Don't Mess with Texas

1. Tus Disgustos

2. Mas Que Nunca

3. Amor Que Tengo

4. Sueño

5. Goodbye Baby, Bye-Bye

6. Esta Vez

7. Juro, Te Olvidare

8. Luz de la Luna

9. Vuelve a Amanever

10. Cruisin' With the Candy Man

Don't Mess with Texas,Texas Latino,Wea Latina,Latin,Latin Music,Latin Pop,Mexican,Tejano

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Don't Mess With Texas Music Vol. 2
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Texas Music Project
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Release Date: 2007-02-20

Tracks:

Don't Let It Get You Down - Crusaders
Elvis - Pat Green
Real Emotions - Lonely Boys
Never Look Back - Lauren Gifford
Everything I Need - Clint Black
It's About Time - Terri Hendrix,
Good Texan - Vaughan Brothers
You're the Man - Barbara Lynn
Wait for Me - Vallejo
Crying as Fast as I Can - Trish Murphy
Conspiracy Theory - Steve Earle
Dangerously in Love - Beyonc
Just a Little Bit - Steve Miller Band
Sugar Mama - Bonnie Raitt
I Can't See Texas from Here - George Strait
My Sunday's Comin' Soon - Bobby "Blue" Bland
If I Had Possession Over Jedgement Day - Eric Clapton
Streetss of Sin - Joe Ely
Boogie King - Eric Johnson

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Excellent purchase
Something for Texas to brag about
Don't Miss 'Don't Mess With Texas' music
Great Texas Collection

Don't Mess With Texas Music
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Texas Music Project
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Country | Styles | Music

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Western Swing | Country | Styles | Music

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ASIN: B0000C0FN5
Release Date: 2003-09-02

Tracks:

Runaway Soul - Ruthie Foster
Crossfire - Stevie Ray Vaughan
Suzanne - Houston Marchman
Night Life - B.B. King, Willie Nelson
Same Kind of Crazy - Delbert McClinton
Some Days You Gotta Dance - Dixie Chicks
Broke Down - Slaid Cleaves
Guitar in My Hand - Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown
What Can I Say? - Michelle Shocked
One Moment - Jon Dee Graham
She's So Innocent - Marcia Ball
Found Love - Boz Scaggs
Choo Choo Ch'Boogie - Asleep at the Wheel
One More Payment - Clint Black
Kind of Perfect - Kacy Crowley
St. Peter Have Mercy
I.R.S. Is C.O.D. - Ronnie Dawson
Severina - Patricia Vonne
Afro - Erykah Badu
Got to Find a Lover - W.C. Clark
Righteously - Lucinda Williams

Customer Reviews:

Excellent purchase.......2007-01-09

This CD provides a terrific overview of Texas music. Granted, the listener may not like everything s/he hears, but given the broad range of musical styles and offerings, such a result is unavoidable. The CD definitely informs and entertains. Then you can go out and specialize for subsequent purchases!

Something for Texas to brag about.......2006-07-23

Even though this is an anthology album containing selections from other CDs made by Texas artists, all this music was new to me. I don't think it's as good as the Tex-Mex edition of this series, which offers a greater variety of styles. (This one has too many traditional blues style cuts and Grade-B vocals that on a few occasions give it a generic sound). However, there are some cuts on this CD that I think make it essential listening. I flipped over Delbert McClinton's "Same Kind of Crazy." I love its sentiment and its exuberance. It really expresses the joy of a particular kind of infatuation. I could listen to this one over and over again. I was similarly impressed with Slaid Cleaves' lyrically very sophisticated "Broke Down." Cleaves' sensitive yet manly performance is also appealing. It took me a couple of listenings to appreciate Marcia Ball's "She's So Innocent," but it has become one of my favorite cuts. At first it sounded like a bad lounge act, but when I listened more closely, I found the wistful lyrics really interesting, and Ms. Ball's jazzy arrangement and performance give the whole CD sophistication it might not have had otherwise. Ditto for Asleep at the Wheel's "Choo Choo Ch' Boogie." There are also cuts from such internationally famous Texas performers as Willie Nelson, Boz Scaggs and The Dixie Chicks. (Where's Lyle Lovett?) It's all quite entertaining. This CD and the Tex-Mex edition ("Don't Mess With La Musica de Texas") of this series are must-haves for anyone who is even mildly curious about contemporary Texas music. The "Don't Mess With Texas Music" series is very impressive. Texas rightly has something to brag about here.

Don't Miss 'Don't Mess With Texas' music.......2004-11-27

Good party music featuring a great range of Texas artists which showcases diverse music styles from country to blues; makes a great gift and supports a good cause, Texas music education programs.

Great Texas Collection.......2003-10-31

This CD brings together great performances by various Texas musicians in a well thought out selection of excellent songs.

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If you like music.
Generic Texas
Notes from the TX Commission on the Arts website

Don't Mess with Texas Music, Vol. 3
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Texas Music Project
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000BKUX7O
Release Date: 2005-10-25

Tracks:

South by Southwest - Delbert McClinton, Lee Roy Parnell
Way Down Texas Way - Dale Watson
Bluest Eyes in Texas - Nathan Larson, Nina Persson
Austin After Midnight - Jimmy LaFave
Texas - Chris Rea
Texas on My Mind - Jerry Jeff Walker
Long Walk Back to San Antone - Junior Brown
Home to Houston
Rusty Old Red River
Joe's Gone Ridin - Patricia Vonne
Texas - Willie Nelson
Amarillo Highway - Robert Earl Keen, Jr.
Texas Blue Moon - Shelley King
Houston - Johnny Copeland
Texas Two Step - Caroline Herring
Texas Gypsy Theme
Little Bit a Texas
Lone Star State of Mind - Nanci Griffith
Laredo - Carrie Rodriguez,
Levelland

Customer Reviews:

If you like music........2007-05-05

I received this CD as a gift. I like all kinds of music but would not have bought anything by these artists normally, except for Chris Rea.

This CD is killer. Each listening brings out a different "cut" for repeated replaying. I don't like everything on the CD, but the good tracks out weigh the bad 10 to 1.

I have purchased CD's by some of these artists. That is the best recommendation I can give. My music horizons were broadened by this CD.

Generic Texas.......2006-07-26

The trouble for me with this CD is that there is not enough variety. There are only about three or four basic rhythms and almost every other song is a honky tonk blues number. Blues has a very limited range and these artists do not seem bent on stretching the boundaries. I found most of the songs predictably structured with familiar chord progressions. There is also the problem that many of the lyrics are in written from a contemplative point of view, which also gets monotonous. The only number that really grabbed me immediately was Nanci Griffith's "Lone Star State of Mind," although her accent is extremely peculiar. She sounds like more like an Iowa farm girl transplanted to the San Fernando Valley than a native Texan. But I cannot get her song out of my mind. This CD is not bad as background music for beer-drinking socializing or driving down a lonesome Texas highway, but for the most part I found it only mildly interesting. I've listened to it six or seven times now, but my initial impression remains the same. In general, I like this series, but the Tex-Mex volume remains far and away the best.

Notes from the TX Commission on the Arts website.......2005-12-03

"The new Don't Mess With Texas Music Volume Three CD celebrates the people, places and great state of Texas. It features honorary chair Willie Nelson and 19 other great artists and songs about Texas. It also includes messages about the importance of music education from the Texas Commission on the Arts and the Texas Music Educators Association.

Below is the line-up for the new Don't Mess With Texas Music Volume Three which celebrates the people, places and great state of Texas. All the artwork is original and includes a 24-page insert."

South by Southwest, Lee Roy Parnell (with Delbert McClinton)
Way Down Texas Way, Dale Watson
The Bluest Eyes In Texas, Nina Persson & Nathan Larson
Austin After Midnight, Jimmy LaFave
Texas, Chris Rea
Texas On My Mind, Jerry Jeff Walker
Long Walk Back to San Antone, Junior Brown
Home to Houston, Steve Earle
Rusty Old Red River, Toni Price
Joe's Gone Ridin, Patricia Vonne
Texas, Willie Nelson
Amarillo Highway, Robert Earl Keen
Texas Blue Moon, Shelley King
Houston, Johnny Copeland
Texas Two Step, Caroline Herring
Texas Gypsy Theme, Texas Gypsies
Little Bit A Texas, Renee Austin
Lone Star State of Mind, Nanci Griffith
Laredo, Chip Taylor and Carrie Rodriguez
Levelland, James McMurtry

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Different and dazzling

Don't Mess With la Musica de Tejas
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Texas Music Project
ProductGroup: Music
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General | Latin Music | Styles | Music

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ASIN: B0002KVUOI
Release Date: 2004-08-10

Tracks:

Vida - Del Castillo
Sabroso Violin - Havana NRG
Dime Porque - Michelle
Mis Favoritas - Los Desperadoz
Te Voy a Olvidar - Elida Reyna
Ya No Puedo - Grupo Fantasma
Sueno Mal - Los Lonely Boys
Traeme Paz [From Once Upon a Time in Mexico] - Patricia Vonne
Tormenta - Flaco Jimenez
Provocas en Mi - Latin Breed
Cuando Cuando - Grupo Vida
No Me Dejes - Jay Perez
Viuda Negra - Randy Garibay, Jr.
Talisman - Sisters Morales
Mi Prietita Consentida - RubRamos
Que Te Bendiga Dios - Michael Salgado
Rumba de San Anton - Henry Brun, Latin Playerz

Customer Reviews:

Different and dazzling.......2005-06-12

This CD is produced by The Texas Music Project, a joint project of The Texas Music Educators Association and private enterprise, in order to preserve Texas' unique musical contribution to the world's culture. A previous volume spotlighted local artists from all over the state, some of them world famous (The Dixie Chicks) and some known only locally. This volume features the music of Texas' Latino artists and it is sensational. I was driving through Texas when I bought it on a whim at a Starbucks in Abilene. I played it over and over again all the way to Dallas. This is a dazzling sampler of contemporary Tex-Mex music, which incorporates elements of jazz, rock, country-western, Mexican, Caribbean and god knows what all else to form a unique sound. The album showcases the extraordinary diversity of Tejano music. Most of the lyrics are in Spanish, but there are a few that are in English. This CD is lots of fun. It's sensual, passionate, rhythmic and textured. Its rhythms are infectious. It's hard to listen to this one and sit still. I especially love the Gypsy-style Austin band, Del Castillo. The virtuosity of the individual musicians is breathtaking. Another favorite is Ruben Ramos ("a first tier pioneer of modern Tejano music") performing the catchy "Mi Prietita Consentida." But there's not a bad cut on the whole CD. I can't recommend this one highly enough.