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This edition of the Sounds Like Texas newsletter sponsored by Vanguard Records, who brings us Lee Roy Parnell's Tell The Truth.   Visit Vanguard's site for your chance to win the '57 Les Paul Goldtop Reissue Gibson Custom Shop guitar that Lee Roy used to record his new album. He'll even sign it for you! 
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In this newsletter:

Coming Up
Weekly Review
Recently Sampled (for your listening pleasure)
Texas Music News
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Coming Up

Watch for new releases from:
Wayne Hancock
Robert Earl Keen
George Jones

Weekly Review - Lee Roy Parnell, Tell The Truth, A must have

Like his compadre, Delbert McClinton, Lee Roy Parnell is one of those artists whose music doesn't fit the conventional labels.  The old "too country for rock, to rock for country" applies here.  But like Delbert, that uncatagorizable trait is what makes Lee Roy's music so special.  For a guy who has had several top 10 songs in the country arena, the searing guitar work on the lead cut of his latest release, "Tell The Truth," steers the listener down a completely different road.  It's steeped more in the Mississippi delta than Nashville.  The ride down the back roads continues throughout this classy disc.  More by Moore

Recently Sampled (for your listening and buying pleasure)

Monte Montgomery - Wishing Well
Toni Price - Midnight Pumpkin
Charlie Robison - Step Right Up
Shaver - The Earth Rolls On
Shawn Colvin - Whole New You
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Texas Music News

Live Events:

Lloyd's BB King Blues Festival - with BB King, Buddy Guy, John Hiatt and Goners, Jimmie Vaughan, Double Trouble, Doyle Bramhall II, Bobby "Blue" Bland and Tommy Castro.  Rolls through Texas in early October:

• Houston October 6 at Cynthia Wood Mitchell Pavilion
• Austin October 7 at Auditorium Shores

Check out Monte Montgomery playing tunes from his new release on 8/31 in Bedford at the Labor Day Fest or on 9/1 in Austin at The Pier.

It's not too early to start checking the Shiner site on how to win tickets to the eight annual Bocktoberfest.  Headliners for the October 13th fest are Jerry Jeff Walker and Joe Ely.

To get more Texas and nationwide touring dates for your favorite Texas performers, check out Pollstar.

On the charts:

Gavin Triple A:

Lucinda Williams
Nanci Griffith 
Shawn Colvin
Old 97's
Chris Whitley
Robert Earl Keen
Delbert McClinton

Texas Music Charts (also on Sounds Like Texas):

Radney Foster
Robert Earl Keen
Lee Roy Parnell
Asleep At The Wheel
Rodney Crowell
Dale Watson
Junior Brown
Clay Blaker
Shaver
George Jones
Delbert McClinton

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