Reviews of Texas artists from outside Austin:
Kim Wilson, live performance:
“Kim Wilson’s swooping, careening harmonica licks were an integral part of the original Fabulous Thunderbirds sound. He’s [now] singing with far more confidence and authority than at any time in the past decade or so.” (Nashville Scene, 11/1/01)
Pat Green, Three Days:
“Green, a pack-’em-in club act in his native Texas, proves to be an ingratiating singer-songwriter in the dusty-boots, country-folk tradition — think of Robert Earl Keen without the edge.” (Entertainment Weekly, 11/2/01)
Alejandro Escovedo, A Man Under the Influence:
“Every piece of the puzzle works. The songs and the vocals are solid, the guitar work is outstanding, and the additional instrumentation (mostly cello and violin) fills it out to create a unique sound. This is what all those No Depression bands are aiming for.” (Your Flesh spring/summer ’01)
Beaver Nelson, Undisturbed:
“Nelson has always been head and shoulders above so many of his contemporaries in the Texas songwriting tradition. But his work just never seems to evoke more than a hearty ‘Yeah.’ I’ll keep listening for when the response is ‘Wow.'”(Houston Press, 11/1/01)
This article appears in November 30 • 2001.