The Man Fan's Guide to this Week's Texas Music Chart

The San Angelo Take on the Texas Music Chart

I am a fan of Rita Ballou, who gets in more trouble covering Texas country music than I do covering San Angelo events. Rita gives us her female take on it all, which is a lot easier to do than taking a man-fan perspective. Man-fans get little respect because we tread ever so closely to being creepy if we don't play a guitar. For man fans, we have to be more ‘serious’ about how we write or talk about about the scene. Man fans get less respect, even, than the 18 year-old to 25 year-old female demographic that comprises “panty row.”

Rita went on vacation this week, and I asked her if I can fill in. She said yes in a tweet. I am not sure if she’s serious, since it was, after all, just a tweet, but what the hell. So, without further introduction, here is the Charty Chart Chart for the week of June 8.

Songs about beer: 1

Song with the greatest increase in spins: Kevin Fowler, “Hell Yeah I Like Beer”

Song titles that are also an incomplete sentence: 1

Song that took the biggest poop: Deryl Dodd “You’re Not Lookin’ for” negative 160 spins over last week

Songs by a male ensemble of boys wearing makeup and sporting hair-do’s, otherwise known as “Glam Texas Country”: 1 (Eli Young Band, #1 for the 1001th week with “Crazy Girl”)

Songs with “Texas” in the title: 2

Highest debut: Adam Hood “Gasoline” at #42

Songs by chicks: 0

But watch for these two performing at Blaine’s Jun 23:

Out of 50, number of artists on the chart who have performed in San Angelo: 34

Artist on the chart that has not performed in San Angelo who would be a huge hit if he (she) did: John David Kent “My Girl” at No. 22.

Next week, hopefully Rita will be back with her view from over the panty row of the Texas music chart, and I can link to her. She does a better job. It comes more naturally for her because chicks don't have to hold a guitar and act all serious all the time. And, I don't play a guitar (at least not in public) and I totally hate being this serious and studious.