Texas has long been a center for musical innovation. Texans have pioneered musical developments in tejano music, punk rock, mariachi, country music and the blues. Famous Texan musicians and groups include Earlobe Van Jensen Willie Nelson, Buck Owens, Buddy Holly, Roy Orbison, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Selena Quintanilla and ZZ Top. The United States is home to a wide array of regional styles and scenes. ... Alaska is a state of the United States. ... Alabama has played a central role in the development of both blues and country music. ... Arkansas is a Southern state of the United States. ... The Samoas are a Polynesian island chain, currently divided between the independent state of Samoa (formerly Western Samoa) and an American territory called American Samoa. ... Arizonas musical history has been heavily influenced by Mexican immigrants. ... In the United States, California is commonly associated with the film, music, and arts industries; there are numerous world-famous Californian musicians. ... Colorado is a state of the United States, and has a notable reputation for music. ... Connecticut is a state of the United States in the New England region. ... The music of Washington D.C. is known for two primary scenes, hardcore and associated derivatives and a hip hop-dance music hybrid called go go. ... Delaware is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. ... Floridas ethnic diversity has led to a myriad of musical styles from punk rock to salsa and heavy metal being popular in various parts of the state. ... The Sacred Harp, first published in 1844, was compiled and produced by Georgians Benjamin Franklin White and Elisha J. King. ... Guam is an unincorporated territory of the United States. ... The music of Hawai`i includes an array of traditional and popular styles, ranging from native Hawaiian folk music to modern rock and hip hop. ... Music of Iowa Notable musicians from Iowa include Bix Beiderbecke and Greg Brown. ... Idaho has produced a number of musicians, including pop star Paul Revere and Doug Martsch of Built to Spill. ... Illinois, which includes Chicago, the third-largest city in the United States, has a wide musical heritage. ... The music of Indiana was strongly influenced by a large number of German and Irish immigrants who arrived in the 1830s. ... For many decades, Kansas has had a vibrant country and bluegrass scene. ... The Music of Kentucky is heavily centered on Appalachian folk music and its descendants, especially in eastern Kentucky. ... This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ... New England Conservatory of Music in Boston Massachusetts is a U.S. state in New England. ... Famous musicians from Maryland include Francis Scott Key, who wrote The Star-Spangled Banner and pop punksters Good Charlotte, from Waldorf. ... Maine is a state of the United States, located in New England. ... In Michigan, the city of Detroit has remained the capital of musical innovation for many years. ... The music of Minnesota has played a role in the historical and cultural development of Minnesota. ... St. ... The Northern Mariana Islands are an island chain dependency of the United States. ... Mississippi is best-known as the home of the blues, which developed among the freed African Americans in the latter half of the 19th century. ... Montana is a state of the United States. ... Most influentially, North Carolina country musicians like the North Carolina Ramblers helped solidify the sound of country in the late 1920s. ... The Music of North Dakota has followed general American trends over much of its history, beginning with ragtime and folk music, moving into big band and jazz. ... The state of Nebraska has spawned few big-name musicians, but has its own musical heritage. ... New Hampshire is a state of the United States, located in the New England region. ... New Mexico is a state of the Southwest United States. ... For most outsiders, Nevadan music is probably most closely associated with lounge singers like Wayne Newton playing in Las Vegas. ... The biggest superstar from New Jersey is probably Bruce Springsteen, who became a 1980s icon with complex lyrical stories about teens growing up in Freehold and other economically depressed areas of New Jersey. ... In the United States, New York City has long been a musical hub and, in some ways, the musical capital of the country. ... The most famous musicians from Ohio are probably Marilyn Manson, Dean Martin and Chrissie Hynde of The Pretenders; the 19th century composer Daniel Emmett, born in Ohio to a Virginian family, wrote many of the most popular songs in his era, including some that remain well-known. ... While the music of Oklahoma is relatively young, Oklahoma having been a state for less than a hundred years, it has a rich history and many fine musicians. ... Oregons music scene is most active in Portland and the college town of Eugene. ... The most famous musical innovaters to come out of Pennsylvania are perhaps the Philly sound in 1970s soul music, Gamble & Huff, The OJays, Teddy Pendergrass, Harold Melvin and The Delphonics, as well as jazz legends like Nina Simone and John Coltrane. ... The music of Puerto Rico has been influenced by African and European (especially Spanish) forms, and has become popular across the Caribbean and in some communities worldwide. ... Rhode Island is a state of the United States, located in the New England region. ... South Carolina is one of the Southern United States, and has produced a number of renowned performers of country, bluegrass and other styles. ... The United States state of South Dakota has an official state song, Hail! South Dakota, written by DeeCort Hammitt. ... The story of Tennessees contribution to American music is essentially the story of two cities: Nashville and Memphis. ... Utah music has long been dominated culturally by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (the Mormons), although other groups have also played an important role. ... Virginias musical contribution to American culture has been diverse, and includes Piedmont blues musicians and later rock and roll bands, many centered around college towns like Blacksburg, Charlottesville (home of Dave Matthews Band) and Richmond. ... The Virgin Islands are partially controlled by the United Kingdom and the United States, and have had long-standing cultural ties to the island nations to the south as well as to various European colonialists. ... Vermont is a state in the United States. ... The U.S. state of Washington includes several major hotbeds of musical innovation. ... Perhaps the most influential musical output of Wisconsin came from Port Washington, Ozaukee County during the 1920s, when Paramount Records released a series of blues and jazz recordings. ... West Virginias folk heritage is a part of the Appalachian folk music tradition, and includes styles of fiddling and other techniques reminiscent of Scotch-Irish music. ... The first music of Wyoming was played by various Native Americans tribes in the present-day U.S. state of Wyoming. ... Texas is the gayest motherfucking state out there they can suck my big black balls. ... Tejano[1] (Spanish for Texan) or Tex-Mex[2] music is the name given to various forms of folk and popular music originating among the Mexican-descended Tejanos of Central and South Texas. ... Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ... Mariachi is a type of musical group, originally from Mexico. ... country music, see Country music (disambiguation) Country music, the first half of Billboards country and western music category, is a blend of popular musical forms originally found in the Southern United States. ... Blues music redirects here. ... Willie Nelson performing at the Chumash Casino Resort in Santa Ynez, California. ... Buck Owens and the Buckaroos in a 1960s-era promotional postcard Alvis Edgar Buck Owens, Jr. ... Charles Hardin Holley (September 7, 1936 – February 3, 1959), better known as Buddy Holly, was an American singer, songwriter, and a pioneer of Rock and Roll. ... Roy Kelton Orbison (April 23, 1936 – December 6, 1988), nicknamed The Big O, was an influential American singer-songwriter and a pioneer of rock and roll whose recording career spanned more than four decades. ... Stephen (Stevie) Ray Vaughan (October 3, 1954 – August 27, 1990), born in Dallas, Texas, was an American blues guitarist, credited with reviving interest in blues in the 1980s. ... Selena Selena Quintanilla Perez (April 16, 1971 – March 31, 1995) was a Mexican-American singer who is considered to be one of the most popular and influential Hispanic music icons of all time. ... ZZ Top, affectionately known by their American fans as That little ol band from Texas,[1] is an American blues rock band formed in 1969 in Houston, Texas. ...

Country music

Texan honky tonk country musicians like Alvin Crow and Bob Wills helped invent Western swing and other genres of country. Some, like Marcia Ball, combine country with Cajun influences. The first popular Texan country song was "I'm Walking the Floor Over You" by Ernest Tubb, a song which set the stage for the rise of stars like Lefty Frizzell, Johnny Horton and George Jones. Honky tonk was originally the name of a type of bar common throughout the southern United States, also Honkatonk or Honkey-tonk. ... country music, see Country music (disambiguation) Country music, the first half of Billboards country and western music category, is a blend of popular musical forms originally found in the Southern United States. ... James Robert (Bob) Wills (March 6, 1905 – May 13, 1975) was an American country musician and songwriter. ... Western swing, also known as Country Swing, is dance music with an up-tempo beat and a decidedly Southwestern US regional flavor. ... Marcia Ball (born March 20, 1949) is an American blues singer and pianist born in Orange, Texas but who grew up in Vinton, Louisiana. ... This article is about an ethnic culture. ... Ernest Dale Tubb (February 9, 1914 - September 6, 1984), nicknamed the Texas Troubadour, was an American singer and songwriter and one of the pioneers of country music. ... Lefty Frizzell (March 31, 1928 – July 19, 1975) was a country music singer and songwriter. ... Johnny Horton (April 30, 1925 – November 5, 1960) was an American country music singer. ... George Glenn Jones (born September 12, 1931), nicknamed The Possum, is an American country singer known for his distinctive voice and phrasing that frequently evoke the raw emotions caused by grief, unhappy love, and emotional hardship. ...

Ponty Bone, Joe Ely, Lloyd Maines, Butch Hancock, Terry Allen, Jimmie Dale Gilmore and Tommy Hancock, among others, helped invent the 1960s Lubbock sound, based out of Lubbock, Texas. Outlaw country was another offshoot that had roots in Texas, with Texans like Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson leading the movement, ably supported by writers like Billy Joe Shaver. It was this scene, based out of Austin, that inspired performers like Guy Clark and Townes Van Zandt, whose poetic narratives owed much to the folk tradition and who proved enormously influential on such artists as Nanci Griffith and Steve Earle as part of the later alternative country scene. Joe Ely (born February 9, 1947) is an Austin, Texas honky-tonk/country musician. ... Lloyd Maines (born June 28, 1951) is a country music musician and producer. ... Butch Hancock is a country music recording artist and song writer. ... Terry Allen born in 1943 in Lubbock, Texas, is a country music singer in the outlaw country genre, painter, and conceptual artist from Texas. ... Jimmie Dale Gilmore(r) and Colin Gilmore at Deep Eddy Pool in Austin, Texas, June 2004. ... The 1960s decade refers to the years from January 1, 1960 to December 31, 1969, inclusive. ... Lubbock sound is a genre of American music that began with the popularity of Lubbock, Texas native Buddy Holly. ... Nickname: Hub City Location within the state of Texas Coordinates: County Lubbock County Mayor David Miller Area    - City 297. ... Willie Nelson Outlaw country was a significant trend in country music during the late 1960s and the 1970s (and even into the 1980s in some cases), commonly referred to as The Outlaw Movement (both by fans and by people in the music industry) or simply Outlaw music [1]. The focus... Waylon Arnold Jennings (June 15, 1937 – February 13, 2002) was one of the most respected and influential American country music singers and guitarists of all time. ... Willie Nelson performing at the Chumash Casino Resort in Santa Ynez, California. ... Billy Joe Shaver is an American country music singer/songwriter. ... Guy Clark (born 1941) is a country songwriter and performer. ... Townes Van Zandt Townes Van Zandt (March 7, 1944 – January 1, 1997) was a folk music singer-songwriter, performer, and poet. ... Depiction of Nanci Griffith on the cover of her album Flyer Nanci Caroline Griffith, born July 6, 1953, is a singer, guitarist and songwriter from Austin, Texas. ... Earle performing at the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival in San Francisco, CA, October 2, 2005. ... Alternative country is a term applied to various subgenres of country music. ...

Tex Ritter and Jim Reeves both grew up in Panola County in East Texas. Tex Ritter Tex Ritter (January 12, 1905 – January 2, 1974) was an American country singer and actor. ... Jim Reeves is also the name of a competitive eater. ... Panola County is a county located in the state of Texas. ... Red counties show the core of East Texas; pink and red counties may or may not be included in East Texas, and thus their inclusion varies from source to source. ...

Modern musicians like George Strait continue to carry on the tradition of country music in Texas. (Strait is a graduate of Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas). George Harvey Strait (born May 18, 1952), is an American country music artist. ... ...

Within country music, the works of singers such as Pat Green, Robert Earl Keen, Cory Morrow and others are often dubbed "Texas music". Brian Burns, a product of Central Texas, sometimes called The Last True Texas Troubadour, has achieved note especially through his historical ballads about Texas. Pat Green featured on cover of Texas Monthly (June, 2002). ... Robert Earl Keen, Jr. ... Cory Morrow is a singer/songwriter who has gained popularity in Texas. ...

Texas blues

Main article: Texas blues

Blind Willie Johnson

The blues originated in the Mississippi Delta and had spread to Texas by the beginning of the 20th century. African American workers at lumber camps, oilfields and other locations loved the music, and avidly attended local performances. When the Great Depression hit, many of these musicians moved to cities like Houston and Galveston, where they created a style known as Texas blues. Blind Lemon Jefferson (in and around Dallas) was the first major artist of the field, and he was followed by legends like Blind Willie Johnson (who was principally a gospel singer) and Big Mama Thornton. By the 1970s, Texas blues had lost its popularity, but was revived by the blues rock stylings of the Fabulous Thunderbirds, who set the stage for the 80s revival led by Stevie Ray Vaughan. Texas blues is a subgenre of the blues. ... Image File history File links Blindwilliejohnson. ... Image File history File links Blindwilliejohnson. ... Blind Willie Johnson Blind Willie Johnson (c. ... Blues music redirects here. ... The shared flood plain of the Yazoo and Mississippi Rivers The Mississippi Delta is the distinct northwest section of the state of Mississippi that lies between the Mississippi and Yazoo Rivers. ... (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999... The Great Depression was an economic downturn which started in 1929 (although its effects were not fully felt until late 1930) and lasted through most of the 1930s. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Blind Willie Johnson Blind Willie Johnson (c. ... Big Mama Thornton album cover Willie Mae (Big Mama) Thornton (December 11, 1926 - July 25, 1984) was an American blues singer. ... The Fabulous Thunderbirds are a blues-rock band, formed in 1974 (see 1974 in music). ... Stephen (Stevie) Ray Vaughan (October 3, 1954 – August 27, 1990), born in Dallas, Texas, was an American blues guitarist, credited with reviving interest in blues in the 1980s. ...

Rock

Monument to Stevie Ray Vaughan in Austin, Texas

The first major Texan musical star was Buddy Holly, a very famous rock and roll musician from the 1950s. Another up and coming singer, from Wink, TX, was also making waves in the music scene. His name was Roy Orbison. He was followed by Bobby Fuller and rockabilly star Ronnie Dawson. In the next decade, Doug Sahm's Sir Douglas Quintet released several innovative performances, as did psychedelic rock underground legends 13th Floor Elevators, led by Roky Erickson.In 1971, Bloodrock from Ft. Worth released "D.O.A.",an international hit. Don Henley of the Eagles grew up in Gilmer, Texas. More recently, Texas, especially the city of Austin, has produced garage rock, punk and indie rock bands like Lift to Experience, Butthole Surfers and The Mars Volta. Download high resolution version (750x1077, 44 KB)Stevie Ray Vaughan statue on Auditorium Shores in Austin, Texas. ... Download high resolution version (750x1077, 44 KB)Stevie Ray Vaughan statue on Auditorium Shores in Austin, Texas. ... Stephen (Stevie) Ray Vaughan (October 3, 1954 – August 27, 1990), born in Dallas, Texas, was an American blues guitarist, credited with reviving interest in blues in the 1980s. ... Nickname: Live Music Capital of the World Location in the state of Texas Coordinates: Country United States State Texas County Travis County Mayor Will Wynn Area    - City 669. ... Charles Hardin Holley (September 7, 1936 – February 3, 1959), better known as Buddy Holly, was an American singer, songwriter, and a pioneer of Rock and Roll. ... Rock and roll (also spelled Rock n Roll, especially in its first decade), also called rock, is a form of popular music, usually featuring vocals (often with vocal harmony), electric guitars and a strong back beat; other instruments, such as the saxophone, are common in some styles. ... The 1950s was the decade spanning from the 1st of January, 1950 to the 31st December, 1959. ... Roy Kelton Orbison (April 23, 1936 – December 6, 1988), nicknamed The Big O, was an influential American singer-songwriter and a pioneer of rock and roll whose recording career spanned more than four decades. ... Bobby Fuller on the single cover of I Fought the Law Bobby Fuller (October 22, 1942 – July 18, 1966) was an American rock singer and guitarist best known for his classic I Fought the Law. // Early career Born in Baytown, Texas, Fuller spent most of his youth in El Paso... 1950s Rockabilly book by Harlan Ellison Rockabilly is one of the earliest forms of rock and roll as a distinct style of music. ... Ronald F. Ronnie Dawson (born August 11, 1939 in Dallas, Texas; died September 23, 2003 in Dallas, Texas) was an American rockabilly musician, although he was more popular in England than back home. ... Douglas Wayne Sahm (born November 6, 1941, San Antonio, Texas, died November 18, 1999, Taos, New Mexico) was a musician from Texas. ... Sir Douglas Quintet was a rock band active in the late 1960s and early 1970s. ... Psychedelic rock is a style of rock music inspired by or attempting to replicate the mind-altering experiences brought on by drugs such as cannabis, psilocybin, mescaline, salvia divinorum, and especially LSD. There are also other forms of psychedelic music that started from the same roots and diverged from the... The 13th Floor Elevators were a rock music group founded in Austin, Texas in late 1965. ... Roky Erickson (born Roger Kynard Erickson on July 15, 1947) is an American singer, songwriter, harmonica player and guitarist from Texas. ... Bloodrocks debut album Bloodrock was a Fort Worth, Texas-based rock & roll band in the 1970s. ... Please wikify (format) this article or section as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ... Indie rock is a subgenre of rock music often used to refer to bands that are on small independent record labels or that arent on labels at all. ... Lift to Experience is the name of a band from Denton, Texas. ... The cover of the album Locust Abortion Technician Butthole Surfers are an American rock band, founded by Gibby Haynes and Paul Leary in San Antonio, Texas in 1981; the pair met while students at Trinity University. ... The Mars Volta is an American rock group founded by Cedric Bixler-Zavala and Omar Rodriguez-Lopez. ...

Punk rock

Texas has long had a distinctive punk rock sound spread across copious cities, especially Austin and Houston. Austin in particular was considered a significant punk city; major venues there in the late '70s-early '80s included the Continental Club on south Congress and the (now defunct) Club Foot on Guadalupe. Houston's punk scene flourished in the early '80s producing bands like Really Red, The Degenerates, The Hates, The Judy's, the Volumatix, DRI, and the Killerwatts. Some notable Houston clubs were the Island, Cabaret Voltaire (a punk rock garage in the warehouse district outside of downtown), the Axiom, Fitzgeralds, and Numbers (a predominately new wave club). In the mid '90s post-punk act At the drive-in formed in El Paso. Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ... Nickname: Live Music Capital of the World Location in the state of Texas Coordinates: Country United States State Texas County Travis County Mayor Will Wynn Area    - City 669. ... Houston redirects here. ... Personnel: Wade Driver - drums & vocals, Kenny Coffman - guitars & vocals Tom Kiersted - bass, backing vocals David Garrison* - vocalist Only one recording, the four song Fallout seven-inch EP. Tracks included Fallout (Driver), Scungy Girl (Coffman), Radio Anarchy (Coffman) and Skid Row Kid (Garrison). ... Houston Punk and new wave band from the late 70s and early 80s. ... DRI may stand for: Darden Restaurants, Inc. ... At the Drive-In (ATDI) was a post-hardcore band from El Paso, Texas from 1993 until 2001. ...

Alternative rock

Several alternative rock bands from Texas also reached a level of popularity during the late 1980s and early 1990s. These included bands like Toadies (whose biggest hit, Possum Kingdom, was named for a lake west of Dallas), Tripping Daisy, and by the end of the '90s The Polyphonic Spree. Alternative rock (also called alternative music[1] or simply alternative) is a genre of rock music that emerged in the 1980s and became widely popular in the 1990s. ... The 1980s refers to the years of 1980 to 1989. ... Germans dancing on the Berlin Wall in late 1989, the symbol of the cold war divide falls down as the world unites in the 1990s. ... Toadies were a post-grunge band from Fort Worth, Texas. ... Tripping Daisy was a rock band that formed in Dallas, Texas in 1991. ... The Polyphonic Spree is a self-described choral symphonic rock group from the Dallas, Texas area. ...

Ragtime

Scott Joplin

Ragtime composer, Scott Joplin, was born in 1868 near Texarkana. Scott Joplin This image is in the public domain because its copyright has expired in the United States and those countries with a copyright term of life of the author plus 70 years or less. ... Scott Joplin (born between June 1867 and January 1868[1] – died April 1, 1917) was a black musician and composer of ragtime music. ... Scott Joplin (born between June 1867 and January 1868[1] – died April 1, 1917) was a black musician and composer of ragtime music. ... 1868 (MDCCCLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Friday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... The famous post office on state line in Texarkana TX/AR Texarkana is a city located in Bowie County, Texas and is situated in East Texas. ...

Religious music

Sacred music has a long tradition in the state of Texas. The East Texas Musical Convention was organized in 1855, and is the oldest Sacred Harp convention in Texas, and the second oldest the United States. The Southwest Texas Sacred Harp Convention was organized in 1900. The East Texas Musical Convention, now usually called the East Texas Sacred Harp Convention, is an annual gathering of shape note singers. ... 1855 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Sacred Harp singing is a tradition of sacred choral music that took root in the Southern region of the United States. ... 1900 (MCM) was an exceptional common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, but a leap year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. ...

Sacred Harp and other books in four shape notation were the forerunners of seven shape note gospel music. According to the Handbook of Texas, "The first Texas community singing using the seven shape note tradition reportedly occurred in the latter part of December 1879. Itinerant teachers representing the A. J. Showalter Company of Dalton, Georgia -- including company founder A. J. Showalter -- ventured west to Giddings in East Texas and conducted a rural music school that lasted for several weeks." Texas has been home to several gospel music convention publishers, including the National Music Company, Stamps-Baxter Music and Printing Company (founded in 1924 by V. O. Stamps, who later partnered with J. R. Baxter), and the Stamps Quartet Music Company (founded by Frank Stamps). Convention gospel music and community singings still occur in a number of Texas towns, including Mineral Wells, Brownfield, Jacksonville, Seymour, and Stephenville. Shape notes are a system of music notation designed to facilitate congregational singing. ... Gospel music may refer to the religious music that first came out of African-American churches in the first quarter of the twentieth century or, more loosely, to both black gospel music and to the religious music composed and sung by predominately white Southern Gospel artists. ... The Handbook of Texas (ISBN 0-87611-151-7) is a comprehensive encyclopedia of Texas geography, history, and historical persons published jointly by the Texas State Historical Association (TSHA) and the General Libraries at the University of Texas at Austin. ...

Tejano music

Tejano music is the fusion of several different musical influences, such as German polka, Mexican rancheras, jazz, among others. Santiago Almeida, Flaco Jimenez and Narciso Martinez remain some of its most influential figures. The genre's undisputed star, however, is the legendary Selena Quintanilla, who added influences from Colombian cumbia before her untimely death. Tejano[1] (Spanish for Texan) or Tex-Mex[2] music is the name given to various forms of folk and popular music originating among the Mexican-descended Tejanos of Central and South Texas. ... Street musicians in Prague playing a polka Polka is a type of dance and genre of dance music. ... Flaco Jimenez is a Tejano musician from San Antonio, New Mexico. ... Selena Selena Quintanilla Perez (April 16, 1971 – March 31, 1995) was a Mexican-American singer who is considered to be one of the most popular and influential Hispanic music icons of all time. ... Cumbia is originally a Colombian folk dance and dance music and is Colombias representative national dance and music along with vallenato. ...

Locales

Austin

Main article: Music of Austin

Austin, Texas's liberal community helped popularize bands like The Police and Elvis Costello in the American midwest. Tex-Mex/New Wave act Joe King Carrasco & the Crowns gained some national fame. Local punk and New Wave bands in the late 1970s included The Huns and The Skunks, along with The Textones, Terminal Mind, The Violators, The Delinquents, D-Day, Delta, The Next and Standing Waves. These bands soon clashed with an influx of hardcore punk bands like Sharon Tate's Baby, The Dicks, The Offenders, The Inserts, Big Boys and MDC Stains. Stevie Ray Vaughan statue on Austins Town Lake. ... Nickname: Live Music Capital of the World Location in the state of Texas Coordinates: Country United States State Texas County Travis County Mayor Will Wynn Area    - City 669. ... The Police was a three-piece British rock band, which was strongly influenced by ska and reggae. ... Declan Patrick MacManus (born 25 August 1954, in London), better known by his stage name, Elvis Costello, is an English musician, singer, and songwriter of Irish ancestry. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, inclusive. ... Many historians consider the Huns (meaning person in Mongolian language) the first Mongolian and Turkic people mentioned in European history. ... The Delinquents is a 1957 motion picture which Robert Altman wrote, produced, and directed in his hometown of Kansas City, Missouri during the summer of 1956 on a $45,000 budget. ... Hardcore punk is a subgenre of punk rock which originated in the United States of America in the late 1970s. ... The Dicks are a band considered influential in introducing the sound of hardcore punk, particularly in their home state of Texas. ... The Offenders was a melodrama filmed in the town of Randolph, Vermont, in 1922. ... The Big Boys were a pioneering band who are credited with helping introduce the new style of hardcore punk that became popular in the 1980s. ...

Austin, especially through its central music scene on Sixth Street, has been dubbed The Live Music Capital of the World. The Tejano Artist Music Museum and Texas Music Hall of Fame are also located here. The Austin/Georgetown area is home to the fall session of the Southwest Texas Sacred Harp Singing Convention. Austin also hosts South by Southwest, one of the largest annual music festivals in the united States. Austin has long been a hub of innovative psychedelic sound from the pioneering Roky Erikson and the 13th Floor Elevators to the Butthole Surfers. When the sun goes down, the sights and sounds of the pubs, restaurants and nightclubs on 6th Street come alive. ... South by Southwest (SXSW, Inc. ... The 13th Floor Elevators were a rock music group founded in Austin, Texas in late 1965. ... The cover of the album Locust Abortion Technician Butthole Surfers are an American rock band, founded by Gibby Haynes and Paul Leary in San Antonio, Texas in 1981; the pair met while students at Trinity University. ...

Austin is currently home to a number of bands that are enjoying popularity as part of the indie rock scene that is gaining prominence in the United States. These include Spoon, ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead, I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness and Explosions in the Sky, among others. Indie rock is a subgenre of rock music often used to refer to bands that are on small independent record labels or that arent on labels at all. ... Spoon is an American indie rock band from Austin, Texas with a wide underground following. ... …And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead is an indie rock band best known for their heavy yet anthemic music and their tendency to destroy their equipment at the end of their performances (a rock and roll tradition usually associated with The Who). ... I Love You But Ive Chosen Darkness is an indie rock band formed in 2001, based out of Austin, Texas. ... Explosions in the Sky is a primarily instrumental American post-rock band. ...

Beaumont-Port Arthur

This area was also home to many legendary musicians: Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, Janis Joplin, Edgar and Johnny Winter.

Carthage

The Texas Country Music Hall of Fame is located in Carthage, Texas. The Texas Country Music Hall of Fame is located in Carthage, Texas. ... Carthage is a city located in Panola County, Texas. ...

Dallas

Dallas has a rich musical heritage. The number of prolific musicians who played in the Deep Ellum Central Track area was rivaled in the south only by Beale Street. T-Bone Walker, Leadbelly, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Blind Willie Johnson, and even Robert Johnson himself first recorded in this area, just as Bob Wills and the Lightcrust Doughboys were leaving the studio. Throughout the 1940s, 50s and 60's, country, western, and blues continued to flourish, producing a plethora of notable entertainers. As rock'n'roll swept the land, Dallas has also become a hotbed for producing progressive, edgy music... a trend that has continued to this day. Dallas has a vibrant live music scene, that continues to center around the Deep Ellum area. Unfortunately the City of Dallas has restricted the growth of this neighborhood, an attempt to control traffic and crime, to the point where the history and heritage no longer thrive, but are a distant memory being replaced by "less offensive" tenants. Dallas redirects here. ...

Denton

The music culture that exists in Denton was seeded initially by the 1947 birth of the University of North Texas' College of Music Jazz studies program, the first of its kind in the country, but in the last 20 years Denton's vibrant and diverse music culture has grown beyond the rigorous, disciplined and collegiate world of UNT's College of Music. In 2004 and 2005, the roster of the town's performing and touring music acts remained between 90 and 100, a high number considering the town's 2000 U.S. census population figure of only 80,537 people. Denton bands include: longtime mainstay and twice Grammy award-winning Brave Combo, Lift to Experience, Centro-Matic, Brutal Juice, Slobberbone, the Baptist Generals, Midlake, South San Gabriel, Sol Kitchen, Bagg,the Marked Men,Nine Dollar Word, and Bosque Brown. Denton's music culture makes the smaller town Texas' only other city, outside of Austin, that could claim such a title as "music town", a reflection of city's own creative and progressive dominant cultural base. Brave Combo is a polka/rock band based in Denton, Texas. ... Lift to Experience is the name of a band from Denton, Texas. ... Centro-Matic is an indie rock band based in Denton, Texas. ... Brutal Juice Logo Brutal Juice was a self-proclaimed acid punk (LSD-influenced hardcore and prog-rock) band from Denton, Texas. ... Slobberbone is an American alt-country band from Denton, Texas. ... The Baptist Generals are an American band from the music town of Denton, Texas. ... Midlake is a rock band from Denton, Texas. ... South San Gabriel is a census-designated place located in Los Angeles County, California, United States. ... The Marked Men is a punk rock band from Denton, Texas. ... Bosque Brown is an American indie band from the music town of Denton, Texas. ...

El Paso

Ed Ivey's Rhythm Pigs launched a small scene. The Rhythm Pigs were a punk band, originially from El Paso, Texas, later relocated to San Francisco. ...

Fort Worth

In 1971, Bloodrock had 3 albums at once on Billboard Magazine's top 100 charts. After 8 albums on E.M.I./Capitol, they maintain a world-wide cult following. Bloodrocks debut album Bloodrock was a Fort Worth, Texas-based rock & roll band in the 1970s. ...

Houston

Houston has been home to the more experimental and extreme groups of Texas. From Mayo Thompson's psychedelic free music group the Red Crayola to the hardcore rap of the Geto Boys and the primordial sludge rock of Rusted Shut, the 713 has long waved the freak flag over the Lone Star state. The Pain Teens and Richard Ramirez (musician) are among the better known Houston Noise Bands. Among the city's most influential punk bands were the hardcore Really Red and DRI. Culturcide, Mydolls, Verbal Abuse, Stark Raving Mad, Sik Mentality, Dresden 45, Legionaire's Disease, The Hates, AK-47, The Killerwatz, Free Money, The Recipients and The Degenerates also played. It is known for its screwed and chopped rap music, popularized by DJ Screw and the Screwed Up Click. Houston also is the home of lo-fi music straddeling blues, folk, and modent antiphonal traditions, as epitomised by elusive cult hero Jandek and the slightly more visible Jana Hunter. Houston is also the birthplace and final resting place of Chris Whitley (1960-2005) who won a Grammy for his Livin with the Law album and revolutionized the National steel Dobro guitar and enjoyed a massive cult following, but died prematurely of lung cancer in 2005. The Red Crayola was a psychedelic, avant-garde rock band from Houston, Texas, formed by art students at the University of St. ... Cover of AlbumGeto Boys - The Foundation The Geto Boys are a gangsta rap group from Houston, Texas, consisting of Scarface, Willie D and Bushwick Bill. ... Events Byzantine Emperor Philippicus deposed. ... In 1985, Houston residents Bliss Blood and Scott Ayers formed The Pain Teens. ... Richard Ramirez is an American noise artist from Houston, Texas, recording and performing both as a solo artist and as part of several groups, including Black Leather Jesus, Priest in Shit, and the static noise solo project Werewolf Jerusalem. ... Over the past 35 years, Houston, TX has become one of the worlds leading centers for a particular brand of dark experimental music, ranging from psych-rock to industrial to distorted stripped down folk songs, to dance party mayhem, but all sharing a similar aesthetic sensibility rooted in dissonance and... Dresden 45 was a hardcore punk band from Houston, Texas, also known as D45 and variantly, D45. They were one of the first hardcore bands to implement a guitar-driven heavy metal sound into their music. ... This page may meet Wikipedias criteria for speedy deletion. ... Personnel: Wade Driver - drums & vocals, Kenny Coffman - guitars & vocals Tom Kiersted - bass, backing vocals David Garrison* - vocalist Only one recording, the four song Fallout seven-inch EP. Tracks included Fallout (Driver), Scungy Girl (Coffman), Radio Anarchy (Coffman) and Skid Row Kid (Garrison). ... Screwed & Chopped is a term that refers to a certain technique of remixing hip-hop music by slowing the tempo and applying various DJ techniques such as skipping beats, record scratching, stop-time, and sending portions of the music through stand-alone effects to make a chopped-up version of... DJ Screw, born Robert Earl Davis, Jr. ... The Screwed Up Click also known as S.U.C. is an assortment of rappers from the southside of Houston, Texas started by the late DJ Screw. ... Jandek is the assumed name of an outsider musician who operates in or around Houston, Texas. ... Jana Hunter is a singer/songwriter from Houston, Texas. ... Chris Whitley Christopher Becker Whitley (August 31, 1960 – November 20, 2005) was a singer songwriter who recorded albums on various labels. ... A modern Gibson Dobro Dobro is a trade name now owned by Gibson Guitar Corporation and used for a particular design of resonator guitar. ...

Lubbock

Lubbock has been the crossroads of many famous musicians with country roots. Ranging from The Flatlanders, to Waylon Jennings, to Lubbock's native son Buddy Holly. The city has numerous honky tonks and bars with live music playing seven nights a week. Nickname: Hub City Location within the state of Texas Coordinates: County Lubbock County Mayor David Miller Area    - City 297. ... The Flatlanders are a country band from Lubbock, Texas founded by Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Joe Ely, and Butch Hancock. ... Waylon Arnold Jennings (June 15, 1937 – February 13, 2002) was one of the most respected and influential American country music singers and guitarists of all time. ... Charles Hardin Holley (September 7, 1936 – February 3, 1959), better known as Buddy Holly, was an American singer, songwriter, and a pioneer of Rock and Roll. ... Honky tonk was originally the name of a type of bar common throughout the southern United States, also Honkatonk or Honkey-tonk. ...

San Antonio

Known primarily for tejano music and heavy metal, San Antonio is known for Fearless Iraninas From Hell, Boxcar Satan and the Butthole Surfers, a hardcore band that broke into the mainstream in the mid-1990s. The Tejano Conjunto Festival is an annual three-day event celebrating conjunto music. Tejano[1] (Spanish for Texan) or Tex-Mex[2] music is the name given to various forms of folk and popular music originating among the Mexican-descended Tejanos of Central and South Texas. ... Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that emerged as a defined musical style in the 1970s, having its roots in hard rock bands which, between 1969 and 1974,[1] mixed blues and rock music to create a hybrid with a thick, heavy, guitar-and-drums-centered sound, characterised... Nickname: Alamo City; River City Location in the state of Texas Coordinates: Counties Bexar County Mayor Phil Hardberger Area    - City 1067. ... This article, image, template or category belongs in one or more categories. ... The cover of the album Locust Abortion Technician Butthole Surfers are an American rock band, founded by Gibby Haynes and Paul Leary in San Antonio, Texas in 1981; the pair met while students at Trinity University. ... Germans dancing on the Berlin Wall in late 1989, the symbol of the cold war divide falls down as the world unites in the 1990s. ...

Professional organizations

• Association of Texas Small School Bands
• Heart of Texas Music Association
• Texas Association of Music Schools
• Texas Music Educators Association
• Texas Music Associations and Unions

References

• American Hardcore: A Tribal History, by Steven Blush. Feral House. 2001. ISBN 0-922915-71-7
• The Handbook of Texas Music, Roy R. Barkley, Douglas E. Barnett, Cathy Brigham, editors. Texas State Historical Association. 2003. ISBN 0-87611-194-0
• The Texas-Mexican Conjunto: History of a Working-Class Music, by Manuel Peña. University of Texas Press. 1985. ISBN 0-292-78080-X

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External links

• Sacred Harp Singing in Texas
• Texas Music Hall of Fame
• Texas Music Office
• Texas Music Project
• Texas Music Search Engine