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Texas Honky Tonker Releases First Album

 Austin, Texas October 1, 2002.  Some of Central Texas’ finest musicians joined Dave Jorgenson in creating the music for the nine original songs in his début album Then and Now.  From the haunting Spanish Guitar of Rick McRae in “Living a Lie”, to the vibrant steel guitar of Kenny Grohman and honky tonk piano of  Ronnie Huckaby in “No Way, No How”, this album is pure Country and pure Dave Jorgenson.  “Dave’s music lets the individual musicians showcase and express their particular styles” said Benny McArthur who helped Dave produce the album.  Country music fans will recognize Benny as the tall slim guitar player in the Ace in the Hole band who stands behind George Strait.  Benny also contributed lead guitar and harmony vocals to several of the songs on the album.  Shane Laurence provided lead guitar on some of the tracks, while Rick Connell on drums, Haydn Vitera on fiddle and Jacob Hildebrand on rhythm guitar rounded out the group.  The album was recorded at the Firestation Studios in San Marcos, Texas with Bobby Arnold doing the engineering.  Dave Jorgenson wrote all of the words and music and performed all of the lead vocals.

 “Then and Now is a dream come true, and I am very grateful to the musicians and fans that made it possible” said Dave Jorgenson.  “I wrote these songs over several years as I toured the Midwest with Rio, and performed around Texas with Big Iron.  It was extremely satisfying to work with such a great group of people to bring this music to life.” He added.  Dave grew up in the small town of Perry, Kansas.  He has opened for Country Music greats such as Chris LeDoux and Patti Loveless, and has performed in some of the West’s great honky tonks.  His music echo’s the influence of Merle Haggard and George Strait, but is as unique and fresh as the young man who wrote it.  Look for Dave to be appearing soon around Central Texas to perform his unique version of Texas Honky Tonk. 

 Then and Now is published by Ferguson Road Music, 220 Elmer Cove, Kyle TX 78640, and is available on CD.  Excerpts of the songs on the CD can be heard at the web site: http://www.davejorgenson.com.  Dave can be reached by email at , through his web site, or by mail at his publisher Ferguson Road Music.  ã 2002 Ferguson Road Music, all rights reserved.  

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