US spent some time in Texas; he discovered a few things while there. Texans think of their state as a world apart. Perhaps because their state was a republic, briefly, but so was California. Another was Jerry Jeff Walker whose album, Viva Terlingua, made it into his record collection. Here is clip from a TV show, Texas Connection where Jerry has a good time with his guest Gary P. Nunn who wrote the song, "London Homesick Blues". Their preference for Texas culture is obvious from the lyrics, butUS can relate to the lack of central heating in England at the time.Not only do they drive on the wrong side of the road, but they do not begin counting floors until the second, Some of Texas, where the side dish to your caramelized beef brisket is saltine crackers, rubbed off on US Person, who still loves a good pair of "manly footwear"--a reference to Merle Haggard's "Okie from Muscogee". Jerry Jeff has departed, but his brand of Texas music lives on:
This brief dip into Texas Music would not be complete without hearing from Ray Wylie Hubbard goin' to North Texas (aka Oklahoma):