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Van Howard (born Clifton Howard Vandevender; [1] March 1, 1929 - October 2, 2012) was an American country music singer, songwriter and guitarist. He is best known as the front man for Ray Price from 1954 through 1958 with Price's band, The Cherokee Cowboys.
Bill Mack Smith Jr. (June 4, 1929 – July 31, 2020) [1] was an American country music songwriter, singer, and radio host. While at WBAP Radio, Mack initiated the Bill Mack Million Mile Club for truckers achieving one million miles of accident-free over-the-road driving.
Texas country music (more popularly known just as Texas country or Texas music) is a subgenre of country music from Texas.Texas country is a style of Western music and is often associated with other distinct neighboring styles, [1] including Red Dirt from Oklahoma, [2] the New Mexico music of New Mexico, [3] and Tejano in Texas, [4] all of which have influenced one another over the years, and ...
I'll Be Here in the Morning: The Songwriting Legacy of Townes Van Zandt by Brian T. Atkinson was released on New Year's Day 2012 by Texas A&M University Press, coinciding with the 15th anniversary of Van Zandt's death. The book contains interviews with longtime Van Zandt friends Guy Clark, Billy Joe Shaver, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Kris Kristofferson ...
Texas in the United States. The U.S. state of Texas has long been a center for musical innovation and is the birthplace of many notable musicians. Texans have pioneered developments in Tejano and Conjunto music, Rock 'n Roll, Western swing, jazz, Piano, punk rock, country, hip-hop, electronic music, gothic industrial music, religious music, mariachi, psychedelic rock, zydeco and the blues.
Randy Travis. Randy Travis was one of the biggest country music stars of the 1980s, but by the 2010s, he became more famous for his legal problems than his music.
Johnny Rodriguez is an American country music singer. He is a Tejano and Texas country music singer, infusing his music with Latin sounds, and even singing verses of songs in Spanish. In the 1970s and 1980s, he was one of country music's most successful male artists, recording a string of hit songs, such as "You Always Come Back to Hurting Me ...
Pages in category "Country musicians from Texas" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 445 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .