Best of Texas

Take Country Back Celebrates the Best of

BRAND NEW REVIEWS!!

Weary Boys

Roger Wallace

Michael Ballew

Houston Marchman

Slaid Cleaves

Cory Morrow

Coming Next week:

Johnny Bush

Brian Burns

and much, much more!

Catching up with Dale Watson

Back to the Honky Tonk Basics

Dale Watson's July 2001 release "Every Song I Write Is For You" made more than one music critic's 'Best of 2001' list across the country, but chances are you didn't hear much of it on your local radio station, if you heard it at all.

More on our latest chat with Dale

Dale's latest single, 'In The Jailhouse Now' from Audium's 'Caught in the Webb' continues sit pretty on the Texas Top 30 - sitting up at #8 while 'Caught in the Webb' itself takes over top spot on the Americana Roots Chart!!

RETRO REVIEW: Dale's Every Song I Write Is For You was easily the best album of 2001. Read TCB's review

This Month's Editorial: Time For A New Revolution To Take Back Country? Texas Is Leading The Charge!

The Best Sites On The Web For Texas Country Music

ONE TO WATCH!

JAMIE RICHARDS - NO REGRETS

Jamie Richard's recent release, 'No Regrets', on D Records is packed full of solid, no frills, country music. If his debut album is any indication, with the talent the size of the Lonestar state, this Oklahoma native has a great future ahead of him,

Jamie's recently released single is a twangy cover of the 1999 Roger Springer Band's radio friendly "Don't Try To Find Me". A definite hit, it's virtually guaranteed to catch radio’s attention – hopefully long enough for them to give the rest of this top notch project a listen and a few spins. However, the kicker roadhouse song isn't the main story of this project.

Richards's puts all his eggs in this basket, giving listeners the full country experience while showcasing both his songwriting and singing talents with equal finesse. MORE

Last June Charlie Robison took time to chat with TCB. Here's a look back at our conversation.

Charlie Robison: Beyond the Image

Charlie Robison may very well be the shot of androgenic hormone that mainstream country music needs, but don’t think for a minute that he's even interested in being country music's cure-all. He has his own agenda. His music. "The music business, being famous and all that crap doesn’t mean anything to me, I love writing songs." In fact, if he had to choose he could see himself giving up the music business for his other love, ranching. "I would still do my music privately. I could never 'not write', to me its more about the writing. I mean I love the music, I love the songs, but I would sit on the ranch and write short stories, or books or whatever, but I could see myself leaving the road, it would be very tough, but I couldn’t do without the ranch, I just couldn’t."