the departed

It’s nearly that time again, Party in the Dirt 2013 is just around the corner. #PID13, the official kick off to the Gladewater Round Up Rodeo and is taking over the Gladewater Rodeo arena Saturday June 1st, with live performances from Ray Wylie Hubbard, Billy Joe Shaver and Cody Canada and the Departed. And you've got seven full days to to get your specially priced Radio Texas, LIVE! tickets. Read

Cross Canadian Ragweed was the most influential and popular band to ever come out of the Red Dirt scene, but they came to an end in 2010. Fortunately for us, It wasn’t too long before former members, Cody Canada and Jeremy Plato teamed up with Dave Bowen, Seth James, and Steve Littleton to form a new band, The Departed. This Tuesday (4/30) at 12 noon Cody Canada and Seth James will be stopping by

It's been a few months since I've been able to steal her tweets. Because she hasn't gathered and posted them in a while. But if you can remember that far back, every time Rita Ballou compiles the wittiest, most topical and random tweets from the Texas scene, I steal ‘em. Thus her "Tweets of the Week," become my "Last Week in Tweets."

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 and Red Dirt Music scene. This week Eli Young Band redeem themselves, The Departed take over the internet and we get an update on Bart Crow's back surgery plus more, here’s All the Dirt in Red Dirt. He...

If you haven't heard, former Cross Canadian Ragweed front-man Cody Canada is back with a new band called The Departed (maybe cause he took half of Ragweed with him when he departed --but that's pure speculation.)  And you can see The Departed Saturday night in Tyler at The East Texas State Fair.