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Did You Know
- • JAB formed at Texas Tech, initially playing for fun at fraternity parties.
- • Their breakout hit 'She's Like Texas' propelled them to statewide fame.
- • Josh Abbott originally planned a career in communications before music.
- • The band's early sound was heavily influenced by artists like Pat Green.
- • JAB's 'Small Town Family Dream' album debuted at #5 on Billboard's Country chart.
- • They've collaborated with artists like Kacey Musgraves and Randy Rogers.
- • Josh Abbott co-owns a bar in Lubbock called The Blue Light Live.
- • JAB has raised significant funds for various charitable causes over the years.
- • The band briefly considered changing their name early in their career.
- • Their music often reflects themes of Texas pride and small-town life.
Locations in Lyrics
162 location references across 31 songs
Songs & Places
She’s Like Texas
South Padre Island, TX
Texas Hill Country, TX
Nacogdoches, TX
Lubbock, TX
Texas
Padre Island, TX
Austin, TX
Dallas, TX
"She's as hot as the Padre Island sun"
She's Like Texas
Texas
Lubbock, TX
Padre Island, TX
Austin, TX
Dallas, TX
Nacogdoches, TX
Texas Hill Country, TX
Screw You, We’re From Texas
Texas
Port Aransas, TX
Austin, TX
New Braunfels, TX
Abbott, TX
Fort Worth, TX
Bandera, TX
San Marcos, TX
Waco, TX
Dallas, TX
Delaware
Helotes, TX
Houston, TX
Kerrville, TX
San Antonio, TX
Lubbock, TX
Wimberley, TX
"Screw you, we're from Texas"
Victory Bells
Lubbock, TX
"Fight Raiders, fight
For the school we love so dearly
Long live the Matador"
Girl Down in Texas
Texas
San Antonio, TX
New York City, NY
Austin, TX
Los Angeles, CA
Frio River, TX
"There's a girl down in Texas"
The Highway Kind
Fort Worth, TX
North Dakota
Arizona
"With Justins on the asphalt"
Dallas Love
Dallas, TX
"Dallas Love"
I’ll Sing About Mine
Idalou, TX
Lubbock, TX
"In my hometown
Population just a few thousand"
I'll sing about mine
Idalou, TX
My Texas
Fredericksburg, TX
Shiner, TX
Luckenbach, TX
San Antonio, TX
Frio River, TX
Red Dirt Country, OK
Llano, TX
Houston, TX
Abilene, TX
Port Aransas, TX
Corpus Christi, TX
Graford, TX
West, TX
Fort Worth, TX
Texas Hill Country, TX
Big Bend Region, TX
Lubbock, TX
El Paso, TX
Texas
Red Dirt Country, TX
Stephenville, TX
Big Bend National Park, TX
"If you haven't climbed up to enchanted rock"
Texas Women, Tennessee Whiskey
Texas
Tennessee
whiskey_corridor_tn, TN
Tennessee Whiskey Country, TN
"Texas women and Tennessee whiskey"
The Luckiest
Poteet, TX
Pearsall, TX
San Marcos, TX
"And I'm lucky King George still makes country records"
Deep in the Heart of Texas
Texas
Matagorda Bay
Matagorda, TX
texas gulf coast, TX
"I've been walkin' Matagorda Bay, hot Texas sand under my feet"
Wasn't That Drunk
Lubbock, TX
Hotty Toddy
Louisville, KY
Oxford, MS
Fort Worth, TX
New York City, NY
Los Angeles, CA
"She's Kentucky Derby"
Little More You
Montgomery, AL
Georgiana, AL
"And we could use a little more Hank"
Road Trippin
Detroit, MI
Shreveport, LA
Colorado
New Mexico
"everybody's gassing up their Fords"
Ghosts
shores
My Texas (feat. Pat Green)
Texas
Screw You; We're From Texas (feat. Koe Wetzel & Larry Joe Taylor)
Texas
She's Like Texas (OurVinyl Sessions)
Texas
Texas Women; Tennessee Whiskey
Texas
Until My Voice Goes Out
Northern Lights
Amnesia
Lubbock, TX
Oh, Tonight
Lubbock, TX
Idalou
Idalou, TX
Brushy Creek
Round Rock, TX
Texas Hill Country, TX
"We can go to Brushy Creek for a while"
Fall in Love Again
San Antonio, TX
"I'll take you down to san antonio"
Flatland Farmer
Nashville, TN
Llano Estacado, TX
"But he can out-pick a Nashville star"
Oughta Get Drunk
North Carolina
South Carolina
Los Angeles, CA
New York City, NY
San Francisco, CA
Arizona
Alabama
Idaho
Ohio
Luckenbach, TX
Lincoln, NE
Nebraska
Tennessee
"Carolina out to LA"
GOAT Standings
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In playlists this season
Region: West Texas / Permian Basin
Conference: Texas
Regional Rank: #19
Weekly Trend
Connected Places
Lubbock, TX
Abilene, TX
Austin, TX
Broadway, NY
Corpus Christi, TX
Dallas, TX
El Paso, TX
Fort Worth, TX
Ft. Worth, TX
Houston, TX
Idalou, TX
L.A., CA
Leakey, TX
Llano, TX
Los Angelas, CA
Los Angeles, CA
Louisville, KY
Luck, TX, TX
Luckenbach, TX
Nacogdoches, TX
New York, NY
New York City, NY
PK, TX
Padre Island, TX
Port A, TX
Port Aransas, TX
Possum Kingdom Lake, TX
River Walk, TX
San Antone, TX
San Antonio, TX
Shreveport, LA
Sixth Street, TX
Texas Tech University, TX
Victory Bells, TX
West, TX
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