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Congratulations to Eleven Hundred Springs

July 31st 2008 in Americana, Bands, Country Music

Congratulations to Dallas’ hottest honky-tonk band Eleven Hundred Springs for sweeping every category they were up for in the Dallas Observer Music Awards – Best Band, Best Album, Best Country/Roots Act and EHS lead vocalist/songwriter Matt Hillyer winning for Best Male Vocalist. I can’t say enough great things about Eleven Hundred Springs and you need to check these guys out if you love genuine country music with heart and soul.

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I’m always fascinated when country music is honored and performed by folks overseas. I’m also interested in how new bands are able to use the web to do much of the heavy lifting traditionally done in the past by big labels with big money and a large staff. I get both of these plus great music with Belfast Ireland’s country rock band Jackson Cage. The Jackson Cage I’m most familiar with is a dour song about suburban futility by Bruce [...]

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