“Beautiful, beautiful Texas. . . . The most beautiful place that I know.” W. Lee O’Daniel, “Beautiful Texas” In April 2004 Texas Monthly published, “The 100 Best Texas Songs.” Jeff McCord and John Morthland, who compiled the list, selected songs “performed by a Texas artist,” natives (even if they had left the state) and non-natives who “have spent a good part of their career inside the state lines, and their songs had to be a product of their time here or related in some way to the state.” What was not part of their criteria were “songs . . . about Texas.”
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
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.
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
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.
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