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🔥 WHO HAD THE #1 SONG IN TEXAS MUSIC ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY‼️💿
2️⃣0️⃣ YEARS AGO—🎶 Pat Green “Don’t Break My Heart Again” 🎶
🔟 YEARS AGO—🎶 Cody Johnson “Me & My Kind” 🎶
5️⃣ YEARS AGO—🎶 Aaron Watson “Whisper My Name” 🎶
1️⃣ YEAR AGO—🎶 Jake Bush “Name On It” 🎶
🎶 Randy Rogers & Wade Bowen “We Ain’t The Only Ones” 🎶
💥TODAY💥—🎶 Billie Jo Jones “Some Girls Don’t Cry” 🎶
🎶 Randy Rogers & Wade Bowen “All I Wanna Do Is Drink” 🎶
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🚨 BREAKING NEWS FROM CROSS CANADIAN RAGWEED‼️
🎸 As reported live on K 95-5’s The WB Morning Circus Show in Hugo, Oklahoma, Cross Canadian Ragweed has posted a picture of the ENTIRE band on Facebook‼️
🔥 That is all…STAY LOCKED INTO Texas Music Daily for any other photo updates‼️🤠
💥 HOW BOUT THEM FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS‼️
📸: Cross Canadian Ragweed
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🔥 CROSS CANADIAN RAGWEED POSTED ANOTHER PHOTO, Y’ALL‼️
🎸 For the second time since 2011, the Cross Canadian Ragweed Facebook page has been updated with a mysterious image hinting at 2025 followed by a photo of the band onstage, and fans are buzzing with speculation.
💥 It is the 30th anniversary of this iconic Texas Red Dirt band who is trending on social media, with over 1,000 posts about them on Facebook alone. Their official website, www.crosscanadianragweed.com, features only the 2025 teaser image & this new photo of the band onstage, adding to the intrigue.
🚨 Tami Millspaugh from Texas Music Daily has been inundated with calls and texts inquiring about the situation. Millspaugh, who worked on the recent Cody Canada and the Departed singles from the Soul Gravy album in 2022, is in the dark about the latest development. Canada revisited songs from the original CCR Soul Gravy album and released updated versions under Cody Canada and the Departed. Millspaugh promoted songs “Again” and “Lonely Girl,” which, despite not being radio singles in the 2004 release, topped the Texas Music charts two decades later.
🤯 With the CCR camp keeping tight-lipped, conspiracy theories are running wild.
🎥: Cross Canadian Ragweed Jim Nash 105.7 Texas Knockout
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🔥 CONGRATS TO BILLIE JO JONES ON HER #1 SINGLE “SOME GIRLS DON’T CRY” TODAY ON THE TEXAS REGIONAL RADIO REPORT‼️👏💯
💥 Congrats as well to Matt Daniel who earned the Most Spin Increase FOR THE SECOND WEEK-IN-A-ROW with a +208 spin increase this week on his Debut Texas Red Dirt Single “Keepin Me Alive” leaping from 79* to 48* on T3R‼️
💥 Congrats as well to Wade Bowen who was Most Added with “Friday Night” securing 15 adds this week on T3R‼️
📸: Billie Jo Jones Matt Daniel Wade Bowen Texas Regional Radio Report
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🔥 TEXAS MUSIC DAILY HAS YOUR EXCLUSIVE FIRST LISTEN ***NOW*** TO DAVID ADAM BYRNES’ NEW SINGLE “MORE AFRAID OF LIVING”‼️
🎸 “More Afraid Of Living” is what David calls “the best song I’ve ever recorded” and “my favorite song I’ve ever recorded”. It’s an honest song about anyone who has ever lost the person that gave them their reason to live. Lyrically, it’s an honest and deep song. This brand new single is only the second song that was not cowritten by Byrnes but by his first writing mentor Rick Tiger, Mark Howett, and Floyd Callen. “You spend a lifetime searching for a song this powerful,” says Byrnes. “I’m thankful I was one of the first to hear it back when I was 19 at the Fiddle And Steel Guitar Bar and that Rick always told me that this was my song. But I’m most thankful I have the opportunity to record it and hopefully give it the audience it truly deserves”.
📸: David Adam Byrnes
🎶 David Adam Byrnes officially released his new single titled “More Afraid Of Living” to Texas Red Dirt radio today but you can pre-save it HERE.
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🔥 SECRET AUDIO FROM OUR TEXAS MUSIC HEROES—ROGER CREAGER, KEVIN FOWLER & WILLY BRAUN‼️
🌸 “She’s my flower…and I’m her…
🐥 “Did You Guys See The Size of That Chicken?”
🦋 “I’m her butterfly…OH!”
📸: Roger Creager Kevin Fowler Willy Braun
🎥: “Young Guns” 20th Century Fox Morgan Creek Productions
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🔥 WHO IS BEHIND TEXAS MUSIC DAILY? 🔥
Texas Music Daily is the brainchild of seasoned industry veterans Greg Sax and Tami Millspaugh.
Few people know that Greg and Tami have been married for 27 years. They saw the need for a centralized source of news, show prep, and consolidated information about Texas Music which is why Texas Music Daily was born to fill that gap.
Greg Sax, a 2020 inductee of the Texas Radio Hall of Fame, began his career in radio before transitioning to work with notable labels such as Atlantic Records Nashville, RCA Records Nashville, Big Machine Records, Virgin Records Nashville, and Show Dog Records Nashville. After an 18-year stint working for Toby Keith, which ended following Keith’s cancer diagnosis and passing, Sax shifted his focus to promoting Texas Music. Sax founded Saxis Music Group in 2023 and has built a roster of successful #1 artists, including Mitch Rossell and Matt Daniel, and has achieved chart-topping Texas hits with Bri Bagwell, Matt Castillo, Jordan Rainer, and Joey Green with more on the way!
Tami Millspaugh started her career at Arista Nashville and worked with Decca Records and Curb-Universal before transitioning to the distribution side. As the Divisional Country Marketing Manager for Universal, she developed a deep appreciation for Texas Music. She promoted artists like Robert Earl Keen, Cross Canadian Ragweed, and Pat Green before founding Texas Record Chick Promotions in 2009. Over the past 15 years, Tami has worked with top Texas Music acts, including Wade Bowen, Casey Donahew, Randy Rogers, Aaron Watson, Pat Green, Whiskey Myers, Turnpike Troubadours, Mike Ryan, Kyle Park, Shane Smith and the Saints, Cody Canada and the Departed, William Clark Green, William Beckmann, and Flatland Cavalry, among others and has racked up more than 200 number one singles on the Texas Music Charts.
We have a daily email that contains articles and other information, a website as well as Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and even Texas Music based playlists on Spotify so go follow us now.
Our hope is that you enjoy this fun journey with us and you will check out Texas Music….Daily! THX!
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The big buzz this week has been Cross Canadian Ragweed and what the meaning of their cover photo being changed on their Facebook and website means. We are all hopeful that it means there is a Ragweed reunion tour but there’s no word yet on what is happening. Whatever it is, we are all excited and are ready to hand over our hard-earned cash to see our favorite Red Dirt band play together again.
According to an American Songwriter article written earlier this week, there are four songs that capture Ragweed’s unique sound.
1. “Boys From Oklahoma”
2. “Alabama”
3. “Sick and Tired” w/Lee Ann Womack
4. “Fightin’ For”
However, in 2017 Wide Open Country ranked Cross Canadian Ragweed’s Top 25 songs.
Cross Canadian Ragweed’s Top 25 songs according to Wide Open Country in 2017:
Tell us what you think the top Ragweed songs are HERE.
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Bri Bagwell Launches Fall Fashion Collection with The Glam Wagon
Hand-Picked Statement Pieces Include Southwestern Prints, Lace, Graphic Tees, and More
33 Date Fall Concert Tour To Include Pop-up Shop with Select Items
SEPTEMBER 19, 2024, New Braunfels, TX...Country fans are excited about the third curated collection between Texas Female Artist of the Decade, Bri Bagwell, and country-boho boutique The Glam Wagon link is live now!
The two previous collections sold out in hours, with shoppers eagerly awaiting the return of this stylish collaboration. Bri’s Patreon members were granted early access to the shop yesterday today.
Dress like Bri Bagwell by clicking The Glam Wagon - The Bri Bagwell Collection.
Bri shares, “I focused on pieces that are simple - but also make a statement - and require little effort and styling...bonus points for those that also travel well. This launch is for the girl on the go who has a love for ‘desert chic!’”
A girl on the go indeed, Bri is already in the midst of her fall tour with over 33 shows across 15 different states including dates with the Eli Young Band, Will Hoge, and Roger Clyne & The Peacemakers. She continues to host her hilarious podcast Only Vans straight from her RV, which recently partnered with The Bluegrass Situation for their Good Country Network.
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Billie Jo Jones "Some Girls Don't Cry"
is #1!
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Billie Jo Jones started singing as soon as she could talk. This singer/songwriter is known for blending traditional country music with her own, unique style and attitude.
Born in Dallas, TX, this proud native was destined for stardom from a very early age.
Billie Jo shares, “I was putting on private concerts for my grandparents who raised me in their living room when I was 4-5 years old! They would sit and watch me for hours and clap for me after every song. I would perform a variety of songs from Shania Twain to the Dixie Chicks to Patsy Cline to Ray Price to Loretta Lynn. I have always loved old country.”
She made her public debut at age 9 at her local church, Lake Fork Baptist. From there, the opportunities grew and she began singing at different area churches and local Opry’s close by. Some of her first venues were The Cotton Pickin’ Theatre in Point, TX, The Wylie Opry in Wylie, TX, Gladewater Saturday Night Opry in Gladewater, TX and many others that hold a very special place in her heart.
Billie Jo is one of most loved Texas Country Music favorites. She has shared the stage with artists: Deana Carter, Gene Watson, Linda Davis, Barbara Fairchild, The Oakridge Boys, Diamond Rio, Justin Moore, Wade Bowen, Pat Green, Stoney LaRue, Roger Creager, Sam Riggs, Bryan White, Jerrod Niemann, Josh Abbott, Wade Hayes, Adam Hood, Jason Eady, Courtney Patton, Jamie Lin Wilson, Chris Colston and many others.
A personal highlight, was opening for Ray Price, one of her biggest inspirations and someone she listened to many times with her grandparents over the years.
Billie Jo Jones is being heard all over the world. Her previous single "Right Now Kinda Girl" hit #1 on the Texas Regional Radio Report, 2 weeks in a row on CDX True Indie & several weeks in a row on Texas Internet Radio Chart, along with going Top 40 on Music Row.
The news is spreading fast about this spitfire blonde headed Texan who is resurrecting her favorite style of country music. Hard hitting and truthful lyrics, clever hooks and melodies that will stick in your brain for days.
Her latest single "Some Girls Don't Cry" is the title of her 1st ever full-length country album and has now reached #1 on Texas Regional Radio Report, along with being "retired" from both CDX True Indie and Texas Internet Radio Chart for being #1 for 3 consecutive weeks! At the time of this writing she has earned Top 40 on Music Row and still climbing!
When asked why she chose to sing and play music, Billie Jo replied, “Singing is the only thing I have ever wanted to do. God didn’t give me this voice to just sit at home with it. I believe He gave me this voice and the courage to go out and play shows every weekend. I have always had a heart for people and getting to share my voice and my story through my songs means EVERYTHING to me”.
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Got New Music? Let us know. Email us at Texas Music Daily
New Music at Radio
Bart Crow "Stained Your Crown"
Colton Rice "Stay"
Cynthia Rausch "Coming Home"
David Adam Byrnes "More Afraid of Living" 9/20
Ghosts of Hill County "Good Ol' Boys"
Hayden Haddock "Front Porch in the Rain"
Jake Bush "Her Way Ain't the Highway"
Jenna Paulette "Run the Damn Ball"
Jenni Dale Lord Band "Dinner and a Heartbreak"
John Swat "Cowgirl"
Keller Cox "Good Again, Amen"
Kyle Park "Hill Country Home"
Matt Daniel "Keepin Me Alive"
Mike Ryan "Get Away With Anything"
Rustic Rose "It Ain't Easy" 9/23
Ryder Grimes "One More for the Ride"
Sarah Hobbs "Delta Dawn"
Tyler Halverson "Beatin' Around the Bar"
Wade Bowen "Friday Night"
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If you would like your album release added, please send an email with your name, album title and release date to
Texas Music Daily
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Upcoming Album Releases
9/20/24
Chase Rice
Go Down Singin'
Midland
Barely Blue
September Moon
Carry On
9/27/24
Casey Donahew
Never Not Love You
Cody Jinks
Backside of 30
10/4/24
Tanner Sparks
Some Kind of Crazy
Hayes Carll & The Heathens
Hayes & The Heathens
10/5/24
Jenni Dale Lord Band
A Million Moments
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🎙️INDUSTRY JOBS AVAILABLE 🎙️
*Veteran PD and on-air personality, Shotgun Steve Kelly has left KKOW-FM in Pittsburg, KS and is looking for his next adventure. Contact him at DJdude68@yahoo.com
*KFWR/Fort Worth, TX* (LKCM) is recruiting for a future opening for a full-time on-air host. Candidates must have a desire to be involved in the local community, understand Texas country, Red Dirt and Americana, and the ability to connect with fans on-air and in person. Email cover letter, résumé and aircheck to PD Shayne Hollinger at jobs@theranchradio.com
*KKAJ/Ardmore, OK* (Stephens Media) is seeking a morning host. The company says, "This is a tremendous opportunity with a strong cluster that dominates the market in sales, promotions and on-air. KKAJ is a heritage country station with a little red-dirt heritage for flavor." Send resume, aircheck and references to SVP/Programming Bob Thornton at bob.thornton@smgnational.com
*KICM/Ardmore, OK* (Keystone) is seeking an Operations Manager (OM) who will work directly with the owners and the sales team, and oversee all aspects of the station’s programming. Please contact keystonebroadcastingok@gmail.com
*KMYY/Monroe, LA* (Stephens Media) is seeking a radio host and programmer to oversee its four-station cluster in the market, and likely co-host an AC morning show. Send résumé, aircheck and references to SVP/Programming Bob Thornton at bob.thornton@smgnational.com
| Texas Radio & Artist Photos | Texas Music artist Payton Howie with Craig Vaughn 95.7 KPUR/Amarillo, TX | |
Texas Music artists Issac Jacob and Bubba Westly with Corliss from Maverick 100.9 KVMK/College Station, TX | |
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Birthdays & Events This Week:
9/20: Richard Ferguson (KXOX)
9/22: Fall Begins, Parris Pittman, Ice Cream Cone Day
9/26: National Pancake Day; Bruce Schwartz-Texas 46 Radio
9/29: Cara Miller-Radio Free Texas
9/30: Colby Ericson-35 South; Chewing Gum Day
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