Mixed Tape Monday: Texas Artists

Welcome to another installment of Mixed Tape Monday.  As you may have noticed, I am on a bit of a Texas Music kick and today will continue down that path.  Yesterday, I had the opportunity to hear some great live music at a little barbeque joint just west of Fort Worth.  I am a huge Walt Wilkins fan and I saw that he had two shows in the Fort Worth area yesterday.  So, off we go for some beer and barbeque and some great music.  In addition to Walt, there were some up and coming musicians like Johnny Cooper, Bobby Duncan, and 6^th Market Boulevard that played as well.

So, my topic for today is, you guessed it, Texas Artists.

Song:              One of Those Moments

Artist:              Walt Wilkins

Album:            Rivertown

Song:              Texas On My Mind

Artist:              Django Walker

Album:            Down the Road

Song:              Beautiful Thing

Artist:              Slaid Cleaves       

Album:            Everything You Love Will Be Taken Away

Song:              Eden’sGate

Artist:              Pat Green

Album:            Wave On Wave

Song:              My Brother and Me

Artist:              Bruce Robison

Album:            Wrapped

Song:              Home

Artist:              Eli Young Band

Album:            Jet Black and Jealous

Song:              Shades of Gray

Artist:              Robert Earl Keen

Album:            Picnic

 Song:              Daddy and the Devil

Artist:              Wade Bowen & Chris Knight

Album:            If We ever Make It Home

Song:              Goodbye Sweet Dreams

Artist:              Roky Erikson & Okervil River

Album:            True Love Cast Out All Evil

Song:              Simple Song

Artist:              Lyle Lovett

Album:            Pontiac

Song:              Too Many Ways To Fall

Artist:              Arc Angels

Album:            Arc Angels

 Song:              Sunday Morning Coming Down

Artist:              Kris Kristofferson

Album:            Kristofferson

 Song:              We Can’t Make It Here

Artist:              James McMurtry

Album:            Childish Things

 Song:              Sunday Clothes

Artist:              Charlie Sexton

Album:            Under the Wising Tree

 Song:              Fool

Artist:              Jack Ingram

Album:            Electric

 Song:              Life Without You

Artist:              Stevie Ray Vaughan

Album:            Soul To Soul

Song:              Love Must Follow You Around

Artist:              Randy Rogers Band

Album:            Rollercoaster

 Song:              Indianola

Artist:              Charlie Robison

Album:            Life of the Party

Song:              I’m the One

Artist:              Doyle Bramhall II

Album:            Jellycream

Song:              Come with Me Tonight

Artist:              Bob Schneider

Album:            I’m Good Now

Music you should have listened to last month but can now watch!

Greetings music fans,

Today I will highlight the artists from last month and give my selection for their best album and song. 

This may seem like a copout blog, and it kind of is.  But, with good reason, we became foster parents to three endearing and for the moment, little puppies on Saturday, and they necessitate and deserve more attention than you!  Just kidding, you too deserve some attention, but this is as good as it gets today.  However, I did pull video for each song selected.  That should count for something!

Last month’s featured artists, in no particular order:

Artist	Best Album	Best Song
The Avett Brothers	I and Love and You	Ten Thousand Wordswww.youtube.com/watch?v=Gt6k8htvc9k
Bruce Robison	Wrapped	My Brother & Mewww.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3q8ShBkqBI
Counting Crows	August and Everything After	Anna Beginswww.youtube.com/watch?v=1tY9SNFAK2I
Doyle Bramhall II	Jelly Cream	So You Want It to Rainwww.youtube.com/watch?v=N52cpz6NJ_4
Drive By Truckers	Brighter Than Creations Dark	Gravity’s Gonewww.youtube.com/watch?v=BHnbiiPoMSU
G. Love & Special Sauce	Philadelphonic	Rainbowwww.youtube.com/watch?v=5glVe3BmjmM
James McMurtry	Childish Things	We Can’t Make It Herewww.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbWRfBZY-ng
Jay Farrar & Ben Gibbard	One Fast Move or I’m Gone	Big Surwww.youtube.com/watch?v=NNIWA5esH4o
The Jayhawks	Smile	Bluewww.youtube.com/watch?v=GUVVGQjWFg4
Josh Ritter	The Animal Years	Wingswww.youtube.com/watch?v=X3OiUUEzwwI
Mason Jennings	Boneclouds	Fighter Girlwww.youtube.com/watch?v=ABfK9zajLdo
My Morning Jacket	Z	One Big Holidaywww.youtube.com/watch?v=_0Q9iAcPjzc
One Day as a Lion	One Day as a Lion	Wild Internationalwww.youtube.com/watch?v=6mKtt7F0rPU
Reckless Kelly	Under the Table and Above the Sun	Let’s Just Fallwww.youtube.com/watch?v=mW5uP8aYZsk
Robert Earl Keen	Walking Distance	Shades of Graywww.youtube.com/watch?v=eEgY93WECEc
Ryan Adams	Gold	Wonderwall (Cover)www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6xX6ZE16PI
Silversun Pickups	Swoon	There’s No Secrets This Yearwww.youtube.com/watch?v=Qbz-SqEd7JQ
Them Crooked Vultures	Them Crooked Vultures	Scumbag Blueswww.youtube.com/watch?v=2M53SxSLHYk
The White Stripes	Icky Thump	Seven Nation Armywww.youtube.com/watch?v=xi8KdTk0u0g
Wilco	Being There	Sunken Treasureswww.youtube.com/watch?v=j_GQWm35Ndo

 

Great music waits!

You should be listening to Bruce Robison!

Bruce Robison is the country hit maker of the country music stars.  You may be more familiar with Bruce than you might realize, as his songs have been covered by several high profile country artists, The Dixie Chicks covered “Travelin’ Soldier”, Tim McGraw and his lovely, blushing bride Faith Hill covered “Angry All the Time”, and George (all my songs are hits) Strait covered “Wrapped”.  All of the songs went to No. 1 on the country chart. 

Robison is a singer/songwriter from Bandera, Texas who is married to singer/songwriter Kelly Willis and brother of Charlie Robison who is a diesel mechanic, what, no that’s not right, oh, he too is a singer songwriter.  There must be something in the water in lovely Bandera, Texas because Robert Earl Keen lived in Bandera when he released his debut album “No Kind of Dancer”. 

Bruce Robison Discography:

• Bruce Robison
• Wrapped
• Long Way From Anywhere
• Country Sunshine
• Eleven Stories
• It Came From San Antonio
• The New World
• His Greatest
• From the Top

Top 5 Bruce Robison Songs:

1. My Brother and Me (Wrapped)
2. Angry All the Time (Wrapped)
3. Travelin’ Soldier (Long Way Home From Anywhere)
4. What Would Willie Do (Country Sunshine)
5. Tennessee Jed (Eleven Stories)

Robison’s songwriting is reflective and moving and is the force behind all of his albums.  His singing is warm and capable but not always enough to carry the greatness of his lyrics.  It is not surprising that his songs that have reached No. 1 have been sung by others.

Bruce and I have quite a bit in common.  He writes and sings great songs, I write about singers of great songs, He has four children, I have four children, he has twins, and I have twins.  He is a talented in demand writer with a successful music careers, and well, that, my dear readers, is where it ends. 

Check out Bruce Robison at www.brucerobison.com.

Bruce Robison’s music is available at iTunes, record stores, and www.brucerobison.com.

Great music waits!