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A Brief Inquiry Into “Choosin’ Texas”
Like sonnets about death or romance novels about hockey players, there is no shortage of songs about Texas. Some happen to be great. Others are downright offensive to the ear. Some are famous the world over, beloved anthems or forlorn meditations that capture the spirit of this place in a manner that resonates everywhere from Paris, Texas, to Paris, France; others are obscure and hyperspecific, the “Texas” evoked by the tune existing only in the imagination of the songwriter. We’ve chronicled many such tracks in both camps—we even made a definitive ranking of every song we could find that’s just named “Texas” last year. And behold, over the past few weeks, a newcomer has quickly asserted itself among the iconic tracks in the state’s canon,…The post A Brief Inquiry Into “Choosin’ Texas” appeared first on Texas Monthly.