Member Since: 05/12/2006
Band Members:I'm Lance Wade Thomas and Texas Country, like for many of you, is all that matters. I've got an album out called "Songs from a Small Town" and it's doing well - especially the hit single "Jim Beam and Mary Jane" and "Forever Wasn't Long Enough." I wrote every song on it but it was a labor of love because they are just a re-telling of my life and the people I ran into in my hometown of Holland, located in East Bell County, Texas. From these humble and smalltown roots I tried to write songs that reflected the true-grit of the life and love that came from living there. While all Texas music genres should be respected and supported, I wanted to create songs that told the story of REAL small town kids and people - not some "glam rock" or alternative rock hybrid uppity wannabees that have never even set foot in an SPJST hall, experienced towns with one grocery store and one traffic light, and got together on a friend's piece of land somewhere around a bonfire or met on a Farm-to-Market Road cause the nearest place was 30 miles away. Don't get me wrong, I like Pearl Jam, Kurt Cobain, Linkin Part, Green Day, Blink 182, and Theory of a Dead Man, as much as they next guy, I just wanted to see Texas Country music maintain some identifiable small town features of real people that have lived the fights, the friday nite lights, the dance halls, the nosey friends and family, and the quirky festivals.
Anyway, got a new album coming out in the Spring of 2009 called "Country Like Us". Since the release of my first album (2007), I've been able to share the stage with Kevin Fowler, The Randy Rogers Band, Wade Bowen, Reckless Kelley, Stoney Larue, Roger Creager, The Casey Donahew Band, Jack Ingram, Tracy Lawrence, Mark McKinney, The Bart Crow Band, Zona Jones, The Cody Gill band, The Ryan Bales Band...and many others. To quote the famous REK, "The Road Goes on Forever and The Party Never Ends"!
Below is a pic of me and my buddy Mr. Kevin Fowler - his was the first big show I did and we love him for it!
PICS FROM THE show W/ KEVIN FOWLER on 11-15!
Pics from show w/ JACK INGRAM on December 29, 2007
Influences:
Record Label: Indie
Type of Label: Indie