Kent:
You need to listen to Fear & Whiskey now.
It's like loving metal but not knowing Paranoid.
Is Slobberbone still together? For some reason I was thinking they had disbanded. Get Gone Again by them is one of my favorites.
Barrel Chested is a great record from start to finish. There are some pretty good bootlegs available via A Truer Sound (great alt. country blog) and others.
really, really enjoyed honeybrowne's julie at the bar. how well known are they in texas. i had never heard of them before.