Little Texas In The News

Little Texas Closes 20th Anniversary Year with a
Surprise Show in an Unlikely Venue

Just two days before the official end of their 20th Anniversary year, the
morning of Nov. 6th brought a flurry of activity to the members of Little Texas,
who had originally thought they would be enjoying a rare Friday off at home.

While perusing the local news in Brentwood, TN, Little Texas guitarist/vocalist
Dwayne O'Brien read that their high school football team would be playing
their first playoff game at home - without their marching band. Seems the
band was out of town at a marching contest, and that prompted the
civic-minded O'Brien to action.

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LT Sings National Anthem for SEC Network "Game Of
The Week" - Kentucky vs. Vanderbilt

Little Texas made another rare Nashville appearance yesterday at their second
football event in one month. This time was at Vanderbilt University's Dudley Field
as the band, borrowing their friend, Mark Sutton of Brother Trouble, led the crowd
in singing the National Anthem.
The game was the SEC Network's "Game Of The Week" and was broadcast
throughout the conference.
Vanderbilt is the alma mater of LT's Dwayne O'Brien.

"God Blessed Texas" featured on American Idol

On Wednesday night, January 27th, America was reminded that "God Blessed Texas'
is the National Anthem of Texas.

Almost 25 MILLION viewers tuned in for this episode that featured contestants coming
to Dallas, TX, in hopes of becoming the next American Idol.
But this isn't the first time the song has been used on the tube. For years the Texas
Ford Dealers have used it in their commercials. And just recently the song was
featured in HBO's popular True Blood series.