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I was in Galveston a few years ago. Beautiful city and nice folks. All people I met in Texas were nice to me. The most popular version: And a much slower version:
I’ve been giving this advice to the Las Almejas girls for years now, but they never listen!
I was hoping to see Laredo this year, but I’ll be many hundreds of miles away. Just as well. With its legend, I assumed it was a ghost town, but it appears to have about 300,000 people (600,000 in its “metro” area). Damn, son…
Hank Williams Jr is my kind of guy. You know he’d be a lot of fun to hang out with and he appreciates the best things in life.
OK, so this is an anti-Texas song, but hey, it’s Big Black. Steve Albini doesn’t like anything or anybody. Not sure about chain gangs, but I’m sure I’ll see lots of mustaches, rednecks and wetbacks.
Didn’t I post this before? Well, if so, it’s good enough to post twice. And I might repeat a few more before we’re over with.
I guess this is more about a woman from Texas (Jerry Hall), but it’s great and there are lots of gorgeous women in Texas, ya know…
I posted El Paso a few months back, but here is the follow up song.
The next few weeks I’ll be away in… TEXAS! Yuppers. Here are a few songs to keep you busy until I get back. OK, I’m not leaving until tomorrow, but I want to start this early. This is a great example of a modern day folk ballad (despite it being a pretty rocking tune), and […]
It’s the 80s all over again! But in a good way. Even more retro sounding than usual, but that’s why I love this song so much. I love the New Order-esque break towards the end.
Eternal damnation has never sounded so sexy as it does in Beth Gibbon’s voice.
