Ray Wylie’s Grit & Groove Fest Lineup Speaks to Influence
Even if Ray Wylie Hubbard isn’t a name that your girlfriend or boyfriend or co-worker recognizes when you’re trying to explain what kind of music you like, there’s little doubt you could name someone whose songwriting or sound was influenced by Ray Wylie that they would know.
Down here in Texas they call him Wylie Lama. Musicians flock from all around the country and world to see if some of Hubbard’s songwriting prowess or production ear can rub off on them. And musicians from all over the spectrum. People like Hayes Carll, whose new album KMAG YOYO is getting tons off buzz, to The Black Crowes front man Chris Robinson.
Hubbard was once dubbed “The Forgotten Outlaw”. If he was forgotten, it was by the mass appetite of the passive American music consumer. Whether it was in the 60’s when he was hanging out with Michael Martin Murphey and Rick Fowler in New Mexico, or a few years later helping form the Austin music scene with Jerry Jeff Walker, or getting talked into sobriety by Stevie Ray Vaughn in the late 80’s, or helping shepherd Hayes Carll and Cody Canada today, it is hard to call Hubbard “forgotten” amongst the music makers of any generation, or genre if its based in roots.
With such respect and such a network of musician friends, if Ray Wylie wants to throw a little bash between Austin and San Antonio, pack it with big names, and still keep the price at a quarter of a C-note, he can do so. Because he’s Ray Wylie Hubbard. Check out this lineup for his 3rd installment of the Grit N’ Groove Festival in New Braunfels, TX on April 2nd:
February 4, 2011 @ 10:24 am
kool as hell man… mr. hubbard also just produced an album for chelle rose out of nashville tn. it should be a kick ass album…
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February 4, 2011 @ 11:01 am
We’ll be looking for that one. Last time I talked to Ray I asked him if he wanted to do more producing, or if he’d rather perform and he said, “Producing’s easier than carrying a guitar amp up a flight of stairs.” I think Ray Wylie Hubbard is going to be a hot name in producing moving forward, and it should be.
February 4, 2011 @ 10:37 am
I met the man a couple times..great guy and very funny too. It’s a shame his name isn’t as well known as it should be. He’s spawned so many great artists…
He, Hayes Carll, and Chris Knight are my top songwriters
February 4, 2011 @ 10:55 am
i’m surprised chris knight’s not in the lineup …
February 4, 2011 @ 11:04 am
And Hayes Carll. But you know, scheduling conflicts, etc. Who I am suprised to see there is Joe Walsh, though he fits perfect. I know some people look sideways at him because he played with The Eagles, but you want to talk about Grit N’ Groove, go back and listen to all that James Gang stuff, and now Joe is settling in as kind of a legendary guitar god, link of in the Eric Clapton mold. Can’t wait for April 2nd.
February 4, 2011 @ 1:23 pm
Your right Hayes Carll would be a good fit on that card. I’m looking forward to seeing him on the 22nd in Dallas. His last two albums are among my favorites I’m really looking forward to hearing KMAG YOYO.
February 4, 2011 @ 1:23 pm
I first read this right after I woke up. When I saw Charlie Shafter on the poster I thought “What the fuck is William Shatner doing there?” I got it straight a bit later.
Sounds like the show will be a good time. A bit too far away for me, though.
February 5, 2011 @ 12:01 pm
Oh Texas. Dang. Great blog Triggerman. Anyone who is talked into sobriety by SRV is a ok in my book.
February 5, 2011 @ 6:45 pm
hell yea met this nigga at the hills cafe in austin one day
February 7, 2011 @ 11:54 am
sweet bejesus… can’t make the show, but DAMN i sure would like to… and the thought of RWH doing more production work (as long as he still makes his own music) is GREAT news! …hopefully folks are FINALLY starting to understand RWH’s prowess and general awesomeness…