Either Texas vocalist or Texas born or based song writer
10)Gringo Honeymoon: REK: "We were standing on mountain top...where the cactus flowers grow....I was wishing the World would stop....when you said we gotta go. Sometimes men and women are plumb different even in love.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWANCXep4SY

9)Kiss Me Six Pence None the Richer.... Innocent naive but fun pure to hear the song is to touch why I never full adapted to Denton and the innocnce even if a fraud of NB Ace in Tales snarled growled but at times could chose to forget the horror and dream this dream http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YcNzHOBmk8

Song For Kathy ROber Earl Keen: Mature love not roaring hot not out of control but tested by time and folly not too erotic passionate but the look of loyalty earned love suvived the storm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEj4gA6afgI (not REK)

7)I Drove All Night ROy Orbison....his vocal chords the lonliness of Wink of Texas.......powerful voice http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5N9IHqqGcA (you gotta be a cold hearted bastard not to be moved)

6)Testorone....boy wanting get away from it all wanting to take that woman....follow me http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_SrA3E6iOw

5)Love at the Five and Dime Nanci Griffith: She maybe shy she aint the hottest chick you layed eyes estrogen laiden but definetly not weak not lightning and thunder but fire none the less http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GK462XnRjQ

4)Acoustic Janis Joplin Me and Bobby McGee http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCSmXoAZ-sE when you look in the mirror and you realized you made the biggest mistake. YOu can not get more heart breaking this one

3)Handle me With Care (under the Roy Orbison Rule) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8s9dmuAKvU Old man's loved song......

2)No Kinda Dancer Robert Earl Keen love lost love gained love gone but not forgotten In a hill country dance hall http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unftUsV-2Zw

1)Distilled aged heartbreak lonliness http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crgtWomWg90 stripped down to the point of raw heartbreak and hope......

I went for a baker's dozen, in no particular order. There is no video available for the first one, at least not that I could find.

Asleep at the Wheel "Texas, Me & You"

Guy Clark "Anyhow, I Love You"


The Gourds "Steeple Full of Swallows"*


Old 97's "Bel Air"


Jerry Jeff Walker "Her Good Lovin' Grace"


Billy Joe Shaver "You Asked Me To"


James McMurtry "Red Dress"


Slobberbone "(I Can Tell) Your Love Is Waning"


Willie Nelson "It's Not Supposed To Be That Way"


Rodney Crowell "'Til I Gain Control Again"


Lyle Lovett "She's No Lady"


Townes Van Zandt "If I Needed You"


* Performed here by Kevin Russell (aka "Shinyribs" of the Gourds)