Texas country music

Texas Country (also called Texas Music ) is the name of a native to the U.S. state of Texas country music subgenres that has developed in parallel popularized in Oklahoma Red Dirt.

Definition and delimitation

The distinction between Red Dirt and Texas Country falls themselves the interpreters difficult, because the two music styles have great influence on each other. The most obvious difference is the origin of both. While the Red Dirt music has been heavily influenced since the 1980s in Stillwater, Oklahoma by singers like Bob Childers, Jimmy LaFave and Mike McClure, the Texas Country is located in the state named after him. In some cases no distinction is made between the subgenres, and the music style is summarized under "Red Dirt / Texas Country".

History

His early origins of the genre made ​​famous in the outlaw movement of the 1960s and 70s, the stars like Willie Nelson or Waylon Jennings. Similar to the Red Dirt scene, the 1990s to the culmination of many careers have also been in Texas Country. During this time the generation published by the outlaw movement to Robert Earl Keen, Pat Green or Cory Morrow a number of albums that made ​​it to the country charts and partially the rear seats on the Billboard reached 200.

The " Texas Music Charts " list the 50 most played Texas Country and Red Dirt songs of the week.

Significant Artists

• Bruce Robison (active since 1996)
• Charlie Robison (since 1996)
• Cory Morrow (since 1997)
• Hayes Carll (since 2002)
• Joe Ely ( since 1970)
• Kevin Fowler (since 2000)

• Pat Green (since 1995)
• Radney Foster ( since 1986)
• Randy Rogers band (since 2000)
• Ray Wylie Hubbard (since 1965)
• Robert Earl Keen (since 1984)
• Wade Bowen ( since 2000)