Thieving Birds

August has a slew of must see shows that you'll kick yourself for missing.

Musicians often pay homage to some of their influences and favorite musicians by covering their music at their live shows or on their albums. Some are a wide miss while others knock it out of the park.

One of our favorite bands to drop by and bust out in the Bear control room are Thieving Birds. Ace Crayton is not only a great guitarist, he can sing too. Ace played two songs for us in the Bear studios, the most recently charted "Stuck in Memphis," and "Because My Baby...

Musicians from Texas, Oklahoma and New Mexico are thriving in 2012. There's your big time stars that have been doing it for years, your sea of talent that are just getting started and those that are ready to break out. We took the liberty of giving you the heads on the 11 that we have our eyes and ears on. Som...

The Thieving Birds are currently climbing up the Texas Music Charts with their latest single, "Stuck in Memphis." They're also the next set of musicians to come play in our new Conference Room Concert. You can enter to win and be a part of a private show with The Thieving Birds.

Ace Crayton from Thieving Birds dropped by the 99.5 The Bear studio on Wednesday afternoon, July 26th, to talk about the new album and play a song for our fine listeners at home. Ace and the rest of the boys have been working hard and keeping busy thanks to the release of their new self titled debut.