And it is scary. Jim Reeves Hank Williams, Sr. Texas' country rocks. While Nashville struggles to find a way out of its music business blues, Texas artists have taken the bull by the horns, popped onto the charts, and rekindled the grass-roots spirit that long has characterized the Lone Star State. Although it lacks the mass and muscle of the Nashville music machine, the Texas scene has a strength of its own, generating the bulk of artists composing the Americana genre and quietly building a fan base far beyond state lines.
Fans can buy the c.d.'s from the stage, internet, and stores.
The artists can make more money than they could on a record label. They also have more control over the way their music is produced and marketed, bypassing the traditional beaten paths of a record company p.r. They champion the music they like. Internet radio has created yet another aural opportunity, allowing Texas artists to cross state lines more easily than ever before. The sound has been around and has been growing, rhythmically, for the last several years.