Here’s a sampling of the nearly 1,700 songs I listen to on my road trips around Texas. It has Texas artists and Texas-themed songs. What do you think? Am I missing any of your favorites?
- Miles and Miles of Texas – Asleep at the Wheel
- That’s Right You’re Not from Texas – Lyle Lovett
- Waltz across Texas – Ernest Tubb
- San Angelo – Aaron Watson
- Dallas – Jimmie Dale Gilmore and the Flatlanders
- Big Balls in Cowtown – Asleep at the Wheel
- Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind – George Strait
- Red River Valley – Michael Martin Murphey
- The Old Chisholm Trail – Michael Martin Murphey
- Paris, Texas – Ry Cooder
- Texarkana – R.E.M.
- In the Pines – Lead Belly
- Possum Kingdom – Toadies
- K.A.N.D., Corsicana, Texas – Billy Joe Shaver
- The House That Built Me – Miranda Lambert
- Palestine, Texas – T Bone Burnett
- Texas Trilogy – Bosque County Romance – Lyle Lovett
- Wacko from Waco – Bill Joe Shaver
- Austin Pickers – Gary P. Nunn
- Deep in the Heart of Texas – Colt McCoy & Friends
- A Lil’ Ole Bitty Pissant Country Place – Dolly Parton & Theresa Merritt
- La Grange – ZZ Top
- Texas Flood – Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble
- Guadalupe Days – Gary P. Nunn
- Luckenbach, Texas – Waylon Jennings
- Bandera – Willie Nelson
- Deep in the Heart of Uncertain Texas – Rodney Crowell
- San Antonio Rose – Asleep at the Wheel
- San Antonio Girl – Lyle Lovett
- San Antonio Stroll – Tanya Tucker
- Remember the Alamo – George Strait
- Is Anybody Goin’ to San Antone – Charley Pride
- Lone Star – Norah Jones
- Home in San Antone – Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
- The Padre of Old San Antone – Jim Reeves
- Huntsville – Merle Haggard and the Strangers
- Southbound 35 – Pat Green
- Beaumont – Hayes Carll
- Me and Bobby McGee – Janis Joplin
- Texas River Song – Lyle Lovett
- Houston – Larry Gatlin & The Gatlin Brothers
- Wallisville Road – Lyle Lovett
- Galveston – Glen Campbell
- Why Don’t You Meet Me Down in Corpus – Gary P. Nunn
- Corpus Christi Bay – Robert Earl Keen
- The Gulf of Mexico – Clint Black
- Feeling Port Aransas – Phil Pritchett
- My Kind of Day on Padre – Gary P. Nunn
- South Texas Girl – Lyle Lovett
- Brownsville Girl – Bob Dylan
- The Border – Rodney Crowell
- Streets of Laredo – Marty Robbins
- The Wheels of Laredo – Tanya Tucker
- Pecos Promenada – Tanya Tucker
- Terlingua Sky – Gary P. Nunn
- El Paso – Marty Robbins
- El Paso/San Antonio Rose – Los Texmaniacs, Bobby Flores & Ray Benson
- Levelland – James McMurtry
- That’ll Be the Day – Buddy Holly
- Tumbling Tumbleweeds – Gene Autry
- West Texas Highway – Lyle Lovett
- When You Leave Amarillo – Bob Will & Hist Texas Playboys
- Amarillo Sky – Jason Aldean
- West Texas Rain – Wade Bowen
- Amarillo by Morning – George Strait
- Ding Dong Daddy from Dumas – Asleep at the Wheel
- Route 66 – Asleep at the Wheel
- Lone Star Blues – Delbert McClinton
- All My Ex’s Live in Texas – George Strait
- Texas Flyer – Freddie King
- Texas Forever – Kevin Fowler
- God Blessed Texas – Little Texas
Here’s the link to the playlist.
Until next time from Texas … safe travels!