Tommy Alverson

[1] Alverson shared the stage with Texas musicians Willie Nelson, Johnny Bush, Johnny Gimble, Jerry Jeff Walker, Clay Blaker, Gary P. Nunn, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Radney Foster, and Steven Fromholz, as well as Robert Earl Keen, Pat Green, Charlie Robison, Dale Watson, and singer/songwriter Jim Lauderdale.

[3] His regular bandmates were son Justin on lead guitar, Ray Austin on steel and Dobro, Ron Thompson on drums, Jerry Abrams on bass, and Thurston Selby and Heather Woodruff on fiddle.

[2] His discography included Texasongs, a compilation of his first two cassette releases, "From The Heart Of Hill County" and "Always In My Heart", Live at Ozona, produced by legendary producer Phil York, Me On The Jukebox, co-produced by Alverson and Lloyd Maines (which contains the hit "Una Mas Cerveza"), and Alive And Pickin, which was recorded live at the historic Chatauqua Auditorium in Waxahachie, Texas.

[1] In the July 2007 Cowboys & Indians magazine, Palo Duro label founder Chris Thomas listed "Texas Woman" as one of his favorite tracks, calling it, "one of the finest love songs ever written.

It began as a very small get-together in 1998 at Melody Mountain Ranch in Stephenville, Texas, where it was voted Best Outdoor Event for 1999 by the Met magazine in Dallas.

Radney Foster, Johnny Bush, Rusty Wier, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Steven Fromholz, Cooder Graw, and Deryl Dodd are some of the names to have graced the stage.