Upcoming Releases

The slow summer is almost over with several new releases upcoming. Also CCR still has even MORE live Ragweed shows to post.

Word on the street is that Ragweed is going to temporarily break up and several of the members are going to form their own band. They aren't just taking a break from touring after all.

***To hear the latest interview with Cody Canada and Jeremy Plato go here

On to the releases:

-No Justice - 2nd Avenue 7/6
-Randy Rogers Band - Burning the Day 8/24
-Ryan Bingham - Junky Star 9/6

Updates

SCROLL DOWN FOR NEW STUFF

So Ive gotten a little lazy with the lacking of new releases.New stuff is up and Im posting it as I get it. (No delaying posts over the course of a week to make it seem like Im doing more stuff like some places If I have it I want you guys to too.)

Please dont continue to ask for Nashville stuff in the shoutbox or 50 things at a time (you know who you are).

Id like to take advantage of the lull and add a bunch of old stuff but I dont have much of a collection at all myself so if someone wants to help out shoot me an email and we can talk.

I highly recommend that everyone check out Wades new cd (scroll down a little)....especially the Red Headed Woman song.  Alot of people including me have been waiting for him to put that song on a cd.

Forum....finally

So I set up a very bare-bones forum.  This will be alot easier than posting links in the shoutbox and should help keep things organized. I didnt want to make it where you had to register but I figured it would be best in the long run.

The blog will still be the main source of new posts from me and ccr for the time being, but set up your account while you can....

Its definetly a work in progress but keep an eye on it.

VISIT THE FORUM

PS - If anyone has experience setting these things up...give me a shout

JDownloader

I thought I'd highlight this better (its hiding in the FAQs) for those of you who haven't seen or heard of JDownloader

Basically what it does is it queues a bunch of rapidshare, megaupload, mediafire, etc links.  It even has captcha recognition.

It can be semi-difficult to get it setup the first time (its java based and has a bunch of options), but once its set up the way you like, its a smooth and painless process to get all of our music. All you do is hold ALT while clicking a link and it automatically starts. 

If you need help setting yours up or have other questions dont hesitate to ask.

Note: If you use firefox (which you should because its more secure) then you need to get the FlashGot plugin.

Visit JDownloader

News

Yeah its been slow lately but I think we were all just spoiled this past summer.

Ive added a FAQ section which you might want to check out....its in the left categories side at the bottom

Also you might notice the List of Shame....Ill let you figure that one out for yourself

New Editor and some changes maybe?

First of all everybody officially welcome ccr Ive made him an editor now so he can stop posting links in the shout box also Ive been crazy busy and will continue to be.

I really want to hear from you guys on this one...use the comments button of this post pls

1) Im looking for something where I can do requests separate from the shoutbox just to keep it more organized and keep people for asking for the same thing over and over any idea of what i could use?  Forum on the way.... anyone have experience setting these up?

2) Is there anything you guys think this site is missing? And dont say new content I know already

3) Do you guys like the site the way it is organized/setup, more specifically the tags feature being "Artist:zzzz" instead of ZZZZ being there (I thought it was a good idea to keep them separate so people could jump to other tags like "discography" easier.) Is it hard to read?

4) Most importantly have you told anyone about this site? My unofficial goal is to have that little counter be 5 digits before Jan 1.

Also Ive added the megaupload box on the bottom left....for all of you reluctant uploaders...all you need to do its rar or zip your files (no passwords!) and click browse and select the file...enter a simple description and then click send itll give you a link thats really tiny but you can click it and itll take you to where the file is hosted then just cut and paste into the shoutbox
and Im sorry that its cut off but when i change the look of this thing ill make it work better but i figure its better than nothing and just so you know it does upload all the files to one account that i made just for you guys so i will probably (depending on how popular it is) every week or so make a post with everything yall have upped


hit up those comments some more....

Upcoming TX Country Releases

So Im sorry for being away for so long.... my hard drive went out and I had to RMA it to western digital I didt miss any new releases tho


8/25 Jack Ingram - Big Dreams & High Hopes
9/1 Cross Canadian Ragweed - Happiness And All The Other Things
9/1 Casey Donahew Band - Moving On
9/15 Chris Knight - Trailer Tapes II
9/29 Robert Earl Keen - The Rose Hotel

There are more but these are the ones Im looking forward to the most

First Post!

So the reason I started this was to help others keep up with Texas Country and to share it.

Feel free to email me at texascountryblog (a t ] gmail.com