That's Texas Right There!

You know you're a slacker blogger when people start calling your ass to make sure you're still alive. Hi, I'm Kristin, I'm a slacker blogger. No excuses, just lazy, busy and trying to get my ducks in a row for the upcoming month. I'm going to be a busy girl in May. I'll be all over the state and to cap off the travel I'm chairing a volunteer fire department supper for a city. You try feeding a hungry city and getting them to write huge checks for new equipment, it's a talent I tell ya! This is my 11th year. Next year will be my 12th and so on. You get my drift. If ya'll are going to be in the San Antonio area the 3rd Saturday of May, come, bring your check books, there's cheap beer and food in it for you.

On the weight loss front I'm 2 lbs. short of my first goal of 28 lbs. I fully intend to go to weigh in tomorrow and meet my goal. If I don't, I'm going to be very disappointed. Crying in the corner, sucking my thumb and sing kumbaya, disappointed. I plan on taking this weight loss thing in 25-30 lbs. incriments and right now I need this goal to happen!

Changing gears....Little did ya'll know, I'm somewhat of a music geek. You won't find CD one of 50 Cent in my house or of Pink or Gwen Stefani. They do nothing for me musically. Some of the crap out there just makes my ears bleed and teeth itch. I do admit to an eclectic taste though. I do own Eminem, Bach, Beethoven and Mozart, Pat Green, Norah Jones, Kenny Chesney, The Eagles, Def Leppard, Cooder Graw, Ozzy Osborne, Rascal Flats, Gary Allan, Josh Gracin, Montgomery Gentry and ZZ Top to name just a few. Just a wee eclectic.

Once upon a time I went to college with the aspirations of becoming a concert pianist. I'd taken lessons from age 5ish and had been to several national piano playing competitions and received high marks and was told if I kept up, it could easily make it a career. But alas, it wasn't meant to be, it was more of my mother's dream and not so much mine. She was more than disappointed when I changed my major from music. She nearly stroked out when I gave up the piano all together at age 21. I haven't touched it since. I do still have a love for good music.

I'm in a music rut right now. It seems like all the Nashville stars that I listen to are just, blegh. Not much is turning me on. When I was in college we'd go and listen to live Texas born and breed country music ever weekend. You might have heard of a few, Pat Green, Robert Earl Keen, Jerry Jeff Walker, Charlie Robison and Cooder Graw. I loved those guys and there is nothing better than going to an old dance hall, ice cold beer in hand and listening to good 'ol Texas country. Some of those guys have sold out to Nashville and are going more main stream. Can't blame them they have bills to pay. So lately, I've been on a hunt for new music to listen to in the truck or in my office. I'm craving good 'ol Texas country.

I found a few that I want to share with you. Most will be in San Antonio or in the area at one time or another and you can guarantee I'll be there to see them this summer, beer in hand. You can hear some of their songs at the links below. If you don't get the allure of the music, sugar, you never grew up in Texas and heard a man work a steel guitar. Pity really.

1100 Springs: the Eagles meet Johnny Cash Texas style, listen to Why She Been Gone So Long. I can listen to their stuff all day long!
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Max Stalling: If you like fiddle and "old" Nashville swing you'll like Max. Check out Blue Eyes. I can't put my finger on who he sounds like but it's a new and improved version and ROCKS.
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Jason Boland and The Stragglers: Listen to Somewhere Down in Texas, great mellow, river floatin' song. Awesome steel guitar work! Who am I kidding, I love all of his stuff.
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Last but not least....Roger *sigh* Creager: Slap some cream gravy on him and eat him up like a biscuit. Check out the song, Love. He's a fine piece of man, by the way, that's him, up there, floating the 'Lupe in Gruene.
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