Born in Austin
and raised on the Blackland Prairie of North Texas, Stark knows whereof he sings. His songs are
about the people who live in Texas
now. And that means his songs are about people everywhere. If you've ever heard
the tire hum shift as you passed a county line marker, if you've ever spent a
heartbroken night in a lonely honky-tonk where the jukebox was your only
friend, then you've visited the world of R.G. Stark.
After releasing three critically acclaimed records as chief singer and
songwriter for the band Blue Diamond Shine (including the most recent: Shrimp
Boat Town, chosen as one of the top ten best new releases of 2006 by Austin
Chronicle writer Christopher Gray), R.G. has forged out on his own. Quitting
his day-job in a biotech warehouse, Stark holed up for several months in a
travel-trailer in East Austin to work on this
latest batch of songs.
Here are a few tracks from the upcoming CD. Hitch a ride. The journey is
everything.
