Texas Country
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Texas Country
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| Development phase: | 1960s |
| Place of origin: | Texas |
| Stylistic precursors | |
| Country , outlaw movement , western swing | |
| Instruments typical of the genre | |
| Acoustic guitar , electric guitar , pedal steel guitar , bass , drums , banjo , mandolin , dobro , fiddle , piano , harmonica | |
Texas Country Music (also Texas Music called) is the name of the US state of Texas -based country music -Subgenres that parallel to in Oklahoma popular become Red Dirt has developed.
Definition and demarcation
The distinction between Red Dirt and Texas Country is difficult even for the performers, because the two musical styles have a great influence on each other. The most obvious difference is the origin of both. While red dirt music has been shaped by singers such as Bob Childers , Jimmy LaFave and Mike McClure in Stillwater , Oklahoma , especially since the 1980s, Texas Country is at home in the eponymous state. Sometimes no distinction is made between the subgenres, and the music style is summarized under "Red Dirt / Texas Country".
history
The genre has its early origins in the outlaw movement of the 1960s and 70s, which made stars like Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings famous. Similar to the red dirt scene, the 1990s also became the high point of many careers in Texas Country. During this time, the generation after the outlaw movement around Robert Earl Keen , Pat Green and Cory Morrow released a large number of albums that made it into the country charts and some of them reached the bottom of the Billboard 200 .
The Texas Music Charts list the 50 most played Texas Country and Red Dirt songs of the week.
Important performers
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Web links
- Kelly Dearmore: The Best Texas Country / Red Dirt Songs of the Past 15 Years (English)
- todaystexascountry.com (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Robert Silva: Country Music Artists and Styles , Accessed March 14, 2013
- ↑ An Interview with Randy Crouch , Retrieved March 14, 2013 (English)
- ↑ Texas Music Charts , accessed April 13th.