Texas Music Round-Up: Texas Music Mailorder Catalog

JOHNNY BUSH
Green Snakes
The latest edition in one of the most gratifying country music comebacks of all time by Texas legend Johnny Bush. The disc includes a new version of the title tune, a cult hit for Bush since his commercial country heyday that's recently found a new generation of fans. As well, the set dips back into classic songs from Johnny's early days on the Texas dance circuit, drawing from the legacies of Ray Price, Floyd Tillman, Hank Locklin, Hank Snow, Tennesse Ernie Ford & Kay Starr and Moon Mullican for such favorites as "Driving Nails In My Coffin" and "Pipeliner Blues." Bush also duets with Leona Williams (known for her work with Merle Haggard) on this archetypal collection of genuine Texas country music by one of Lone Star State's true masters of the form. Produced by Lenny Andersen. Features Buddy Emmons, Buddy Spicher, Justin Trevino, Bobby Flores, Randy Reinhard, Jarrad Green and Hargus "Pig" Robbins.
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DERAILERS
Jackpot (Reissue)
Reissue of their 1996 Watermelon classic. Includes "This Big City", "Lies, Lies, Lies", "Jackpot", and "100% Pure Fool". Bonus track not included on original release: "Just One More Time"
LISTEN - MP3 Clip! My Heart's Ready
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DAMON BRAMBLETT
self-titled
"You may recognize Bramblett's name from his songs that have been done by Bruce Robison and Kelly Willis ("Heaven Bound," which he does here with Damnation TX's Amy Boone harmonizing with him). Now, you can hear the man himself. This talented Texan reveals a hint of Cash in his vocals and much ability in his songwriting. Audiogalaxy's Eric Zappa praised this disc, stating that Bramblett's music "emphasize the craftsmanship of the song - each tune carefully constructed and arranged both lyrically and musically." Lloyd Maines produced this initial offering from this rising Austin star." -MoM
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ALEJANDRO ESCOVEDO
Gravity
Gravity is the 1992 album that started it all, stunning listeners with its emotive songs and musical imagination, and winning Escovedo "Musician of the Year" honors at the Austin Music Awards. Gravity includes a bonus disc with 10 new tracks. In addition to the sonic enhancements to the original ,critically acclaimed 11-song album, the first disc of this set includes an outtake from the original sessions ,"TiredSkin ." A second bonus disc contains eight songs recorded live at McCabe's Guitar Shop in Santa Monica featuring Gravity producer Stephen Bruton on guitar and mandolin as well as Wille Nelson's longtime musical sidekick Mickey Raphael playing harmonica on one track.
LISTEN - MP3 Clip! Paradise
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ALEJANDRO ESCOVEDO
Thirteen Years
Thirteen Years is a monumental work that came from deep within his soul.The album chronicled his marriage to and break up with his wife Bobbi in the wake of her suicide. It's an album of rare personal confession suffused with courage,empathy and gut-level feeling.

Thirteen Years includes a bonus disc with 8 new tracks. The additions include instrumental versions of four songs from the album and material from the Watermelon EP "The End/LosingYour Touch "-the two studio title tracks,three live numbers written by Peter Case ("Two Angels "), Ian Hunter ("I Wish I Was Your Mother") and Lou Reed ("Pale Blue Eyes"and a version of "Gravity" by Escovedo's hard rockband Buick MacKane.
LISTEN - MP3 Clip! Way It Goes
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ALEJANDRO ESCOVEDO
By the Hand of the Father
This recording of By the Hand of the Father includes all the music from the theaterwork as well as selected stories written for the theatrical production by playwrights Theresa Chavez, Eric Gutierrez and Rose Portillo. Together they create a unique listening experience, a tapestry of words and music that evokes all the emotional power of the theatical production but is compelling in its own right. Thirteen Years includes a bonus disc with 8 new tracks. The additions include instrumental versions of four songs from the album and material from the Watermelon EP "The End/LosingYour Touch "-the two studio title tracks,three live numbers written by Peter Case ("Two Angels "), Ian Hunter ("I Wish I Was Your Mother") and Lou Reed ("Pale Blue Eyes"and a version of "Gravity" by Escovedo's hard rockband Buick MacKane.
"It is a moving tale about a disenfranchised group, and an important piece of work, perhaps the most significant labor of Escovedo's long and esteemed career." -No Depression
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MICHAEL FRACASSO
Retrospective
A two CD collection that collects his finest work to date alongside previously unreleased gems. Culled from his three previous studio CDs and more, its best of disc include the contributions of such talents as Lucinda Williams (who calls herself "one of his biggest fans"), Charlie Sexton and Ian McLagan and his winning covers of "Just My Imagination" and the folk classic "Dirty Old Town." On the second disc, it reissues the largely as yet unheard Back to Oklahoma, a live performance by Fracasso and Sexton that All Music Guide hailed as "a contender for best singer songwriter album of 2001."
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MICHAEL FRACASSO
A Pocketful of Rain
A Pocketful of Rain, Fracasso's fifth and finest album, offers a dozen shining and delightful songs that handily make the case for the greatness of their writer and singer. With what No Depression calls his "shrewd combination of powerful images and memorable melodies," he creates virtual worlds within every cut. Combining eloquence, elegance and palpable emotionality with melodies that carry a seductive pop appeal, it's American singer-songwriter music for the new century. As the Oklahoma Gazette notes, he "[puts] all the great strains of American music into a cohesive package," and never more vividly than on this disc. Singing with a voice that Rolling Stone has hailed as "a marvelous instrument," Fracasso is joined on A Pocketful of Rain, by rising star Patty Griffin on vocals. All told, it's one of those rare albums that truly reaches the deep places within a listener's heart and mind.
LISTEN - MP3 Clip! All or Nothing
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TISH HINOJOSA
Aquelle Noche
Watermelon Reissue Series! Aquella Noche captures Hinojosa’s charm as a live performer, recorded in an intimate setting before an audience of appreciative fans in her home base of Austin, Texas. This collection of all-Spanish songs transcends language, showcasing the in-concert appeal that has graced stages from the White House (performing for President and Mrs. Clinton) to some of the most notable venues across North America and Europe.
LISTEN - MP3 Clip! Tu Que Puedes, Vuelvete
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TISH HINOJOSA
The Best of the Sandia: Watermelon 1991-1992
Watermelon Reissue Series! The Best of the Sandia: Watermelon 1991-1992 gleans Hinojosa’s finest work from her three Watermelon releases, and serves as a perfect introduction to the range and depth of her considerable talent while also offering an essential document of her unique artistry. In addition to selections from the above two releases, it contains material from her acclaimed Christmas record, Memorabilia Navidena, as well as four tracks unavailable elsewhere, including a duet with Kris Kristofferson, “By The Rio Grande”.
LISTEN - MP3 Clip! Taos To Tennessee
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TISH HINOJOSA
Taos To Tennessee
Watermelon Reissue Series! Taos to Tennessee contains Hinojosa’s earliest recordings in a portrait of her vibrant talent coming into full bloom. It includes the original versions of many songs that appeared on her debut album, Homeland, as well as her take on Peter Rowan’s “Midnight Moonlight” and an alluring bilingual version of Irving Berlin’s “Always.” The CD is a fascinating glimpse into Hinojosa’s roots that augmented and enhanced her original cassette-only debut and brought that rarity into wide release.
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TISH HINOJOSA
From Texas For A Christmas Night
A bilingual holiday CD with wide appeal that adds new material to selections released in 1991 on her Memorabilia Navidenia album on Watermelon Records. Originally recorded as a holiday gift on cassette for friends, the album was officially released after the copies she put on sale at Waterloo Records in Austin immediately sold out. The album then enjoyed huge and consistent sales.
From Texas For A Christmas Night adds a broad selection of new recordings to the original and traditional songs from before: a traditional Ecuadorian Christmas song (“La Baca Mariposa”); Walter Hyatt’s “In A Christmas Dream;” a new Hinojosa original (“For A Christmas Night”), a piquant rendition of “Silent Night;” and a traditional Sephardic Jewish Hanukah song from Spain (“Hanukia’). It is a lovely holiday document with cultural significance and year-round
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LISA MEDNICK
Semaphore
Lisa Mednick's Semaphore is a collection of 12 unique musical and lyrical messages from the soul of a genuine artist.She is one of the most gifted songwriters in Austin,TX, a city rich with song-writing talent, and sings her compositions in an airy voice that mixes wisdom, desire and vulnerability while her keyboard and accordion playing cast alluring melodic spells that captivate the heart and mind. On her second album, she strikes a vibrant balance between musical tradition and contemporary innovation.
LISTEN - MP3 Clip! Wrecker
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MONTE MONTGOMERY
Wishing Well
“Monte Montgomery blows people away,” said “Austin City Limits” producer Terry Lickona when he introduced the rapidly-rising talent at Montgomery’s appearance on the legendary TV show – a coup for an artist who has yet to reach the prominence of the top acts the long-running concert show usually features. That’s because in a city known for fostering some of the hottest guitar talents of the last few decades, Monte Montgomery is more than just the latest six-string virtuoso from Austin, TX.
“Monte Montgomery: his sonic qualities are monstrous; each musician exhibits tremendous dexterity, and the trio often sounds like a six-piece band. Monte Montgomery is most inspiring ” -Andrew Taber, New York Times
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TONI PRICE
Swim Away
With a voice like an angel and a slightly devilish delivery, Toni Price is a provocative combination. Swim Away, her Antone's Records debut release, is equally provocative. Blending country and blues with finesse, Toni has been compared to the likes of Bonnie Raitt and Brenda Lee. This one's definitely a keeper.
LISTEN - MP3 Clip! Just To Hear Your Voice
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TONI PRICE
Sol Power
Toni's third album was recorded live in beautiful Alpine, Texas with many of Austin's premier players. Produced by Derek O'Brien, this "unplugged" CD showcases her outstanding voice and her undeniable feel for a song.
LISTEN - MP3 Clip! Cats and Dogs
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TONI PRICE
Born To Be Blue
Toni Price is Austin’s most beloved singer, bringing together the many styles the city is known for – blues, R&B, rock, country, folk and jazz – into a seductive and distinctive style all her own. As the L.A. Weekly raves, “Toni Price is one of those rare artists who reshape the language and vocal techniques of blues and country into something highly personal and unmistakably contemporary.” And now on Born To Be Blue, her sixth album, she continues to refine her sound with a masterful and seductive collection of blue-flame torch songs and charming country-folk tunes done in her inimitable fashion.
Produced with Derek O’Brien, Born To Be Blue features legendary guitarist James Burton (noted for his work with Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis and Ricky Nelson) and songs by Dr. John (a previously unrecorded number), Walter Hyatt, Oscar nominee Gwil Owen and even Mel Torme. It’s a warm and intimate collection that is as “smooth as Tennessee Whiskey,” to quote one of the songs, and with an across the board appeal to all sorts and stripes of music fans. As the Dallas Observer says, her music is “a gift to be savored,” and Born To Be Blue is a CD sure to be cherished by those who hear it.

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TONI PRICE
Midnight Pumpkin
Features the incomparable James Burton (guitarist to the greats, including Dale Hawkins, Rick Nelson, and Elvis Presley) on three tracks. One of these is by Austin legend Blaze Foley; the other two are by Austinite Shelly King. Malford Milligan, Austin's male vocalist of the last decade, who has sung with such formidable bands as Double Trouble and Storyville, joins Toni, his award-winning female counterpart, for a rousing version of Joe Tex's "I Want to Do (Everything For You)", that comes off like a testifying session at Al Green's Full Gospel Tabernacle. Toni also performs "The Right Kind of Man" and "We Just Couldn't Say Goodbye", tunes recorded by Miss Annette Hanshaw in 1929 and 1932, respectively. She then successfully fast-forwards half a century to material by hitmaker Jerry Williams and a truly golden oldie from the underrated band, Mother's Finest, "Thank you for the Love".

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TONI PRICE
Low Down and Up
Price's fourth and most recent album, produced by Toni along with Texas veteran Derek O'Brien and recorded at Willie Nelson's Pedernales recording studio. Features guest appearances by such musical legends as Dr. John, fiddler Johnny Gimble, pianist Ian McLagan, the late steel guitarist Jimmy Day and the Leroi Brothers.

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TONI PRICE
Hey
Toni Price is one of Austin's most beloved singers. Her sophomore album showcases her amazing voice and powerful personality. Hey also features a who's who of Austin musicians. Noted players include Derek O'Brien, Casper Rawls, Doyle Bramhall, Champ Hood, Speedy Sparks, Frosty Smith, Scrappy Jud Newcomb, Larry Fulcher, and Tommy Shannon.

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GARY PRIMICH
Dog House Music
Gary Primich is a bluesman for the 21st Century. Melding his native Chicago blues roots with the Texas styles absorbed in his home base of Austin,TX, Primich takes the blues and har-monica playing into stunning new realms. As blues harp legend Charlie Musselwhite notes,"He's not just playing the same old stuff we've all heard way too much of." Instead, Primich stretches and enhances the blues with the touch of a modern master.
LISTEN - MP3 Clip! Mr. Lucky
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DOUG SAHM
Juke Box Music/The Last Real Texas Blues Band
The late Doug Sahm was one of the genuine great (if under recognized) artists of contemporary American music, and the master of all things Texan and musical. His legacy spans just about every genre of contemporary popular music. And some of Sahm's best work can be found on the two albums of Gulf Coast R&B and blues he recorded for Antone's Records: Juke Box Music and The Last Real Texas Blues Band.

Originally released in 1988, Juke Box Music united some of Austin's best blues players with Sahm's San Antonio musical compadres to create a classic Texas big-band R&B sound. It was a style that Sahm absorbed from T-Bone Walker, Junior Parker and Bobby "Blue" Bland as a youngster and mastered playing the San Antonio clubs as a teen, finally captured for a full album. The Last Real Texas Blues Band in 1994 found Sahm further refining his take on the style with studio cuts as well as live tracks recorded at Antone's nightclub, offering some of the most soulful sounds to be heard in modern music (and earning a Grammy nomination for Best Traditional Blues Album).

This two-fer re-issue includes Juke Box Music's original 11 cuts and the four bonus tracks added when it first appeared on CD, and all 14 numbers from The Last Real Texas Blues Band as well as a new bonus track (T-Bone Walker's "Crazy, Crazy Baby") recorded live at the Antone's nightclub 25th Anniversary celebration. Also included are the original Jerry Wexler liner notes to Juke Box Music, Sahm's notes from The Last Real Texas Blues Band, and new liner notes by Austin writer and longtime Sahm fan Rob Patterson.

Together, these albums form a landmark of blue-eyed R&B and offer a true lesson in musical history, as well as some of the most stirring and soulful music to emerge from Texas in recent memory.
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CHIP TAYLOR AND CARRIE RODRIGUEZ
Angel Of The Morning
TRACK LISTING: 1. Angel of the Morning + Bonus Tracks / 2. Intro / 3. Laredo / 4. Let's Leave This Town / 5. Do Your Part / 6. Intro / 7. Don't Speak in English / 8. Intro / 9. We Come Up Shining / 10. Intro / 11. I Wasn't Born in Tennessee
There have been some great versions of Angel of the Morning over the years (Evie Sands, Merrilee Rush, Juice Newton, Shaggy to name just a few) but wait until you hear this one. Chip and Carrie have been delighting concert fans with Angel for the past year and they have finally recorded a wonderful take on the song with the help of steel pedal extraordinaire Lloyd Maines. This mini-album also includes six absolutely electric live tracks recording in Norway and Austin. Angel Of The Morning is the third successfull album from this incredible duet, and a must have for any fan.
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CHIP TAYLOR & CARRIE RODRIGUEZ
The Trouble with Humans
One of 2002's most delightful musical surprises was Let's Leave This Town, the "brilliant" and "simply stunning" album of country folk duets by Chip Taylor & Carrie Rodriguez, as Performing Songwriter praised it. Now with The Trouble With Humans, this "beautiful duo" (Nashville Tennessean) offer even further dynamism, depth, and sweet richness within their continuing collaboration.
When musical legend Taylor - writer of "Wild Thing" and "Angel Of The Morning," among many accomplishments - joined forces with Austin-reared, Berklee-trained fiddler and singer Carrie Rodriguez, what England's Country Music People calls "relationship magic" was born. Time and international touring have enriched their creative partnership, including three song collaborations between the veteran Taylor and stunning newcomer Rodriguez, who Vintage Guitar says "sound as if they were born to sing together." The seasoning makes this follow-up to one of last year's sleeper roots music hits into a pick among discerning consumers, critics and radio programmers.
Recorded in Boston and Austin, The Trouble With Humans features a core band of folk-rock stalwarts like Dave Mattacks of Fairport Convention along with Texas guests like Dixie Chicks producer Lloyd Maines on steel guitar, pianist Earl Poole Ball (Johnny Cash) and Telecaster guitar legend Redd Volkaert (Merle Haggard). The music complements the center stage enchantment of Taylor & Rodriquez, who once again create "some of the sweetest music imaginable" (England's Birmingham Evening Mail) and promise to woo countless new fans and buyers with The Trouble With Humans.
LISTEN - MP3 Clip! Don't Speak In English
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CHIP TAYLOR & CARRIE RODRIGUEZ
Let's Leave This Town
Let's Leave This Town is a magical collaboration between esteemed veteran Chip Taylor and talented newcomer Carrie Rodriguez that casts a spell on the listener from its very first song. A set of duets between noted songwriter and singer Taylor and fiddler and singer Rodriguez, the album is the culmination of Taylor's lauded reemergence onto the music scene and a set rich with country-folk charm and appeal.
LISTEN - MP3 Clip! Sweet Tequila Blues
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JUSTIN TREVINO
The Scene of the Crying
The Scene of the Crying, Trevino’s second Lone Star Records album, finds the multitalented artist echoing the golden years of country music with a modern savvy, and joined by some famed guests.

"Justin has been back in the studio and produced his latest masterpiece. He has a very good talent with finding the right songs. This is as usual real hard Texas Honky Tonk songs. The songs are many old greats mixed with some for me new titles. I would like to mention all 12 songs as favourites but I´ll satisify myself by only mentioning "Two Empty Glasses", "Three´s A Crowd" (which was recorded by George Jones way back when), "Sound That Breaking Heart Makes", "Rest Of My Life", "She Didn´t Color Daddy", "Then And Only Then" and the best track of the CD "I Saw A Man Dying Today". I want to give any extra hat to Dicky Overbey for his incredibly wonderful steelplaying. He has gotten a lot of room to play on this record. A must-have for you who like Texas-country. Here it is at its´ best."
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JUSTIN TREVINO
Travelin' Singin' Man
That travelin', singin' man, Justin Trevino trots out a new disc of pure Texas honky tonk. The sounds so authentic that you'd swear you're at a Lone Star dancehall. Trevino co-produced with Texas Johnny Bush, who duets with him on two cuts including the bonus track "One More Drink & Then I Go". -MoM
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V/A
Young Guitar Slingers-Texas Blues Evolution
Texas Blues Evolution features a number of acts who have already established a presence on the national and international scenes, such as Guy Forsyth, Teddy Morgan, and Lafeyette, Louisiana's C.C. Adcock. It also samples some of the acts currently making waves in the Austin clubs such as George Devore, Monte Montgomery, Scrappy Jud Newcomb and Matt Powell, alongside Houston blues women Carolyn Wonderland and Tracy Conover. Houston's Jesse Dayton, best known for his country-rock work, shows his blues side on Texas Blues Evolution, where listeners are also introduced to the prodigious talents of Jonas Wilson. The CD is rich with hot axe-slinging and modern variations of the sound and spirit of the blues, and serves as a benchmark in the evolution of blues music, capturing tomorrow's potential stars and legends on the rise today.
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ROGER WALLACE
The Lowdown
The latest from the man who gave us Hillbilly Heights and That Kind of Lonely. Produced by Roger with Derek O'Brien and featuring another stellar cast of characters including Jim Stringer, Brad Fordham, Lisa Pankratz, Eamon McLaughlin and Marty Muse as well as a duet with Toni Price.
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TEXAS MUSIC GROUP