the damn quails

Troubling news this morning, as The Damn Quails shared on social media that their tour manager, Colin Deyalsingh, has been missing since Saturday around 11 p.m. The Band is asking if anyone has any information on his whereabouts to please call CTK Entertainment at 512-312-9350...

Man, West Texans party hard. Just as hard as East Texans, except they do it in the dirt -- in a lot of dirt. This weekend I made my way to Midland for "Crude Fest," what a great show. And once we got accustomed to the layer of dirt on everything, we were able to enjoy some really great weather. Here's some pics from the show.

You might be surprised to learn, but I don't listen to my iPod much. Or CD's for that matter. I spend a majority of my drive time bouncing between radio stations, and not the satellite kind. I've always loved just listening to radio, commercials and all. Having said that, I've compiled my Top 10 totally awesome songs from 2012 played on Texas radio. All have had radio play in 2012 (even if only on

What albums were you buying last year? Well, Lone Star Music spent the last week or so of 2012 slowly posting their top 100 selling albums from the 2012 calendar year. I won't draw it out that long, here are the top ten. How many do you own?

Rita Ballou from Rawhide and Velvet joins Radio Texas, LIVE! each week to keep us up to date on all the happenings in the Texas Music scene. From Fowler's new music video, to The Damn Quails ESPN debut, Reckless Kelly's new single with a "twist" and more here's All the Dirt in Red Dirt, last week.

This week Kevin Fowler hopes to hold off Jason Boland, Casey Donahew Band and The Damn Quails to stay on top for his second consecutive week. Can one of these guys knock Fowler from his perch? You'll have to click through to find out.

One album and two singles into a career may be a little early to go throwing around "the next best thing" but it's not stopping me. And while there are certainly a few bands you could say that about, not many have experienced the radio play and success The Damn Quails already have. Both of their singles "Fools Gold" and "So So Long," went Top 5 on the Texas charts. La

This week Texan Cody Johnson goes head to head with Oklahomans The Damn Quails in what may wind up being the toughest RTX New Music Challenge to date -- may the best band win.

Josh Abbott Band has added a new stop to the popular JAB Fest this year, and wouldn't ya know it -- it's right here in East Texas. JAB Fest which has drawn huge crowds in Lubbock and Austin will now be hoping for the same with the newly added "Off Road Edition" going down at River Run ATV Park in beautiful Jacksonville. And guess what? We're the only station giving you a chance to go for

It was an All-Oklahoma takeover of the Sunflower State last Friday (May 11) when a bunch of boys from the Sooner State covered the Cross Canadian Ragweed classic, "Boys From Oklahoma."

So many great new songs are out so far in 2012! So many CDs just scattered acrossed my desk. And my email in-box? Literally being overrun with Mp3s files. Dude! I don't even know where to start -- there's just too much new music! Fortunately for y'all we've got it down to four new songs for you to listen in for this week on Radio Texas Live and I've got your first official listen to all four  righ

All right, The RTX Crew and I have got a problem and we need your help.  We've got two great new songs and only one spot to fill on the RTX play list.  It's Mike McClure Vs. The Damn Quails.  This is a sticky one situation though seeing how McClure has served as a friend and mentor to The Damn Quails, he even produced their album.  This challenge boils down to brother against brother, its a Oklaho