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"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.
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.
January 28, 2010
April 23, 2010
Second time for everything: The return of Little Texas
by Michele Marcotte The Daily Sentinel, Nacogdoches, TX
You don't have to be a country music aficionado to recall toe-tapping hit "God Blessed Texas" by Nashville-based Little Texas.
The song was one of the band's most popular songs, having been featured everywhere from Ford Motor Company commercials to the HBO original series "True Blood," and it is sure to be one of the many hits performed at the band's performance tonight at Banita Creek Hall.
We asked the band's bassist, Duane Propes, a native of Longview, to share a little about the band and what he and the three other original band members (Porter Howell, Del Gray and Dwayne O'Brien) have been doing since Little Texas reunited.
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by Michele Marcotte The Daily Sentinel, Nacogdoches, TX
You don't have to be a country music aficionado to recall toe-tapping hit "God Blessed Texas" by Nashville-based Little Texas.
The song was one of the band's most popular songs, having been featured everywhere from Ford Motor Company commercials to the HBO original series "True Blood," and it is sure to be one of the many hits performed at the band's performance tonight at Banita Creek Hall.
We asked the band's bassist, Duane Propes, a native of Longview, to share a little about the band and what he and the three other original band members (Porter Howell, Del Gray and Dwayne O'Brien) have been doing since Little Texas reunited.
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April 30, 2010
Little Texas Partners with MusicArtists4U.com for
Exclusive Content
MusicArtists4U.com, a new online music venture featuring performances by emerging and established artists and singer/ songwriters from a variety of music genres, launched April 19, 2010, announced company founder Bruce Uher. The service will initially include Country, Rock and Singer/Songwriter channels and will expand to Blues, Gospel, Bluegrass, Polka, Jam Bands and more.
MusicArtists4U.com will be a one-stop interactive experience featuring live and taped performances, music videos and the ability for the consumer to purchase music, videos and artist merchandise. Another area of the site will facilitate venues across the globe booking the artists featured on the site. The site will also include an internet radio station for each genre of music, which will front and back-announce song titles and artist names along with several different radio programs and artists interviews.
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MusicArtists4U.com, a new online music venture featuring performances by emerging and established artists and singer/ songwriters from a variety of music genres, launched April 19, 2010, announced company founder Bruce Uher. The service will initially include Country, Rock and Singer/Songwriter channels and will expand to Blues, Gospel, Bluegrass, Polka, Jam Bands and more.
MusicArtists4U.com will be a one-stop interactive experience featuring live and taped performances, music videos and the ability for the consumer to purchase music, videos and artist merchandise. Another area of the site will facilitate venues across the globe booking the artists featured on the site. The site will also include an internet radio station for each genre of music, which will front and back-announce song titles and artist names along with several different radio programs and artists interviews.
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AlleyFest 2010: Little Texas to take stage at annual event
May 28, 2010
By Glenn Evans, Longview News-Journal
It will be hard to find a stranger when Little Texas headlines the opening night of
Longview's annual downtown party.
AlleyFest returns on June 4 when the Country band responsible for 15 Top 10 songs, half its four members from Longview, invite a hometown crowd to a reunion.
"We're calling it our homecoming," bassist Duane Propes said of the concert on the Budweiser Stage, which backs up to the railroad tracks on Fredonia Street. "We're all going to have so many friends there. The coolest thing about it is we're kind of having an impromptu Class of '85 reunion that Friday."
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AlleyFest returns on June 4 when the Country band responsible for 15 Top 10 songs, half its four members from Longview, invite a hometown crowd to a reunion.
"We're calling it our homecoming," bassist Duane Propes said of the concert on the Budweiser Stage, which backs up to the railroad tracks on Fredonia Street. "We're all going to have so many friends there. The coolest thing about it is we're kind of having an impromptu Class of '85 reunion that Friday."
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November 8, 2010
Little Texas Joins Gene Simmons for "Aces & Angels"
Benefit to Kick Off Superbowl Week
Benefit to Kick Off Superbowl Week
November 22, 2010
Neal McCoy & Little Texas To Benefit Carl Perkins Center
for Prevention of Child Abuse
The 17th Annual Blue Suede Spectacular Event benefitting the Exchange Club-Carl Perkins Center for Prevention of Child Abuse is coming up on February 26, 2011. This year's headliners include Neal McCoy, Little Texas and The Roys. Tickets for dinner and the concert are available starting December 8th. For the agenda or ticket information, visit: http://www.carlperkinscenter.org/bluesuede.html
The 17th Annual Blue Suede Spectacular Event benefitting the Exchange Club-Carl Perkins Center for Prevention of Child Abuse is coming up on February 26, 2011. This year's headliners include Neal McCoy, Little Texas and The Roys. Tickets for dinner and the concert are available starting December 8th. For the agenda or ticket information, visit: http://www.carlperkinscenter.org/bluesuede.html
December 29, 2010
Little Texas, college bands and Zac Brown close downtown
streets with music
From Jonathan Pinkerton, Nashville Entertainment Examiner
From Jonathan Pinkerton, Nashville Entertainment Examiner
There's no doubt you're in Nashville when a free concert by Little
Texas, the annual Music City Bowl Battle of the Bands and Zac
Brown's Bridgestone Arena performance result in downtown street
closures. That's exactly what's happening Wednesday afternoon,
December 29, when 2nd Avenue from Commerce Street to
Demonbreun; 1st Avenue from Church Street to Demonbreun and
Broadway from 1st to 4th close down in preparation of tonight's
triple musical happenings.
Country Music's Little Texas kicks things off with a free concert at 5pm. Following their
concert, it's time for the annual Music City Bowl Battle of the Bands when the
University of North Carolina Tar Heels' Marching Band faces off against Music City Bowl
rivals University of Tennessee Volunteers' Pride of the Southland Marching Band.
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From PegasusNews.com
DALLAS — KISS rock legend Gene Simmons, star of A&E’s Reality Series Gene Simmons’ Family Jewels will host 1,000 Texas servicemen and women and more than 3,500 partygoers at the 2011 Aces and Angels Salute to the Troops, a benefit supporting The Wounded Warrior Project and the USO. It is the first major event of the big game week in Dallas and takes place at Fair Park’s Centennial Hall, Wednesday, February 2, 2011, 6 p.m. to 1:30 a.m.
DALLAS — KISS rock legend Gene Simmons, star of A&E’s Reality Series Gene Simmons’ Family Jewels will host 1,000 Texas servicemen and women and more than 3,500 partygoers at the 2011 Aces and Angels Salute to the Troops, a benefit supporting The Wounded Warrior Project and the USO. It is the first major event of the big game week in Dallas and takes place at Fair Park’s Centennial Hall, Wednesday, February 2, 2011, 6 p.m. to 1:30 a.m.
Aces and Angels will feature live performances in part by multi-platinum
Grammy-nominated artist Five for Fighting (“100 Years,” “Chances,” “Superman ”),
ACM Vocal Group of the Year Little Texas (“God Blessed Texas”), and many others.
Aces and Angels Salute to the Troops will also play host the $100,000 Texas State
Poker Championships where the winner will advance to represent the State of Texas
at the World Series of Poker. The first 100 ticket purchasers will receive $100 off
general admission. For more information or to purchase tickets, log on to
www.aces-angels.org or call 214-440-3936.
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March 12, 2011
Del Gray Inducted Into the Hometown Hall of Fame
Laurin Sprauge, left, Director of Fine Arts
for Hamilton City Schools hands a plaque to
Del Gray, a founder of the band Little Texas
as Gray is inducted into the Hamilton City
Schools' Fine Arts Hall of Fame during the
fifth annual ArtRageous: A Visual and
Performing Arts Extravaganza! held at
Garfield Middle School on Saturday, March
12, 2011.
April 1, 2011
Little Texas "Gets Their Boots On" with Boot Campaign
Little Texas recently posed for this great
photo to help support "The Boot Campaign."
The Boot Campaign is a grassroots initiative started by 5 women from Texas known as the Boot Girls. They provide an easy and tangible way for Americans to show support of our troops (both past and present) that’s practical and directly benefits our military. Proceeds from boot sales are donated to partner charities, who assist returning veterans dealing with Post Traumatic Stress
The Boot Campaign is a grassroots initiative started by 5 women from Texas known as the Boot Girls. They provide an easy and tangible way for Americans to show support of our troops (both past and present) that’s practical and directly benefits our military. Proceeds from boot sales are donated to partner charities, who assist returning veterans dealing with Post Traumatic Stress
disorder and varying degrees of physical injuries. To learn more about this great
organization, click the photo or go to www.bootcampaign.com.
May 2, 2011
LT Rocks the United Way of Hays County Celebrity Classic
It was a great weekend of music, golf and celebrities when Hollywood and Nashville
met in San Marcos, TX, this weekend for the Annual Celebrity Classic. United Way of
Hays County helps more than 30,000 Hays County residents who receive support and
programs from United Way and their partner agencies. “Having Little Texas perform at
our event was extremely exciting for me as I grew up listening to and loving their
music,” said Michelle Harper, executive director for United Way of Hays County. “I
know there are lots of Hays County residents that feel the same way. This was a great
opportunity to see Little Texas in concert and support a very worthwhile organization.”
For more info on UWHC go to www.unitedwayhaysco.org.
For more info on UWHC go to www.unitedwayhaysco.org.
August 15, 2011
Little Texas Kicks It at Hope Watermelon Festival
Hope, Ark. — Kick a Little” hardly
described what Little Texas did on
stage in Hope Saturday night as they
played hard and fast throughout their
time slot before Chuck Wicks and
band took the stage.
For the third big name concert of the recent Hope Watermelon Festival series, it seemed again a huge success.
University of Arkansas Community College at Hope Chancellor Chris Thomason said there was an excited crowd.
“Little Texas are rocking it out there, “ Thomason said.
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For the third big name concert of the recent Hope Watermelon Festival series, it seemed again a huge success.
University of Arkansas Community College at Hope Chancellor Chris Thomason said there was an excited crowd.
“Little Texas are rocking it out there, “ Thomason said.
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October 10, 2011
Elmira, NY's WKPQ Changes Format With Little Texas
The ELMIRA/CORNING, NY market woke up with
a new Country signal in the market. At 12:20a,
WKPQ (POWER 105) jettisoned the Hot AC
format and debuted ALL NEW KICKIN' COUNTRY
105.3. Using the slogan "Fresh New Country And All Of Your Favorites," the first
song played was LITTLE TEXAS' "KICK A LITTLE," a song that was featured in
hundreds of teaser TV ads over the past month. Morning host TJ SHARPE was the
first personality to broadcast from the new, state-of-the-art studios in Hornell, NY.
WKPQ is a 50,000-watt regional station serving seven counties in upstate New York and two in northern Pennsylvania.
WKPQ is a 50,000-watt regional station serving seven counties in upstate New York and two in northern Pennsylvania.
August 26, 2011
"Professor" Dwayne O'Brien Leads at Belmont University
Our own Dwayne O'Brien has joined Belmont University's
Mike Curb College of Entertainment and Music Business
faculty full-time as Instructor of Music Business. O'Brien has
been teaching music business classes as a part time
instructor over the last few years.
Notable alumni of Belmont are Porter Howell, Duane Propes and Shaun Bayles, as well as Brad Paisley & Larry Stewart of Restless Heart.
Notable alumni of Belmont are Porter Howell, Duane Propes and Shaun Bayles, as well as Brad Paisley & Larry Stewart of Restless Heart.