Tommy Alverson
You get a classic Texas country anthem ("Texas One More Time"), a honky-tonk corker
("Broken Hearted People"), a swinging country ballad ("Don't Mind If I Do"), a Western swing number ("It's Hard to Say for Sure"), a bluesy rave-up ("Sweet Love"), a Tex-Mex nugget ("Move to Texas") and a humorous ditty ("Willie's Place"). Texas One More Time is Alverson's ninth disc in a career that has been incredibly steady. He's carved a livelihood playing and recording the music he cherishes in the state he calls home. That's the epitome of successful. He doesn't need anything else. |
Arlington's Tommy Alverson should be the permanent face of the independent Texas country music movement. He embodies all the hallmarks of the sound, and the mind-set. Alverson is Lone Star proud. He's artistically beholden to nobody but himself. He loves Americana music, that decidedly Texas blend of country, swing, Tex-Mex, Southern rock, folk and blues.
He writes songs, but also has no qualms about recording good material from somebody else's pen. He's made a living playing music his way. Alverson's new CD, Texas One More Time, encapsulates his creative mantra in 14 songs. He covers expansive territory. 
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