Copper Sunburn is dust on the boots and smoke in the rafters. Fiddle, pedal steel, harmonica, and Telecaster ride a rhythm section that knows barrooms, barns, and long drives after last call. The songs trace small-town vows and bad timing: the shine that pays the bills, the love that won’t stay put, and the kind of trouble that starts with a favor and ends with a prayer. Arrangements lean warm and human — front-porch acoustics, two-step shuffles, slow waltzes, and highway ballads — with a baritone vocal telling the truth without polishing it. No filler. Every track lands a scene and hands the night to the next one.

Pawn Ticket Moon

Forty Acres of Rain

Stray Horse Motel

Trailer 12, Eviction Day

Lobby at High Noon

Life’s tough, but I’m still smiling. 🍻
A swedish troubadour, a guitar, and a few stories left to tell.
The crowd laughs, someone shouts, and the night carries on.
Nu jävlar isn’t about winning — it’s about living right here, right now.

👉 Promo: https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/johnaismith/nu-jvlar

Lyrics:

Jag har spelat på barer, från Malmö till Östersund
haft kvinnor i varje hamn och historier på min mun
men varje kväll jag vaknar, med gitarren som min vän
så tänker jag – nu jävlar, vi kör igen

Nu jävlar – livet är hårt men jag ler
ett glas i handen, och min gitarr ger mer
Nu jävlar – jag sjunger för folket igen
för natten är lång och jag känner mig inte hemma än

Jag har kysst mig genom livet, och tappat några tänder
sett kärlek i en blick, och glömt vad hon hette sen
men så länge nån ropar: “Spela en till!”
så vet jag fan – jag lever här och nu

Nu jävlar – livet är hårt men jag ler
ett glas i handen, och min gitarr ger mer
Nu jävlar – jag sjunger för folket igen
för natten är lång och jag känner mig inte hemma än

Och ibland när det blir tyst, jag ser mig själv i glaset
ett ansikte med skrattlinjer, men trött i kanterna
men fan – vad gör det, när man har sin sång
och ett par historier kvar en gång

Nu jävlar – livet är hårt men jag ler
ett glas i handen, och min gitarr ger mer
Nu jävlar – jag sjunger för folket igen
för natten är lång och jag känner mig inte hemma än

Nu jävlar

Featured Artist) David Lewis
Hit Pick of the Week) Bernie Nelson

October 24, 2025

Featured Artist) Adyson Malek - White Dress Direction
Hit Pick of the Week) Payton Riley - Blonde

October 31, 2025

Well I woke up one mornin' and I knew somethin' was wrong
My favorite blue jeans had all but disappeared
I saw the culprit had snuck off and ran
I said "Hell no" and I grabbed him by the ear

Said I don't care if you look like Sam Elliott
Or if you say you love me more than Waylon Jennings

I'm gettin' real sick of cowboys grabbin' my pants
Every time I try to hang 'em up
You say "Let's dance"
And I can't even bend over and I can't even glance
I'm gettin' real sick of cowboys grabbin' my pants

It's happened all my life and it's been more than a few
If you've never had it happen
Then I'm tellin' you
That if a cowboy grabs your pants
You better put up a fight
'Cause once he gets his hands on 'em
He ain't lettin' 'em go

But I don't care if you look like Sam Elliott
Or if you say you love me more than Waylon Jennings

I'm gettin' real sick of cowboys grabbin' my pants
Every time I try to hang 'em up
You say "Let's dance"
And I can't even bend over and I can't even glance
I'm gettin' real sick of cowboys grabbin' my pants

Track from the album "Tin-Cup Valentine"

Tin-Cup Valentine

Pants Grabbing Cowboys

Buy at Bandcamp

🔊 Genre: Country / Southern Rock / Alt Country
🎧 Title: Where The Dust Turns Golden
🎚️ Artist: The Mainside Project

Where The Dust Turns Golden is a road after heartbreak.
Dust glowing in the evening sun.
A tired heart learning that soft doesn’t mean weak, and quiet doesn’t mean broken.

Send this to someone who kept walking when life could’ve kept them on the ground 🚗🌅🤍

#WhereTheDustTurnsGolden #SouthernRock #Americana #CountrySoul #RoadSong #RedDirt #AltCountry #DustAndSunset #AmericanHeart #PopRock #KeepGoing #HealingJourney #TheMainsideProject 🌾🔥

Lyrics

There’s a long road running through my chest
Old dirt dreams where my heart found rest
I’ve crossed nights quiet as a whispered prayer
Still moving forward ‘cause I know there’s light somewhere

Every goodbye shaped the road ahead
Printed stories in the sky instead
And through every heavy breath I learned
Strength ain’t loud, sometimes it burns
Soft like morning on worn-out skin

Where the dust turns golden
And the hurt turns quiet
Where the breeze keeps rollin’
Like a hymn, soft and violet
I still feel your heartbeat
Riding through the highway air
Where the dust turns golden
I find my soul again, every time I disappear out there

Had the world weigh heavy on my name
Memory tasted bittersweet like flame
But the river murmured, “Girl, breathe slow”
Storms sweep through, but hearts still grow

Every mile I didn’t choose
Gave me truth I couldn’t lose
In the quiet after every doubt
I learned what love is all about
Tender hands through winter nights

Where the dust turns golden
And the hurt turns quiet
Where the breeze keeps rollin’
Like a hymn, soft and violet
I still feel your heartbeat
Riding through the highway air
Where the dust turns golden
I find my soul again, every time I disappear out there

I don’t fear the hurting anymore
I hold it gentle like a worn-down chord
Love don’t leave, it just shifts tone
And each sunset warms the heart like home

Where the dust turns golden
And the sky feels kinder
Where my chest feels open
And the road grows wider
I still feel your heartbeat
Riding through the highway air
Where the dust turns golden
Lord, I find my soul again
Yeah, I find my soul again
Every time the dust turns golden

Where The Dust Turns Golden

Featured Artist) Gage Fontenot - Know Somebody
Hit Pick) Texas Double Shot - The Reason

November 7, 2025

Hit Pick) Randall King & Drake Milligan
Featured Artist) Trent Cowie

November 14, 2025

This is the acoustic version of the song "Greyhound" from the album "It's Over". Enjoy!!

Greyhound

“Red Dirt Boots (West Texas Heart)” is a straight-up country song for my West Texas roots and my alma mater days, red dirt roads, Texas Tech nights, Buddy Holly Avenue, dust storms and big-sky dreams. It’s different from my groove/R&B stuff, but it’s still me. Hope you hear a little piece of home in it.

Red Dirt Boots (West Texas Heart)
Bobby Ticklez 
Got a front row seat to a big sky show,
Red dirt roads where the dust don’t slow.
Mama on the porch, hummin’ soft and low,
Says, “This kind of wind gets in your soul.”
Cotton fields lean when the storms roll through,
Sunset bleeds every kind of red and blue.
Close your eyes, you can feel that spark,
This old plain beats like a West Texas heart.

Where the air’s dry and the sky’s wide,
Josh Abbott spinnin’ on a back road ride.

Got red dirt boots and a West Texas heart,
Raised on Friday night lights and them Texas Tech bars.
Dust storm parties and a big sky breeze,
Mesquite smoke hangin’ in the backyard trees.
You can take me far, but you won’t take apart
These red dirt boots and this West Texas heart.

Lubbock lights glow like a field of stars,
Pat Green on the speakers in a beat up car.
Red and black flags flyin’ high in the stands,
Guns up for the Raiders, hear that Goin’ Band.
Windmill shadows on a two lane road,
Old pumpjacks dancin’ in a Great Plains glow.
Every mile marker, every tumbleweed,
Has its own verse in this West Texas heart.

Where the stars shine loud on a clear desert night,
And a Broadway dance feels just right.

Got red dirt boots and a West Texas heart,
Raised on Friday night lights and them Texas Tech bars.
Dust storm parties and a big sky breeze,
Mesquite smoke hangin’ in the backyard trees.
You can take me far, but you won’t take apart
These red dirt boots and this West Texas heart.

Maybe I’ll wander, chase a few new skies,
Get lost sometimes in big city lights,
But I’ll still hear home in the coyote cries,
That’s what reminds me who I am when the night gets dark.

Red dirt boots and a West Texas heart,
Where the South Plains stretch tough and hard.
Dust storm parties on Buddy’s Avenue,
Big sky dreams with a small town crew.
You can change my view, but you won’t touch the part
That beats red dirt strong in this West Texas heart.

Kickin’ up dust as the sun falls low,
West Texas in my soul everywhere I go.
West Texas heart… red dirt boots.

Red Dirt Boots (West Texas Heart)

Featured Artist ) Hayden Haddock
Hit Pick of the Week ) Kylie Frey & Randall King

November 28, 2025

Featured Artist) Wynn Williams
Hit Pick) Chloee Rae

December 5, 2025

America's Heart

Christmas on the county line. 🎄🔥

Two small towns, one long string of lights, bonfire cracklin’, red dirt boots and a whole lot of twang.

Wrote this for the folks who spend the holidays on back roads with friends, family, and whoever shows up by the fire. If you’ve ever two-stepped under a cold sky with a cheap drink in your hand, this one’s for you.

Let me know where you’re listenin’ from and if you’ve got your own “county line” Christmas spot. 🤠

Christmas on the County Line

[Verse 1]
Out past the fields where the fence lines meet  
There’s a gravel road off the old main street  
Both town names on the same green sign  
That’s where we throw down Christmas time  

[Pre-Chorus]
Half your town, half of mine  
All mixed up at the county line  

[Chorus]
It’s Christmas on the county line  
Two small towns, one long string of lights  
Bonfire cracklin’, your hand in mine  
Red dirt hummin’ to that old guitar  

We pass that bottle and we pass the time  
Whiskey carolin’ with that twang just right  
World’s sittin’ still, it ain’t a Silent Night  
Spendin’ Christmas on the county line  

[Verse 2]
Old man Bobbitt’s got his fiddle out  
Kids play tag in the smoke and shout  
Your little sister’s pourin’ hot chocolate cups  
Granny’s dog snatchin’ all the marshmallows up  

[Pre-Chorus]
Your hands on my shoulders when the band kicks in  
We spin ‘round in that firelight glow  
You say, “Best dang Christmas I’ve ever known”  
Just dirt-road joy in the fire we made  

[Chorus]
It’s Christmas on the county line  
Two small towns, one long string of lights  
Bonfire cracklin’, your hand in mine  
Red dirt hummin’ to that old guitar  

We pass that bottle and we pass the time  
Whistlin’ tunes to our “Holy Night”  
We’re the needle on this record tonight  
Spendin’ Christmas on the county line  

[Bridge]
Someday we might move to some big bright place  
High-rise windows and a faster pace  
But every year when December rolls back ’round  
We’ll hear that fire, feel that small-town sound  

So if you’re lost and lookin’ for a sign  
There’s room for you at the county line  
Follow that glow where the dust kicks up  
We’ve got a spot by the flames and a solo cup  

[Final Chorus]
It’s Christmas on the county line  
Two small towns, one long string of lights  
Bonfire cracklin’ on a chilly night  
Red dirt boots under a neon sky  

Hot toddy cozy, hearts full of cheer  
Nobody worried ’bout a closin’ time  
Yeah, peace comes easy tonight  
When it’s Christmas  
On the county line  

[Outro]
Just an old dirt road, a fire, and your hand in mine…  
I love this Christmas, yeah,  
Christmas, mmm-hmm,  
On the county line.


Christmas on the County Line

Producer and songwriter creating music across emotional and cinematic spaces. Working across multiple artist projects, each with a distinct sound, language, or mood. Focused on atmosphere, restraint, and long-form musical identity.

The Red Dirt Rock Band!!!

A "Red Neck" rock band with "Red Dirt" roots, "Mid West" heart, and California swagger. We are spread out across the nation from San Francisco to Tulsa. When the family comes together the music begins.

The genesis of RDRB was in Grove Oklahoma. The family cousins would occasionally get together and jam on the front porch that overlooks Grand Lake. Uncle Ben and cousin Jason decided to start recording some of the tunes. With the addition of Jeremiah Harrison's incredible guitar work on those recordings the magic began. Over a period of two years a group of talented rednecks from diverse backgrounds bound together by blood and life long friendships entered the studio to lay tracks. The result is the music you hear on this site with many, many more songs to come.

We are a group of sophisticated rednecks from San Francisco & hard working cowboy's from Oklahoma. A band that plays, prays, and rocks together. RDRB has strong political beliefs based on God, family, personal liberty, and our love for this country. Our convictions are reflected and expressed with passion in our music.

Some people call it "Out Law Country". Others Call It "Red Dirt Music". We simply just call it "Red Dirt Rock". What started out as cousins jamming on the front porch of a lake house turned into recording sessions that produced the music you hear now and WE ARE JUST GETTING STARTED!

"REAL RAW AND ROCKIN!" ~Steve Irby

(c.e.o. of "Kicker Car Speakers" and a founding member of  Stillwater Oklahoma's own "Moses" the very first Red Dirt Rock Band )

Want more. Go to: RedDirtRockBand.com

Get ready to dive in! "Heretic" EP makes waves worldwide on September 28, 2025!

Our AI project is built for music lovers, blending the power of technology with the soul of music. We craft deep, meaningful lyrics that echo your emotions, paired with beats that make you move. From intimate ballads to high-energy anthems, our mission is to inspire, connect, and musify the world, turning every moment into the soundtrack of life.

Bobby Ticklez
R&B, soul, neo soul & country AI assisted demos.
Jerdal Whitaker. Coffee Shop Bangerz playlist:
https://on.soundcloud.com/W2bl6G06QdNLVrBbEa

Thanks for listening to my music. I'm in the music scene for more than 50 years now, played thousands of gigs and released 15 albums. Never made it to the big stage, always a musicians musician, just a nicer word for having no success. Now retiring off stage and doing what I do with new productions. Never been into mainstream music, love people like Leonard Cohen or Tom Waits, outsiders who defined an own musicology. Like it or not, I'm always trying to deliver quality music, hopefully some people will find a couple of tracks they like to listen to again. This will make my day, thanks.

A weekly show featuring the Top Texas / Red Dirt songs that are packing the dance floors all around Texas. You'll hear new songs, rewind some older ones, and find out the story behind the songs from the artists themselves

New tracks tagged #RED DIRT