Texas Music Matters

Top 10 Texas Songs

May 4, 2009 10:12 am by: Peter Babb

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Texas Music Matters has identified more than 250 songs about Texas—all the way from ‘Abilene’ to the ‘Yoakum Texas Blues’. But of all the songs written about Texas (or any town or emotion therein), which ones belong among the Top 10 Texas Tunes of All Time? We put our list together, but we’d still love to know what you think.

Email your comments and suggestions to texasmusicmatters@kut.org, and tell us why…You can click on the player below and hear our list and don’t forget to tune to KUT 90.5 on Sunday night at 6, to hear an encore presentation of the Texas Top 10 broadcast.

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Texas Music Matters Top 10 Texas Songs

10. Amarillo by Morning by George Strait

9. La Grange by ZZ Top

8. That’s Right You’re Not From Texas by Lyle Lovett

7. Luckenbach, TX by Waylon Jennings

6. El Paso by Marty Robbins

5. London Homesick Blues by Gary P. Nunn

4. Deep in the Heart of Texas by Gene Autry

3. Waltz Across Texas by Ernest Tubb

2. New San Antonio Rose by Bob Wills

1. Miles and Miles of Texas by Asleep at the Wheel

Listener Suggestions

Stupid Texas Song by Austin Lounge Lizards

Miles and Miles of Texas by Asleep at the Wheel

The Streets of Laredo by Johnny Cash

No Place But Texas by Willie Nelson

Texas Funeral by Jon Wayne

Texas Flyer by Freddie King

Viva Seguin by Santiago Jiminez

Rolling Stone from Texas by Don Walser

London Homesick Blues by Gary P. Nunn

What I Like About Texas by Gary P. Nunn

Dallas Alice by Doug Sahm

Brand New Way of Living by the Hickoids

Texas by Chris Rea

Texas Gal by Honky Tonk Confidential

New San Antonio Rose by Bob Wills

Lone Star Rag by Bob Wills

Panhandle Shuffle by Bob Wills

Yellow Rose of Texas Traditional

Deep in the Heart of Texas by Gene Autry

Texas Trilogy by Steve Fromholtz

The Devil Went to Dallas by Rusty Weir

Waltz Across Texas by Ernest Tubb

Texas Morning by B.W. Stevenson

Dallas by Jimmie Dale Gilmore

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