About this season
A half-hour series that presents performances by and interviews with some of the best Lone Star State talents. There's no discrimination here, as both up-and-coming artists and veteran acts perform.
Episodes (20)
1. Season 8 Episode 1
Aired 16 December 2016
12/17/2016 WEEKEND of The #TexasMusic Scene with Ray Benson Uncle Lucius "Age of Reason" LIVE | The Toadies "Rattler's Revival" LIVE The MusicFest Tribute to Joe Ely from 2016 | Charlie Shafter Music "Billy Creek" LIVE Acoustic And Check out this NEW INTRO TITLE SQUENCE!! Spread the Word Kids..
2. Season 8 Episode 2
Aired 23 December 2016
MERRY CHRISTMAS! NEW EPISODE 12/24 WEEKEND Sam Riggs performs "Breathless" | The Black Lillies do "40 Days" for us LIVE Susan Gibson does an acoustic version of "The Second Hand" & Deryl Dodd offers up a LIVE rendition of "One Ride in Vegas" Mr. Ray Benson hosts from his home studio Bismeaux Records / Bismeaux Studios …
3. Season 8 Episode 3
Aired 7 April 2017
A BRAND NEW EPISODE THIS 4/8 & 9 WEEKEND of The #TexasMusic Scene with Ray Benson The Band of Heathens "Trouble Came Early" LIVE #JeremyPlato | Cody Canada and the Departed with Jamie Lin Wilson 'IN RETROSPECT...' Segment Zane Williams "Hello World" LIVE & Jason Eady "Why I Left Atlanta":Acoustic
4. Season 8 Episode 4
Aired 21 April 2017
This time we're Ray Benson's Bismeaux Studios in Austin “I Got Your Medicine” is the Title Track off of the twenty-seventeen album from Shinyribs. Kevin Russell and the band do that number LIVE to start us off. We'll sit down with Seth James & Jessica Murray as they give us the story behind their long-awaited duet project 'A Million Miles of Love.' Jack Ingram’s Songwriter Series plays host to Terri Hendrix and Lloyd Maines as they perform ”Ain't It a Shame.” And Texas Troubadour Max Stalling does “A Night's Pay in My Boot” a great song from his album 'Banquet.'
5. Season 8 Episode 5
Aired 28 April 2017
Reckless Kelly performs "Radio" LIVE and ROCKIN' Wade Bowen talks up the 2016 & Upcoming 2017 Bowen MusicFest & Wade Bowen Classic in WACO. Rob Baird performs "Run of Good Luck" acoustic in Jack Ingram's #SongwriterSeries Aaron Einhouse does "The Richest Man" Live on our stage at THE MARC in Tour San Marcos, Texas
6. Season 8 Episode 6
Aired 5 May 2017
Ray Benson is hosting from his very own Bismeaux Studio. Roger Creager does "Where the Gringos Don't Go," Texas Music Legend Gary P. Nunn performs "Last Thing I Needed First Thing This Morning," Mark McKinney gives us a solo, acoustic version of the #1 Texas Radio Single "Bridge," & Okie Red-Dirt Hero Mike McClure does a live version of "Saints In The Twilight."
7. Season 8 Episode 7
Aired 12 May 2017
Willie Nelson would like to remind y'all to watch this NEW EPISODE on 5/13 & MOTHER'S DAY WEEKEND The Quaker City Night Hawks do a rockin' LIVE version of "Medicine Man" Robyn Ludwick celebrates the release of her new album 'THIS TALL TO RIDE' with a Jack Ingram's Songwriter Series performance of "Mexia." Jamie Lin Wilson assembles an All-Star Band to give us a LIVE rendition of "Ordinary People." Thank You Whataburger & Deep Eddy Vodka for making this possible!
8. Season 8 Episode 8
Aired 19 May 2017
Shinyribs gives us an inside look into his 2017 album ode to Swamp Pop called 'I GOT YOUR MEDICINE' | Jack Ingram Performs "Can't Get Any Better Than This" off of 'MIDNIGHT MOTEL' | Texas Music Legend Delbert McClinton does a LIVE version of "Why Me?" | Carson McHone gives us a super-cool, broke down rendition of "Maybe They're Just Really Good Friends" - a song from her album 'GOODLUCK MAN'
9. Season 8 Episode 9
Aired 2 June 2017
Ray Benson hosts from Larry Joe Taylor's 2017 Texas Music Festival Cody Jinks Performs "She's All Mine" | Dalton Domino does "Decent Man" Live | Troy Murph Music Troy Murph does a full acoustic version of "With You" in Jack Ingram's Songwriter Series | Then Jack Ingram Willy & Cody Braun of Reckless Kelly Jason Eady Ray Benson Brennen Leigh & Noel McKay show how Deep Eddy Vodka is helping out with Health Alliance for Austin Musicians - HAAM
11. Season 8 Episode 11
Aired 30 June 2017
NEW EPISODE THIS JULY 1st WEEKEND Ray Benson hosting from Larry Joe Taylor's Texas Music Festival Jonathan Tyler with Nikki Lane perform "To Love Is To Fly" Seth James & Jessica Murray give us a live rendition of "I Need You" Willy Braun of Reckless Kelly talks up the Braun Brothers Reunion Festival Josh Grider does a solo acoustic performance of "Two Truths and a Lie"
12. Season 8 Episode 12
Aired 28 July 2017
NEW EPISODE 7/29 of The #TexasMusic Scene Texas Music TV with Ray Benson Gary P. Nunn does "What I Like About Texas" | We check out The MusicFest 2017 in Steamboat Springs, Colorado | Zac Wilkerson Music performs "Tell The Truth" | John Evans Band does an acoustic version of "Grandma's Chair"
13. Season 8 Episode 13
Aired 11 August 2017
The Official 2017 Larry Joe Taylor's Texas Music Festival Episode of The Texas Music Scene. We have Stoney LaRue performing "Aviator," Deryl Dodd and special guest Roger Creager doing a live version of "She'll Have You Back." Josh Ward goes acoustic on "Highway." Larry Joe Taylor is our personal tour guide around Melody Mountain Ranch and LJT 2017!
14. Season 8 Episode 14
Aired 25 August 2017
4 PERFORMANCES Ray Wylie Hubbard "Bad on Fords and Chevrolets" | Vandoliers "Rolling Out" | Bart Crow "Baby Come Back Home" | Matt Caldwell "Woman Worth Waiting For" (Acoustic)
15. Season 8 Episode 15
Aired 8 September 2017
JAM PACKED Episode with Amazing Live Performances Josh Abbott Band performs "Texas Women, Tennessee Whiskey" from their 2017 album 'UNTIL MY VOICE GOES OUT.' Sunny Sweeney delivers an emotional live version of "Bottle by My Bed." Jason Boland goes acoustic on his classic "Pearl Snaps" with Cody Canada & Mike McClure assisting. AND Phil Hamilton does "The Room" as a live duet with his wife Erica Perry.
17. Season 8 Episode 17
Aired 6 October 2017
Ray Benson is hosting from Gibson Guitars in South Austin TX! Kevin Fowler does "Movin' On" LIVE | The MusicFest in Steamboat 2017 had Wade Bowen & Friends Honoring Guy Clark | Mike Zito does a LIVE version of the title track to 'Make Blues Not War' | Singer/Songwriter Mike Ethan Messick sits down to talk up his album 'How Close We Came'
20. Season 8 Episode 20
Aired 10 November 2017
Ray Benson is hosting from Gibson Guitars in South Austin, Texas. Blue Water Highway Band offers up an ultra-cool live version of “Medicine Man to get this episode up and running. Then, Reckless Kelly’s front-man Willy Braun gives us the 4-1-1 on the 2017 edition of The Braun Brothers Reunion Music Festival in Challis, Idaho. Sunny Sweeney sits down to talk up her twenty-seventeen album Trophy in a Backstage Conversation. And to close this one down, Aaron Einhouse performs “On & On.” DESCRIPTION HERE
23. Season 8 Episode 23
Aired 22 December 2017
Airing December 23 & 24, 2017 RAY BENSON Hosts from GIBSON GUITARS in SOUTH AUSTIN Jonathan Tyler, and a band of awesome players, plug-in and rock out a live rendition of “Honey Pie.” Then we'll have Jamie Lin Wilson doing a track from 'Holidays and Wedding Rings' called “Just Like Heartache.” Texas singer / songwriter Gary Kyle sits down to discuss his 2017 project called 'Rewind.'. And Zac Wilkerson shows off another solid selection off of 'Dustbowl Soul' with a live performance of “Cruel.”
24. Season 8 Episode 24
Aired 19 January 2018
January 20 & 21, 2018 Episode 824 Ray Benson hosts from Gibson Guitars in South Austin. Prophets And Outlaws perform "Soul Shop" Bonnie Bishop gives an emotional live rendition of "You Will Be Loved" @Randy Rogers & Wade Bowen do "Standards" acoustically Walt Wilkins & The Mystiqueros do a Jimmy Davis tune called "You Should Be With Me"
25. Season 8 Episode 25
Aired 26 January 2018
Ray Benson hosts this one from Gibson Guitars Showroom in South Austin. Roger Creager gives us a live version of "Different Than I'm Feeling Right Now." Zane Williams does "Slow Roller." Jason Boland performs a "Somewhere Down in Texas" in our Yellow House Revisited Acoustic Series. Phil Hamilton does "Big News Small Town."
26. Season 8 Episode 26
Aired 9 February 2018
SEASON 8 of The #TexasMusic Scene FINALE, ENDER THIS 2/10 WEEKEND Our 1st look at The MusicFest 2018 #MF18 from January. Also, Bruce Robison & The Back Porch Band do "Rock and Roll Honky-Tonk Ramblin' Man" | Phoebe Hunt & The Gatherers interview on 'SHANTI's SHADOW' | Mike McClure ( Mike McClure Band ) backed up by members of Cody Canada and the Departed performs "Horseshoe."