Cross Canadian Ragweed's new cd is titled "Garage"

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CMT.com : Cross Canadian Ragweed : Cross Canadian Ragweed's New CD Due Oct. 4

Cross Canadian Ragweed will release its new album, Garage, on Oct. 4 on Universal South Records. The band's third project for the Nashville-based label includes "Fightin' For," "Sister," "This Time Around" and a cover of Todd Snider's "Late Last Night." The previous album, Soul Gravy, debuted at No. 5 on Billboard's country albums chart in 2004.

WTG Randy Rogers Band!!!

New Publishing, Recording Deals For Rogers Randy Rogers, the frontman for the popular Texas-based group the Randy Rogers Band, has signed a publishing deal with Nashville-based Big Tractor Music Publishing. His band also recently inked a record contract with Mercury Records in Nashville. Rogers' songs have been cut by Kenny Chesney and Cross Canadian Ragweed. Big Tractor's roster also includes Shelly Fairchild, Clint Ingersoll, Wade Kirby, Kylie Sackely and Monty Criswell

Texas Music - Good Read

The Man in the Middle: Building a Regional Music Market: The Texas Model For those of you who have been living under a rock, there's something brewing down in Texas. Actually, it has been for quite some time. It started when Willie grew his hair, rolled his own, moved back to Austin, and brought Waylon with him. It's a revolution- its artists who turn their back on the establishment, and succeed not in spite of it, but because of it. It's a regional country music market where unsigned bands place a higher premium on their music and fans than they do on their money and the size of your heart matters more than the size of your home. And the coolest thing of all- these guys are making a living doing what they love, on their own terms. Fast forward a few decades and the legacy of the men who started it all is being carried on through guys like Pat Green, Jack Ingram, Cory Morrow, Jason Boland, Reckless Kelly, and Cross Canadian Ragweed (although from Oklahoma, it's the Texas market they're working).

Awesome Parody - Save a Joke, Write a Song

Click here for the link to the lyrics at Galleywinter It's a parody of Big & Rich's "Save a Horse, Ride a Cowyboy" It was done by Brad

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Save a Joke, Write a Song

(intro) We are DUM-DE-DE-DUM, DE-DE-DUM-DE-DE-DUM, DE-DAA-DAAAAA Yes, we are DUM-DE-DE-DUM, DE-DE-DUM-DE-DE-DUM, DE-DAA-DAA-DAA-DAA-DAAAA!

Well, I walk into the room Queer like $2 bills And it kills and it thrills like my little midget friend Phil And I get thrown out the bar upside down And now you’ve got a frown Because country music’s never gonna be the same

(Chorus:) Cause I sold out my soul and I got signed to a label Tried to make good music But I just wasn’t able Homeless men down on Broadway And an old one named Leroy They all say Save a joke, write a song Everybody says Save a joke, write a song

Well I don’t know how to sang or do nothing But be stupid, hey at least that’s something While the crowd is all Walking out! Just like I told ol Leroy I’ll be the grand marshall or drum major for your freak parade We’re the only Mili Vanilli left in this town

Repeat Chorus: Cause I sold out my soul and I got signed to a label Tried to make good music But I just wasn’t able Homeless men down on Broadway And an old one named Leroy They all say Save a joke, write a song Everybody says Save a joke, write a song

  (Spoken:) I'm extremely inbred that's what my mom said conceived in my dad’s truck bed As they were getting drunk Out on some back country road. My IQ’s not very high School yard rhymes and marketing have the clock ticking on our 15 min fame time And we’re goin just about as far as the public will let us go And people’s evaluation of our crappy reputation and our misrepresentations are all dead on So I’m telling you now I’m real sorry That I introduced our act to the country And sang y’all every terrible song that I wrote And yes we are dumb!

Cause I sold out my soul and I got signed to a label Tried to make good music But I just wasn’t able Homeless men down on Broadway And an old one named Leroy They all say Save a joke, write a song Everybody says Save a joke, write a song

Currently, one of my favorite songs

Kenny Chesney - Anything But Mine  

Intro - E - A - E - A

 

(verse 1) E A Walkin along beneath the lights of that miracle mile, E A Me and Mary makin our way into the night, E You can hear the crowds from the carnaval rides A The pinball bells and the ski ball slides, E A Watching the summer sun fall out of sight

  (bridge) B A There's a warm wind coming in, from off of the ocean E A makin it's way past the hotel walls to feel the street, E A Mary's holdin both of her shoes in her hand E B E Said she likes to fell the sand beneath her feet,

 

(chorus) E A And in them mornin I'm a leavin makin my way back to Cleveland, E A So tonight I hope, that I would do just fine, E A And I don't see, how you could ever be, E B E any-thing but mine,

 

(verse 2) There's a local band playing at the seaside pavilion And I got just enough cash to get us in And as we're dancin Mary's wrapping her arms around me And I can feel the sting of summer on my skin (bridge) In the midst of the music I tell her I love her We both laugh cause we know it isn't true Ah but Mary there's a summer drawing to an end tonight And there's so much that I long to do to you (chorus) E A But in them mornin I'm a leavin makin my way back to Cleveland, E A So tonight I hope, that I would do just fine, E A And I don't see, how you could ever be, E B E any-thing but mine,

 

(lead - E - A - E - B = 2x's)

  (chorus) E A But in them mornin I'm a leavin makin my way back to Cleveland, E A So tonight I hope, that I would do just fine, E A And I don't see, how you could ever be, E B E any-thing but mine, E A Mary I don't see, how you could ever be, E B E any-thing but mine,

 

(Outro - E - A - E - B - 2x's) (chorus) E A And in them mornin I'm a leavin makin my way back to Cleveland, E A So tonight I hope, that I would do just fine, E A And I don't see, how you could ever be, E B E any-thing but mine,

Texas/Americana/etc Bands I'd like to see perform