Texas Country/Red Dirt

Jerry Jeff Walker, born in 1942 and probably most famous for writing the song "Mr. Bojangles." Here in Texas he is one of the forefathers of the musical movement we have come to know as Red Dirt. One of Jerry Jeff's songs was heard in almost every bar or night club in Lubbock during the mid to late 70's...

"Hell Yeah, I Like Beer," the latest single from Amarillo native Kevin Fowler moved into the number one spot on the The Texas Music Chart. Fowler pushed ahead of chart toppers Cody Canada and the Departed and The Eli Young Band. The song "Hell Yea, I Like Beer" comes in strong following the huge success of "Pound Sign" which had a longer than usual run on both Best

Hailing from Taft, Texas, Stoney LaRue has been a part of the Red Dirt scene for years, even back when Red Dirt was the "Oklahoma" version of Texas Country. Having been raised in Southeastern Oklahoma, Stoney moved to Stillwater where he was able to craft his music with such Red Dirt greats as Jason Boland and Cody Canada...

A few weeks back we were able to give you the brand new Pat Green song "Austin" which has been sampled almost 4 thousand times since we posted it. Pat is back and he is back in a strong way. Now we are proud to give you the brand new track from the Josh Abbott Band featuring Pat Green...

Mark Mckinney just sent us a YouTube link where he spends a few minutes explaining what the 4th release from his most recent album is all about. "The River Song" came about from a newscast that Mark was watching where they were talking about Austin enduring 56 days in a row of 100 degree heat...

Shooter Jennings, born Waylon Albright Jennings and son of Country Superstar Waylon Jennings is an American (Texas) singer-songwriter active in the country and southern rock genres as well as stepping into some really psychedelic type rock back in 2009...

Having graduated with a degree in Industrial Technology, Brandon Rhyder grew up in Carthage, Texas. Brandon released his first CD in 2001. Brandon has continued to press the flesh, beat the pavement and produce chart topping songs that has led to Brandon being one of the chosen few in the Red Dirt scene...

With the release of "Austin" everyone seems to be really fired up about a new release from Pat Green.  We've received nothing but great comments from the almost 3 thousand folks who have listened to "Austin" since the holiday weekend.  Pat is an old friend of ours...

Join 99.5 The Bear at Wild West Saturday night for Brandon Rhyder live.  Brandon makes his way back to the Hub City supporting this year's release "Head Above Water," and his first annual Taste of Texas Musicfest on Sunday June 12th at San Gabriel Park in Georgetown, Texas...

Here's what we've been looking for from the Pat Green camp for quite a while now. Though we know few details about the single and forthcoming CD/Album release, we were able to get our hands on Pat's new song on Friday afternoon and we've been spinning it since.

Rolling out of control on CMT. Our local Red Dirt Hero's have done it again. Check out "Oh, Tonight"

The 7th Annual Buffalo Wing Cook Off at Buffalo Springs Lake is being held Friday and Saturday with $10,000 dollars prize payout. The Cook Off is an IBCA sanctioned Texas State BBQ championship.