The Texas Country and Red Dirt Music genre is full of artists and bands who pride themselves on doing “their own thing”.  Most aren’t marching to the beat of an overbearing label’s insistence and direction in sticking to a certain “image” or a specific “sound”.  Many pride themselves in touring relentlessly and “boot-strapping it” to build their own following.  And like it or not, there’s usually a “Texas” theme or reference in at least one song from every artist’s catalog of music.  (The writer of this blog post is guilty as charged)  While the Texas “beer-drinking, hell raisin’, home-state pride” type of songs have done wonders for the careers of many in the scene, Rich O’Toole has consciously tried to expand his music past this regionality; a decision that some have hated on him for… Rich O’Toole doesn’t hide who he is.  He pisses some people off with his approach and attitude and other people piss him off with theirs.  Love him or hate him, it’s hard not to respect