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“ONE OF THE MANY SIGNIFICANT CRIMES COMMITTED BY THE YEAR FROM HELL HAS BEEN THE POSTPONEMENT OF ONE OF THE MOST FEEL-GOOD EVENTS IN THIS SCENE, THE DEBUT OF THE PANDHANDLERS. THE FLATLAND SUPER GROUP OF JOSH ABBOTT, CLETO CORDERO, JOHN BAUMANN, AND WILLIAM CLARK GREEN DROPPED THEIR FIRST RECORD AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, ABOUT THE SAME TIME THE PANDEMIC HIT ITS STRIDE. TOURING PLANS WERE SQUASHED, AND LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE, THE RECORD TOOK A BACK SEAT TO LOCK DOWNS, TOILET PAPER, AND HAND SANITIZER.
WHILE MAINSTREAM COUNTRY IS ALL ABOUT RADIO PLAY TO MOVE ITS FAN BASE, THIS SCENE’S LIFEBLOOD FLOWS THROUGH LIVE SHOWS. THE ENTHUSIASM, THE LOYALTY, MERCH SALES, AND RECORD SALES; IT’S ALL DRIVEN BY SEEING OUR FAVORITE ARTISTS LIGHT IT UP ON STAGE. THE YEAR OF THE PANDEMIC HAS MADE THIS MORE OBVIOUS THAN EVER, AND THE PANHANDLERS WERE DENIED THEIR OPPORTUNITY TO START THE ENGINE TO WHAT COULD BE ONE OF THE BIGGEST ONGOING COLLABORATIONS THIS REGION HAS SEEN. THAT FINALLY GOT RECTIFIED ON THURSDAY NIGHT WHEN THE BOYS FROM LUBBOCK TOOK THE MAIN STAGE AT BILLY BOB’S TEXAS.”
Oct 31, 2020
“THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS IS A REALLY FORGOTTEN PART OF THE WORLD. IT’S NOT A PRETTY PLACE; IT’S DUSTY AND IT SMELLS LIKE COW SHIT, BUT IT HAS ITS BEAUTY. AND THE PEOPLE ARE JUST THE BEST,” SAYS WILLIAM CLARK GREEN, WHO WITH THREE FELLOW TEXAS SINGER-SONGWRITERS IS HOPING TO SHINE A LIGHT ON AN OVERLOOKED REGION OF THE STATE WITH THEIR NEW GROUP AND ALBUM.
THE PANHANDLERS — GREEN, JOSH ABBOTT, JOHN BAUMANN, AND CLETO CORDERO — RELEASED THEIR SELF-TITLED DEBUT IN MARCH, JUST PRIOR TO THE WORLD GOING TO HELL. LISTENING TO IT NOW, THE LP HAS THE UNCANNY ABILITY TO MAKE YOU PINE FOR A PLACE YOU MAY HAVE NEVER VISITED. WITH ITS IMAGERY OF HORSES ON THE RANGE, PRICKLY PEAR CACTUS FLOWERS, AND HITTING THE ROAD IN A “12-BUNK BUS,” IT’S A WIDE-OPEN RECORD FOR A CONSTRICTING, EVEN SUFFOCATING, MOMENT IN HISTORY.
May 22, 2020
