I can see Kim strumming away on that gray Strat, and John doing the lead on his TV yellow double cutaway (maybe a Hamer?).

[ConferenceRoom 6154]

 

[Chad Fuck 17867]

How is this not on the first page?

Those horns..

[Chad Fuck 17867]

 

[utee94 15890]

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.

[Chad Fuck 17867]

30 minutes ago, utee94 said:

 

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

Why you tryin' make me read in a music thread?

[83Horn 1656]

"Let's drive that ol' Chrysler to Mexico, boy..."

 

[mbtex 683]

 

Edited April 27, 2022 by mbtex

[Seasick Sailor 3747]

Seems appropriate for this thread:

 

[Tylerocks 2557]

 

[Steel Shank 9440]

The Armadillo World Headquarters House Band -  Too Smooth!
 

Fuckin’ A! Too Smooth!!!

[Victor Lazlo 1788]

On 4/26/2022 at 9:07 PM, Deej said:

Anything with Flaco Jimenez.

You’re goddamn right. If this ain’t Texas, I’ll kiss your ass

 

[WhatTheBuck 28842]

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. 

[utee94 15890]

 

 

[mbtex 683]

 

[Trey3216 15380]

 

[castolon 193]

 

[castolon 193]

 

[Gourmand 7776]

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. 

[Gourmand 7776]

 

[UTCzech III 2917]

 

 

[Guest]

Not nearly as substantive as most of the songs in here, it is still a road trip staple...especially summer trips.

 

[pyrohornIII 4841]

One of my favorites, 

 

And another that seems pretty tame vs the later outlaw type music to come.  Webb wrote it as a protest song, and Campbell's version turned it more into a patriotic tune.  Either way it didn't hurt the namesake city's tourism.  

https://www.wideopencountry.com/galveston-glen-campbell/

[squib 1127]

 

 

[deadshank 24653]

 

[smuggs 9354]

 

[hullabelew 3724]

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.

 

[hullabelew 3724]

On 4/27/2022 at 12:32 PM, jimmyjazz said:

I can see Kim strumming away on that gray Strat, and John doing the lead on his TV yellow double cutaway (maybe a Hamer?).

Like this!  

 

 

Edited May 2, 2022 by hullabelew

[Al_4_ISU 12542]

From a non-Texan's perspective, London Homesick Blues was the first song I thought of when I saw this thread.

[Braff Zacklin 13672]

There can be only one:

 

[Nuge 2000]

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

 

[mbtex 683]

 

[Al_4_ISU 12542]

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.

[dogbreath 434]

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

[Paul Wesley 3299]

 

[CoTex 1170]

Honorable mention has to go to this song.

 

 

If you watch the video and piece together the story basically Jimmy Buffet cuckolds an aggy.