What do you get when you mix a jazz, country, and rock sound with four music majors from the University of North Texas in Denton? You get an up-and-coming Texas country music group that call themselves the Eli Young Band. With influences of Tom Petty, Aerosmith, and Hall & Oates, the group crosses rock with soul sounds and good old Texas country lyrical poetry. “I wouldn’t exactly label us as country or rock. While we’ve been influenced by artists in each of those genres, we lean more towards Alt Country. More here: www.sanangelolive.com/node/67. On Rich O'Toole?
Bleu Edmondson’s Lost Boy CD is THE top seller on popular Web site, LoneStarMusic.com. The Texas Music Chart has single “Last Last Time” as No. 17, a couple notches above pretty boy Jack Ingram’s and just a few slots below sultry Miranda Lambert’s, who just finished crooning for the Country Music Awards. The new album has been long-awaited but well-received by critics and fans alike.
Bart Crow's long awaited album, aptly named "Finally," has made Bart Crow and his band a favorite on the Texas circuit, with songs like “Drifting In The Wind” and “Wear My Ring,” both of which have spent time on the Texas music charts. For more on Bart Crow, and a Podcast interview, see: www.sanangelolive.com/bartcrow.
His songs are testimonials, latent with honest country sediment and lots of campfire humor (usually for adult cowboys). Of which, tunes like “Beer, Bait, and Ammo” and “Don’t Touch My Willie” helped fuel Fowler’s ballistic voyage to the top of his game. A native of Amarillo who grew up listening to Johnny Cash and Merle Haggard cassettes, Kevin dabbled with various rock bands before turning his full attention to his own vision of music in the late 90s.
Johnny’s music is one thing- last year his single “Texas To You,” was a Top 10 hit on the Texas music chart, but the story of him (personally), and his band is something worthy of a feature story on its own. His band, the former "AA Bottom Band," a name for the opposite of ZZ Top, is fully seasoned backdrop for 19-year-old Cooper, a very talented singer and guitar player.
Aaron Watson performs at Graham Central Station, 2545 Southwest Blvd., San Angelo, Tex. Tonight. For more about Aaron Watson, please see http://www.aaronwatson.com/.
In 2006, Stoney released an addition to the famed Live at Billy Bob’s series. His live single, “Oklahoma Breakdown” topped the Texas charts for over four weeks and has ignited Stoney’s powerful support as an artist not to be missed.
Tejano singer/accordionist Michael Salgado gained prominence in the mid-'90s by looking back to the norteño sound influenced by Ramon Ayala, and introduced the style to the younger generation. He organized his backing band -- brothers Ernie and James on guitar and drums, respectively, with bass player Joe Tanguma -- when he was just 19, and begin hitting the Latin music charts in 1995 with his single "Cruz de Madera." Salgado's 1996 album En Concierto introduced his most popular single extant, the Top 20 hit "Sin Ella." Mi Primer Amor followed in 1997.
Cody Canada, the Cross Canadian Ragweed frontman performs a special acoustic show Tuesday at Graham Central Station. He is performing with Wade Bowen and Stephanie Briggs.
