Austin calls itself the “Live Music Capital of the World.” Dallas would like a word.
Artists like Leon Bridges and Charley Crockett spent the last decade proving that relentless gigging in the small bars and venues in Deep Ellum and around Dallas/Fort Worth can launch a musician into broader fame and national tours.
Money has gone into revitalizations of both Deep Ellum and the Stockyards, and musicians are now driving back and forth down I-30 to not only play in the crowded tourist areas but in new and old venues all over both cities. Both Dallas and Fort Worth are home to established recording studios too. Niles City Sound in Fort Worth is where Leon Bridges recorded his debut album, and Modern Electric Sound Recorders in Dallas, overseen by the producer Beau Bedford, has been used by out-of-towners and locals alike, nurturing homegrown acts like the Texas Gentlemen and Cauthen.
Two streets away from Three Links, the Free Man holds its own heralded jazz sessions. The Balcony Club in East Dallas is a decades-old jazz venue located above an historic theater. Reveler’s Hall in Oak Cliff, south of the Trinity River, features New Orleans-style jazz, and the Jazz Scat Lounge in Fort Worth is an upscale speakeasy with live jazz four nights a week.
That diversity of sound carries over into Latinx musicians working specifically in other genres. The Fort Worth-based Squeezebox Bandits, one of the best honky-tonk acts in Texas, is fronted by an accordion player, Abel Casillas, who played in Tejano bands in his twenties before applying his instrument to George Strait and Don Williams-flavored country songs.
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