Well, this is a great list! I guess a song I might throw in is Remember the Alamo. It doesn't have the name "Texas" in the title, but it was popularized by Tex Ritter, and it's about as Texas as Texas can be. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhYl0EZhKg0
How did I not know about Tex Ritter's "Remember the Alamo"? You'd almost think I wasn't a 1836% pureblood Texan. This was fantastic. Thanks, Bill for letting me know about this.
When compiling this list of song I wasn't looking for tunes with "Texas" in the title, it just worked out that way. But I certainly hope readers click the link you sent and enjoy the deep resonate voice of ol' Tex.
His song gives me an idea. Perhaps I ought to put together a list of Alamo related songs. I'm already planning a series of movie reviews about the Alamo, reaching back to the earliest surviving film from 1915: "The Martyrs of the Alamo."
Much obliged for the comment, and especially for the link to "Remember the Alamo."
This list of songs has my full and complete endorsement! Anyone desiring a more chorizo and beans flavored rabbit hole might also consider almost any track off the Joe Ely album "Letter to Laredo," though the album was more about a part of Texas and was probably not a roundly successful offering like many of the classic tracks here.
I agree with you about Joe Ely's album about being "more chorizo and beans" (nice turn of phrase). But you're correct, it's more localized than statewide. I wasn't so much concerned about commercial success (see Don Edwards's "Goin' Back to Texas" or even Willie's "Beautiful Texas"), but because I wanted to curate a list celebrating the totality of Texas I had to pass on Marty Robbins' "El Paso," The Panhandler's "West Texas in My Eyes," and Robert Earl Keen's "Amarillo Highway," as well George Strait's "Amarillo by Morning," just to name a few.
Here's a bonus track, pointed out by one of my Twitter followers. "You're from Texas," Written by Cindy Walker and performed by Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys in 1944. I like the version performed by Asleep at the Wheel.
Well, this is a great list! I guess a song I might throw in is Remember the Alamo. It doesn't have the name "Texas" in the title, but it was popularized by Tex Ritter, and it's about as Texas as Texas can be. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhYl0EZhKg0
How did I not know about Tex Ritter's "Remember the Alamo"? You'd almost think I wasn't a 1836% pureblood Texan. This was fantastic. Thanks, Bill for letting me know about this.
When compiling this list of song I wasn't looking for tunes with "Texas" in the title, it just worked out that way. But I certainly hope readers click the link you sent and enjoy the deep resonate voice of ol' Tex.
His song gives me an idea. Perhaps I ought to put together a list of Alamo related songs. I'm already planning a series of movie reviews about the Alamo, reaching back to the earliest surviving film from 1915: "The Martyrs of the Alamo."
Much obliged for the comment, and especially for the link to "Remember the Alamo."
This list of songs has my full and complete endorsement! Anyone desiring a more chorizo and beans flavored rabbit hole might also consider almost any track off the Joe Ely album "Letter to Laredo," though the album was more about a part of Texas and was probably not a roundly successful offering like many of the classic tracks here.
Mucho gracias, amigo.
I agree with you about Joe Ely's album about being "more chorizo and beans" (nice turn of phrase). But you're correct, it's more localized than statewide. I wasn't so much concerned about commercial success (see Don Edwards's "Goin' Back to Texas" or even Willie's "Beautiful Texas"), but because I wanted to curate a list celebrating the totality of Texas I had to pass on Marty Robbins' "El Paso," The Panhandler's "West Texas in My Eyes," and Robert Earl Keen's "Amarillo Highway," as well George Strait's "Amarillo by Morning," just to name a few.
Thanks for reading, and listening.
Here's a bonus track, pointed out by one of my Twitter followers. "You're from Texas," Written by Cindy Walker and performed by Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys in 1944. I like the version performed by Asleep at the Wheel.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSkXHisquvU