Southbound Texas 35 Long Way Back Home CD

Southbound Texas 35 is a tight musical group that appeals to many audiences. They play “Texas Roadhouse Music” – a mix of County, Blues and Rock. The band has gained a loyal following and plays regularly at clubs, festivals and performance venues. The CD, Long Way Back Home was released in June 2006 to a tremendous response during the band’s summer tour. The CD is a mix of up-tempo southern rock songs, blues songs, and touching ballads and is receiving radio airplay and internet radio play. The CD has also received world wide attention with sales and airplay in 4 other countries. Lead singer, Robert "Tiny" Heath was born and raised the small town of Pawhuska, Oklahoma in 1978. He grew up listening to his dad play drums in a band and acquired an intense interest in music. He was an accomplished drummer himself through high school and college, and began his songwriting career while playing with several local bands. He came to Dallas as a truck driver for a company that moves the US mail. His music career took off when he moved out from behind the drums and became the lead singer for Southbound Texas 35. He has an incredible bluesy-country-rock voice and sings with tremendous range and feeling. His original songs echo both his Oklahoma roots and his current Texas home. Southbound Texas 35’s other band members bring decades of experience playing many styles of music. Guitarist and songwriter, Alex Townes, president of the Dallas Songwriters Association, is an experienced country and singer/songwriter performer and provides the backbone of the band’s mix of acoustic and electric sound. Drummer and songwriter, Richard Kirwan, brings his experience with many bands including the Christian band, Habitation, and rock bands such as “Sam Citrus and the Merciless Tangerine” and “Plastic Glass.”