4th Generation musician and songwriter Jessee Lee tried to live a normal life outside the music industry, but that didn't last too long. Now she's touring 160+ nights a year. That's lucky for the rest of us ...
We try and get Memphis and Oppenheimer to open about their new, top-secret album and the treasures there-in. If they won't talk about it, maybe we can drink them into playing a cut or two...
We step outside out Texas Country Music comfort zone to hang with Perry Lowe, Rory "Storytime" Smith, and Cody King of the Chubby Knuckle Choir. Their blend of Funk Soulgrass is a great listen and goes well with bourbon.
Jerry DeLeon brings an accordion player and some of the new San Antonio sound to the majestic Texcellent-Shiner Studio...
Jack and Meta drop in to catch us up on life on the stage and reveal what happened to that Sprinter van they had to abandon in the Colorado snow ...
Vinny Tovar has a Tejano music legend for a father and grew up playing that style of music. So, naturally, when he went solo, he went Texas Country. We ask him WTF ... er, WTH!
We return to the Wood Shed, not to catch up with them, but to reminisce: we ask owners Mark Matoska (Tracy Byrd), Ollie Weaver (LeRoy Parnell), and John Stacy (Mark Chestnut) to tell us stories from the road circa '90s Country.
Whenever we have good whiskies to drink, we say "Beetlejuice" three times, and Fletch appears. We really should summon him more often ...
Sunny earns a return trip to the Drinking Texas Radio Show by covering Mike's favorite Charlie Pride tune, "Is Anybody Goin' to San Antone" with Azteca Ranch Music labelmates Vinny Tovar and Jerry DeLeon ... and some guy named Rico ...
We catch up with the legendary wild man and party animal, mere months after his new wife began the process of domestication... don't worry - he's still got lots of songs and stories.
We invited Jason Kee and Spencer Carlson over for some whiskey with the ulterior motive of getting them to talk about the new album they've been working on in secret. We're going to have to pour the good stuff.
We got an anonymous tip about Brandi in the form of a magazine article and a single working its way up the chart (it was Wyatt Ellis, he told us about her) so we followed it up and met this gifted singer...
We meet the charming young singer from the badlands of Brenham. We ask about her music, her influences, and whether or not her first name is also her pronoun...
Whiskey, music, and film are pretty much Drinking Texas' wheelhouse. So we were thrilled to get to spend time with Marsha Milam, the owner of Milam & Greene Distillery, the president of Marsha Milam music responsible for 300 live shows a year, and founder of the Austin Film Festival. We may just learn a thing or two...
As if listening to Mason Lively's newly released "Burn The Ground" album wasn't enough of a treat - he surprised us with a visit to the Texcellent-Shiner Studios for a 10-minute interview that turned into nearly two hours...
When a guest cancels at the last minute, we can count on Justin Fletcher from Austin Beerworks to pick up the slack ... as long as we're drinking good whiskey...
Holidays are meant for family, so we spend America's birthday with Amber's daughter "Dirty" Kayleigh Williams and our friend Jimmy "The Show Killer" Pierce...
The hardest working woman in Bandera takes time out of her busy, busy, busy performing schedule to drink a few with Drinking Texas...
Part-time Austinite, part-time Nashvillian Auburn McCormick combines her unique sound and crazy ex-boyfriend stories into some great songs...
Matt Cat comes by with his new album ready to drop and much excitement in the air. Personally, we smell a couple of #1's in there...
Ryder Grimes returns to the show fully prepared for the kind of nonsense we put him through last time - plus some live tunes in-studio...
Drinking Texas enters The Wood Shed, the new recording studio in Granger that is already putting our great country music, soundtracks, videos, and movies. We sit with partners Mark Matoska, Ollie Weaver, and John Stacy - producers and musicians who made their bones running with Tracy Byrd, Mark Chestnut, and Kevin Fowler (to name a few)...
We catch up with long-time friend, sometime co-host, and newlywed Natalie as she gets ready to open an intimate acoustic show with Zane Williams
Marlene introduces us to Milam & Greene's first Bottled in Bond offering.
If you've visited a Central Texas honky tonk this year, you've likely seen Wyatt Ellis and his band. Now, Drinking Texas gets to meet him...
The Drinking Texas Radio Show gets its first-ever Grammy winner (and lead accordion player) with Sunny Saucedo
Whiskey Festival founder and man-about-town Jake Clements enters the octagon - I mean Texcellent - Shiner Studios - for a second time.
Steph Cash takes time out of her busy performing schedule to sit and sip with us. Carlos stood us up tho...
It's no April Fool's - this guitar virtuoso, whiskey expert, and country music trivia Rain Man is dropping his new album - "Barely Gettin' By" - right here on the Drinking Texas Radio Show...
Our favorite singing stewardess drops in to share stories from 30,000 feet and some new, unreleased music
