BARBARA FG/PRESS
YOU NAME IT - country, funk, R&B, soul, psychedelia, roots rock, jazz - and The Texas Gentlemen can do it, all with some panache. The Lone Star State band made their reputation as the go-to backing band for a host of names, including Kris Kristofferson, Joe Ely, Shakey Graves and Leon Bridges, like a modern echo of the Wrecking Crew or Muscle Shoals’ Swampers. They finally stepped out on their own with their 2017 debut album TX Jelly, and now the quintet have upped the ante considerably. New album Floor It!!! is a high-spirited set of rampant grooves and golden melodies, forged from a classic era. Keyboard player/singer Daniel Creamer tells all.
There’s no school like the old school.