654 100% Texas Countdown!

This month's countdown is 100% Texas, played by 100% Texas musicians singing 100% Texas tunes to help celebrate Texas' birthday month of March. Join us for an all Texas Countdown as only Texas can create! 

10 You Aint Nothing to Texas - Bugs Henderson (Jefferson)
09 Texas Cookin' - Guy Clark ( Monahans)
08 Texas Flood -  Jimmie Vaughan (Oak Cliff) Johnnie Nicholas (Fredericksburg)
07 The Sun Is Shining Down on Me In Texas - Augie Meyer (San Antonio)
06 Jacksboro Highway - John Mayall fea: Buddy Whittington (Fort Worth)
05 Come On Down To Texas - Steve Fromholz (Temple)
04 Long Tall Texan - Pee Wee Crayton (Rockdale)
03 Velma From Selma - Texas Tornadoes (San Antonio)
02 Texas In My Soul - Willie Nelson (Abbott)
01 La Grange - Z Z Top (Houston)
00 Katie's Blues - Katie Webster (Houston)

Everything is bigger in TEXAS!

653 Remembering The Alamo and Texas Music!

The List:

Heart Of Texas - Billy Joe Shaver (Corsicana)
Beautiful Texas Sunshine - Doug Sahm (San Antonio)
Texas - Edgar Winter (Beaumont)
Texas Flyer - Freddie King (Gilmer)
Texas - Electric Flag
Texas Twister - Little Feat
Hey, Ride With Me: Texas, Texas - Red Meat
Houston, Texas - Roy Gaines (Waskom)
Came All The Way From Texas - Perry "Daddy Deep Throat" Cain (Houston)
Texas Turnpike - Juke Boy Bonner (Bellville)
Texas Ag Report - Zydeco Blanco (Blanco)
Memories of East Texas - Michelle Shocked (Gilmer)
Killing Time In Texas - Gurf Morlix (Austin)
Texas Easy Street B2B 

with Jim Suhler (Dallas) 

and Henry Thomas (Mineola)
Beautiful Texas (fade) - Willie Nelson (Abbott)
 

600 San Jacinto Day Texas Tunes Tribute Countdown

The Battle of San Jacinto, on April 21, 1836, was a decisive battle in Texas history. By defeating the Mexican forces and capturing Santa Anna, the Texans won their independence from Mexico. Everyone in Texas, Mexicans, Anglo settlers, African Americans, and Native Americans, was affected by the 18-minute battle. Texas was now a republic.
In honor of this most auspicious day in Texas history we count down 10 tunes by true Texas troubadours, on the Tricks  Synthetic Countdown, Number 600 (WOWZERS) !

10 Heart of Texas - Billy Joe Shaver
9 Come on Down to Texas - Steven Fromholz
8 Texas Jumbo Shrimp - Ponty Bone and The Squeezetones
7 Texas Me - Delbert McClinton
6 Texas Cookin' - Guy Clark
5 Texas Fllod B2B with Guitar, Jr. and SRV
4 Deep In the Heart of Texas - Augie Meyers
3 Texas Morning - Rusty Wier
2 T for Texas - Townes Van Zandt
1 Texas In My Soul - Willie Nelson
00 Beautiful Texas Sunshine - Doug Sahm 

At 421/2 minutes, the podcast lasts over twice as long as the actual battle!

592: 100% Texas Music

Texas' Birthday month continues with an hour of 100% Texas music. While some states boast about their Tennessee country, Mississippi blues, or Cleveland's rock, Texas is big enough to feature and embrace all types of music. Yes, we  have the blues, the rock, and country featured here, but that is just a sample of what Texas has to offer musically. This week it is the big three, next time who knows...

Texas Song - Cass County Boys (Linden and Mt Pleasant)
Texas, Texas - Red Meat (not a Texan , but Texan in their soul)
The Guitar - Guy Clark ( Monahans)
T For Texas - Townes Van Zandt ( Fort Worth)
Lucky - Toni Price (moved to Austin in 1989)
Bobby Kurtz - Smokey Wilson (Cuero)
Home To Houston - Steve Earle (grew up in San Antonio)
An American In Texas - Uncle Walts Band (formed in Austin)
Nesman Studios - Sprague Brothers (Wichita Fall)
Beaumont Boogie - Ronnie Dawson (Dallas)
East Texas Pines - Sunny Sweeney (Longview)
CottonFields - Henry Thomas (Mineola)
Freestone County Blues - Steve James (moved to Texas in 1977)
Texas Hop - Pee Wee Crayton (Rockdale)
Going Back To Texas - Omar Dykes (moved to Texas in 1970's)
Texas Blues Again - Calvin Russell (Austin)
State of Texas - Old 97s (Dallas)
(You're Not My) Final Song - Orange Is In (Austin)

All Texan and all Trick's !

589: Happy 183rd Birthday Texas

Just a quick one to wish all Texans a HAPPY BIRTHDAY from the Lone Star State! Enjoy this Texas sized countdown! 

10 Texas Tunes You May Not Know:
10 Texas Ag Report - Zydeco Blanco
09 Alene, Sweet Little Texas Queen - 

The Souvenirs
08 East Texas - Eddie Noack
07 Texas Easy Street B2B with

Eleanor Ellis and Jim Suhler
06 Deed To Texas - Augie Meyer
05 Houston, Texas - Roy Gaines
04 Texas City Dyke - Gene Kelton
03  Texas Tornado - Harley Huggins
02 La, Memphis & Tyler, Texas
01 I Knew I Was In Texas - 

Dogman and the Shepherds
00 Texas Trios - Buddy Whittington 

ENJOY!

It Could Only Be From Texas

We close out "March Is Texas Music Month, at Least Around Here," with music by Texans in a Lone Star State of Mind.  Join us for these uniquely Texan tunes before Duke packs them away for another year . Texas Tunes including:

Monkey Beat City - Ronnie Dawson (Dallas)

Houston El Mover -Joe "King" Carrasco (???)

Chaos In Texas - Jim Suhler (Dallas)

What's My Name -  The Naughty Ones (Austin)

Beatle Break: 

Soldier of Love - The Derailers (Austin)

Twango - Tiesco DelRay (Austin)

Hernandos Hideaway - Brave Combo (Denton)

 Journey To Tyme -  Kenny & The Kasuals (Dallas)

Morning Dew - Sweet Smoke (Ft. Worth)

Exit 9 - The Herd (Longview)

Simple Little Down Home - Shiloh (Linden)

Hey, Ride With Me Awhile:

Cappuccino Boogie -Wayne Hancock (Austin)

Texas Jumbo Shrimp - Ponty Bone (San Antonio)

Party On The Patio - Z Z Top (Houston)

Spiritual Spotlite: 

Thank You for My Hands - Guy Forsythe (Austin)

Guitar Man - Sherman Robertson (Houston)

Texas Song - Calvin Russell (Austin)

Grab these before we shut the barn door for good!

Texas Country, Salute!

Any listener knows my love/hate relationship with Country and Western Music...I prefer Western circa 1940's to anything you hear on today's commercial radio, but it is "March Is Texas Music Month" around here and we can't do Texas without including country.  So join your host and the Trick's Synthetic gang as they play Texas Country ...Salute!

Deep In The Heart Of Texas - Augie Meyers

Keep Texas Beautiful - Jerry Jeff Walker

Deep In the Heart of Texas - Cass County Boys

Ding Dong Daddy From Dumas - Bob Wills

San Antonio Blues - Cliff Brunner

Texas Blues - Foy Willing

Beautiful Texas B2B 

with Jimmie Davis 

and Willie Nelson

Texas Me - Doug Sahm

East Texas - Eddie Noack

Houston, Texas - Deer Tick

Amarillo Highway B2B 

with Robert Earl Keen, Jr. 

and Amos Garrett

Sloppy Drunk - Ronnie Dawson

Here In Texas - The Washers

I Left My Heart In Texas - Mike Penny

Texas Special -  Luke Willis

Guacamole - Texas Tornadoes

Leaving Texas - Tom Russell

 

It's Almost As Big As Texas!