KBEC's Top 100 Songs About Texas
With the Texas Country Reporter Festival come and gone, the KBEC Crew thought it would be a good time to put together a list of what we consider the top 100 songs about Texas.
Pulling from both country and rock artists, from both old and new, many of the songs will be instantly recognizable by our listeners - but until now they may not have heard them on KBEC. This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , especially if you think we got something wrong!
And here it is, our Top 100:
100: Way Back Texas - Pat Green
99: Texas Eagle - Steve Earle with the Mel McCurry Band
98 Brownsville Girl - Bob Dylan
97: Another Texas Song - Eddy Raven
96: There's a Girl in Texas - Trace Adkins
95: Keep Texas Beautiful - Jerry Jeff Walker
94: Texas - George Strait
93: Texarkana Baby - Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys
92: Price of San Jacinto - Rev. Horton Heat
91: Amarillo - Sideways Forest
90: Texas Tea - Jimmy Ellis
89: Remember the Alamo - George Strait
88: Texas Size Heartache - Joe Diffie
87: Dallas - Alan Jackson
86: Texas to a "T" - Herb Jeffries
85: The Devil Lives in Dallas - Rusty Wier
84: You Can't Get the Hell Out of Texas - George Jones
83: San Antonio Stroll - Tanya Tucker
82: West Texas Plains - Rosie Flores
81: Hustled Down in Texas - Johnny Winter
80: Texas Plains - Emmylou Harris
79: Hottest Ex in Texas - Becky Hobbs
78: Many a Long, Lonesome Highway - Rodney Crowell
77: Amarillo Sky - McBride and the Ride
76: Abilene - Dave Alvin
75: Texas Playboy Rag - Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys
74: Texas Me - Sir Douglas Quintet
73: The WASP (Texas Radio) - the Doors
72: I'm a Ding Dong Daddy from Dumas - Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys with Louis Armstrong
71: Asshole from El Paso - Kinky Friedman
70: China Grove - the Doobie Brothers
69: Texas Moon - Stoney Larue
68: You'll Never Take Texas Out of Me - Waylon Jennings
67: The Texas Fiddle Song - Merle Haggard
66: Ain't No More Cane on the Brazos - The Band with Bob Dylan
65: Terlingua Sky - Lost Gonzo Band with Gary P. Nunn
64: Lone Star State of Mind - Nanci Griffith
63: Heaven, Hell, or Houston - ZZ Top
62: Texas Blues - T. Texas Tyler
61: Texas Tattoo - Gibson Miller Band
60: Little Bit of Everything in Texas - Ernest Tubb
59: Texas Our Texas - 1969 Northside Elementary Choir
58: Keep Texas Beautiful - Jerry Jeff Walker
57: If It Wasn't For Texas - George Strait
56: San Antonio - Frank Black and the Catholics
55: The Yellow Rose of Texas - Johnny Lee
54: Texas Me & You - Asleep at the Wheel
53: Gonna Build Me a Big Fence Around Texas - Gene Autry
52: Blue Texas Waltz - Billy Joe Shaver
51: Somewhere in Texas (Part 1) - Willie Nelson
50: 100% Texan - Kevin Fowler
49: Good Texan - Jimmie Vaughan
48: Texas Lullabye - David Alan Coe
47: Northeast Texas Women - Lyle Lovett
46: Screw You, We're From Texas - Ray Wylie Hubbard
45: Dallas - Jimmie Dale Gilmore
44: T for Texas - Jimmie Rodgers
43: Is Anybody Going to San Antone - Doug Sahm
42: Can't Get Enough of Texas - Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys
41: Stars Over Texas - Tracy Lawrence
40: Bluest Eyes in Texas - Restless Heart
39: My First Taste of Texas - Ed Bruce
38: Rolling Stone from Texas - Johnny Gimble
37: Boogie Back to Texas - Asleep at the Wheel
36: Houston - the Gatlin Brothers
35: Somewhere in Texas (Part 2) - Willie Nelson
34: Texas in 1880 - Foster & Lloyd
33: Livin' on the Edge (of Houston) - Rev. Horton Heat
32: Home in San Antone - Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys
31: Blame It on Texas - Mark Chestnut
30: La Grange - ZZ Top
29: Galveston Bay - Bruce Springsteen
28: Galveston - Glen Campbell
27: Amarillo By Morning - George Strait
26: Tornado Time in Texas - Guy Clark
25: Laredo - Chris Cagle
24: I Can't See Texas from Here - George Strait
23: Under the X in Texas - Red Steagall
22: Texas When I Die - Tanya Tucker
21: Corpus Christi Bay - Robert Earl Keen
20: Texas - Charlie Daniels
19: The Eyes of Texas - UT Longhorn Band
18: Way Down Texas Way - Asleep at the Wheel
17: If You're Gonna Play in Texas - Alabama
16: I Like Texas - Pat Green
15: That's Right (You're Not From Texas) - Lyle Lovett
14: San Antonio Rose - Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys
13: Texas Flood - Stevie Ray Vaughan
12: El Paso - Marty Robbins
11: Texas on a Saturday Night - Willie Nelson & Mel Tellis
10: Texas on My Mind - Pat Green
9: God Blessed Texas - Little Texas
8: Texas in My Rearview Mirror - Mac Davis
7: Deep in the Heart of Texas - Moe Bandy
6: Texas Women - Hank Williams Jr.
5: Miles and Miles of Texas - Asleep at the Wheel
4: What I Like About Texas - Gary P. Nunn with Jerry Jeff Walker
3: All My Exes Live in Texas - George Strait
2: Waltz Across Texas - Ernest Tubb
1: Luckenbach, TX - Waylon Jennings
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