Thursday September 17th
Bart Crow and his band roll into The Filling Station on Thursday September 17th for a red dirt country show not to be missed! With the release of Dandelion, Bart Crow has positioned himself for the breakthrough his fans have long known was coming. Regarded as one of Texas’s premier honky-tonkers, Bart has captured in this 14-song CD all the songwriting skill, vocal prowess and blue-collar believability that have made him a mainstay in one of the country’s most demanding and respected proving grounds.
While his earlier CDs produced singles that have spent a great deal of time on the Texas Music Chart, including the #1 “Saying Goodbye,” two more Top 5’s, one Top 10 and four Top 20’s, it’s clear that Dandelion fully justifies his increased confidence. The public’s first look at the project came from its debut single, “Little Bit of Luck,” an upbeat, infectious gem about the ever-uplifting possibilities of love.
Overall, this is a record with all the power and subtlety Bart’s fans have come to expect from him, capturing the essence of the man whose ability to burn it up on the road nearly 200 nights a year has earned him accolades in Country Weekly, American Country, Music Connection, AOL’s The Boot and many others.
Bart friends and fellow Texas-circuit mainstays Randy Rogers, Jason Boland and the Eli Young Band urged Crow early on in his career to go for it. Jon Folk of Red11 Music in Nashville signed on and Bart took yet another big step up. “Jon and I became buddies, just a couple good old boys from Texas,” he says, “and I started going to Nashville to hang out with him. He loved who I was, my beliefs and dreams and work ethic. He became my number one supporter.”
Now, with Dandelion under his belt, Bart is ready to take the music on the road, to old and new fans alike. There is no doubting the work ethic he’ll be operating with—told to take six weeks off after neck surgery in 2010, he took two, then played for a time on a stool, wearing a neck brace. At this point, he hits the road a deeper, more seasoned artist, one who can capture the truth of life’s complexities and deliver it compellingly.
Tickets are available at Cactus Records for $12 or $15 at the door. Tickets also available at www.compoundpresents.com. Doors at 7:30 pm and 8 pm show time.
