Ray Wylie Hubbard stops by Threadgill's south with his kid and drummer to lay down some truly vicious tracks. This is one of them: "Wanna Rock and Roll." Happy Easter ya'll!

Jason is the real deal folks. If you haven't seen him live, it's a pretty damn cool thing to check out. You know us, and that's no bull. Who writes like this anymore:

Words are like diamonds
The best ones are the hardest to find
Buried in the bottom of the coal
Just waiting to shine

Okay...check out this video that we captured of him at Threadgill's during SXSW. You can make up your own mind.

Our love for James McMurtry goes back many, many years. However, when we saw this article on Slate, we knew the shit was going to hit the fan...but in a good way. Slate writer Ron Rosenbaum made this observation:

"Seriously. It's time to retire ol' Francis Scott Key's "The Star-Spangled Banner" and go with a song that more truly represents the America of today: post-crash, pre-apocalypse, meth- and money-addicted, heading down the highway to self-destruction."

Rosenbaum was takling--of course--about McMurtry's song "Choctaw Bingo," which he calls "New-national-anthem-level genius." Other than the fact that it would suck to have to stand for almost 10 minutes before every sporting event, we couldn't agree more.

We have searched and searched for a high-quality video of McMurtry performing that song, but to no avail. So we decided to make our own. We captured the following video during our showcase at Threadgill's in Austin during SXSW. Enjoy.