“If there’s a song that’s about fried chicken that’s a hit, then everybody writes a song about fried chicken.”

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Willy Braun of Reckless Kelly did an interview with the peeps over on TasteofCountry.com that was a good read. I am not sure why stating the obvious is so “gutsy”, but whateves…

Here are some of my favorite things from the transcript:

During the chat, Braun also made a gutsy statement explaining what exactly sets Texas country music apart from Nashville’s mainstream scene — and why it’s a good thing for the band. Reckless Kelly are only here to make music that they’re proud of, and they won’t change their path simply to be the next big thing on TV. In Braun’s words: “We’re pretty happy where we’re headed.”

How do you think Texas country, in general, is different from mainstream country?

Well, it seems like it’s a little more honest. Mainstream country comes mostly out of Nashville; that’s a real industry-driven town, whereas the Texas music scene is a lot more about live music. It’s about … The people that sing the songs are most likely the ones that wrote them. I don’t know, it’s just a more honest music scene. The songs people are singing are more likely to relate directly to the people singing them, whereas Nashville seems like, if there’s a song that’s about fried chicken that’s a hit, then everybody writes a song about fried chicken. If there’s a sailboat song, then everybody writes a sailboat song. It seems like they’re more of a bandwagon type of scene.

What sets you guys apart from other bands in Texas? 
I don’t know! I mean, we’ve been doing this quite awhile. It’s our 15th year as Reckless Kelly. And none of us are from Texas, so you know, we’ve never really done that Texas, Texas, Texas thing where we write songs about Texas — not that there’s anything wrong with that. I think it’s just that we have a little bit more emphasis on our live show. It’s kind of what we’ve always prided ourselves on. We tour a lot, and our live show has always been our bread and butter. It’s hard to say what’s really different, maybe we just have more of a rock ‘n’ roll edge, too, than some of the other Texas country bands. But I don’t know, there’s a lot of good bands out there and everyone has got a little something different to bring to the table

Click HERE to read the rest of the interview.

~Rb

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