Tex-I-An Boys - Songs of Texas [CD] USA import

Folkways Records

Tex-I-An Boys - Songs of Texas [CD]

Artist: Tex-I-An Boys

Title: Songs of Texas

Condition: New

Format: COMPACT DISCS

Release Date: 2012

Label: Folkways Records

UPC: 093070532823

Genre: Folk

Album Tracks

1. Chisholm Trail
2. Long Summer Day
3. Cowboy's Dream
4. San Antonio Rose
5. Streets of Laredo
6. Blue Yodel #1 (T for Texas)
7. The Tex-I-An Boys
8. Remember the Alamo
9. Texas Dance Medley
10. Ain't No More Cane on the Brazos
11. Red River Valley
12. Austin Blues
13. Billy Barlow
14. Ballet of the Boll Weevil (Boll Weevil)
15. Wasn't That a Mighty Storm!
16. I'm Going to Leave Old Texas

Five men from the Houston area perform "Sixteen popular folk songs of the Lone Star State," most of which have become well-known throughout the country. The songs reflect some of the realities and history of Texan life: cowboys, farming, love, a powerful hurricane, the Alamo, the blues, and a country dance. One song with an interesting history, "Billy Barlow," has been traced back to 14th century England. The Tex-I-An Boys hope that you will find their songs "singable" and they promise that when you can sing them with "proper reverence," you will be made "honorary Texans"! Extensive liner notes provide the background of each song, as well as the lyrics.