Songs about Texas and/or its cities
Submitted by evildonut on Wed, 10/06/2004 - 04:39
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- Amarillo by Morning - George Strait (also a movie, which I didn't know)
- If you're Gonna Play in Texas, You Gotta Have a Fiddle in the Band - Alabama
- La Grange - ZZTop
- Proud to be an A$$hole from El Paso - Kinky Friedman
- Yellow Rose of Texas
- Texas, Our Texas (state song)
- The Eyes of Texas are Upon You
- Deep in the Heart of Texas
- San Antonio Stroll - Tanya Tucker
- San Antonio Rose - Willie Nelson
- Houston (Means that I'm one day closer to you) - The Gatlin Brothers
- Theme to "Dallas"
- That's Right (You're not from Texas) - Lyle Lovett
- (from contributors below - thanks!)
- "T" For Texas - Jimmie Rodgers
- Texas Flood - Stevie Ray Vaughan
- Waltz Across Texas - Ernest Tubb
- Dallas - The Flatlanders
- Heaven, Hell Or Houston - ZZ Top
- Galveston - Glen Campbell
- El Paso - Marty Robbins (ed note: beautiful song, beautiful story, I just couldn't remember the title!)
- Amarillo - Emmylou Harris
- Streets Of Laredo - Buck Owens
- Luckenbach, Texas (Back To The Basics Of Love) - Waylon Jennings
- Brownsville Girl - Bob Dylan
- Livin' On the Edge (of Houston) - Reverend Horton Heat
- Just Like a Texan - Laurie York
- Memories of East Texas - Michelle Shocked
- (Making the run to) Gladewater - Michelle Shocked
- Lone Star State of Mind - Nanci Griffith
- All My Exes Live in Texas - George Strait
- Price of San Jacinto - Reverend Horton Heat
- Texas Rock-a-billy Rebel - Reverend Horton Heat
- People in Dallas Got Hair - Waylon Jennings
- Abilene - Waylon Jennings
- T for Texas (also called Blue Yodel No. 1) - Waylon Jennings
- Amarillo - Sideways Forest
- San Antonio - Frank Black and the Catholics
- Home in San Antone - Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys
- San Antonio Rose - Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys
- Can't Get Enough of Texas - Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys
- Texarkana Baby - Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys
- Amarillo - Love Spirals Downwards
- If it wasn't for Texas - George Strait
- Texas Tornado (blowin' me away again)- Tracy Lawrence
- Dallas - Alan Jackson
- 100% Texan- Kevin Fowler
- Laredo- Chris Cagle
- Blame It On Texas- Mark Chesnut
- The Bluest Eyes In Texas- Restless Heart
- TEXAS (WHEN I DIE)- TANYA TUCKER
Author Comments:
yeah, like i'll ever get them all. please suggest! several years ago, someone posted a query to a listserv wondering if there were any songs about Texas. Um, yeah, a few. Thanks to everyone who has and will suggest. I have posted as I get them. And ones I remember on my own, I'm adding at the top.
Seems to be a few in country music (surprise, surprise):
"T" For Texas - Jimmie Rodgers
Texas Flood - Stevie Ray Vaughan
Waltz Across Texas - Ernest Tubb
Dallas - The Flatlanders
Heaven, Hell Or Houston - ZZ Top
Galveston - Glen Campbell
El Paso - Marty Robbins
Amarillo - Emmylou Harris
Streets Of Laredo - Buck Owens
Luckenbach, Texas (Back To The Basics Of Love) - Waylon Jennings
Brownsville Girl - Bob Dylan
Way Back Texas-Pat Green
(if it wasn't for) Texas- George Strait
Somewhere down in texas-george strait
remember the alamo-george strait
austin-blake shelton
Livin' On the Edge (of Houston) - Reverend Horton Heat
Just Like a Texan - Laurie York
Memories of East Texas - Michelle Shocked
(Making the run to) Gladewater - Michelle Shocked
Lone Star State of Mind - Nanci Griffith
First five off the top of my head. Do the songs have to have the word "Texas" or the name of the city in the song title? Or can it be anywhere in the song?
Also, "All My Exes Live in Texas" by, hmmm, my mind's going blank. George Strait, maybe. Check allmusic.com.
Definitely George Strait; I don't have to look it up - can't believe I forgot that one!
I think I'll keep this list to Texas/city in the title. I'm sure the list of "about Texas" or "mentioning Texas" could get equally as long. Maybe I'll post one of those soon.
Thanks for the suggestions - I'm definitely curious to go check these songs out now.
Aha! Knew there was another couple floating around in there somewhere.
Price of San Jacinto - Reverend Horton Heat
Texas Rock-a-billy Rebel - Reverend Horton Heat
People in Dallas Got Hair - Waylon Jennings
No really.
I certainly believe you as they certainly do. In Houston, in fact, there is an annual "Big Hair Ball". I've never made it, but it's on my list of things to do before I die.
This list rules. \m/
Also from the late, great Waylon:
Abilene
T for Texas (also called Blue Yodel No. 1)
This list haunts me.
Amarillo - Sideways Forest
San Antonio - Frank Black and the Catholics
And of course, Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys: Home in San Antone
San Antonio Rose
Can't Get Enough of Texas
Texarkana Baby (?)
They had a theme, and they went with it.
Amarillo - Love Spirals Downwards
New song just came out by Bowling for Soup...it's kinda rock/pop called "Ohio" but it's about Texas...chorus goes "Come back to Texas..." It's a fun song with a bunch of references to Texas cultures (ie Willie Nelson, Rodeo, Blue Bell, NASA) check it out!
also, new song by George Strait "If it wasn't for Texas" also just came out.
Enjoy!
Thanks for the contribution - I've included the George Strait, but the Bowling for Soup song belongs on another list I should create - Songs that mention Texas or its cities (but have neither in the title)
A few more:
Texas Tornado (blowin' me away again)- not sure of artist
Dallas - Alan Jackson
Every Time That It Rains, Garth Brooks - mentions Austin
Rodeo or Mexico, Garth Brooks - mentions Waco
Thanks for the contribution - I included the first 2, but I'm saving the others for another list I should create - Songs that mention Texas or its cities (but have neither in the title). Another of those: Route 66 - originally recorded by Nat King Cole.
100% TEXAN- KEVIN FOWLER
LAREDO- CHRIS CAGLE
BLAME IT ON TEXAS- MARK CHESNUT
THE BLUEST EYES IN TEXAS- RESTLESS HEART
TEXAS (WHEN I DIE)- TANYA TUCKER
Texas Tornado is sung by Tracy Lawrence
South of Round Rock, Texas - Dale Watson
Here's a bunch that I have and love:
Bluest eyes in Texas - Restless Heart
Blind in Texas - WASP
London Homesick Blues - Jerry Jeff Walker
What I Like About Texas - Jerry Jeff Walker
Red and Rio Grande - Doug Supernaw
Boogie Back to Texas - Asleep At The Wheel
Texas Fiddle Man - Asleep At The Wheel
Corpus Christi Bay - Johnny Rodriguez
Cross the Brazos at Waco - Billy Walker
Dallas Days and Fort Worth Nights - Chris LeDoux
Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind? - George Strait
Deep in the Heart of Texas - Gene Autry
Huntsville - Merle Haggard
Kickapoo Creek - Jason Allen Band
Long Tall Texan - Doug Supernaw
Miles and Miles of Texas - Asleep at the Wheel
Texas Women - Hank Williams Jr.
Pickup Truck Song - Jerry Jeff Walker
Redneck Riviera - Gary P Nunn
Big Balls in Cowtown - Bob Wills
Texas on my Mind - Pat Green
Thibodeaux and his Cajun Band - Jimmy C Newman
When in Texas - Sonny Burgess
Lone Star Blues - Delbert McClinton
Songs About Texas - Pat Green
Might as well keep expanding on this list, even though it started in 2004. Here is some of what I have in my catalogue. Apologies if there are any repeats, I've done my best to eliminate them.
Texas Blues by Robert Pete Williams
Texas Playboy Rag by Bob Wills
You're From Texas by Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
Stay In Texas by Bobby Bare Jr.
My Texas Girl by The Carter Family
Goin' Back To Texas - Carson Robison alsoThe Carter Family, Don Edwards
T For Texas (aka Blue Yodel #1) by Jimmie Rodgers, Bob Wills, Doc Watson and a slew of others
Waltz Across Texas by Ernest Tubb
Texas Cookin' by Guy Clark (covered by others)
Texas 1947 by Guy Clark
Leavin' Texas by Jerry Jeff Walker
Going Back To My Texas Home by Rex Allen
Heart Of Texas by Billie Joe Shaver w/ Waylon Jennings
The Texas Crapshooter by The Sons Of The Pioneers
Yellow Rose Of Texas by The Sons Of The Pioneers
Texas Eagle by Steve Earle & The Del McCoury Band
Is Anybody Goin' To San Antone by Doug Sahm (covered by many)
(New) San Antonio Rose by Bob Wills (covered by a who's who - Patsy Cline, Bing Crosby, Elvis, Pine Valley Cosmonauts, Ray Price, Clint Eastwood, Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard, and many many others)
Home In San Antone by Bob Wills
Please Be San Antone by Jim Lauderdale
Leavin' Amarillo by Shaver
El Paso by Marty Robbins
Home To Houston by Steve Earle
Lone Star Rag by Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
Lone Star Trail by Don Edwards
Lone Star by Patsy Montana
Beaumont Rag (Live) by Bob Wills (covered by Doc Watson & others)
Beaumont by Hayes Carll
Abilene by Po' Girl
Big Sandy/Leather Britches by Doc Watson (not sure if texas)
Odessa by Sam Baker
Waco Express by The Waco Brothers
Texarkanada by I See Hawks in L.A. (do make believe places count?)
Streets of Laredo by hundreds of artists (Cash, Westerberg, Ives, A Guthrie, Atkins, Mercury Rev, etc.)