2018 Lone Star Jam Braves the Texas Heat for a Good Cause & Good Time
Benefiting The Young Texans Against Cancer, the 10th Annual Lone Star Jam held forth at the rodeo grounds in Austin, TX over Memorial Day weekend, May 26th and 27th. Previously held at Austin’s Waterloo Park, as well as the grounds of the LBJ Library on the University of Texas campus, the new, bigger grounds facilitated the crowd of Texas music fans who descended to hear music from headliners such as Reckless Kelley, Gary Allan, The Randy Rogers Band, and Stoney LaRue, with plenty of space and ample parking.
Early arrivals also took in sets from some of the best emerging acts in Texas music, like Randall King, whose just-released self-titled traditional country album has listeners going crazy, Mike and the Moonpies whose Steak Night at the Prairie Rose is many country fans’ favorite so far in 2018, and artists like Dalton Domino and Flatland Cavalry, who fans hope to be hearing new music from soon.
Memorial Day weekend was very hot even by Central Texas standards, and for much of the day attendees hung out in the shade provided by large tents in the festival’s outfield. But by the time the sun went down and the headliners took the stage it was packed front to back, with thousands of fans singing along to their favorite artists. As one of many annual events in the Texas scene, attending the Lone Star Jam illustrates just how large and dedicated the Texas music movement has become, completely independent of the doings of Nashville and the mainstream of the country genre.
Saving Country Music braved the heat to take in the festivities and snap a few photos. Thanks to photographer Brad Coolidge for selected photos. He can can be found on Instagram and Twitter. Apologies to performers not mentioned or pictured.
– – – – – – – – –
May 31, 2018 @ 7:09 pm
Love to see acts that still tour with the pedal steel.
May 31, 2018 @ 8:23 pm
Wow.
What a staggering lineup.
Wish I had been there.
Thanks for the pics.
May 31, 2018 @ 8:51 pm
Trigger what did you think of The Drugstore Gypsies? One of my favorite country/rock and roll acts on the come up.
June 1, 2018 @ 11:30 am
I only caught part of their set since they were playing when I arrived. Maybe a little more rock than what I would normally cover, but they certainly put on a show. Need to delve into them deeper before I make any determinations.
May 31, 2018 @ 9:49 pm
I was there and the lineup was amazing. Drugstore Gypsies rocked it hard on day one. After having already bought Randall King’s new album on recommendation of this website – it was great to see him live and he did not disappoint. Besides the obvious greats like Stoney and Reckless and Kevin Fowler, my favorites were Kody West and Parker McCollum – both had awesome performances. I really recommend Kody’s new album “Green”. Not a bad song on it. But on a sad note as Trigger as alluded to here several times – out of two full days and twenty performers – only one female, Bri Bagwell. She was really good and seem to have a big following. There were a few others in some of the bands like the fiddler in Flatland Cavalry but Bri was the only headliner. It’s a shame.
June 1, 2018 @ 6:24 am
Looks like damn good time! I am super jealous of the shows Texas puts on.
June 1, 2018 @ 6:50 am
Great pics and line-up!
June 1, 2018 @ 9:10 am
Sweet! Adding a couple albums to my streaming collection off of this.
June 1, 2018 @ 9:16 am
I would do anything see that line up. God I’m jealous.
June 1, 2018 @ 11:21 am
Any word on new music from Stoney LaRue?