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Steven Fromholz

About Me

Texas has spawned tons of musicians, including some of the most brilliant in modern history — Bob Wills, Buddy Holly, Freddie King, Willie Nelson, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Waylon Jennings, and so on. Nobody loves Texas more than Texans. The state has inspired more songs than probably any other in the union. So it’s no small feat to have penned what many people consider the best song ever written about the Lone Star State. “Texas Trilogy” is poetic, elegant, and dazzling in scope while remaining as simple as the Kopperl farmers who inspired Fromholz to write it in 1967. Kirk Dooley’s "Book of Texas Best," published in 1988, named “Texas Trilogy” as the best song ever written about Texas, hardly breaking news to anyone who has heard the epic ballad. --- --Jeff Prince, Ft. Worth Weekly

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Member Since: 11/07/2007
Band Website: www.stevenfromholz.com
Band Members: Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Jerry Jeff Walker , Rusty Weir, Steven Fromholz ...these legends threw away the formulas that Nashville thought music should sound like. They were the first to think country music should combine rock, blues, Cajun, Tejano, gospel music and much more.--Kat Vickers (The Wichitan)
Influences: A spare but full-bodied rendition of Steven Fromholz's sprawling regional classic, "Texas Trilogy," kicks off the second disc of Step Inside This House, Lyle Lovett's loving tribute to his Lone Star influences. And despite stiff competition from the likes of Townes Van Zandt, Vince Bell and Guy Clark, the three-movement suite may well be the most majestic moment on an album full of them -- just as the Lovett version of Fromholz's "Bears" is the collection's most playful diversion. The real item is also a study in contrasts: aside from his work as singer/songwriter, the longtime Austinite is part-time actor and a rafting guide. As is the case for anyone who's lived a little, the years haven't always been easy on Fromholz, and the hard mileage can show on-stage. But, in the end, if the songs -- and the stories that accompany them -- are all he has to fall back on, then fair enough. They're timeless --Hobart Rowland, Houston Press
Sounds Like: Murphey's songs of life on the range went over far better with the Yankee audience than his cowboy jokes did, but he did have the disadvantage of being behind rapscallion Fromholz in the batting order. "I can't follow that," Murphey grumbled each time Fromholz polished off a nugget like "I Gave Her a Ring (She Gave Me the Finger)." Few folks could have.-- From “Rolling Stone” (Review/The Bottom Line in New York City)
Record Label: Felicity Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Fromholz New Book Released by Esteban Publishing

A quick head's up to all you fans of Fromholz epic song "Texas Trilogy."  His first book, as Poet Laureate of Texas, has been released and it, too, is called "Texas Trilogy."  The poetry, ne...
Posted by on Wed, 08 Aug 2007 20:14:00 GMT

New on MySpace & New Blogger

Hidee from Texas -  I'm Sis, Steven's sister and go-fer person and I'm only here to get this blog started and MySpace set up. Steven will be doing his own blogging, correspondence, etc. when...
Posted by on Mon, 23 Jul 2007 17:12:00 GMT