Labor Day Weekend Music in Texas

If you are willing to brave the heat this weekend, there's some pretty good events that will feature some awesome Texas music. And if you do decide to go, have fun, look out for one another, and for goodness sake, DON'T DRINK AND DRIVE.

Here's a few:

Adam Carillo’s Labor Day at Super C Lake
Dublin, TX (3 day event – Sept 2-4)
Chili Cookoff, Music Festival, and CBR bull riding
Wade Bowen, Casey Donahew Band, Johnny Cooper, Rich O’Toole, Turnpike Troubadours, and others http://superclake.com/LaborDay.html

Armadillo Festival
Sat Sept 3 - Victoria, TX
Roger Creager

3rd Annual Texas BrewBQue
Sun Sept 4 - Buda, TX
Cody Canada and the Departed, Johnny Cooper, Turnpike Troubadors, Bart Crow Band, Aaron Watson, and others
http://www.brewbque.com/

HoodStock: Live at the Rio
Sat Sept 3 – Granbury, TX
Kevin Fowler, Cory Morrow, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Steve Helms, Cody Canada, and others
http://riobrazoslive.com/event/hoodstock

West Fest
Sept 3-4 – West, TX – Polka and Kolache…mmmmm!

Pickin’ for Preemies at Billy Bob’s Texas
Labor Day 5-9 pm
Acoustic show with Cody Canada, Brandon Rhyder, Walt Wilkins, Curtis Grimes, Wade Bowen, Rich O’Toole, Steve Helms, Johnny Cooper and others…plus unannounced special musical guests.
http://www.pickinforpreemies.com/index.php/2011-lineup

Cowboys Dancehall Music Fest
Sept 4 – San Antonio
Eli Young Band, Kevin Fowler, Stoney Larue, Reckless Kelly
http://cowboysdancehall.com/San-Antonio/

Gypsies in the Oven

This Texas heat and drought has seriously put a damper on my "gypsy-ness." We now stand at 7.5 inches of rain for the year in Texas, which is a record low. And it's damn HOT! We are looking forward to a weekend "cold front" that will take us down into the 90's. Here we are at the beginning of September which marks the beginning of dove season, the start of college football, and Labor Day music festivals all over the state. But you know what? I'm not going to participate in any of that. I'm staying inside. It's too hot, and I'm tired of sweating. I seriously can't believe that I plan to just stay in...gypsy in the house. (It actually probably won't happen, but right now I'm telling myself I'm staying put...I know me.)

If you are a praying soul, I would encourage you to ask for rain in Texas and the midwest. The eastern seaboard is getting pummeled with rain, floods, and hurricanes, and we are selling cows at an astounding rate because there's not enough grass to feed them. Wildfires have destroyed millions of dollars of property and livestock. The slightest spark can create the biggest of problems. So...pray.

For further reading: http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/story/2011-09-01/Drought-puts-cattle-ranchers-at-a-crossroads/50230906/1