Texas Music Round-Up: Texas Music Mailorder Catalog

ED BURLESON
The Cold Hard Truth
TRACK LISTING: 1. Honky-Tonk Heart / 2. All Bucked Up / 3. The Cold Hard Truth / 4. If You Want To Go (Just Go) / 5. Lonliness / 6. Northeast Texas Women / 7. Long Distance Love / 8. Ramble On / 9. Tell Me Why / 10. Sneakin' Suspicion / 11. I Can't Help Myself / 12. The Can / 13. Dead Skunk / 14. Heart Break Highway

Ed Burleson writes some very good songs, and he sings them with a hardcore honky-tonk edge that you may not have heard in a long while. His new CD, "The Cold Hard Truth" is probably the strongest honky-tonk album released in the last five years. Whenever you hear radio executives and record label wonks complain that some country music is simply "too country," it's a singer like Ed Burleson they're talking about. He is way far too country for record industry wimps. Burleson is an uncompromising Texas roadhouse singer whose first album was produced by the late Texas Tornado Doug Sahm just a few years ago. Sahm himself was too country for Nashville, with songs like "Cowboy Peyton Place." On Burleson's new CD, a taped Sahm introduces Burleson's live version of "Heart Break Highway" as "too country for his own good." And that song is all that modern honky-tonk should be -- balls to the wall, rockin', spiritual, roadhouse honky-tonk.

LISTEN - MP3 Clip! Heart Break Highway
CD $13 or ONLY $10 as part of Round-Up Special 5 CD purchase

BRIAN BURNS
The Eagle and the Snake: Songs of the Texians
Historically, geographically, and culturally, this CD provides a musical exploration of the Lone Star State...From history to honky-tonk, fromborderland ballads like "Gallo del Cielo" to Brians rambunctious and exhilarating Lone Star adaptation of "I've Been Everywhere (In Texas)," Brian Burns has served up a diverse and delectable platter of pure Tex-Mex." -J.R. Edmonson (author - "The Alamo Story")
LISTEN - MP3 Clip! Evangelina
CD $13 or ONLY $10 as part of Round-Up Special 5 CD purchase

JON CHRISTOPHER DAVIS
Jon Christopher Davis
Jon Christopher Davis has come full circle. After years of writing songs in Nashville for publishers, Warner Chappell and BMG, Jon returned home to the Lone Star State to make music his way. While in Nashville, the Texas born singer-songwriter penned over twenty cuts for artists like Dolly Parton, Hal Ketchum, Tammy Cochran, Sherrie Austin, Billy Ray Cyrus and Timothy B. Schmit of the Eagles. He also recorded his own songs for Warner Brothers, Sony and MCA Records. Look at Jon’s body of work over the last ten years and you’ll find names beside his like Rodney Crowell, Radney Foster, Steve Lukather from Toto, Rock & Roll Hall of Famer and founding member of Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Stan Lynch, Charlotte Caffey from The Go Go’s as well as hit producers, Dann Huff (Faith Hill, Lonestar, Keith Urban) and David Z. (Prince, Jonny Lang).
TRACK LISTING: You Gotta Love Someone / Cosmic Joke / She Don't Know She's Lonely / Love Had Something In Mind / The Bottom Line / Misfit Town / Lone Star Attitude / Round Here / One Place I've Never Been / Two Story Town / Baby Looks Good On You / I Don't Care / Hidden Track: If I Could Only Fly
LISTEN - MP3 Clip! You Gotta Love Someone
CD $13 or ONLY $10 as part of Round-Up Special 5 CD purchase

THE DERAILERS
Soldiers of Love
TRACK LISTING: Cold Beer, Hot Women & Cool Country Music / She's A Lot Like Texas / Soldier of Love / Donna Sue Earline / The One Before Me / Hey, Valerie! / Get 'Er Done / Cattin' / Every Time It Rains / Everything I Believe In / An American Man / Poppycock / You're Looking At The Man / It's Never Too Late For A Party
LISTEN - MP3 Clip! Cold Beer, Hot Women & Cool Country Music
CD $13 or ONLY $10 as part of Round-Up Special 5 CD purchase

ELEVEN HUNDRED SPRINGS
Bandwagon
TRACK LISTING: 1. Northside Blues / 2. If I Was A Candle / 3. The Only Thing She Left Me Was The Blues / 4. Long Haired Tattooed Hippie Freaks / 5. Thunderbird Will Do Just Fine / 6. Gina From San Jose / 7. Can't Win For Losing / 8. Hank Williams Wouldn't Make It Now In Nashville, TN / 9. Swerving / 10. Brand New Pair Of Shoes / 11. A Straighter Line / 12. Why You Been Gone So Long / 13. See You In The Next Life / 14. The Rock Island Line
Looking at the band, you would think that they are just a bunch of long haired tattooed hippie freaks, but behind the facade is a band devoted to creating true country music. Eleven Hundred Springs is back with their highly anticipated new album, "Bandwagon". The CD is a wild combination of classical country garnished with a little bit of rock and roll, giving them a traditional but fresh sound. This album is a must have for any country music fan looking for something new.
LISTEN - MP3 Clip! Thunderbird Will Do Just Fine
CD $13 or ONLY $10 as part of Round-Up Special 5 CD purchase

SHELLEY LAINE
Back To Austin
TRACK LISTING: 1. My Baby / 2. Stormy / 3. Is That Love or What? / 4. It's My Turn Now / 5. That Girl Doesn't Live Here Anymore / 6. Back to Austin / 7. Feed A Promise / 8. Live a Little / 9. Wakeup Call / 10. I Don't Have the Heart / 11. Fade Away
On Back to Austin Shelley again teams with producers Ed Spacek and Eric Paul. Her vocals are seamlessly complimented by a stellar group of musicians: pedal steel player Lloyd Maines, father of The Dixie Chick's Natalie Maines; drummer Dony Wynn, who recently toured with Brooks & Dunn and worked with Robert Palmer for 15 years; fiddle player Jason Roberts of Asleep at the Wheel; bassist Roscoe Beck; Edwin McCain's Larry Chaney on lead and acoustic guitar and keyboardist Riley Osborne.
Back To Austin features a mixture of fun, reflective, and inspiring songs including the hit singles "That Girl Doesn't Live Here Anymore", "Live a Little" and "My Baby".
LISTEN - MP3 Clip! Stormy
CD $13 or ONLY $10 as part of Round-Up Special 5 CD purchase

SHELLEY LAINE
Skipping Stones
TRACK LISTING: 1. I Need Your Love / 2. Skipping Stones / 3. Blackbird / 4. It Just Feels That Way / 5. Ain't It Just Like Love / 6. Give It All Up / 7. Not This Time / 8. We Love And We Learn / 9. Fast Train 10. Get Back Home 11. No Easy Way To Say Goodbye
Shelley Laine sings and writes with the passion inspired by her Texas roots. She possesses the entrepreneurial can-do spirit that is characterized by the state's oil wildcatters, cattle barons, and tech moguls. As a product of this competitive playing field, Shelley loves to meet the challenge. Indeed, she has confronted it as a businesswoman, qualifier in the trials for the Olympic women's soccer team, and in climbing peaks of some of the world's most recognized mountains. Shelley is a steel magnolia with a warm smile and gentle temperament.
Veteran promotions/marketing executive Ed Spacek (The Dixie Chicks, Tanya Tucker, LeAnn Rimes, Willie Nelson) has teamed with producer/engineer Eric Paul (Townes Van Zandt, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Billy Joe Shaver) to produce Shelley Laine's debut album, Skipping Stones.
From the spiritually-flavored "Give It All Up" to the country ballad "Get Back Home" to Shelley's flawless vocal complement to the Mark Knopfler-influenced guitar work on "Blackbird," the CD's tracks, reflections of Shelley's country, gospel, blues and rock-and-roll influences, mesh effortlessly.
LISTEN - MP3 Clip! Skipping Stones
CD $13 or ONLY $10 as part of Round-Up Special 5 CD purchase

MORRISON-WILLIAMS (formerly PERFECT STRANGERS)
self-titled
Shayne Morrison and Clint Williams knew they were a perfect musical match when they began collaborating six years ago after being introduced by a record shop owner in Tyler, Texas. Back then, they channeled their efforts toward bassist Morrison’s band, Perfect Stranger; Williams eventually joined the band as its lead singer. The pair began writing together sporadically, and submitted a song for the soundtrack to the 2004 film, The Alamo. When producers chose to use an all-instrumental score instead, Morrison and Williams decided it was time to record those tunes on their own.
LISTEN - MP3 Clip! My Girl Friday
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DARRYL LEE RUSH
Llano Ave.
TRACK LISTING: 1. Truale / 2. Miles to Mephis / 3. Town too Tough to Die / 4. White Trash Paradise / 5 . Lorraine / 6. Llano Avenue / 7. Diary of a Dancer / 8. Prodigal Daughter / 9. How Long / 10. I Believe in the Sun / 11. Queenie's Song / 12. Life in the Fast Lane
Like many great Texas songwriters, Darryl's songs reflect the landscapes and the human condition of the places he's lived. In his song A Town Too Tough To Die, he describes growing up in a "town down along the Coastal Bend, where there's miles and miles of milo and cotton, and that warm Matagorda wind." From the perils of picking up women in convenience stores to the “69 Chevelle sitting on blocks” in the front yard of his White Trash Paradise, Darryl paints a lively, humorous and often irreverent picture of the Texas landscape, urban to rural.
LISTEN - MP3 Clip! Truale
CD $13 or ONLY $10 as part of Round-Up Special 5 CD purchase

T.C. TAYLOR
Dancehall Revival
TRACK LISTING: 1. I Will Wait / 2. Tequila / 3. She's In The Bedroom Crying / 4. Go Tell Papa / 5. Mexican Radio / 6. Dancehall Revival / 7. Spilled Perfume / 8. I Can't / 9. Cowboy Hat / 10. Trail of Tears
Dancehall Revival, the new CD by tall, true, traditional country singer TC Taylor, showcases the rich distinctive vocals that are as authentic as his Texas roots. Recorded at Bismeaux Studio in Austin, Dancehall Revival features an all-Texan cast including Asleep at the Wheel master fiddler Jason Robers, former Wheeler steel guitarist Cindy Cashdollar and San Antonio accordionist David Lee Garza. Country music fans nationwide will hear singles including the upbeat polka and perfect summertime fun song "Mexican Radio", and the powerful love song "I Will Wait" cowritten by Bread's David Gates & Billy Dean.
LISTEN - MP3 Clip! I Will Wait
CD $13 or ONLY $10 as part of Round-Up Special 5 CD purchase

TWO TONS OF STEEL
Live From Gruene Hall (this is both a CD and DVD in one package)
CD TRACK LISTING: Diddly Dady / Maybe I / Sedated / Love Is Here To Stay / Unglued / Vegas / You Know / Heartache / Stinkin' Drunks / King of a One Horse Town / Havana Moon / Two Tons of Steel / You Didn't Know Me / Red Headed Woman / Ice Cream Man / DVD TRACK LISTING: Intro / Vegas / Unglued / Maybe I / Love Is Here To Stay / Sedated / Ice Cream Man / Baby You Got Me / You Know / King Of A One Horse Town / Stinkin' Drunks / Little Pig / Your Kiss / One More Time / Credits / Title 2 - On the bus (documentary) / Title 3 - Your Kiss (Director's cut) / Title 4 - Red Hot (Director's Cut)
LISTEN - MP3 Clip! Diddly Daddy
CD $15 or ONLY $12 as part of Round-Up Special 5 CD purchase

TWO TONS OF STEEL
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The latest album is the perfect mix of original songs written by the band's lead singer Kevin Geil and cover songs that have long been our fan's favorites. While not considered a departure from the traditional Two Ton's sound, the music does reflect the maturity and versatility of the band. Grammy Award winning producer Lloyd Maines, a driving force behind the success of the Dixie Chicks and one heck of a guitar player, brought a lifetime of musical experiences and several "musician friends" into the studio to expand the boundaries of Two Tons. We'd like to extend a special "thanks" to Ron Knuth (fiddle), Riley Osbourn (keyboards), Keith Kimball (banjo), Hank Harrison (mandolin/fiddle), Amy Frances (harmony vocals), Freddy Mendoza & Stan Smith (horns), Adam Odor (studio engineer) and Fred Remmert (final cd master) for all your contributions and just being plain good at what you do. And to Lloyd Maines, you challenged Two Tons to take our music to the next level. We are sure that our fans will agree with the results.
LISTEN - MP3 Clip! Marie's the Name (of His Latest Flame)
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V/A - TEXAS UNPLUGGED
Volume One
TRACK LISTING: 1. Don't It Make You Wanna Dance? - TC Taylor / 2. My Sweet Lily - Mike McClure / 3. No Man's Land / 4. Way You've Been Treating Me - Ed Burleson / 5. Dark Black Irish Eyes - Houston Marchman / 6. Old Time Sake - Deryl Dodd / 7. Even the Rain - Sisters Morales / 8. Clicker - Terri Hendrix / 9. Kick Me When I'm Down - Eleven Hundred Springs / 10. Welcome to Paradise / 11. Bicycling in a Border Town - Brian Burns / 12. Texas Woman - Tommy Alverson
Texas Unplugged from Palo Duro Records is the first volume in a new series to celebrate the diversity of Texas music, with one catch - everything on the album was performed using acoustical instruments - nothing electric was allowed. Imagining simple guitars and fiddles? Think again! With instruments ranging everywhere from Egyptian camel combs to Mexican kettle drums, these talented performers created huge sounds that are anything but your grandpa's acoustic performance.
LISTEN - MP3 Clip! TC Taylor - Don't It Make You Wanna Dance?
CD $13 or ONLY $10 as part of Round-Up Special 5 CD purchase

V/A
Texas Unplugged Vol.2
Palo Duro Records released this Texas Unplugged, the second in the label's acoustic music series, created to showcase the diverse talents of today's Texas music-makers. A dozen exclusive, all-acoustic, all-original tracks reflect the simple, direct, passionate elements of the Lone Star State's style of Americana music: masterful musicianship (mandolin, fiddle, harmonica, pedal steel ) and lyrics that tell timeless stores of the land and love and frontier spirit and war, heartache and tears, cars and cowboys, booze, and the blues. One is a tribute to duct tape; each is a true Texas. Palo Duro Records has again captured a slice of pure Texas music by some of the state's finiest musical artists. TRACK LISTING: The Derailers - I'm Still Missing You / The Sidehill Cougers - One Tiny Sin / Dale Watson - As Long As The Bottle's Full / Johnny Bush - Rio Grande Runs Red / Davin James - Dog Days Blues / Morrison-Williams - Duct Tape / Rusty Wier - Texas Love & War / Wild Horses - You And Me And San Antone / Cindy Cashdollar & Carolyn Wonderland - Turtle Bayou Turnaround / Max Stalling - The Rodeo Song / Walk Wilkins - The Path To Your Door / Tow Tons Of Steel - Carseat
LISTEN - MP3 Clip! The Derailers - I'm Still Missing You
LISTEN - MP3 Clip! Walt Wilkins - The Path To Your Door
LISTEN - MP3 Clip! Cindy Cashdollar & Carolyn Wonderland - Turtle Bayou Turnaround
CD $13 or ONLY $10 as part of Round-Up Special 5 CD purchase