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Brad at Galleywinter has posted at early list of 2007’s top 10 and Ryan Bingham’s excellent sun and dust-choked Mescalito tops the list. I haven’t heard everything on Brad’s list but with with Bingham and Drew Kennedy given top billing I’ll be checking on the rest of the list.
(tip of the hat to the 9513)
says that of all the music that was released this year Mescalito impacted him the most.
Austin singer/songwriter Drew Kennedy is making quite a name for himself with his release of the excellent “Dollar Theatre Movie” (Texas-based Sustain Records) – that features contributions from Bruce Robison, Kelly Willis, Keith Gattis and Kevin Szymanski, but by also having his song, “Bourbon Legend,” qs the title track on the most recent release from acclaimed alt-country band Jason Boland and The Stragglers.
Catch Drew on his tour of the Great State, including the historic Floore’s Country Store and Adair’s, at the dates below:
Apr 27 Spicewood, TX Angel’s Icehouse
Apr 30 Kerrville, TX Inn of the Hills
May 4 Pleasanton, TX Coughran Hall
May 6 Dallas, TX Adair’s
May 12 Bandera, TX Bandera Bar & Grill
May 18 Helotes, TX Floore’s Country Store
May 20 Ft. Worth, TX Jacks Off The Wall
May 22 College Station, TX Alfred T. Hornbeck’s
May 23 Corsicana, TX Max’s
May 24 Plano, TX Love and War in Texas
May 25 Grapevine, TX Love and War in Texas
May 26 Denison, TX T-Bones
May 27 Bandera, TX Bandera Bar & Grill
Jun 7 San Antonio, TX Rolling Oaks Sports Bar
Jun 13 Wichita Falls, TX Stage West
Jun 19 Austin, TX Austin-Bergstrom Int’l Airport (3 pm)
Jun 27 El Paso, TX The County Line
Jul 6 Brady, TX The Old Peanut Mill
Jul 14 Waco, TX Scruffy’s