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Old 06-13-2017, 04:41 PM
 
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Texas Country, Blues and our brand of hip hop is way different than the West Coast sound even though they're trying to mimic it in the mainstream.
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Old 06-13-2017, 07:48 PM
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Location: Fort Worth
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Define "average Texan"...

(I'm surprised no one asked that to begin with.)
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Old 06-13-2017, 11:17 PM
 
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Well. My latest playlist has Chris Stapleton, Everlast, me First and the gimme gimmes, Warporn Industries, Blake Shelton, E-40, NOFX, Jason Aldean and Die Antwoord

GF isn't a big fan of Blake or Die Antwoord though, so those are lumped in the front.
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Old 06-14-2017, 07:38 AM
 
Location: Willowbend/Houston
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Average Texan? There's no such thing.

The top ranked radio stations in every major Texas market are adult contemporary and soft rock. Probably that is the answer.

I listen to death metal like Dying Fetus, Morbid Angel, and Cannibal Corpse but I'm far from normal by any states standard.
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Old 06-14-2017, 08:02 AM
 
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What else? Well, there's the Blues. It's been an integral part of the Texas musical fabric since around the time Blind Lemon Jefferson started recording it back in the 20s. Both of the legendary Mississippi Bluesman Robert Johnson's recording sessions took place in Texas, in Dallas and San Antonio circa '36 and '37. Texas western swing icon Bob Wills was known to play a few Blues tunes back in his day. Electric guitar and Blues pioneer, T-Bone Walker moved to the Oak Cliff section of Dallas at a very young age from Linden, that's the same part of town that later on gave us Stevie Ray Vaughan and his brother Jimmie Vaughan. Btw, back in the early 60s Steve Miller and Boz Scaggs went to St Marks where they had a abnd that played a few blues tunes.
In my opinion it's embarrassing how little Dallas plays tribute to or respects its musical history. The building where Robert Johnson recorded was closed until early this year (and slated for destruction many times), the blues has been whitewashed away, and the only tribute to SRV is a tiny thing at a DART rail station.
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Old 06-14-2017, 08:42 AM
 
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I'm from Los Angeles (I know, I know) but I'm coming over there to Texas soon. I just wanted to know what to expect over music wise. Over here in L.A. everyone just listens to rap/hip-hop and pop/emo music, and thats not my cup of tea.

Just wonderin' what a Texan would like?
Wall, ya know, when Ah get done punchin' mah dogies an' snappin' the heads off mah rattlesnakes here in downtown Dallas, Ah listen to both types of music, Country and Western. Someone told me they got these-here newfangled things called shoes - gonna have to try me some of 'em. It'll make it easier when Ah gotta walk through the saguaro cactus forests on mah way to the Petroleum Club or the Meyerson symphony hall.
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Old 06-17-2017, 06:38 AM
 
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There are no "average" Texans...
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Old 06-18-2017, 11:10 PM
 
Location: MO->MI->CA->TX->MA
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Ever since moving here 4 months ago, I've heard Rap, Metal, Rock, Pop, Indie, Spanish, and of course Country. Only country stands out as being a little more popular here than in California (probably similar in popularity to central/rural CA.)
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Old 06-23-2017, 09:36 AM
 
Location: I-35
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Screw, Tejano, & Country rap tunes.
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Old 06-23-2017, 09:53 AM
 
Location: San Diego CA>Tijuana, BC>San Antonio, TX
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With regard to rock music, it seems hard rock/metal may be more popular in Texas whereas Indie Rock/Alternative are not as popular.

With regard to Mexican/TexMex music, in South Texas you will notice much more accordion music than tuba music.
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