West Texas flavored Americana music filled with faith, wit,character and love.
1 Dancin’ To The Rhythm Of Love Written with my good buddy Jerry Brownlow 2. Last Night I Wrote A Song For all those who labor in the vineyard Read more
West Texas flavored Americana music filled with faith, wit,character and love.
1 Dancin’ To The Rhythm Of Love
Written with my good buddy Jerry Brownlow
2. Last Night I Wrote A Song
For all those who labor in the vineyard of words and music.
3. A Long Time Since It Rained
Written during a classic protracted West Texas dry spell .
4.Don’t Wanna Die Of Nothin’
My friend Pastor Ted Dotts related this story of a wayward parishioner with an interesting philosophy of life.
5. Electric Guitar
God Bless Les Paul and Leo Fender
6.Let The Rain Come Down
For Carol
7. Everyday Hero
Lyrics by my friend, Clay McIntosh
8. House Of Mercy
“Where two or more are gathered in my name, there I am” Matthew 18:20
9. I Hit Bottom ( And Fell On Through)
For Leilani- Sometimes the harder you try, the worser it gets.
10. Little One –
For Jaxon – “For such is the kingdom of Heaven”
11. Ain’t Nobody Lonely
Sittin’ all alone in the Veldarose Hotel in Hot Springs Arkansas on a cold winter night, staring out at the empty streets, feeling like the loneliest person in the world.
12. Lay It Down
This song won First Place in a Los Angeles Songwriter Showcase
13 Owed” To Lloyd
Lloyd Maines showed me the main lick of this tune; Just one of the many wonderful gifts he has given me over the years.
14. Old Guy Rock
Rockin’ till the day I die
Produced by Cary C Banks & Scott Faris for carycbanksmusic©2009
Recorded, engineered and mixed by Scott Faris at Amusement Park Studios,
Lubbock Texas
All songs written or co-written and arranged by Cary C Banks
Mastered by Dolf Guardiola
CD Design by Clay Mcintosh
Inside cover photo – Corinna Ripple
For more information on music by Cary C Banks,visit carycbanksmusic.com
1622 56th Lubbock Tx 79412
Cary C Banks new book " Almost Like a Professional" (My life and career as a West Texas Musician) was awarded a 2019 Silver Phoenix Kops/Feathering International Book Award. The book is available in paperback and eBook at Amazon on Demand, Walmart and Target books and in Lubbock Texas at Josey's Books, Ralph's Records, and the Buddy Holly Center.
Cary C Banks is an award winning musician, songwriter, and music educator. An early part of the Texas Music scene, Cary is a long-time member of the Maines Brothers Band and was inducted into the West Texas Walk of Fame.
Cary currently resides in Lubbock, Texas and continues to perform regularly, and released a piano instrumental CD titled "Piano", in 2018.
"Sounds Like Texas" video from the CD "Cary and Steve" here: