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Dallas, Texas, USA (1965 – present)

Ray Wylie Hubbard (born 13 November 1946 in Soper, Oklahoma, moved to Dallas, Texas, USA in 1954) is an American country music singer and songwriter. An active performer since 1965, his song “Up Against the Wall, Redneck Mother” was made famous by Jerry Jeff Walker in 1973. He has recorded and performed continuously since then, apart from a short period in the late 1980s.

With a keen eye of observation and a wise man’s knowledge, Ray Wylie Hubbard composes and performs a dozen songs that couldn’t spring from anywhere else but out of his fertile rock and roll bluesy poet-in-the-blistering-heat southern noggin. ”I like to look at both enlightenment and endarkenment,” he declares. “I feel comfortable observing each.”

His 2010 album “A. Enlightenment B. Endarkenment” demonstrates the kind of talent that every great songwriter yearns for. Throughout the album, his focus remains on the song-constructing and performing stories set to music that resonate in a way that is completely his own. Hubbard recruits an ensemble of accomplished musicians to make the album’s larger than life outlaw tunes echo from track to track. Among the musicians featured on the album are Kevin Russell (The Gourds), Gurf Morlix (Lucinda Williams, Robert Earl Keen), Bukka Allen (Ian Moore, Jack Ingram), Billy Cassis (Bob Schneider,Double Trouble, Soulhat), Ray Bonneville (B.B.
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  • hickory__wind

    Lookin' forward to seeing RWH on Letterman tomorrow evening.

    9 Jan 12:15pm Reply

  • PhatBasta

    "It just sounds nasty..."...eweewweweww

    8 Aug 2012 Reply

  • Morthill

    Loving The Grifter's Hymnal

    11 Apr 2012 Reply

  • panhandledad

    LOVE YOUR SOUND

    17 Nov 2011 Reply

  • otherone71

    Loved you at Pickathon 2011. Thanks for coming to Oregon!

    15 Aug 2011 Reply

  • PhatBasta

    A few 'Kilowatts' of sweat and grace......

    18 Mar 2011 Reply

  • brankyna

    WONDERFUL ARTIST ! BRAVO !!!

    13 Feb 2011 Reply

  • strajnic

    Sounds damn good!

    13 Jan 2011 Reply

  • lurchman70

    Sounds like Texas.....God Bless Texas

    6 Jun 2010 Reply

  • DedFlrs

    OOOOOOOhhhhhh Scary Good

    21 Apr 2010 Reply

  • wommuck

    This is why I LOVE last FM! It knows me so well. Ray was a great find for me. Got a couple of his albums this weekend!

    31 Jan 2010 Reply

  • WastelandTears

    Loco Gringo's Lament must be one of the greatest albums ever

    4 Jan 2010 Reply

  • thatguyfromelo

    I'm from Texas and I love that song... Skrew you!

    11 Dec 2009 Reply

  • thatguyfromelo

    My brother, father, and me love your shit. Great lyricist you are.

    11 Dec 2009 Reply

  • eddieathainky

    I was just turned on to Ray recently, great music!

    30 Oct 2009 Reply

  • Jam-On

    Ray Wylie Hubbard is one of the Best writers and performers out there. Keep on keeping on.

    6 Jul 2009 Reply

  • loneDillo

    Snake Farm...snake farm...

    14 Mar 2009 Reply

  • birdiejoehoaks

    I've gotten to play with Ray a couple times, and he is most likely the coolest person i have ever met. Hes awesome.

    17 Feb 2009 Reply

  • treeperch

    Just got back from Austin and Dallas... and now I'm singing, "Screw you! I went to Texas!" :-D Hee hee hee...

    9 Dec 2008 Reply

  • dawnjc

    Listern to chactow bingo and you will love Ray Wylie Hubbard, what a story about a family reunion and the kin that will be there.

    24 Jul 2008 Reply
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