Tommy Alverson - Country To The Bone

On Tommy Alverson's 2007 album Country To The Bone he includes Got Here As Fast As I Could, a jaunty love letter that might serve as the answer song to Lyle Lovett's That's Right You're Not From Texas.

The chorus goes: 'I wasn't born in Texas but I got here as fast as I could. I ain't never gonna leave here, no way in hell that I would.' Even the slogan on his website reads: 'Texas Music the Way it Ought to Be!'

The album started out as a redo of some older Alverson compositions ('because songs evolve and change just like people do'), before it morphed into an homage to some of his favorite songwriters, from Jim Lauderdale and Doug Sahm to Mickey Newbury , Clay Blaker, and the team of Roy Robinson (aka Amos Staggs) and his wife Jerri Lynn.

After years of self-produced or poorly distributed releases, with his debut on Palo Duro, Alverson says, 'I think I"ve finally found a home.'

• Country To The Bone
• Be Real
• Got Here Fast As I Could
• I Can't Convince My Heart
• Just Like Hank
• She Found Something In Me
• This Buzz is for You
• Second Hand Love
• I'll Still Be Around
• Tequila Rose
• She Even Woke Me Up to Say
• Upside Down
• Welcome to Paradise
• Texas Woman