Deep Within The Heart Of Texas Are 250 Melodies (And Counting)

Eeee Haw! Play it again, Leon! If this is (fair & balanced) Lone Star musicology, so be it.

[x "Texas Music Matters" — KUT-FM]
Top Ten Texas Songs
By David Brown

"Texas Music Matters" has identified more than 250 songs about Texas—all the way from Abilene to the Yoakum Texas Blues. But of all the songs written about Texas (or any town or emotion therein), which ones belong among the Top 10 Texas Tunes of All Time?

Listener Suggestions
Stupid Texas Song by Austin Lounge Lizards
Miles and Miles of Texas by Asleep at the Wheel
The Streets of Laredo by Johnny Cash
No Place But Texas by Willie Nelson
Texas Funeral by Jon Wayne
Texas Flyer by Freddie King
Viva Seguin by Santiago Jiminez
Rolling Stone from Texas by Don Walser
London Homesick Blues by Gary P. Nunn
What I Like About Texas by Gary P. Nunn
Dallas Alice by Doug Sahm
Brand New Way of Living by the Hickoids
Texas by Chris Rea
Texas Gal by Honky Tonk Confidential
New San Antonio Rose by Bob Wills
Lone Star Rag by Bob Wills
Panhandle Shuffle by Bob Wills
Yellow Rose of Texas Traditional
Deep in the Heart of Texas by Gene Autry
Texas Trilogy by Steve Fromholtz
The Devil Went to Dallas by Rusty Weir
Waltz Across Texas by Ernest Tubb
Texas Morning by B.W. Stevenson
Dallas by Jimmie Dale Gilmore

And, (drumroll, please),

"Texas Music Matters" Top 10 Texas Songs
10. Amarillo by Morning by George Strait
9. La Grange by ZZ Top
8. That’s Right You’re Not From Texas by Lyle Lovett
7. Luckenbach, TX by Waylon Jennings
6. El Paso by Marty Robbins
5. London Homesick Blues by Gary P. Nunn
4. Deep in the Heart of Texas by Gene Autry
3. Waltz Across Texas by Ernest Tubb
2. New San Antonio Rose by Bob Wills
1. Miles and Miles of Texas by Asleep at the Wheel

To listen to the "Top 10 Texas Songs" show, click on this link. ♥

[David Brown is a lawyer, radio personality and journalist who hosted the nationally syndicated "Marketplace" radio program from American Public Media from September 2003 to August 2005. Prior to becoming host of that program, David Brown was one of its senior producers. Before joining the "Marketplace" team, Brown worked in several roles including reporter and producer for The Christian Science Monitor's Monitor Radio service. David Brown holds a law degree from Washington and Lee University and is a member of the State Bar of California. He also holds a Master's degree in Classics/Great Books from St. John's College and a Bachelor's degree in journalism from Georgia State University. He is currently the host and executive producer of "Texas Music Matters" on KUT 90.5, the NPR affiliate in Austin, Texas.]

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