Rodney Pyeatt Texas Singer Songwriter Musician -The CD Texas Beer Joint Tour

One night, while on the road with Rick Trevino, the band was celebrating a hugely successful show. Greg Modesette, Rick's bass player at the time, said, "Hey, why don't we take the bus, grab our wives, and go to as many little beer joints as we can during the Christmas holidays?". I said, "That's the story of my life.". In other words, my formative years as a musician were primarily spent in beer joints and dance halls.

In Southeast Texas, a beer joint and a dancehall weren't much different; one was just bigger than the other. I've played some pretty classy beer joints in the last few years like, center stage at the Astrodome, to a sold-out crowd, and the Lincoln Center in New York City. I've concluded that people that appreciate Texas music are pretty much the same, whether they're in a sold-out football stadium or some little joint in a half-horse, Texas, town.

So, this CD is a tribute to all those folks I've met over the years. From the ones in fancy clothes, with lots of money, to the working stiff, with calloused hands, who's down to his last $20, but needs a beer and says he loves my music.

This CD is as eclectic as the people I've met and the music I've played over the years. It's a direct result of my influences; Tejano, Blues, Country, Rock, Western Swing, and even a little Jazz.

Thank y'all

Rodney Pyeatt

Executive Producers Rodney Pyeatt & Paula Brown
Produced by Steve Palousek & Rodney Pyeatt
Photos/Art/Graphics Design BRains Media/Bonni Rains

Pickers:
Rodney Pyeatt Lead & Background Vocals; Lead & Rhythm Guitars
Amanda Brown Background Vocals
Stephen Cargill Bass Guitar
Jeremy Watkins Fiddle
Steve Palousek Steel Guitar & Dobro
Randy Dennis    Keyboards
J.P. Morrison     Drums
Jeromy Yager     Drums, Additional Percussion,
                         Technical Consultant

BlackLand Publishing
Recorded/Mixed at
Awesome Works Studio, Belton, Texas
254-939-1669

Mastered by Terra Nova Studios
Austin, Texas

SPECIAL THANKS
To my booking agent, God.
To my wife Paula Brown; Because of you, I believe in love at first sight. Thanks for putting up with the artist. I love you. You're # 1.
To Mom and Dad.
To all the musicians, Steve Ray at the Texas Music Office, B.M.I., Broadcast Data Systems, and Jeff Slentz.
To all of my friends, family and fans who have been so gracious to me over the years - I think we all know who you are. To the rest - you can kiss my ass and I think we all know who you are too.
To Bonni Rains and BRains Media. Bonni, thank you so much for your commitment to this project, your long hours - it could not have come to fruition without you. Thanks! Your advice and your special sense of humor will always be valuable to me. I want people to know how smart and talented you are. You deserve that. Let's do a bunch more of these.
To Mike Smith, thanks for your articulate advice. You're a Hoss!
To Steve Cargill, an incredible musician, for all the good advice. Working with you has made me a better musician.
To Steve Palousek for all your hard work, patience and tenacity, not to mention your 'CHOPS'. The pleasure is all mine, I'm sure.

Thank y'all,
R.P.

First of all, I want to thank everybody that purchases a copy of the TBJT cd.
Hopefully, I'll be able to continue creating and playing new music for you.

I am an independent artist. I've dedicated more than 20 years to earning that title.
During those years my family and I made monetary and personal sacrifices, so that I
could spend thousands of hours perfecting my singing, playing and songwriting skills.
Sometimes there wasn't a choice between food or strings - strings fed my soul.

I have just completed my first Indie CD project. This project has taken several years of
my life, an untold amount of money, the support of my wife and a lot of sacrifices. I hope for,
but certainly don't expect, acclaim or monetary reward.

I believe that God gave me a Build-a-Gift kit to see what I would do with it. I believe that I've
finally developed his gift, to the extent that I am capable, at this time. I hope that people
appreciate my efforts, but if they don't, that's OK too. I'm going to continue perfecting this gift.

Burning copies of CD's, or downloading copyrighted material from the internet, limits the
future of music as an art.

If I can't recover the money spent producing my CD, then I can't produce another one. You may not care if I ever produce new music, but there are millions of Indie artists faced with the same scenario.

If the major labels are the only ones that can afford to absorb the losses from pirating, then you'll only hear what they want you to hear. There won't be anymore "alternative" anything.