What is Texas Music?
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The Texas music scene is not a new place. You can find recorded roots of Texas music as far back as Scott Joplin and Ragtime. This young composer from Texarkana created the classical style with a Texas twist known as Ragtime and recorded three of his tunes on piano roll. Of course, the roots of Texas music go further than the advent of recorded music. The influence of cowboys, ranch hands and rounders gathered around campfires telling their tales and singing their songs can still be strongly felt in the singer/songwriters of todays' Texas music scene. Texas music history is rich with legends like Tex Ritter, one of the first singing cowboys and Jimmie Rodgers, the "Father of Country Music". Add the likes of Bob Wills, Buddy Holly and Freddy King , James Clay and Stevie Ray Vaughan and you can begin to see why Texas music has long attracted world wide attention.  Texas music includes rhythm and blues, rock, country, folk, jazz, western swing, honky tonk, Tejano and bluegrass all wrapped up with spiritual and cajun influences. Texas music is all these things and more. From A to Z it's as varied as Asleep at the Wheel and ZZ Top. It's Roy Orbison and the Texas Tornados, Lyle Lovett and T-Bone Walker, George Strait, Robert Earl Keen Jr., Willie Nelson, Nancy Griffith, Delbert Mc Clinton, Bonnie Raitt, Marcia Ball, Michael Martin Murphy and hundreds of others. The sounds of Texas music can be heard not only all over Texas but all over the United States, Europe and Japan. In fact, many Texas musicians enjoy a larger notoriety abroad than in the States. The lure and appeal of Texas music continues to spread it's sound into the mainstream as more and more discover this Texas treasure. Texas in the know are proud to share this state treasure with the rest of the world too because, as with many things of real value, sharing this musical wealth only enhances its' value. If you're still not quite sure just what Texas music is try tuning in to "Texas Rebel Radio" FM 107.9 because one listen is worth a thousand words.
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music...you can hear it... and the sounds are as varied as the colors of the Texas wildflowers. Texas music...you can see it... and the sights are as panoramic as the Texas landscape itself. Texas music...you can feel it... and the feelings are as strong and deep as the currents of the Guadalupe River. Texas music...you can taste it... and all the spice and flavor of a Texas barbecue can't compare. Texas music...you can even smell it... in the little honky tonks, dance halls and back room recording studios scattered across the state. Texas music has a life of its' own that encompasses such a multitude and diversity of people and talent that it is beyond mere labels. That is Texas Music... |
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Texas Rebel Radio Network
| KFAN 107.9 FM / KEEP 103.1 FM / KNAF 910 AM / KNAF 105.7 FM |
| P.O. Box 311 |
| Fredericksburg, Texas 78624 |
| PHONE: 830.997.2197 |
| FAX: 830.997.2198 |
| REQUEST: 830.997.1793 |
| REQUEST: 1.800.KFAN 107 |
In
recent times, the Austin Chronicle, the Ft. Worth Star Telegram and Gavin
Magazine, have all done feature articles on Texas Rebel Radio. The Ft.
Worth article was put on the AP and New York Times wire services and then
picked up around the country. The Austin Chronicle Critic's Choice just
name us "The #1 Radio Station You Can't Hear in Austin". The October 10,
1997 issue of the New York Times makes reference to KFAN as "that beacon
of Texas sensibility..." and the January 7, 1998 issue of the Wall Street
Journal referred to our Americana format as "the most exciting thing
that's happened to popular music in decades". This kind of publicity for
Texas Rebel Radio is also great publicity for our cities of license, Bandera,
Johnson City and Fredericksburg.