Biography
While most musicians might resent sharing the spotlight with their hometown’s musical reputation, Jimmy Lee Jones appears unbothered by residing in Luchenbach, Texas. As the frontman and driving force behind the Texas Hill Country Band, Jones specializes in what he calls “Texas music,” a genre whose popular image owes much to Waylon Jennings’s frequently spun “Luchenbach, Texas,” a track that celebrates the state and its storied outlaw-country figures. Although Jennings and his circle, including Willie Nelson, have repeatedly invoked the town in song, Jones makes his actual home there, balancing musical commitments with duties as fire chief and bartender whenever shows are not scheduled, emergencies arise, or patrons require a drink—priorities that sometimes shift unpredictably.
The outlaw-country tag once suited Jennings and his associates, yet Jones chooses to brand his own sound after a four-legged animal whose odor alone evokes an outlaw—the goat. Press materials for the artist consistently describe his style as “goat rock,” a label reflected in the 1997 album Big in Texas, which appeared on the Goatink imprint.
The outlaw-country tag once suited Jennings and his associates, yet Jones chooses to brand his own sound after a four-legged animal whose odor alone evokes an outlaw—the goat. Press materials for the artist consistently describe his style as “goat rock,” a label reflected in the 1997 album Big in Texas, which appeared on the Goatink imprint.