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More than a dozen years into his acclaimed career, Dallas Burrow isn't just carrying the torch of the Texas-born songwriters who came before him — he's also carving out his legacy.
Burrow’s forthcoming release, The Way The West Was Won, zooms in on his strength as a storyteller. Produced by Grammy winner Lloyd Maines and featuring guest appearances from Ray Wylie Hubbard, Kelly Willis, and Jim Lauderdale, it's a richly imaginative collection of cowboy songs, conjuring up a Wild West landscape of vaqueros and outlaws. This is music for campfires and trail rides, theatres and festival stages, and Burrow's delivery nods to influences like Townes Van Zandt, Willie Nelson, and Marty Robbins.
The result is a record that unfolds like a love letter to Texas itself, inspired by his homeland’s twang, traditions, and tall tales. Burrow has often made music that nods to the past, but The Way The West Was Won is his ultimate tribute to his trail-riding heroes.
Don't mistake Dallas Burrow for someone who lives in the past, though. Instead, he's a vital part of the modern-day Americana, Alt-Country, Texas, and Red Dirt scenes, and his eyes remain glued to the horizon ahead, not the rear-view mirror. If the road truly does go on forever, then that's where you'll find Dallas Burrow, en route to the next show with his ears still ringing from last night’s gig. "I'm staying true to myself, traveling town to town, sleeping in motels, playing songs every night," he adds. "That's all I know.”
Dallas Burrow is one of the finest songwriters to come out of Texas in this generation.
-Charlie Crockett
In this modern time of piss ant singers and so-called songwriters, Dallas Burrow is one of the very few artists who rips off pieces of his soul, turns those pieces into lyrics, puts them to a haunting cool melody or a rocking groove and will stand back to back with you daring the Devil to show up.
-Ray Wylie Hubbard