This is the best summary I could come up with:
The album, which hits digital platforms on October 27, with a vinyl release to come in November, continues a year-long celebration of Texas state parks’ hundredth anniversary.
“Our centennial campaign in general revolved around [increasing diversity in park visitation],” says Brown, who credits former and current colleagues Jay Kleberg and Phil Lamb for helping to envision the project.
We hear Black Pumas mastermind Adrian Quesada teaming up with Austin singers the Soul Supporters on the 1999 Destiny’s Child chart-topper “Say My Name.” Rootsy troubadour Ryan Bingham takes a dip into grungy nineties rock by covering “Possum Kingdom” by the Toadies, a Fort Worth band that in turn puts a harder edge on pop singer Kelly Clarkson’s 2004 pop smash “Since U Been Gone.”
The opportunity to reconsider what defines Texas music was a big part of the project’s appeal for Austin musician Walker Lukens, who produced the compilation.
The album ends with perhaps its two safest choices: Denton’s Sarah Jaffe puts a gauzy indie shimmer on Willie Nelson’s sterling “Angel Flying Too Close to the Ground,” while Hayes Carll joins Shane Smith & the Saints on Townes Van Zandt’s iconic “Pancho & Lefty.”
It was basically a ton of nos and then Sarah suggested [‘Angel Flying Too Close to the Ground’], which I thought was a pretty cool idea—a deeper Willie song instead of one of the major hits.
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Great album, thanks for sharing. Say my name is like a completely different song
