Twitter you got me.....dang.

Well I've broken down and joined the Twitter band wagon. If you haven't heard about Twitter yet it is kind of like a bare bones version of Facebook. They tell you what other people are doing as they update their status (tweet) as well as on their profile there is a short bio, link of their choice, and picture. In the short time I have been using it I have run across some really cool people and sites. A big plus about Twitter over Facebook is that there aren't just people to follow. You can follow an array of channels such as CNN, Pitchfork media, the Onion, and so forth that update you regarding their pertinent information. My user name is Texharp and you are more than welcome to become a follower.

Speaking of followers, a side note, if you like what you've read here on this blog please feel free to become a follower. You get updated when there is a new post so you don't have to waste all that free time checking the site over and over again. Also, it's always an ego boost to know there are X amount of people who have an interest in what I'm typing. Just look over to the side bar and click on "follow". Now back to twitter talk.

I have found the bands I like through Twitter and now get updates about what they're up to and where they're playing. I've found other cool channels regarding Texas Music as well. Galleywinter is a Texas Music news website and forum spot that now has a Twitter page you can follow along with. Lone Star Music is a similar site that reviews and sells Texas Music and they have also followed suit on Twitter. Radio Free Texas the site that provides free streaming Texas Music as well as a strong forum for anything Texas is tweeting away too. Another great channel is the Twitter feed for Music Fog. This site covers Americana music and other good sounding independent acts throughout Texas and other regions. Recently in my SXSW post, I used their videos of Ray Wylie Hubbard and Jimmy Lafave playing in Austin. The site is well maintained and a good one to follow.

Among the random and cool people I've found on Twitter is the blogger for AMP. He is a professional photographer for Joe's Bar in Chicago, which hosts great country acts as well as the bigger Texas bands every now and then. (Most recently Cross Canadian Ragweed and Stephanie Briggs had a show there) His pictures are great and really worth taking a look at. You can find his blog on my blog roll in the sidebar as well as through his Twitter profile.

Long post short, Twitter isn't too bad if you're already addicted to checking updates, e-mails, blogs, and friend suggestions. They have brought me to some interesting sites I wouldn't have known of before. It is certainly a worthy addition to those sites that give you that impulsive need to turn on the computer.

Radio Free Texas Top 100 Requests of 2008

Here's a short one to offset my previous post that went a little long. I was browsing around the Radio Free Texas forums, and the website administrator had posted a list of the top one hundred song requests of 2008. Risky Game, our first single from the same titled album, was number thirty seven of the most requested songs. Not too shabby. Here is the list in its entirety from the forum post. Give the bands a listen and I'm sure you'll find some satisfying surprises.

We have tallied all of your requests and here are the most requested songs of 2008. Thanks to artists and fans for making RFT the number one site for Texas music on the web!

1. Hunter McKithan Band (1056)
Fallin From High
2. Jamie Richards (1026)
Drive
3. KCee Edwards (854)
Lonely Too Long
4. Granger Smith (803)
Colorblind
5. Zach Edwards Band (781)
Texas Women
6. Hunter McKithan Band (762)
Shape of it All
7. Whiskey Myers (664)
Lonely East Texas Nights
8. Ben Morris and the Great American Boxcar Chorus (627)
The Ties
9. Josh Ward Band (590)
Jebediah Beane
10. Bois D'Arcs (562)
Better Off Tonight
11. Whiskey Myers (551)
Road Of Life
12. Donny Waits (523)
Feet Up On The Dashboard
13. Johnny Cooper (508)
Devil Woman
14. Mo Robson Band (490)
Even Angels Fall
15. Ricky Fugitt (477)
Red Dirt Music
16. County Road 5 (473)
Drink I Couldn't Handle
17. Slow Rollin Lows (468)
You're All I Need
18. Randy Rogers Band (453)
In My Arms Instead
19. Casey Berry and the Live Texas Mosquitos (452)
I Know a Liar
20. Josh Abbott Band (448)
Taste
21. Stoney LaRue (432)
Oklahoma Breakdown
22. Jamie Richards (431)
Any Way You Want Me To
23. Bois D'Arcs (428)
Wasted
24. Mike Ethan Messick (425)
Kings Of Juarez
25. Bart Crow Band (413)
Wear My Ring
26. Keith Davis (409)
Leave Tonight
27. Blue Broussard Band (408)
England
28. Hunter McKithan Band (386)
Here in Texas
29. Randy Rogers Band (382)
Better Off Wrong
30. KCee Edwards (367)
Believe (Amanda's Song)
31. Cody Johnson (360)
What's Left Of Texas
32. Spur 503 (359)
It's All My Fault
33. Jamie Richards (343)
I Just Can't Love You Anymore
34. County Road 5 (340)
Drink About It
35. Mo Robson Band (327)
1892
36. Mo Robson Band (321)
Rollin' Down This Highway
37. Cody Hughes Davidson (318)
Risky Game
38. Red Dvorak (316)
That's the Way It Is
39. Marshall/Peery (309)
Baghdad Blues
40. Keith McCoy (309)
I Became Her She Became Me
41. Jason Boland & The Stragglers (302)
Comal County Blue
42. Ryan Bingham (302)
Bread And Water
43. KCee Edwards (300)
Angel
44. Luke Robinson (299)
Tequila Sheila
45. Mike Ethan Messick (297)
American Steel
46. Ben Morris and the Great American Boxcar Chorus (292)
No Saving Grace
47. Tres Womack (290)
Batman
48. Getocowboys (286)
Crazy
49. Keith McCoy (285)
How Far Has She Gone
50. Rodney Parker & 50 Peso Reward (283)
Tell Me What It Is
51. JW Lane (283)
I Want You To Come With Me To Texas
52. Terry Allen Band (269)
Eight In The Mornin'
53. Rodney Parker & 50 Peso Reward (269)
Atlantic City
54. Luke Robinson (269)
That's What I Tell Myself
55. Randy Brown (268)
All Likkered Up
56. Bleu Edmondson (268)
Last Last Time
57. Whiskey Myers (264)
Goodbye Girl
58. KCee Edwards (264)
The Last Songwriter
59. Casey Donahew Band (259)
White Trash Story
60. Reckless Kelly (258)
Ragged As The Road
61. Amie Stacy Band (255)
A Song For You
62. Highspeed Hayride (254)
Boots
63. Old Crow Medicine Show (254)
Wagon Wheel
64. Ricky Fugitt (249)
Dusty's Song (Ride Alone)
65. Brison Bursey Band (248)
Pourin' Rain
66. Ryan Culwell (247)
She Knows About Me
67. Josh Grider (247)
Crazy Like You
68. Marshall/Peery (238)
Run Out-A Tulsa
69. Zach Edwards Band (236)
Cowboy Up (And Cowboy Down)
70. Red Dvorak (230)
A Long Way From Home
71. Hazzard (229)
At It Again
72. Curtis Grimes (228)
Whirlwind
73. Mark McKinney (223)
Bonfire
74. Mo Robson Band (222)
Amarillo Sand
75. Chris Knight (222)
Here Comes The Rain
76. Randy Rogers Band (221)
Kiss Me In The Dark
77. Robert Earl Keen (221)
The Front Porch Song
78. Modern Day Drifters (218)
Tired of This Town
79. Wade Bowen (217)
Walkin' Along the Fenceline
80. Brison Bursey Band (217)
Don't Go
81. Wade Bowen (216)
You Had Me At My Best
82. Bois D'Arcs (214)
Backroads of Texas
83. Marshall/Peery (214)
When The Dust Settles
84. Whiskey Myers (213)
Thief Of Hearts
85. Jamie Richards (212)
Back To Bein Me
86. John Riley And The Lighthorsemen (211)
Mona Lisa
87. Shooter Jennings (210)
4th of July
88. Brent Allen (206)
Day Job
89. Renegade Rail (206)
Fat Girls And Weed
90. Twisted Pistols (203)
Cold
91. Rotge (199)
Lonely Land
92. Walt Wilkins and The Mystiqueros (198)
Big Shiny Cars
93. James McMurtry (197)
We Can't Make It Here
94. Ben Morris and the Great American Boxcar Chorus (195)
Lupe's Daughter
95. Fred Eaglesmith (192)
Harold Wilson
96. Cory Morrow (190)
He Carries Me
97. Rotge (190)
Eyes Wide Open
98. Mike Ethan Messick (183)
First Of October
99. Casey Berry and the Live Texas Mosquitos (180)
Sister So Long
100. Ben Morris and the Great American Boxcar Chorus (179)
Hit Man

I have to admit I have no idea who some of the bands are on the top of the list, but they obviously have a good following or a lot of time on their hands requesting their own song.
Here's an old Youtube video of our song Risky Game at our favorite venue The Hog Pit back before I joined the band. If you're wondering when I'll be on some recording with the band, Cody is currently sifting through producers for our next album that we will hopefully be recording this summer.