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February 20, 2025

Melding Americana with blues, country & folk: Legendary Texas singer/songwriter Ray Wylie Hubbard returns to the Tin Building Theatre at the Bosque Arts Center in Clifton on March 8

CLIFTON -- With his scruffy white hair and beard peeking out from under some sort of hat, his tinted round glasses and signature slow, earthy drawl, the man and his songs are legendary.

The Bosque Arts Center is thrilled to welcome back Ray Wylie Hubbard to the Tin Building Theatre on March 8. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. with beverages and food for sale, including chili dogs, Frito pies, loaded nachos, baked potatoes, and more in the Atrium Café. Opening entertainment in the TBT will be 2024 Texas Troubadour winner Courtney Eoff at 6 p.m. Hubbard and his trio take the stage trio at 7 p.m.

There are still general admission tickets available for $25. At press time, very limited reserved seats at $50 and $75 remain. For more information, visit http://www.BosqueArtsCenter.org or call 254.675.3724.

A bit of an outlier when it comes to rock and country music, Ray Wylie Hubbard melds Americana with blues, adds in a bit of country and folk with his harmonica, and it all comes together in his unique, renegade sound, making him a pillar of the Austin music scene.

Born in Soper, OK, the Austin Music and Eric Church-inducted Texas Heritage Songwriters Hall of Famer went to high school in Oak Cliff, south of Dallas with cosmic cowboy Michael Martin Murphey and spent his summers playing folk music in Red River, NM.

Hubbard carved a name for himself in music circles over the decades, living up to his outlaw reputation by doing it all without ever signing to a major label. But that changed with the release Co-Starring and Co-Starring Too, as Hubbard teamed with the likes of Ringo Starr, Joe Walsh, Pam Tillis, Ronnie Dunn, Wade Bowen, and James McMurtry on the new label Big Machine Records.

Check out RWH’s song “Bad Trick” featuring Ringo Starr on drums, Joe Walsh on guitar, Don Was on stand up bass and Chris Robinson vocals: The song was co-written with his wife Julie and came together thanks to Ringo Starr and his connections with the other musicians.

“I don’t know about you, but I was pretty impressed of that line up,” Hubbard said about getting an Eagle, a Beatle, a Crowe and a Was (not Was) together.

Get tickets while they’re still available, as the 79-year-old writer of “Snake Farm” and “Up Against the Wall, Redneck Mother” always entertains with his laughable anecdotes and humorous yet insightful songs.