If you’re looking for the real deal in Texas honky tonk music straight from the most iconic dance halls in the state, Weldon Henson is your man, and “Stone Gold Country Gold” is your album.
No rest for independent country music fans in the second half of 2025. Some excellent country music projects will be coming at you, and this is your updating guide too get you through it all.
Everybody wants to be “country” these days, muddying the waters even more when you want to stay connected to these best stuff. Luckily, you’re plugged into this playlist where the best songs rise to the surface.
The Broken Spoke honky tonk is just about the most authentic thing you can still find within the city limits of Austin, TX. And now it’s long-time owner, mascot, patron saint, and a man that has been a major booster for music in the region and the stepping stone for many major careers has passed on.
Regularly playing shows at places like The Broken Spoke, Luckenbach, and The White Horse, Weldon Henson is Texas country honky tonk served straight no chaser, meant to send two-steppers twirling and to pull the slow dancers closer. Weldon Henson and the Honky Tonk Frontier Band are Texas country front to back.
The country music goodness keeps coming in 2019, and five new worthy songs have just been added to the Saving Country Music Top 25 Playlist. The newest additions start off with “Love’s Little Lies” by Weldon Henson, who just released an excellent traditional country record called ‘Texas Made Honky Tonk.’