The Derailers' Honky-Tonk Checklist: Songs about women — check. Song about beer — check. Song about guns — check. Song about a pickup truck — miss. Three out of four ain't bad, and neither is Soldiers ...

You know who I’m talking about. The “Hee-Haw” guy. The one who did “Act Naturally” before the Beatles. The musician John Fogerty sings about on CCR’s “Lookin’ Out My Back Door.” The Derailers know who ...

Unless you worked for a manufacturer of face masks, hand sanitizers, or sweat pants, chances are the pandemic was not particularly good for your industry. That especially goes for most working, ...

Americana music — the diverse collection of genres that prominently includes so-called “alternative country” — is growing, report the Derailers, a Texas-born group whose burgeoning career seems to ...

The members of The Derailers believe in real country music. That sentiment is apparent on every album they record, and in their impressive dedication to live performances, which take place about 300 ...

BRYAN, Texas (KBTX) - The Derailers joined First News at Four for Free Music Friday on July 21. The Austin-based band was founded in 1993 and released eight studio albums . Lead singer Brian Hofeldt ...

In the last song on the Derailers' 2003 album, "Genuine," co-founding member Tony Villanueva sang the lyrics, "you take the wheel, I'm tired of driving." Villanueva is referring to Jesus on the ...

No band today captures that Bakersfield-style twang better than the Derailers. Carrying glittering twin Telecasters on stage, front men and founding members Tony Villanueva and Brian Hofeldt can, at ...

Last August, astronaut Steve Robinson performed three spacewalks during his trip on the shuttle Discovery, including an unplanned, unprecedented repair of Discovery’s heat shield. But he still found ...

While a love of roots country music may be the factor that unites the various alt.country/Americana/No Depression bands, interpretations of this influence are ...

Since then, I've worn that CD out, and the Derailers have played hundreds of gigs at dozens of Houston venues. They eventually caught the eye of California roots-rock icon Dave Alvin, who produced ...

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