Two Tons of Steel
Encyclopedia
Two Tons of Steel is a "rockabilly"/Texas Country
band from San Antonio, Texas.
The band has performed live at Gruene Hall
, and has appeared in the IMAX
film Texas: The Big Picture. The band's performance of "King of a One Horse Town" is included in a roots-country documentary that screens continuously at Nashville’s Country Music Hall of Fame.
Two Tons of Steel continues as an institution at Texas’ Gruene Hall, where its annual Two Ton Tuesdays summer series draws 12,000 fans, and as a popular act at Nashville’s Grand Ole Opry
. They have been repeatedly voted "Best Country Band" by the San Antonio Current, one of its hometown weekly.
Texas Country
Texas country music is a rapidly growing sub-genre of American country music. Texas country is known for fusing traditionalist root sounds with the outspoken, care-free views of outlaw country...
band from San Antonio, Texas.
The band has performed live at Gruene Hall
Gruene Hall
Gruene Hall, was built in 1878 by Richard Gruene and is located in the historical town of Gruene, Texas , and bills itself as "the oldest continually run dance hall in Texas." Gruene Hall has hosted such acts as Willie Nelson, George Strait, Townes Van Zandt, Jerry Jeff Walker, Lyle Lovett, Hal...
, and has appeared in the IMAX
IMAX
IMAX is a motion picture film format and a set of proprietary cinema projection standards created by the Canadian company IMAX Corporation. IMAX has the capacity to record and display images of far greater size and resolution than conventional film systems...
film Texas: The Big Picture. The band's performance of "King of a One Horse Town" is included in a roots-country documentary that screens continuously at Nashville’s Country Music Hall of Fame.
Two Tons of Steel continues as an institution at Texas’ Gruene Hall, where its annual Two Ton Tuesdays summer series draws 12,000 fans, and as a popular act at Nashville’s Grand Ole Opry
Grand Ole Opry
The Grand Ole Opry is a weekly country music stage concert in Nashville, Tennessee, that has presented the biggest stars of that genre since 1925. It is also among the longest-running broadcasts in history since its beginnings as a one-hour radio "barn dance" on WSM-AM...
. They have been repeatedly voted "Best Country Band" by the San Antonio Current, one of its hometown weekly.
Albums
- Not That Lucky
- Vegas
- Two Ton Tuesdays Live!
- King of a One Horse Town
- Ten Dollar Cover (June 1, 2000)
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