Phil Fajardo
Rock steady. That's the only way to describe how constant this man is as a drummer. He lays a beat down that keeps the whole band tight. He's played with many bands including Larry Gatlin, George Strait, and Jimmy Buffet.
Howard Kalish
Hands down the best fiddle player you're likely to hear. Howard is not only an accomplished musician playing the fiddle, harmonica and guitar but also a great band leader. Howard has his own album out and is playing with the Cornell Hurd Band.
Don Keeling
Skinny Don played with Don before the creation of the Pure Texas Band dating back to the mid 80's. The two Dons have travelled the country together making great music. In addition to being an accomplished live performer, Skinny is a highly sought after studio musician. He plays the guitar, electric bass and stand up bass. Currently Skinny is enjoying life as a freelance musician.
Floyd Domino
Here's one of the best piano players you'll ever get to hear! Floyd has won two Grammy awards for his music over the years. He now has several childrens albums available and is working with Dale Watson on his new album.
Scott Walls
You'd never know that Scott didn't start playing the steel guitar until he was a teenager. He has the ability to make the steel guitar do anything he wants it to do. If you get to see him live notice how he's able to make the most complicated riffs seem effortless. Currently Scott is playing in the Cornell Hurd Band. (Oh, did I mention that two years after learning how to play the steel, he was on the Grand Ol' Opry!)
Influences
Hank Williams, Bob Wills, Jimmy Rodgers, Lefty Frizzell, Slim Whitman
Country music is one of the most popular and commercially successful forms of music in the world. Ironically, it is this same commercial success and intense marketing spotlight on the contemporary that has obscured the music's roots in the small towns and rural regions of the American heartland. Cowboy song, popularized on the silver screen in the 1930s and 1940s, and Texan country swing modeled after Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys were two essential ingredients in the evolution of country music.
For veteran Texas country musicians who preferred to "stay home" rather than to follow Nashville's faddish lead, Texas country roots music is as alive and contemporary as it was in its commercial heyday.
Don Walser was born in 1934 in the small Texas Panhandle town of Brownfield and grew up in nearby Lamesa. His mother died when he was 11, and his father worked nights as a cotton mill superintendent. To fill the solitude of the daylight hours, he listened to the music of West Texas plains on the radio and watched the early cowboy crooners at the movie theater. He began to sing as a young boy, learning the songs, style, and yodeling skills of his musical models.
He joined the National Guard at 15 (claiming he was 17), married his wife Pat at 17, and raised a family of four children. Instead of leaving West Texas to pursue his musical career on the road or in Nashville, he stayed home to devote himself to his family, playing clubs, VFW halls, and honkytonks at night and on the weekends. After 45 years with the National Guard as a mechanic, a superintendent, and an auditor, he retired.
Don passed away on September 20, 2006 and this website is a tribute to his legacy. He will be missed by his family, friends and fans all around the world.
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Don Walser and the Pure Texas Band's Friend Space (Randomized)
Don Walser and the Pure Texas Band has 428 friends.
I’m an italian lover of good music, my name is Claude with the present letter, I send you my congratulations for your music
THANKS TO ADD & FRIENDERSHIP I LIKE YOUR TRACKS ON YOUR ALBUMS IT’S A GOOD COUNTRY&ROOTS SOUND
I’m a journalist of “BUSCADERO” the very best italian rock magazine, and other, desultorily I wrote on the “FB Folk Bullettin” (folk magazine).
list of my last reviews:
BUSCADERO October 2008: Grace Potter & Nocturals, Ian Siegal, Spikedrivers, Roy Head… review concerts at the Blues To Bop festival Lugano (Switzerland), agoust 28-30 Sarah Pierce: “Cowboy’s Daughter” cd Roger Creager “Here It Is” cd Tish Hinojosa “Our Little Planet” cd BUSCADERO September 2008: Drew Emmitt “Long Road” cd Donna The Buffalo: “Silverlined” cd Feufollet “Cow Island Hop” cd BUSCADERO July/Ago 2008: Floggin Molly: review live concert at Musicdrome - Milano 20,05.’08 Railroad Earth “Amen Corner” cd Michael Doucet “From You Noe On” cd Tony DeMarco “The Sligo Indians” cd Ned Ludd “Lavoro & Dignità” cd Riccardo Tesi “Presente Remoto” cd BUSCADERO June 2008: Davide Van de-Sfroos: review live concert at DatchForum, Assago-Milano 19,04.’08 Yonder Mountain String Band “Mountain Tracks: vol.5” 2cd Flavio Oreglio & LUF “Giù (non è stato facile cadere così in basso)” cd BUSCADERO May 2008: Waybacks: “Loaded” cd Clarence Gatemouth Brown “Live from Austin-City Limits” dvd Flaco Jimenez: “Ya Volvi De La Guerra” cd BUSCADERO April 2008: Eric Sardinas: “Eric Sardinas & Big Motor” cd Lhi Jarris “Cèrcle Libre” cd BUSCADERO March 2008: Flogging Molly: “Float” cd Savoy Family Band “Turn Loose But Don’t Let Go” cd Punch Brothers [Chris Thile] “Punch” cd
I whish you my best (sincerely) compliments for your work
I send you my best and brotherly rockin’ roots regards. ROOTS & RESPECT ALL THE BEST God Bless You.
Thanks for joining our circle of friends, and thanks for helping to keep Redd's legacy alive! Billy & Sharon www. reddstewart. com (Pee Wee King and his Golden West Cowboys)
You are a wonderful man with a beautiful voice. I remember seeing you play here in San Antonio and up in Bandera Texas. You will be sorely missed but never forgotten. Thanks Don. One of your adoring fans. Bob
Our thoughts and prayers are with you guys. I know you have much peace in their being reunited. We had the great honor of visiting with Mrs. Walser several times, and loved that she was always Don's #1 fan.
Best wishes, Dana, Andy, Chance, Sarah and Chase "Moose" Jones
thank you for adding me as a friend, i had the pleasure of seeing Don Walser play in Austin several years ago and also of meeting him, it makes me happy when i think about him and his music! best wishes, malcolm
one year ago today. man it just doesnt seem like it. u truly are the domingo of the desert, the luciano of lamesa, the pavarotti of the plains, and this world hasnt been the same. i look forward to hearin that session in Heaven with you and ure heroes like jimmie and bob. just to write and tell ya that we havent and never will forget ya big daddy don. RIP Don.
