At first I thought I was going to win a prize for correctly identifying the oxymoron. Then I realized that I was the oxymoron!
Spent a couple of hours with Jack, Joe, and Lon after a concert swapping stories. Those guys were a riot! They really live it. Love to catch them live whenever I can. I love listening to that stuff on an am radio in an old p/u with the single speaker in the middle of the dash with a push button tuner. Hard to beat those classic artists.
Check out Tom Russell, Ramblin Jack Elliot, Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys, Michael Martin Murphy, and Hank Williams Sr. They have all recorded some good cowboy music.
Ryan Bingham is a newer artist that has some cowboy roots but is a little more kicked up. His first album "Mescalito" is pretty good.
Slaid Cleaves album "Brokedown" has some good story songs. Writes his own music and recorded with a stand-up bass.
If you like the story telling side more then the western sound, I've got a bunch of those too. Irish and bluegrass.
Chasing down music is the only thing more addictive then bowhunting for me. Sounds like it's too late for you too, Wiz.
