Wes Nickson and David Fenley
will be appearing at Lone Star Music
in Gruene tonight at 6 pm!

Come in for some free Zeigenbock samples and
listen to great Texas Country music. 
David and Wes will be playing some new songs
off their upcoming albums, so don't miss it!
You can also purchase their current albums
while you are at the store tonight! 

David Fenley and Wes Nickson will also be performing live with Zack Walther and the Kronkites at Tavern in the Gruene this St. Patrick's Day to get your Irish fever going!

      Wade Bowen

      Can't wait for Wade's newest album, Live at Billy Bob's?  We can't either!  Not only will Wade have 17 title tracks on this special edition 2 disc and DVD set, but he is also including two new singles "Matches" and "Bottle into Gold." 
Check out his myspace link to hear the single, "Matches" or become a fan of Lone Star Music on Facebook and listen to the single on our site!

http://www.myspace.com/wadebowen

or Log on to Facebook and connect to this link

Lone Star Music on Facebook

You can also purchase this cd/dvd set with us at Lone Star Music online for only $16.99 and be the first to hear!

Purchase Wade Bowen Live at Billy Bob's

Keep checking in with Lone Star Music for the latest Texas Country music updates and in depth coverage of all your favorite artists! 

The Lone Star Music Awards

March 21st at 7:00 pm

Performers have been announced!

Full Band Performances by
Sean McConnell, 
Matt King, 11 Bones,
Acoustic Performance and Artist Spotlight by
Charlie Robison

and a surprise guest...

The show starts at 7:30
and is free to enter. 
So get to Gruene Hall early to make sure you get a spot!

The ballots have been cast, votes counted, and we are ready for the biggest party from Lone Star Music of the year! 
We hope to see you at the 2nd Annual Lone Star Music Awards!

For more information go to:  http://www.lonestarmusic.com/awards/

Nominations for the 45th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards have been announced and Randy Rogers Band was among the list of nominees.  RRB received a nomination in the TOP VOCAL GROUP OF THE YEAR category.  For the second year in a row, the winners will be voted for by the fans.  Make sure to support the guys from the RRB!  Tune in to watch COUNTRY MUSIC’S PARTY OF THE YEAR™ on Sunday, April 18th at 8PM (Live ET/ Delayed PST) on CBS and see who takes home the trophys!

"Honor the Texas flag; I pledge allegiance to thee, Texas, one state under God, one and indivisible."

Looking for a couple of good reasons to celebrate?  First of all, Happy Texas Independence Day!!! It was 174 years ago in 1836, Texas gained its independece from Mexico.  And it was not quite that long ago on the very same day, Lone Star Music launched it's own little bit of Texas history.  Today, LSM celebrates it's 6th anniversary doing business in Gruene, Texas.  That's right, eventhough we have been an online business for 10 years, our retail, Gruene location has been providing great Texas music and related merchandise for 6 years.  We would like to take this moment to thank everyone who helped make LSM what it is today.  And we look forward to another 6 plus years.  Make sure to come by, say hello and drink a cold Ziegenbock with us.  Whether you are a native Texan, transplanted Texan or just a Texan at heart, make sure to listen to some great Texas music and drink an ice cold beer on this wonderful day.

If you haven't cast your ballot yet for the 2010 LoneStarMusic Awards, there's still time! In honor of Texas Independence Day we've extended the deadline through midnight of March 2nd.

If you were a LoneStarMusic newsletter subscriber as of Feb. 22nd, you should have received a link to the ballot in your email. If you didn't, just click on the logo below to be taken to the ballot. You'll have to enter the email address you used when you signed up for the newsletter to be able to vote, and remember, you only get 1 vote! Make it count!

Then join us either in person at Gruene Hall on Sunday, March 21st, or - if you can't make it to New Braunfels - listen online to RadioFreeTexas.org starting at 7:30pm that Sunday night. They'll be braodcasting the show live in it's entirety.

The 2010 LoneStarMusic Awards is sponsored by:

The new Austin Collins album "Wrong Control"

in stores and available for purchase

Tuesday March 2nd!

This Friday February 26th

The Phoenix Saloon

will be hosting its soft opening with a performance by

Dale Watson

  Ross Fortune and Debby Smith would like to welcome everyone out this Friday to take a look at the new place and enjoy some great Texas Music!
The saloon was originally built in 1871 and has lain dormant for 91 years.
If you haven't already peeked, the bar is a beautiful rendition of an old style saloon equipped with a full bar, seating, deep cherry wood, a dance floor and stage.  It is a welcome addition to the heart of downtown New Braunfels.

Directions:  Go into downtown New Braunfels and take the circle around to San Antonio St.  It is right there on the left, just down the road from the Brauntex theater!

Lone Star Music will be there to check it out and report back... or how about you go and see for yourself!

The Phoenix Saloon officially re-opens the weekend of March 5 & 6 with shows by Jesse Dayton (Mar 5th) and Billy Joe Shaver (Mar 6th).

Austin Collins instore cancelled tonight due to the situation of frozen precipitation. We are currently working with Austin on getting it rescheduled. Don't forget to pick up his new release "Wrong Control" due out next Tuesday. We, here at Lone Star Music, have been listening to the CD for the past week. And let me tell you folks...it is dynamite!!! Almost guaranteed to be one of the best releases in 2010. Make sure to check back to see the rescheduled date for the Austin Collins instore.

I'm a little ashamed that I hadn't taken the time before to sit and listen to the
Drew Kennedy cd that he put out last November... Don't make the same mistake as me.

Number 5 Cincinatti on the album titled Audio Guide: Cross Country Travel has been spinning in my cd player and I can't get enough.  It sets your mind at ease... honestly.  Whether you're looking for a new song to learn some chords to or a song to get lost in... I recommend this one.

Just thought I would share my discovery!  Check his album out at http://www.lonestarmusic.com/album.asp?aid=5124  and click on the speaker next to track 5 to listen to a sample.  You can actually check out all of your favorite artists' albums this way.  Keep Texas Country alive... 

Lone Star Music & Gruene Market Days

  Come by the store in Gruene this Saturday!  You can get in on some FREE BBQ, have a few beers, browse the store, and even pick up some of our FREE GIVEAWAYS.  We also have FREE LIVE MUSIC in store: 

Michael Shane Borden and Wes Nickson to keep the afternoon rockin! 

Enjoy some beautiful weather... bring a few friends... and enjoy the best combination:

good company, live music, beer, and bbq  

Sounds like a pretty perfect Saturday for me!  We are just a quarter mile down from Gruene Market Days close to Gruene River Grill and the Mansion Inn (going outside of Gruene).  The guys will be playing all afternoon and the bbq will be available for most of the afternoon as well.  Store hours are 10-9 so come by and check out our new releases, wide selection of merchandise, and pick up an issue of Lone Star Music Magazine so you can vote for your favorite bands at the Lone Star Music Awards (steadily approaching...)

Hope to see you there!

Attention All Lone Star Music Fans!!!

We have plenty of new releases in the store from many of your favorite artists!  You can come by our location in Gruene and see for yourself or indulge in easy online access to all of our merchandise that we offer in store and much more. 

Tuesday 2/16  Brandon Rhyder "Head Above Water"

Tuesday 2/16  Josh Abbott Band  "She's Like Texas"

Tuesday 2/16  Bo Phillips  "Dirt Road"

Tuesday 2/23  Mike McClure  "Zero Dark Thirty"

We also have a ton of new realeases coming up the first week of March.  Follow this link to get in on the new merchandise and be the first to know!  http://www.lonestarmusic.com/newreleases.asp

Keep Texas Country alive and well...

~Lone Star Music

If you haven't heard about this amazing show tonight, you are surely missing out.  Radney Foster will be performing tonight at the Brauntex Theater in historic downtown New Braunfels at 7:30. 

He will be debuting his screening of a documentary he produced, "Behind the Confessions."  He will also be performing live acoustic, showcasing his recent album, "Revival."  His newest single, Angel Flight, made the top 10 GAC countdown and his album ranked in the top 5 albums of 2009 by USAToday.  I expect it to be a stunning show, as Radney is never one to disappoint.  I'll be sure to give everyone a report back about the show... or you could just spend that $15 and see for yourself!  Hope to see you there...

Cross your fingers for an interview!!

...that the Randy Rogers Band is releasing a new album come summertime!  It is supposed to be titled "Breaking the Day" (I believe)...and they said they are hoping to have a release date sometime in early summer.  So watch out for a new single on the radio, and a new album come summer!  Sounds like a great way to start off a Texas summer if you ask me!  

Reckless Kelly

LIVE IN STORE

Lone Star Music store in Gruene is hosting
another live in store show
with special guests, Reckless Kelly. 

They will be releasing their much anticipated new album "Somewhere in Time." 
They will also put on a live show with the new releases and some of our old favorites.  Never one to disappoint, we will be sampling Zeigenbock beer, listening to great music, and there may even be an opportunity to meet the band after the show! 

The show starts at 6 tonight FREE of charge and full of energy...

hope to see you out there! 

Tonights show will also be available via lonestarmusic.com coming soon!

 Hope for Haiti...  

The need is still strong...

But "Who will hold your hand when the music's all gone?" 

Guy Forsyth

At the Help Austin, Help Haiti benefit this past month, a host of Americana and Texas Country Music greats came together at the call of Joe Ely to raise money for the devastating events in Haiti caused by two massive earthquakes.  As we have all heard on every news media continuum, Haiti is in a state of destruction and severe need.  Our lives have been flooded with stories of lives lost, families separated, and hearts broken.  And the toll only seems to keep rising.

But as I sat in that audience that day and listened to the artists pick their guitars and pour their hearts out to this cause, one particular line poignantly stuck out for me.  Guy Forsyth (whom at that point I had never had the blessing of experiencing and watching live and in the flesh)told a story with just a guitar and a careful placement of words and soul that touched my own.  His music was filled with faith, simplicity... virtually hymnal in tone but unexpected and refreshing.  His words rang so completely appropriate for the reason he and so many other artists, fans, guests, and supporters were there that very day.  "Who's gonna hold your hand when the music ends?"  And it hit me, like the sun coming over the horizon on a clear, winter's morning... When this benefit, when all the benefits and relief and heartfelt stories and breaking news fades, who will be there to help them?  This country was already in dire need for guidance, a hand to pull them out of the rubble and arms to hold them when they wanted to give up. So is this where it all ends?  

The benefit, spearheaded and organized by our very own Americana legend Joe Ely in just a one tenacious, diligent week, ended up raising over $3000 in just ticket sales alone.  But again, the need is still rising and the devastation is still ever present in the form of broken buildings, worried hearts, and shattered dreams.  I met with an individual who joined the benefit to raise awareness for an organization that has been intact for a number of years to give a voice and refuge to abused and abandones Haitian kids. 

The organization is called Haitian Street Kids, Inc. and is a 100% non-profit endeavor devoted to ending suffering and torment of abandoned and abused children and streetkids of Haiti.  These children, for years, have faced abandonment, physical abuse, rape, and slavery at ages as young as 4 years old.  Any assistance or donation to this cause could significantly change a young child's life.  The need is still great and the need is still there... 

Lone Star Music is an avid and aware supporter of the relief effort in Haiti.  If you would like more information or want to help, please contact

Haitian Street Kids, Inc. 
5209 Rain Forest Dr
Mckinney, Tx 75070-9484
(972) 562-3399
www.hski.org

or feel free to contact me at lindsay@lonestarmusic.com

We have a great concert in store for you tonight at 6pm!! 

Adam Carroll and Michael O'Connor have teamed up to produce a new album that has only been in stores since the first of this year.   Don't miss the opportunity to get up close and personal with the guys... and even hear new material from the legendary storyteller himself.   You can pick up the new album "Hard Times" in our store today and meet the singer/songwriters!

Adam Carroll is back and seldom to disappoint!   Come out and meet the LSM crew and have a sample of Ziegenbock beer....

All absolutely free!  Now you have no excuses..