Buddy Logan

Granger Smith may be the busiest man in Texas, well he and his band. On top of his wife giving birth to their second child, Lincoln, last week he and the guys have not only been touring non-stop, they've been documenting it every step of the way.

This new year will see Whiskey Myers release their third studio album, and first since 2011. "Firewater," their most recent project was a Southern Rock at it's core -- and the task of following it up will be tough. Hear a taste of Reckoning, Home, and Early Morning Shakes, off their forthcoming 2014 project...

It's a boyyyyyyeeee yee! No tweets nor posts on the birth, yet -- not from Granger nor Earl Dibbles Jr., but we've got it on good authority that Mr. and Mrs. Smith welcomed their second child, Lincoln,  into the world.

Letterman, or someone on his staff, has an apparent fondness for alternative-country, and this is good. Ray Wylie Hubbard, Jason Isbell, Dale Watson and Randy Rogers Band have all recently taken their talents to Late Night.

You heard 'em all year on radio. You sang with 'em, got drunk to 'em, and may have even cried along with 'em. But what were the biggest songs last year? We know! Check out radio's most reported Texas and Red Dirt songs of 2013, according to the Texas Regional Radio Report...

Last month his single "Songs About Trucks" spent three weeks at No. 1. Last week Wade Bowen played a Christmas version of our popular game Five Questions for the chance to have his brand new version of "O Holy Night" be the first Christmas song we play this year. Wade's a good sport. let's be honest, I'm sure he had better things he could've been doing.

After five years of writing, playing, touring, living and breathing Texas Music, Six Market Blvd. has announced they will be going on "permanent hiatus."

This week is the last report of 2013, who will close out the year at No.1? Kevin Fowler, Jason Boland and Randy Rogers Band all have the top spot within their grasp, so who got it? Let’s find out.

This week the Redneck Messiah, Kevin Fowler, hopes to side step Jason Boland, Reckless Kelly, and Wade Bowen and score the top spot. Can he do it? Let’s find out.

For your RTX Sunday Video this week, we’ve got Adam Hood’s “Hell of a Fight.” Hood co-wrote this song with Pistol Annie, Ashley Monroe. As a matter of fact Adam’s been doing quite a bit of co-writing and song swapping -- his song “Front Porch Thang” was covered by Little Big Town, and can be found on their latest album “Tornado...

Whiskey Myers third album "Early Morning Shakes" is due out February 2014. Today Texas Monthly had the exclusive debut of a new song, the album's title track.

One of Texas' nicest guys, Bart Crow is asking for some help. He's gotta a friend who has a daughter, her name is Shadoh Campbell. Shadoh recently became a mother, and not soon after that she was diagnosed Hodgkin's lymphoma.