Western Music
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Song “Orange Blossom Special”: Played By A Collection Of Some Of Country Music Hottest Bands Live At Austin City Limits
The fiddle tune “Orange Blossom Special” is about the passenger train of the same name….which was written by Ervin T. Rouse in 1938….with the original recording being created by…
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Austin City Limits: Marty Robbins Performs His Legendary Cowboy Song “El Paso” Live On Stage At 1980 ACL Show
“El Paso“ is a country and western ballad written and originally recorded by Marty Robbins, and first released on Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs in…
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Kinky Friedman: The “Jewboy” Singer /Songwriter Politician Extraordinaire!
This particular post is very near and dear to my heart as a lifelong Austinite and Central Texan…..for my association…
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Toby Keith: The Country Singing Cowboy Patriot & Capitalist – Part 2
START OF PART 2 – The Life and Legend of a Modern Day Singing Cowboy Patriot Who Left Us Way…
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George Strait: “The King of Country Music” And Favorite Son Of Central Texans & Cowboys Everywhere – Part 3
GEORGE STRAIT – PART 3 BEGINS In 2016, Strait was selected as one of 30 artists to…
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George Strait: “The King of Country Music” and Favorite Son of Central Texans & Cowboys Everywhere – Part 2
BEGINNING OF GEORGE STRAIT – PART 2 Music – Live on Stage – 1985 – George…
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George Strait: “The King of Country Music” and Favorite Son of Central Texans & Cowboys Everywhere – Part 1
If you grew up in Texas from 1970 to 2000, especially West Texas and Central Texas, you probably were…
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Jimmy Buffett: The King Of Tropical Rock And Master Of Island Escapism Music For All “Parrot Heads” -Part 1
In the summer of 1967, just after graduation from Midland High School in Midland, Texas…..that’s when I took a trip…
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Jimmy Buffett: The King Of Tropical Rock And Master Of Island Escapism Music For All “Parrot Heads” -Part 2
Beginning of Jimmy Buffett Part 2 Buffett’s music combined country, rock, folk, calypso, and pop music with coastal as well as tropical lyrical…
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