Since we're talking Red Dirt music, and weird Bud Light offerings, I'll throw out that we enjoy several great "Texas dancehall" bands, one being Jake Hooker and the Outsiders. Twin fiddles, fantastic steel guitar, and Jake on his upright bass.
Jake cut a gospel CD a few years ago, and covered this classic Marty Robbins tune:

Jake Hooker is great. I'd add Billy Mata to the list along with Jody Nix as well as the Rocky King Band. Darrell McCall is still going too.

Jody Nix plays music along the same lines. Folks from west Texas have most likely danced to some tunes played by Jody or his dad Hoyle at their dancehall called The Stampede outside Big Spring.

Eleven Hundred Springs broke up but they at another band that played good, old school Honky Tonk music.

Ellis Hubbard plays this kinda music and is a newer act.

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Jake Hooker is great. I'd add Billy Mata to the list along with Jody Nix as well as the Rocky King Band. Darrell McCall is still going too.

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Landon Dodd and George Dearborne also can fill a dance floor...us lucky Texans have choices!

Eleven Hundred Springs

Great band and great name

Saw them live at the London Hall one summer when I was in college and have been hooked ever since. They are some goober lookin MFs but man they played some good old school sounding country music! Would love to see them again if they ever decide to pick it back up.

South Austin jug band is another no more of the same vein

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Eleven Hundred Springs

Great band and great name

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love this song

How could I look past Two Tons of Steel

Now that is a great band and name

Saw them at Gruene Hall and I'm pretty sure Lonestar Round Up at some point in Austin. It's a massive rockabilly type car show. Always good music.

Great one

Hayes Carll could definitely fit on this thread for some of his older stuff.

And then Slaid Cleaves for something like Texas Love Song

Drinking days

You wouldn't think a boy raised in Maine would know his ass from a hole in the ground when it comes to Honky Tonk, but that dude can play some good music. Horseshoe Lounge is my favorite song of his. Discovered him from a free CD someone gave my dad called "Brewed in Texas". That whole CD is loaded up with absolute bangers. Wish I still had it. Going to look on Apple Music for it now.

Houston Marchman is another

Good quality jam are the Jayhawks. Rainy Day Music is a great album.

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Houston Marchman is another

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A few buddies and I hired Houston to come out and play opening weekend of dove season for us last September.

Shameless plug. This is an acquaintance but his music is the style I loved while in college as well as now. Give him a listen and download if you desire.

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You wouldn't think a boy raised in Maine would know his ass from a hole in the ground when it comes to Honky Tonk, but that dude can play some good music. Horseshoe Lounge is my favorite song of his. Discovered him from a free CD someone gave my dad called "Brewed in Texas". That whole CD is loaded up with absolute bangers. Wish I still had it. Going to look on Apple Music for it now.

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I feel old. I remember when texascd.com sent that disc out as a "free bonus" back in 2002 or so.

Slaid has a new release out that's good stuff.

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Houston Marchman is another

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A few buddies and I hired Houston to come out and play opening weekend of dove season for us last September.

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LOVE Houston Marchman, crazy how many people that I talk to that have never heard of him.

Viet-Nashville, is the truth. Especially about "country" being written for, "an 8th grade level divorced house wife"......

Did midnight catch you without warning after a few more tears over Wichita Falls?

Chis Wall is someone I think of when I think of Texas Dance Hall. He was of the best song writes I've ever heard. He passed away in June 2021. This is one of my favorite songs of his. He helped out Reckless Kelly a lot when they first moved to Austin.

We have enjoyed hearing "The Broken Spokes", a Houston-based band doing traditional music, both covers and original songs.
https://brokenspokesmusic.com/

Yeah it's solid

Seeing him up here in Seattle in a week or two. Can't wait to see how much he mixes it up with old and new

If you have Spotify, check out Mike Ethan Messick. Incredible song writer & an Aggie if I'm not mistaken.

His presence on Youtube is kind of limited & doesn't include much off of this album.




https://open.spotify.com/album/6x5ISMC3bNVlX81NpbBgzc?si=60LxEq_CSsmEoAtgzC7z8Q


Also This song off of his 2008 album is one of my favorites.
https://open.spotify.com/track/67FtMnG2RI0uMWc97D9S8Z?si=7c787db037e54e3e

So lets see how this goes… I wonder why George Strait is really never viewed as "Texas Music". I get that he was Nashville and by the time Red Dirt/Texas music was popular George Strait was an established star

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So lets see how this goes… I wonder why George Strait is really never viewed as "Texas Music". I get that he was Nashville and by the time Red Dirt/Texas music was popular George Strait was an established star

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Ace in the Hole Band George Strait from the 80's is definitely Honky Tonk.

Debonairs or GTFO.

Hayden Haddock is a newer singer who sings Honky Tonk and he is an Aggie.

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So lets see how this goes… I wonder why George Strait is really never viewed as "Texas Music". I get that he was Nashville and by the time Red Dirt/Texas music was popular George Strait was an established star

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I was a weekend DJ at a country station in BCS for about a year and a half. They had a consultant that came in, mind you they were paying this guy, that didn't get the difference between Texas Country and Nashville County.

He clicked off 3-4 artists that were FROM Texas, but not Texas Country. I kept telling them that the college kids were into Red Dirt/Texas Country a whole lot more than they were the Nashville stuff but they didn't listen. What did I know, I'd only lived there 20yrs at that point.....this guy was from out of town, so he was an expert......

Now there is a station in BCS that plays nothing but Texas & Red Dirt on top of the 20gazillion "country" stations that were already there.

GS if from TX and is the King, no doubt. But he was pre-Red Dirt/Texas County Music revolution.

And Matt hillyer was a metal singer before he got into country music

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And Matt hillyer was a metal singer before he got into country music

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So was Kevin Fowler.

For those of you that like podcasts or to nerd out on country music history, check out Cocaine & Rhinestones. It's hosted by Tyler Mahan Coe, David Allan Coe's son. Interesting stuff.