Who's your favorite singer from Texas?

[mainstreetonce]

Texas on my mind these days.

I love Willy Nelson and George Strait .

Most of all I am in love with Richie McDonald ( Lone Star)

[democratisphere]

1. Agreed. Nelson and Strait.

The best.

[MattP]

2. Love the Dixie Chicks probably alot of people i dont know are from Texas

And I don't feel like looking it up rigjt now

[Dave Starsky]

3. The late, great Roy Orbison.

There is simply none better.

[skylucy]

14. Totally agree!

[TexasBushwhacker]

4. Carolyn Wonderland!

[ghostsinthemachine]

44. Yeah! Texas women are amazing! Shelley King,

The Trishas, Marcia Ball, Paula Nelson, but Carolyn is the most amazing person. Sings like Aretha and Janis on a ten day bender. Amazing guitar player. But she is righteous too. She cares and tells truths and I appreciate that.

[TexasBushwhacker]

45. I've been following her since the early 90s when she was still a teen

She's from Houston originally, and started playing in local clubs before she could legally drink. It's been great to see her grow as an artist.

[ghostsinthemachine]

46. Yeah, I saw her in 95 or 6

At High Sierra in CA. Fell in love then and there. Over the years she has become a friend, and I really appreciate that. Very special person. She and Guy Forsyth are doing a benefit this weekend at Anyone's in Austin. Bunch of memorabilia for auction.

[TexasBushwhacker]

47. Anyone's or Antone's?

The schedule I see is that the show is tomorrow. I like Guy too.

[ghostsinthemachine]

48. Antone's

Stoopid speel chech

[muntrv]

5. Stevie Ray Vaughn.

[shenmue]

41. Yes

[Tanuki]

6. Bob Wills

Also Janis Joplin and many more.

[Chipper Chat]

7. Amen on Bob Wills.

The farewell concert by the Bob Wills band was one of the most emotional musical experiences in the history of American music. He was a giant in Western Swing.

[Chipper Chat]

9. Faded Love (country-western music before drums:

[Tanuki]

10. For the Last Time

http://nodepression.com/article/bob-wills-and-his-texas-playboys-last-time

[FuzzyRabbit]

17. Here is the album on YouTube

[MosheFeingold]

42. Concur re: Bob Wills

I actually saw him in concert. Lubbock, I think.

Some LBJ-related person dragged me, reluctantly. Anyway, a Texas Democratic operative of some sort. I loved it.

Had to be 1950s.

[MiltonBrown]

56. Wills was a great band leader and had the 2nd greatest band of all time IMO but he hired singers

like Tommy Duncan and Rusty McDonald to do most of the singing. Leon the steel guitar player sang a bunch of songs too. Bob liked to sing the old blues numbers like 'Sitting on Top of the World' or 'Corina Corina'.

Tommy sang most of the Playboy's well known songs though I think Rusty McDonald sang the big hit 'Faded Love'.

[Angry Dragon]

8. Asleep at the Wheel

favorite of republicans

[Xipe Totec]

11. Jannis Joplin nt

[Lars39]

12. Lyle Lovett

[musette_sf]

13. right now I like Kevin Russell aka Shinyribs

here he is with his old band the Gourds

[Special Prosciuto]

15. Gary P. Nunn

London Homesick Blues (Home With the Armadillo)

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

16. Willy's the only one still alive

But I loved Stevie Ray Vaughn and Townes Van Zandt as well.

[OriginalGeek]

18. King Diamond lives in Dallas

But he's from Denmark so I reckon that doesn't count. I think Proscriptor (vocals and drums for Absu) is from Texas.

But I love Willie too. Seeing him in October. SRV put on one of the best shows I've ever seen.

[Hayduke Bomgarte]

19. Freddie King

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[neeksgeek]

20. Billy Gibbons

ZZ Top. Maybe not a popular choice, oh well. I love their work from the 70s, albums like Deguello.

[LeftInTX]

24. My son was friends with his nephew (maybe it was his cousin)

Red hair just like Billy!!!!

[Tanuki]

21. Beyonce is from Texas.

[Major Nikon]

22. Blind Lemon Jefferson

Buddy Holly

Roy Orbison

Willie, naturally.

[Brother Buzz]

23. Henry Thomas

Truth be told, Texas is rich with blues singers, and I love them all, but I really really love Thomas' mastery of the quills.

[customerserviceguy]

25. Gotta love Willie Nelson

He even worked as a DJ in a Washington state town that I grew up in. And, hey, his attitude on pot is AOK with me!

[RandySF]

26. Texas is too big for just one

Willie - Abbott
Janis - Port Arthur
Waylon - Littlefield
Meatloaf - Dallas
ZZ Top - Houston
Buddy - Lubbock

[KY_EnviroGuy]

27. Jim Reeves by a country mile.

Too many good ones, but I'd follow Jim with Willy, George Strait, Ray Price and Larry Gatlin.

[Ken Burch]

28. Tie between Willy, Janis(she's from Port Arthur, for those who don't know) Kris,

and Townes Van Zandt.

[NanceGreggs]

29. Don Henley. n/t

[bluecollar2]

30. Asylum Street Spankers

https://m.

[randr]

31. All are great--Let's not forget Buddy Holly and the Crickets

[Hoyt]

32. Steve Earle

[jcboon]

33. Johnny Winter

[Dulcinea]

34. Marcia Ball!

Also, Steve Earle & ZZ Top.

[mainstreetonce]

35. One more. Don Williams

...

[Doc_Technical]

36. Doug Sahm

[muntrv]

37. Let me add Pantera.

[lame54]

38. James McMurtry

[gratuitous]

39. Born in Missouri, raised in Texas, there can be only one

T-Bone Burnett.

[MrScorpio]

40. Erykah Badu

[Tikki]

43. Doug Sahm, Bobby Fuller, Buddy Holly, Roy Orbison, Lightning Hopkins, Floyd Dixon,T-bone Walker...

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And I like Kathy Valentine's songwriting..

Tikki
HUBBY SAYS..DON'T FORGET NORA JONES...

[Initech]

49. One of my favorite Texas bands - Spoon!

Their new album "Hot Thoughts" is quite excellent.

[argyl]

50. These guys deserve a mention: Mance Lipscomb, Rocky Erickson, George Jones, John Denver.

[argyl]

51. Robert Earl Keen.

[argyl]

52. Joe Ely, Jimmie Dale Gilmore..

[Lunabell]

53. Willie Nelson and Natalie Maines.

I think she is from Texas.

[DFW]

54. Tie between Don Henley and Steve Miller n/t

[MiltonBrown]

55. Milton Brown

Milton along with Bob Wills helped establish the music genre Western Swing. They were both members of the Light Crust Doughboys before forming their own bands in the early 1930s. Milton Brown died in '36 leaving Wills to be remembered as the King of Western Swing.

IMO the 2 best bands of all time are (1) Milton Brown and his Musical Brownies and (2) Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys.

Brown's band was tight as a drum (rhythm) and loose as a goose (style/attitude) at the same time. He took all kinds of songs, pop, rags, stomps, blues, jazz, swing, hillbilly, cowboy songs and made them all into his own style. Brown's music is a joy and a hoot and is impossible to overpraise.

[red dog 1]

57. Kinky Friedman

Though he was born in Chicago, his parents moved to Texas while he was still an infant, and he's spent his entire life there.
He founded Utopia Animal Rescue Ranch, (located near Kerrville,Texas), whose mission is to care for stray, abused, and aging animals; more than 1,000 dogs have been saved from animal euthanasia.

Also:
- Buddy Holly
- Roy Orbison
- Willie Nelson
- Janis Joplin
- Waylan Jennings
- Don Williams
- Bobby Fuller
- The Dixie Chicks

[raven mad]

58. Janis

and Stevie Ray.

For an alive still, Willie!