Tex Smith

Tex Smith is an Austin, Texas-based American singer and songwriter. His style has been compared to Johnny Cash, Hank Williams, and Roger Miller.

Biography Smith was born and raised in Arlington, Texas, a suburb of Dallas–Fort Worth.

Upon graduating from University of North Texas in 1997, Smith moved to Dallas where he DJ'ed on local community radio station KNON on the weekly Rockabilly Revue show with Cowhide Cole, while also filling in on the Texas Renegade Radio show occasionally.

Smith moved to Austin, TX, where he began playing Kent Finlay's weekly Songwriter Circle at Cheatham Street Warehouse which would lead to his introduction to Seth Gibbs and Superpop Records in Austin.

In 2015 Smith recorded Pink and Black (Sings and Plays Songs About Love) and released on his own label Whippoorwill Records. Contributing artists included Pete Coatney (drums), Jake Erwin (bass), Nicholas Young (guitar), Simon Page (pedal steel), Whit Smith (guitar) of The Hot Club of Cowtown, Matt Thomas (guitar, steel guitar), Maybelle Crawford (vocals, guitar), and Gladys Rose (vocals).

In 2016 Smith recorded Fair-Weather Friends in Lockhart, Texas at Troubadour Studios with producer and artist Steven Collins of Deadman and self-released the record on Whippoorwill Records.

In 2019 Smith recorded Kinfolk in Austin TX at Sweetheart Studios and released on Whippoorwill Records. Contributing artists included Earl Poole Ball (piano) most notably the piano player of Johnny Cash for 20 years, Pete Coatney (drums), Jake Erwin (bass), Simon Page (pedal steel, guitar), Maybelle Crawford (vocals), Gladys Rose (vocals), Seth Gibbs (mandolin, vocals), Matt Ford (guitar), Josh Buckley (guitar), and Tyler Wallace (vocals). Smith also collaborated with songwriters Seth Gibbs, Jon Chamberlain, Peter Stafford, Marc Hoegg, Nate Uhlmer, & Dan Shaw of The Tossers on Willy Vanilla's final album Gutted to the Studs, recorded in the same year.

In 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic Smith self recorded two EP's: Sings The Lonesome Bob Dylan followed by Sings The Man In Black JOHNNY CASH covering the songs of Johnny Cash and Bob Dylan, as well as releasing the EP LIVE! At The Hole in The Wall.

Discography

Solo albums

2009: Tex Smith 2010: To A Bird Singing Woe 2012: A Wayfarer's Lament 2015: Pink and Black (Sings and Plays Songs About Love) (Whippoorwill Records) 2019: Fair-Weather Friends (Whippoorwill Records) 2019: Kinfolk (Whippoorwill Records)

EP's

2020: Sings The Lonesome Bob Dylan (Whippoorwill Records) 2020: Sings The Man In Black JOHNNY CASH (Whippoorwill Records) 2020: LIVE! At The Hole in The Wall

Also appears on

2020: Willy Vanilla - Gutted To The Studs