Not shy about his Texas heritage, Parker McCollum is a thirty year old singer and songwriter specializing in sad, slow country love songs where everything goes wrong. Crediting George Strait’s “Amarillo by Morning”, Townes Van Zandt, and Willie Nelson as musical influences, McCollum aims to find the balance between staying …
ZZ Top, also known as “That Lil’ Ole Band from Texas” is a band for the ages. First formed in 1969 in Houston, TX the band was built around Billy Gibbons and his vision. At the signing of their deal with London Records the band consisted of vocalist/bassist Dusty Hills, …
Cindy Walker was a Texas native who was best known for her song writing expertise. In every decade from the 1940s to the 1980s Walker turned out country and pop hits for herself and a plethora of other artists. Known for her romantic, sentimental, Western-inspired works, she wrote more than …
“Back in the Saddle Again” was released by Gene Autry in 1939 and is a cowboy themed pop song. The song was written by both Gene Autry and Ray Whitley and was first introduced by Whitley’s band The Six Bar Cowboys for the movie “Border G-Man”. The song highlights the …
The song I chose to analyze was “Back to Texas” by Kacey Musgraves. This song was written by Musgraves herself and is the first track on her self titled album, released in 2007. This song is written in a country folk style and features a variety of string instruments like …
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