Favorite TEXAN C&W artist/ensemble, if any?

[derby378]

Here's a few for you to mull over:

Asleep at the Wheel
Robert Earl Keen, Jr.
Dixie Chicks
Josh Alan Friedman
Willie Nelson

I'm sure you'll think of others. Have fun!

[NoPasaran]

1. Jerry Jeff Walker and the Lost Gonzo Band

[Richardo]

2. Brave Combo

[sendero]

14. Don't think they'd be called...

... C&W :)

I like their proteges, Little Jack Melody and his Young Turks, even more. Still not C&W though.

For C&W, it's hard to beat Willie IMHO.

[Richardo]

15. Oops! Didn't see the C&W part.

:blush:

I still like them.

[freesqueeze]

3. Billy Ray Shaver

If Kinky Friedman wins the governors office, he's the poet laureate.

[vi5]

4. Did you mean Bilie Joe Shaver?

If so, that's who I was going to pick.

[tanyev]

5. Nanci Griffith!

And do the Austin Lounge Lizards count as CW?

[Herbert]

6. Lyle Lovett n/t

[The Jacobin]

18. A man of genious

When asjed by a co-worker if I liked country, I said yes -- I have lots of Lyle Lovett. She rolled her eyes and said that wasn't real country.

I laughed politely and shook my head at another victim of bad country music radio.

"Where do they get all them pretty boys, anyways?"

[newyawker99]

28. Hi Herbert!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[Richardo]

7. Bob Wills

[ChickMagic]

9. Ah, another Bob Wills fan!

Asleep at the Wheel does some great Bob Wills tunes.

[Richardo]

11. 'Deed they do...

Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen do too! (or did. Whatever happened to Cody?)

:hi: ginbarn!

[jedr]

12. "Mama hated Diesel's" was the best!

[ChickMagic]

21. What DID happen to Cody?

What can I say? I'm in love! Hi Richardo! :hi:

[derby378]

22. Richardo, the funny thing about that photo with Ray...

...is that we had to travel all the way to Las Vegas to get the shot.

ginbarn wants you to know she was wearing jumbo shrimp beads when this picture was taken. So jumbo, according to her, "that they could choke a seagull."

[Richardo]

23. You two rock.

I'm goin' to Vegas in July - I'll keep an eye out for the Wheel.

And I'm turning ginbarn in to PETA for choking seagulls. (How else would she know? :shrug: )

[Gothmog]

8. Kinky Friedman and the Texas Jewboys

It is such a great name for a band.

[GOPisEvil]

10. The Derailers and The Gourds!

:thumbsup::thumbsup:

[sonias]

13. Love the Derailers

Love Lyle Lovett and Willie Nelson too.

Sonia

[fudge stripe cookays]

16. Joe Ely, baby.

He da man. And dead sexy.

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[WolverineDG]

17. I'm so Texan

that my very first date was to a Willie Nelson concert.

No joke.
dg

[Zen Democrat]

19. There's the great Steve Earle ( if you consider him C&W)

[bookman]

20. Dixie Chicks

I'm really proud the Dixie Chicks are from Texas! :)

Willie ain't bad either.

Always enjoy Asleep at the Wheel.

[Doohickie]

24. Los Lonely Boys

Los Lonely Boys sound like a melding of Stevie Ray Vaughn with Santana. Willie Nelson is a big fan of theirs.

[lastliberalintexas]

25. Bob Wills is still the King (3/6 should be a national holiday)

But I can't believe someone hasn't already mentioned Waylon Jennings or Ray Price!! Shame on all of you! :)

And then there's also Hank Thompson, Gene Watson, Radney Foster, Delbert McClinton, Jeanie C. Riley, Johnny Bush, Johnny Rodriguez, Kris Kristofferson, and Charley Pride.

And of course, from my neck of the woods comes Mr. No Show himself- the once great George Jones. I was really surprised (and very impressed) to learn last year that he was supporting Wes Clark in the Dem primaries. I have no idea how he voted since Clark didn't win, though.

Though my personal favorites will always be Bob Wills and Willie Nelson, these are all great artists in what was once a great genre.

[fudge stripe cookays]

26. Shame on me for forgetting Radney!

He's so cuddly! And those dimples!

Also, Rodney Crowell.
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[Doohickie]

27. Yeah.... he's good too.

Great story teller.

[texastoast]

29. One of my favorites

Terri Hendrix. Lloyd Maines (Natalie's dad) plays with her. Catch them if you can.