Tonight I tuned into one of my favorite podcasts to hear the voice of one of my favorite new songwriters, Kade Anson.
Kade was telling host Aaron Lee Bentley on “Off Mic Off the Record” some background behind some of his songs and how he began teaching himself guitar chords while in college to put a little background noise behind his poems.
Anson attended College at Lubbock’s Texas Tech University. I could go on all night about how many singer/songwriters in today’s music scene originated from this hub of the plains. After much thought , Kade migrated to Aggie Land in Bryan/ College Station Texas , which is also a huge Texas music Mecca as it is also home to guys like Robert Earl Keen, Lyle Lovett, and Rich O’Toole just to name a few.
Kade writes from his own experiences about real life situations. His songs come to him from almost nowhere and he takes the time and patience needed to turn them into masterful works of word and wisdom.
My favorites by him right now are “Sweet Ol’ Amy” and “One Less Town to Leave.” I recall spending hours one day searching Google Earth in order to find that exact spot on the map where the album art came from for “One Less Town to Leave.” Kade finally gave me some pinpoint on my direction via a shoutout on Twitter. He said the pic was taken while he was working a feedlot near New Deal.
It’s a great tune and not just because it came from the Cap- Rock.
I hope Kade Anson keeps on writing those bluesy songs about Texas.
Pancho.