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New Texas / Red Dirt “The Galleys” Awards Announce Inaugural Nominees
In the realm of Texas and Red Dirt music, the website Galleywinter.com is the original, the OG, the longest-running outlet covering the music with a dedicated focus instead of on the periphery. Now after over 20 years of covering the music, they have decided to start their own annual awards.
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Andrew Jackson Sowell, Author and Texas Ranger
Andrew Jackson Sowell was a native Texan born August 2, 1848 in Seguin, Texas to Asa Jarmon Lee Sowell and Mary Mildred Turner Sowell, one of about thirteen children born to the couple. He was named for an uncle of whom it is said fought in many major battles of the Texas Revolution including the Battles of Gonzales, Concepcion, the Grass Fight and others. The uncle was serving with the garrison of the Alamo but happened to be away on assignment with Byrd Lockhart buying cattle for the garrison when the Mexican seige began out or he would have died there. The uncle took part in the Council House Fight, the Battle of Plum Creek, the Battle of Salado Creek and served in the Mexican-American War. A large contingent of the Sowell family had come to Texas from Tennessee as a group around 1829, settling along the Blanco River.
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Bobby Pulido to play farewell concert as South Texas congressional race heats up
Tejano singer Bobby Pulido is preparing to step away from music career as he campaigns for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, with his final concert scheduled for Saturday in South Texas. The Edinburg native will perform "La Última Desvelada" at 7 p.m. Oct. 17 at Bert Ogden...