Palo Duro Records to Re-Launch Live Luckenbach Recording as Luckenbach! Compadres! (Songs of Luckenbach Texas)
Posted by: cjthomas in Brian Burns, Daily Buzz, Derailers, Ed Burleson, Luckenbach Texas, Morrison-Williams, Tommy Alverson, Two Tons of Steel, Walt Wilkins
Tex-centric label Palo Duro Records today re-launches with a new name its chart-climbing live recording of Texas music from a tiny Texas town, LUCKENBACH! COMPADRES! (SONGS OF LUCKENBACH TEXAS). The CD is expected to return to retail shelves in the next several weeks.
The album’s name change, from VIVA! TERLINGUA! NUEVO! released by Palo Duro Records in October 2006, is the result of the resolution of a lawsuit filed by Jerry Jeff Walker dba Groper Music against Palo Duro Records. The renamed LUCKENBACH! COMPADRES! will return to retail stores in the next several weeks and will be available through all online music services including iTunes, Sony Connect, Napster and Rhapsody.
Over two nights in January 2006, Palo Duro Records and the Town of Luckenbach celebrated Luckenbach’s musical history by recording live performances of 14 songs from an era that inspired musicians, songwriters and storytellers such as Gary P. Nunn, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Guy Clark, Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings, whose “Luckenbach Texas (Back to the Basics of Love)” touched millions of people around the world.
Texas artists performing “Up Against the Wall (Redneck Mother),” “London Homesick Blues,” “Sangria Wine,” “Gettin’ By,” “What I Like About Texas,” “Desperados Waiting for a Train” and more were Jimmy LaFave, Cory Morrow, john Arthur martinez, Gary P. Nunn, Two Tons of Steel, Ed Burleson, Brian Burns, The McKay Brothers, Morrison-Williams, Walt Wilkins, Tommy Alverson, The Derailers and members of the original Lost Gonzo Band.
LUCKENBACH! COMPADRES!, co-produced by Walt Wilkins and Tommy Alverson, is the first release in the Palo Duro Records Luckenbach Texas Music Series. Additional live recordings at the historical venue are planned, with the second installment to be announced in the next several weeks.
The mission of Palo Duro Records (“Country Music, Texas Spirit”) is to release the best of Texas-made music in a way that reflects the authenticity of its artists. The label is also home to the notable brands Shiner Records, Luckenbach Texas, and the Texas Unplugged Music Series.
For more information, visit www.palodurorecords.com and www.luckenbachtexas.com.
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March 11th, 2007 at 5:08 pm
Thanks for the note about this cd, I had heard about the recording in Luckenbach. And more to come! More good news
March 13th, 2007 at 1:09 pm
I am glad to hear that things worked out so that you can get this CD back out on the streets. I found a copy before it was pulled and loved it. I even wrote an email to Jerry Jeff (no response back) telling him how proud I was that your label thought enough to offer some tribute to him and the music that he spawned over 30 years ago. I feel that you did nothing wrong in making the CD and getting it in the hands of fans of Jerry Jeff and Lost Gonzo style music.
I will be back in Austin at the end of the month to get back to the roots of my raisin’ (spriritually at least) and get a full dose of Jerry Jeff, Austin and Luckenbach.
Thanks again for the great music - especially The Derailers, Two Tons and 1100 Springs.