Steeldrivers - "Where Rainbows Never Die" (Video)

I've always enjoyed a little bluegrass feel to my music. I love many of the tunes from Oh, Brother Where Art Thou, and Dierks Bentley has an awesome bluegrass infused album. The Steeldrivers are a group that really blend Country and Bluegrass well. They are more connected to Nashville artists, but I first heard them on my Texas music radio stations. The fiddle, banjo, mandolin, guitars, and vocals blend just right and hit this spot. This song "Where Rainbows Never Die" is probably one of their most popular, next to "If It Hadn't Been For Love", and my favorite so far. Guess it's a little change up from my normal Red Dirt and Texas Country tunes.

Lyrics for "Where Rainbows Never Die"

I'm an old man now
I can't do nothing
Young folks don't pay me no mind
But in my day I sure was something
Before I felt the heavy hand of time

I'm an old man now
I'm bound for glory
Time to lay these burdens down
Had enough of this old world of worry
Gonna trade my troubles for a crown

(Chorus)
I will make my way across the fields of cotton
And wade through muddy waters one last time
And in my dreams I come out clean
When I reach the other side
West of where the sun sets
Where rainbows never die

I've got on last thing to do
One more mile before I'm through
Casting off these earthly chains
Going where theres no more pain

(chorus)

I'm an old man now
Can't do nothing
Young folks don't pay me no mind

Spotify and Texas Country Addiction

Someone needs to remove Spotify from my computer for me. Or I'm gonna have to get a bigger data plan. Pandora mixes too many Nashville tunes in the list. This player hits it just right. Select one of my favorite Texas Country artists and the room is filled with awesomeness. Pretty sure in another life I was a Texas artist. Too bad all that talent was left behind.

I may have left Texas a year ago, but the music culture stuck. That's also where I learned to two-step. (Unfortunately, it's not the same this far East and I'm getting a bit rusty.) I really wish I could share my love for the artists and lyrics of my Texas Country tunes, but people this side of the Mississippi have been smothered with Nashville. I mention the likes of Aaron Watson, Robert Earl Keen, or Turnpike Troubadours and people think I'm crazy. Then I try Pat Green, Gary Allen, or Eli Young, and they're like "I think I heard that Crazy Girl song once." Geeze.

This is where Spotify and my iPod save me...

3rd Gear and 17 is one of my favorites from Aaron Watson. It'll always receive a rewind when it turns up on the playlist.