the top 50 classic Texas songs

Post by **sgt.null** » Sun Mar 31, 2013 8:06 am

33) Selena - Amor Prohibido

I know nothing of Selena. I do like some Tejeno music, but have never listened to her.

from her last concert - at the houston Astrodome

a Cumbia Medley

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican_cumbia

and yes I have danced a Cumbia or two.

Post by **sgt.null** » Sun Mar 31, 2013 8:19 am

32) Mance Lipscomb - Tom Moore's Farm

Tom Moore's Farm

I know the song, but not Mance. sad to say as he was an important early bluesman. or songster as he liked to be called.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mance_Lipscomb

www.wirz.de/music/lipscfrm.htm

doing a Blind Lemon Jefferson Song - Jack of Spades

I know the song gets cut short, but you have to see him play with taped up fingers and an old pocket knife.

worst crowd ever

first recorded by Gertrude "Ma" Rainey in 1924

check it - Mance does it in two different styles.

Post by **sgt.null** » Sun Mar 31, 2013 8:59 am

31) Sam the Sham & the Pharoahs - Wooly Bully

Wooly Bully

Texas has a history of amazing garage rock. including...

13th Floor Elevators
The Bad Seeds
The Bards
Beefeaters
The Gentlemen
The Heard
The Jades
Livin' End
The Moving Sidewalks
The Nomads
The Outcasts
The Remaining Few
Sir Douglas Quintet
S.J. & The Crossroads
The Spades (w/ Roky Erickson)

with many other great bands.

Sam the Sham & the Pharoahs - Little Red Riding Hood

Post by **sgt.null** » Mon Apr 01, 2013 5:09 am

30) George Strait - Amarillo by Morning

live from the Houston Astrodome

we've seen George twice. once at Rice stadium and once at the Texans' stadium.

I could link dozens of his songs, but will settle for just a few of my favorites.

Baby's Gotten Good at Goodbye

my favorite George song - Trains Make Me Lonesome

So Much Like my Dad

When Did You Stop Loving Me?

when we renewed our vows, this was the first song we danced to. I Cross My Heart

Baby Blue

Let's Fall to Pieces Together

You Look So Good In Love

I Can Still Make Cheyenne

the Chair

Heartland, that is George's son doing the first stanza. George had to coach him through it

wow a dozen without trying.

19 years ago when I first met Julie I listened mostly to rock/grunge/alternative. i had grown up with country music, my parents being huge fans. it too time and coaxing but Julie brought me around.

in fact I became a fan of traditional country, bluegrass, alternative country, country swing, country blues, honky tonk, no depression, outlaw country.

Julie says that I now know more, know more about and enjoy more country than she does. thank you Julie for being such a great teacher!!!

what kind of music we usually have here

Post by **sgt.null** » Mon Apr 01, 2013 5:45 am

29) Jeannie C. Riley - Harper Valley PTA

the song in question by Jeannie

"My great American novel turned into a song." writer Tom T. Hall says. Thanks to Anson, Texas, native Jeannie C. Riley's sassy take, where she angrily punched out the consonants and socked it to the "Harper Valley PTA." Hall had himself more thang just a song: he had the quickest-rising song in the history of the Billboard pop chart, jumping from No. 81 to No. 7 in one week, then to No. 1 the next, overtaking the Beatles' "Hey Jude" - marking the first time a female vocalist had topped both the country and pop charts simultaneously. When Hall's dad first hear the song, he summed it up succinctly: "That'll preach." - Texas Music

Return to Harper Valley - Jeannie C. Riley

Post by **sgt.null** » Wed Apr 03, 2013 9:39 am

28} Kris Kristofferson - Sunday Morning Coming Down

Kris with Johnny Cash who had a hit with it

Sunday Morning was on Kris' debut album, along with...

Me & Bobbi McGee done here with then wife Rita Coolidge

Help Me Make It Through the Night also done here with then wife Rita Coolidge

For the Good Times

just two years later he would release...

Why Me Lord? - done here with the Highwaymen

and here is a favorite of mine...

Jesus Was a Capricorn (Owed to John Prine)

Post by **sgt.null** » Wed Apr 03, 2013 9:47 am

27) Lightnin Hopkins - Mojo Hand

love the intro he gets here

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightnin%27_Hopkins

Baby Please Don't Go

Post by **sgt.null** » Thu Apr 04, 2013 7:45 am

26) Stevie Ray Vaughn - Texas Flood

Vaughn is from Dallas. Larry Davis wrote Texas Flood.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Davis_(blues_musician)

Stevie playing Texas Flood live

entire Houston show from 1990

Post by **sgt.null** » Thu Apr 04, 2013 7:55 am

25) Nanci Griffith - Love at the Five and Dime

live version

Lonestar State of Mind

Ford Econoline (my favorite)

Post by **sgt.null** » Sat Apr 13, 2013 11:54 pm

24) Freddie Fender - Wasted Days and Wasted Nights

first written and released in 1960, it would not be a hit until 1975.

Wasted Days and Wasted Nights

Before the Next Teardrop Falls w/ the Texas Tornados

the Texas Tornados were Freddy Fender, Flaco Jiménez, Augie Meyers, and Doug Sahm

we've lost both Freddie and Doug.

I Almost Called Your Name

Volver Volver - Freddie w/ Flaco & Willie Nelson

Vaya Con Dios

I am a huge fan of both Freddie and the Texas Tornados.

Post by **sgt.null** » Sun Apr 14, 2013 12:09 am

23) Lyle Lovett - If I Had A Boat

If I had a Boat - Lyle Lovett, Joe Ely and John Hiatt

Julie introduced me to Lyle's music. this was one of the first songs she played for me.

That's Right, You're Not From Texas

If I Needed You (Townes Van Zandt cover)

Friend of the Devil (Grateful Dead cover)

Lyle Lovett/Raul Malo/The Mavericks: Tennessee Flat Top Box (Johnny Cash tribute)

Loretta: John Prine, Elvis Costello, Lyle Lovett, Ray LaMontagne (Townes Van Zandt cover

Post by **sgt.null** » Tue Apr 16, 2013 7:06 am

22) Jimmie Dale Gilmore : Dallas

The Flatlanders are a country band with considerable country rock influence from Lubbock, Texas founded by singers/songwriters/guitarists Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Joe Ely, and Butch Hancock.

They garnered little attention during their brief original incarnation (1972–73), but when the band's three core members later found success in solo careers, interest in The Flatlanders was rekindled, and the band has reformed a few times since.

Flatlanders - Dallas

I believe that is the first song I have posted her that features a saw.

Jimmie Dale Gilmore - Just A Wave, Not The Water (Hancock)

Joe Ely - Row of Dominoes (Hancock)

Butch Hancock - the Wind's Dominion (Hancock)

Flatlanders - I Know You

Post by **sgt.null** » Thu Apr 18, 2013 10:00 pm

21) Blind Willie Johnson : Dark was the Night, Cold was the Ground

Dark was the Night...

Nobody's Fault but Mine

Jesus Gonna Make Up My Dying Bed

Post by **sgt.null** » Fri Apr 19, 2013 7:31 pm

20) Guy Clark - Dublin Blues

Dublin Blues w/ Verlon Thompson

Nanci Griffith : Desperados Waiting for a Train w/ Guy Clark, Jerry Jeff Walker, Steve Earle, Rodney Crowell, Jimmy Dale Gilmore, Eric Taylor

Randall Knife

Hemingway's Whiskey w/ Verlon Thompson

Picasso's Mandolin(my favorite)

Post by **sgt.null** » Fri Apr 19, 2013 8:00 pm

19) Robert Earl Keen - the Road Goes on Forever

the Road... by Robert Earl on Austin City Limits

the Road... by the Highwaymen (Kristofferson, Wilson, Jennings, Cash)

Robert Earl - Swerving in my Lane

Robert Earl - Mariano (my favorite)

Robert Earl - 4th of July (Dave Alvin cover)

Robert Earl - That Buckin' Song

Robert Earl - Corpus Christi Bay

Post by **sgt.null** » Sun Apr 21, 2013 2:52 am

18} Bobby Fuller Four - I Fought the Law

written Sonny Curtis in 1958. Sonny replaced Buddy Holly in the Crickets. Sonny would later write the Mary Tyler Moore theme.

I Fought the Law - Bobby Fuller Four

Love's Made A Fool of You - Bobby Fuller Four

Let Her Dance - Bobby Fuller Four

I Fought the Law - Sonny Curtis

Walk Right Back - Sonny Curtis

Walk Right Back - Everly Brothers

More Than I Can Say - Leo Sayer (Sonny Curtis wrote it)

Love Is All Around - Mary Tyler Moore theme (Sonny Curtis wrote it)

Post by **sgt.null** » Fri May 03, 2013 7:15 am

17) Archie Bell & the Drells - Tighten Up

"Tighten Up'" is a 1968 song by Houston, Texas–based R&B vocal group Archie Bell & the Drells. It reached #1 on both the Billboard R&B and pop charts in the spring of 1968. and is one of the earliest funk hits in music history.

the Tighten Up

Archie still plays on occasion and I really want to see him live. when we first to Texas (Julie was born in and grew up in Houston) I studied up on Texas music. this song was mentioned in many places as being very important. from the Wikipedia...

"Tighten Up" was written by Archie Bell and Billy Buttier. It was one of the first songs that Archie Bell & the Drells recorded, in a session in October 1967 at the Jones Town Studio in Houston, Texas, along with a number of songs including "She's My Woman". The instrumental music for "Tighten Up" had been developed by the T.S.U. Toronadoes in their live shows before and they brought it to Archie Bell & the Drells at the suggestion of Skipper Lee Frazer, a Houston disk jockey who worked with both groups.

Soon afterwards Bell was drafted into the U.S. Army and began serving in Vietnam. The song became a hit in Houston, and was picked up by Atlantic Records for distribution in April 1968. By the summer it topped both the Billboard R&B and pop charts. It also sold a million copies by May 1968, gaining an RIAA gold disc.

The introduction features Bell introducing himself and the Drells as being from Houston, Texas, and exclaims "We don't only sing, but we dance just as good as we walk." According to the Billboard Book of Number One Hits by Fred Bronson, Bell heard a comment after the Kennedy assassination in Dallas that "nothing good ever came out of Texas." Bell wanted his listeners to know "we were from Texas and we were good."

Although their leader was incapacitated, the phenomenal success of the single prompted the band to rush out their first album, which included the songs they had recorded in late 1967 and early 1968 with The Toronadoes.

In 1969 the group recorded their first full album with Gamble and Huff, I Can't Stop Dancing, which reached number 28 on the R&B chart.

Post by **sgt.null** » Fri May 03, 2013 7:32 am

16) Blind Lemon Jefferson - See That my Grave is Kept Clean

See That my Grave is Kept Clean

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blind_Lemon_Jefferson

Black Snake Moan

Jack of Diamonds

Prison Cell Blues

Post by **sgt.null** » Tue May 07, 2013 5:25 am

15) Willie Nelson - Crazy

Willie's version with extended jam

Patsy Cline's version

w/ Ray Charles - Seven Spanish Angels

w/ the Highwaymen - City of New Orleans

w/ Merle Haggard - Pancho & Lefty

On the Road Again

w/ the Highwaymen - Highwayman

Desperados Waiting for A Train

w/ the Lost Highwaymen - Dead Flowers

Bloody Mary Morning

Last Thing I Needed

Julie and I have seen Willie live twice. meeting him after the first show. he and I share a birthday.

Post by **sgt.null** » Tue May 07, 2013 5:40 am

14) Ernest Tubb - Waltz Across Texas

Waltz Across Texas

Ernest was known as the Texas Troubador.

Walking the Floor Over You

Yellow Rose of Texas

Kevin's Watch

Kevin's Watch

the top 50 classic Texas songs