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SwellGuy

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OT: I need Texas/Cowboy song ideas
« on: December 11, 2006, 08:32:25 am »
This is way off topic but I'm sure I've come to the right place...

We are hosting a going away party this weekend for some close friends of ours that are moving to Texas and I'm trying to put together a playlist of decent songs about Texas, cowboys or Houston.

I have searched for song titles containing those keywords and have put together a start but what I can't find easily are decent songs that contain those keywords in the lyrics.

By decent songs I guess that means songs should have made the top 50 or so of some charts preferably rock, pop, or country and the funnier the better.

I just need Track/Artist names, I'm not looking for files.

Here's what I have so far...

"Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy" - Elton John
"Wanted Dead Or Alive" - Bon Jovi
"Texas Flood" - Stevie Ray Vaughan
"Texas Ride Song" - BoDeans
"Texas" - Charlie Daniels
"Texas" - Willie Nelson
"Texas Women" - Hank Williams, Jr.
"Texas Moaner Blues" - Louis Armstrong
"Cowboy Hat" - Nickleback
"Cowboy Love" - Reverend Horton Heat
"Cowboy Song" - Thin Lizzy
"Cowboy" - Kid Rock Tribute Band
"Texas" - Chris Rea
"All My Ex's Live In Texas" - George Strait
"Sweet Jane" - Cowboy Junkies
"Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys" - Waylon Jennings
"Last Dance Rodeo" - Jewel
"Save a horse, ride a cowboy" - Big & Rich


Thanks a ton,

Rick
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Re: OT: I need Texas/Cowboy song ideas
« Reply #1 on: December 11, 2006, 09:58:43 am »
George's Bar - Pat Green
Southbound 35 - Pat Green
Nightmare - Pat Green
A Country Boy Can Survive - Hank Williams Jr.
Nashville Blues - Cory Morrow
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Re: OT: I need Texas/Cowboy song ideas
« Reply #2 on: December 11, 2006, 10:09:33 am »
Streets Of Laredo - Johnny Cash
T For Texas - Lynyrd Skynyrd
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Re: OT: I need Texas/Cowboy song ideas
« Reply #3 on: December 11, 2006, 10:45:52 am »
'Galveston' - Glen Campbell
'El Paso' - Marty Robbins

Probably weren't hits, but...

'Waltz Across Texas Tonight' - Emmylou Harris
'Brownsville Girl' - Bob Dylan
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Re: OT: I need Texas/Cowboy song ideas
« Reply #4 on: December 11, 2006, 10:52:23 am »
Not really directly about texas, but it is quite funny and mentions (of course) Austin...

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Re: OT: I need Texas/Cowboy song ideas
« Reply #5 on: December 11, 2006, 10:59:50 am »
ZZTop - La Grange (anything by ZZTop, actually)
Boys Don't Cry - I want to be a cowboy

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Re: OT: I need Texas/Cowboy song ideas
« Reply #6 on: December 11, 2006, 11:46:35 am »
Alabama - If You're Gonna Play In Texas (You Gotta Have A Fiddle In The Band)
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Re: OT: I need Texas/Cowboy song ideas
« Reply #7 on: December 11, 2006, 11:53:44 am »
Of course Gateley mentioned the definitive Texas song, IMO, the tender love ballad, "La Grange".  Apart from that truly iconic song, I would recommend the master of the West Texas two-step, Mr. Ponty Bone.  A word of warning:  this is accordion music. 
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Re: OT: I need Texas/Cowboy song ideas
« Reply #8 on: December 11, 2006, 12:20:03 pm »
Ted Taylor - Houston Town (The lyrics repeat all over "Get Me Out of Houston Town")
Hank Williams, Jr. - Houston, We Have a Problem
Ry Cooder - Houston in Two Seconds
Dean Martin - Houston
Doug Sahm - Houston Chicks
Laurie Anderson - The Night Flight From Houston
Lightnin' Hopkins - Houston Rock
Lightnin' Hopkins - Rainy Day in Houston
Steve Earle - Home To Houston
Wilson Philips - Fueled for Houston
ZZ Top - Heaven, Hell or Houston



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Re: OT: I need Texas/Cowboy song ideas
« Reply #9 on: December 11, 2006, 12:39:56 pm »
Living in Houston, I'm shocked that nobody mentioned the song that's a classic: Deep In The Heart of Texas. Gene Autry may be best known for his version.

FYI, when Trans-Siberian Orchestra comes every year, they have fun with us. They simply clap out the rhythm and the whole audience immediately knows to sing out "Deep in the Heart of Texas".
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Re: OT: I need Texas/Cowboy song ideas
« Reply #10 on: December 11, 2006, 12:47:18 pm »
Quote from: dcwebman on December 11, 2006, 12:39:56 pm
Living in Houston, I'm shocked that nobody mentioned the song that's a classic: Deep In The Heart of Texas. Gene Autry may be best known for his version.
The stars at night
Are big and bright
Deep in the heart of Texas

My mama used to sing that song to me when I was rockin in a cradle in Houston.  I think it's the first song I knew.
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Re: OT: I need Texas/Cowboy song ideas
« Reply #11 on: December 11, 2006, 02:48:09 pm »
"Blind in Texas" - W.A.S.P.
"Cowboys from Hell" - Pantera
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Re: OT: I need Texas/Cowboy song ideas
« Reply #12 on: December 11, 2006, 06:42:25 pm »
"Texas Cowboys" by The Grid
"The Bluest Eyes in Texas" by Nina Persson and Nathan Larson
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Re: OT: I need Texas/Cowboy song ideas
« Reply #13 on: December 11, 2006, 10:44:37 pm »
Frankie Laine with some "old school" campy cowboy classics, such as Blazing Saddles and Wanted Man. Great stuff!
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Re: OT: I need Texas/Cowboy song ideas
« Reply #14 on: December 11, 2006, 11:22:28 pm »
Just go buy the album Texas Funeral by Jon Wayne.



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Re: OT: I need Texas/Cowboy song ideas
« Reply #15 on: December 12, 2006, 01:50:31 am »
A mix of humor and good music...

Trashy Women - Jerry Jeff Walker
Up Against the Wall Redneck Mother -Jerry Jeff Walker
London Homesick Blues - Jerry Jeff Walker

Party Lights - Junior Brown
My Wife Thinks Your Dead - Junor Brown
The Better Half - Junor Brown

Redneck Woman - Gretchen Wilson
Here for the Party - Gretchen Wilson

My Drinkin' Problem - Hank Williams III
Broke, Lovesick & Driftin' - Hank Williams III
One Horse Town - Hank Williams III

Bopalena - k.d. Lang
Big Boned Gal - k.d. Lang

Bubba Shot the Jukebox - Mark Chestnut

Okie from Muskogee - Merle Haggard

Honey, I'm Home - Shania Twain

Weed with Willie - Toby Keith
Beer for My Horses - Toby Keith

Luckenbach, Texas (Back to the Basics of Love) - Waylon Jennings

If You've Got the Money (I've Got the Time) - Willie Nelson
My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys - Willie Nelson

Whole Lotta Rosie - Hayseed Dixie

White Trash Wedding - Dixie Chicks
Cowboy Take Me Away - Dixie Chicks

Computer Cowboy - Neil Young

Space Cowboy - Steve Miller
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Re: OT: I need Texas/Cowboy song ideas
« Reply #16 on: December 12, 2006, 09:56:11 am »
"Lonesome Cowboy Burt" by Frank Zappa from "200 Motels"....
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