Real Texas Rattlesnakes

March 6, 2012

Editor’s Note:  This is part 9 of How To Be Texan, Wherever You Are.  It’s an up and coming eBook on how to maintain your Texan ways, no matter where you live.  Some of us fortunate souls still live in the Great State and others are Ex-Pats who were forced to leave by marriage, jobs, […]

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Texas Independence Day -85

March 2, 2012

Ballad of the Alamo It’s a good coincidence that March 2 falls of a Friday in 2012.  Today we can feature one of my favorite songs, Ballad of the Alamo by Marty Robbins.  John Wayne put up his own money to produce the movie, The Alamo. By hiring Dmitri Tiomkin as composer for the soundtrack […]

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Real Texas Drinks

February 28, 2012

Editor’s Note:  This is part 8 of How To Be Texan, Wherever You Are.  It’s an up and coming eBook on how to maintain your Texan ways, no matter where you live.  Some of us fortunate souls still live in the Great State and others are Ex-Pats who were forced to leave by marriage, jobs, […]

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Music Video Friday – 84 Hey Baby Que Paso

February 24, 2012

Hey Baby Que Paso? Augie Meyers tells the story of how he wrote the hit song for him and The Texas Tornados.  Augie has a great sense of humor and has a large repertoire of jokes for his audience.  This is just one of those songs that gets in your head and you keep on […]

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Music Video Friday – 83 Willie Nelson

February 17, 2012

Is this Willie or an impersonator? We all know its Willie, but is is from quite a few years back.  I actually got to see him ‘before he turned’ into the Willie we know and love today.  It’s fun seeing him as he was back then and singing the songs.  It’s the same voice, same […]

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Music Video Friday – 82 Delbert McClinton

February 10, 2012

Delbert McClinton rocks Texas Born in Lubbock, Texas, Delbert McClinton and family moved on to Fort Worth by the time he was 11 years old.  His early influences were some blues rockers including Sonny Boy Williamson, Howlin’ Wolf, Lightin’ Hopkins, and sometimes Jimmy Reed.  Delbert McClinton is multi-talented and can play acoustic and electric guitars, […]

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How to be Texan – Wherever You Are #7

February 7, 2012

Find real religion in Texas Readers:  This is part 7 of a series of articles on How To Be Texan – Wherever You Are.  There is an eBook of the same title coming soon and it will be available on your favorite eReader.  And for all you religious nuts, this is a humorous piece on […]

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Music Video Friday – 81 Lou Ann Barton

February 3, 2012

She’s known to some as Miss Lou Ann I guess I’m on a Texas Blues kick here lately.  There’s some I like and some I don’t.  Kinda depends on who is playing the electric guitar and the lyrics.  I just have to be able to plainly hear the words and understand the lyrics.  Hear and […]

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A Real Texas Cruise

January 31, 2012

As you read this post, you can be aware (maybe a little envious) that I am actually out in the Caribbean walking on a beach somewhere. I have the ability to schedule  these blog posts to appear on any date of my choosing, so I set it to come to you today while I am […]

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Music Video Friday – 80 Stevie Ray Vaughn

January 27, 2012

Guitar Jedi Stevie Ray Vaughn Like last week’s featured musician Buddy Holly, music lost another star in Stevie Ray Vaughn to an aircraft crash.  Stevie Ray Vaughn died in a helicopter crash on August 27, 1990.  He was the younger brother of Jimmie Vaughn whom we heard in person at last summer’s Texas Monthly Barbecue […]

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