In the late 1980s, he founded a band called Texas Flat, whose membership occasionally included Brett Favre, who would later become a quarterback for the Green Bay Packers.
Billboard country singles charts,[1] and was included on his self-titled debut album, which was produced by Keith Stegall.
Another single, "Is It Just Me", was also released and made into a music video,[4] Austin left Patriot in 1995 after the label was merged into Capitol Records.
This track, which featured Bryan White, Jeffrey Steele and former Pearl River member Derek George, was nominated for Best Country Instrumental at the Grammy Awards of 1997.
[5] In 1999, Austin founded another band called Phoenix, whose members included Darin Anthony and Noah Gordon, the latter of whom was also signed as solo artist on Patriot in the 1990s.