It's no secret that Texas has always had its own kind of music and its own kind of music business to go along with it. But even by the wide-open standards of the Lone Star State, the ongoing career and success of Aaron Watson are something else. With an uncanny knack for mixing great songs and unforgettable performances with good, old-fashioned business savvy, Watson has grown – night-by-night, fan-by-fan, album-by-album, one honky-tonk stage at a time – into an unstoppable force in Texas Music with his sights firmly set on the national stage.

Watch Aaron Watson perform LIVE in our 98.1 KVET Live Music Lounge!

The Band of Heathens are a band from Austin, Texas.  The three principal songwriters - Colin Brooks, Ed Jurdi and Gordy Quist shared the bill at Momo's, an Austin club. Originally, each singer/songwriter performed his own set, however they eventually started sharing the stage, and collaborating together with bassist Seth Whitney. The Wednesday night series was billed as "The Good Time Supper Club". A misprint in a local paper billed the act as "The Heathens." In 2007, drummer John Chipman joined the band. Also notable is a version of "Aint No More Cane",a traditional prison work song of the American south. The Austin, Texas-based Band of Heathens included their distinctive arrangement of the old song on their "Live at Momo's" album

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Roger Creager is an award-winning Texas country music singer and songwriter who is soaring toward the top of the Texas Music Scene!  Creager has exhibited the perserverance and stick-with-it quality that is necessary when blazing one's own trail in country music.  Always part of 98.1 KVET's Texas Music Series, Roger Creager stopped by the KVET Live Music Lounge for a live performance.  Listen, watch and enjoy!
 

Contemporary country star Doug Stone made his name as a lonesome baritone balladeer, though he's also adept at hard up-tempo country. Stone was born and raised in Newnan, GA, and learned guitar from his mother -- also a country singer -- starting at age five. As a teenager, he performed in skating rinks in his hometown and later moved on to playing area bars while working long hours as a mechanic during the day.

Stone was already several years past 30 when a Nashville-based manager saw his act and helped him finally land a record deal with Epic. His self-titled debut was released in 1990 and broke him in a big way with the despairing lead single "I'd Be Better Off (In a Pine Box)," which shot into the country Top Five. Stone landed three more Top Ten hits from the album, including "Fourteen Minutes Old," "These Lips Don't Know How to Say Goodbye," and his first number one, "In a Different Light."

Doug Stone performed LIVE at the KVET Live Music Lounge for 98.1 KVET listeners!  Watch below Doug play such hits as "In A Different Light", "Why Didn't I Think Of That", & "Better Off In A Pine Box".


Doug Stone Myspace
CMT - Doug Stone

Reckless Kelly, named for the 19th century Australian bank robber Ned Kelly,  came by the KVET Sprint Live Music Lounge for an up close and personal performance for our KVET listeners.  Reckless Kelly played songs from their new album "Bulletproof" for a sold out packed full Live Music Lounge.  Preview & watch our very own Austin band Reckless Kelly perform 5 songs off the new record!




Offical Reckless Kelly Website
Reckless Kelly Myspace Page