RTX Rewind

There's a misconception in the music industry.  A myth that's been needing busting for a few years now.  One that sees people who aren't familiar with the Texas/Red Dirt scene dismissing it as if it were a 5th grade elementary class on the Tuesday before Thanksgiving, ya know "just get outta here, go home."  But luckily we've got guys like Willy Braun of Reckless Kelly in the scene who when given the platform, oh so eloquently tell it like it is.

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Rita Ballou joins the RTX Crew each week for "All the Dirt in Red Dirt" -- Here's what she had for us on last week's episode.

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I’ve had John David Kent (JDK) on the show a couple times and this dude can sing. Growing up in Texas and influenced by the likes of John Denver and Willie Nelson, JDK feels like he is finally writing what comes natural to him. And enjoying his brand of music seems to come just as natural to country music lovers — the video for their debut single ‘My Girl’ was chosen as CMT’s Pick Of The Week towards the end of 2010.  And it was a pleasure to have him back on Radio Texas Live last week.

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Well according to Bart "probably not" but you can expect a great show from him Wednesday night at Electric Cowboy -- the night before Thanksgiving.  When Bart called into Radio Texas Live we discussed the unfortunate extra inning ending to game 6 of the World Series, his show Wednesday at EC (buy tickets for that show right here) and we spun his new song "Not Going Crazy" -- check it out.

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Star of stage and television Curtis Grimes called into Radio Texas Live last week, mainly to promote his show this Friday at EC -- Curtis is headlining the annual Black Friday night concert at Electric Cowboy, get your tickets by clicking here.  But we also debuted new music and talked about what was goin on with the Gilmer native.

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Like many Texas musicians Ryan Beaver now makes is home in Austin, but this transplanted Austin-ite actually grew up right here in East Texas, right down the road from us in Emory.  And last week The Beav made his way back to East Texas for a good ol' fashioned radio interview!

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On the heels of their brand new album "A Different Day" being released on Tuesday 11/8, my pals Cody Johnson Band stopped by Radio Texas Live and hung out for a bit.

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Sean McConnell has a cut on Martina McBride's new album titled "11". Brandon Jenkins has a new project "Project 11".  Brandon Rhyder sings on ESPN.  Eli Young Band make it to the very top. And Longview's own Sunny Sweeney goes to Vegas and comes back with a diamond?

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Cody Johnson called in to Radio Texas Live last  week and we debuted his new single "Diamond in My Pocket" which can be found on his spanking new album "A Different Day."  And don't miss the East Texas album release party tomorrow (11/9/2011) night at Electric Cowboy, tickets available at the door or in advance right here.

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Pat Green's new album has got something missing and we've finally got some new music from Roger Creager, plus Eli Young Band had a big week and Granger's gotta new drink for you to drink.

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Stoney LaRue called in to Radio Texas Live last week and we played a couple album cuts off of "Velvet" --songs that unless you have the album you probably haven't heard yet.  And I've got 'em again for ya right here in The RTX Rewind.

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If you missed it, you and I have at least two things in common 1. We missed it and 2. We're sad we did.  But thankfully we've actually got three things in common, the internet. And I'm sure glad there are people kind enough to post things like "Brandon Rhyder -National Anthem NASCAR" on youtube so we don't have to miss anything, anymore.

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