Shawn Underwood

2 days ago | twangville.com | Shawn Underwood

Some people collect old vinyl records. Some people collect autographs. As far as I can tell, Ryan Humbert and his bandmates in The Shootouts collect guest stars. They just released their 4th album, Switchback, and it includes appearances from Vince Gill, Rodney Crowell, and Sam Bush, among others. Their previous records have featured Chuck Mead, Ray Benson, Marty Stuart, Raul Malo, Buddy Miller, Jim Lauderdale…you get the picture.

2 weeks ago | twangville.com | Shawn Underwood

Some things sound better in retrospective. For instance, if everyone who owns a Ramones t-shirt today had actually bought a Ramones record back in the day, they’d make Taylor Swift’s music sales seem like pocket change. I have to profess that perspective on countrypolitan music. As a typical, limited viewpoint teenager growing up in rural Missouri, I couldn’t stand all those strings and highly polished productions that were the radio fodder of the day.

3 weeks ago | twangville.com | Shawn Underwood

One of the recurring characters throughout the history of civilization is the traveling bard. Telling stories, singing songs, and just generally passing along information, the bard was the original influencer, millennia before social networks. Santa Cruz’s Mark Tegio and Portland’s Austin Smith spent a decade modeling that troubadour lifestyle up and down the west coast, honing their singer-songwriter, outlaw folk sound under the eponymous Smith & Tegio.

3 weeks ago | twangville.com | Shawn Underwood

Thursday, May 15, 2025 By Shawn Underwood One of the recurring characters throughout the history of civilization is the traveling bard. Telling stories, singing songs, and just generally passing along information, the bard was the original influencer, millennia before social networks. Portland’s Mark Tegio and Santa Cruz’s Austin Smith spent a decade modeling that troubadour lifestyle up and down the west coast, […]

1 month ago | twangville.com | Shawn Underwood

I guess you could call Austin musicians Taylor Turner and Everett Wren serial band members. Taylor has been in more bands than he can remember; 15 during his college years alone. In addition to his solo projects, Wren has played with the Arkansas Youth Orchestra and formed groups Wagon, Lost & Nameless, and Chalkboard Poets. After a call from fellow musician Sol Chase to work a bluegrass gig with David Rabinowicz and him, the event so energized the 4 of them they started Big Love Car Wash.