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Ryan Bingham

Hobbs, NM

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americana Popularity: 58

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Region: Southeast New Mexico / Permian Basin New Mexico Conference: Mountain/Desert Regional Rank: #1
Regional Champion (2025-2026)

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Did You Know

  • • Ryan Bingham spent his youth rodeoing in Texas and New Mexico before music.
  • • His song "The Weary Kind" from *Crazy Heart* won an Oscar for Best Original Song.
  • • Bingham's early music was heavily influenced by the raw storytelling of Bob Dylan.
  • • He lived a nomadic existence, often sleeping in his truck before finding success.
  • • T Bone Burnett produced Bingham's breakout album, *Mescalito*, shaping his sound.
  • • Bingham co-wrote "The Weary Kind" with T Bone Burnett after a brief conversation.
  • • His album *American Love Song* reflects on his personal struggles with addiction.
  • • He collaborated with John Prine on the song "Situations" before Prine's passing.
  • • Bingham's music blends Americana with elements of blues, rock, and outlaw country.
  • • He won a Grammy for Best Song Written for Visual Media for "The Weary Kind."

Locations in Lyrics

35 location references across 31 songs

Songs & Places

Tell My Mother I Miss Her So
New Orleans, LA
"Take me to see the voodoo queen"
Sunrise
New Orleans, LA , NM
"Couldn't pass up the red beans and rice"
Nobody Knows My Trouble
, NM
"I was born a cowboy Way out west in New Mexico"
Southside of Heaven
, TX , LA
"I've been a desperado in West Texas"
Possum Kingdom (feat. The Texas Gentlemen)
, TX Graford, TX
Jingle and Go
, TX Detroit, MI , GA
"Down at Pinky's Roadhouse on Highway 69"
Long Way from Georgia
, GA El Paso, TX Fort Worth, TX
"Long Way From Georgia"
Bread and Water
, NM Wimberley, TX , CA , NC Austin, TX Fort Worth, TX San Antonio, TX Laredo, TX El Paso, TX Houston, TX , LA Brusly, LA
"Sangre de Cristo to the Devils Backbone"
Hard Times
, CA
"From the California hills"
For What It’s Worth/Best Of Me
Las Vegas, NV Los Angeles, CA
"Well I called my sister out in vegas"
Lover Girl
, TX
"Why don't we ride out to West Texas?"
Southside of Heaven (feat. The Texas Gentlemen) [Live at Red Rocks]
, TX Morrison, CO
possum kingdom
Graford, TX
"Possum Kingdom (title)"
The Poet
, NM New York City, NY
"The desert sky, she flies by for miles"
Boracho Station
, TX
"Boracho Station"
Cocaine Charlie (feat. The Texas Gentlemen)
, TX
"He'd slip across the river / back road along the Rio Grande"
Ballad of The Texas Gentlemen (feat. The Texas Gentlemen)
New Orleans, LA New York City, NY , TX
"Take us down to New Orleans"
Best of me
Los Angeles, CA
best of me
Las Vegas, NV Los Angelas, CA
Guess Who’s Knockin’
Hobbs, NM
Hallelujah
Hobbs, NM
The Weary Kind
Hobbs, NM
Wolves
Hobbs, NM
Bread & Water
Austin, TX
Depression
, CA
"And we've gone out to California"
Island in the Sky
San Antonio, TX
"He said he come from San Antone"
Got Damn Blues
, TX
"Down in Texas, dirty South Texas"
Junky Star
Santa Monica, CA , CA
"Sleepin' on the Santa Monica pier with the junkies and the stars"
Adventures of You and Me
New York City, NY , NY , TX , NM , CA Los Angeles, CA
"Heading up to New York City"
Roadhouse Blues
, TX , NM
"Searching around for that West Texas oil"
Lay My Head On the Rail
Los Angeles, CA , CA Needles, CA South Lake Tahoe, CA Truckee, CA Yuma, AZ Reno, NV Laughlin, NV
"LA's like the movies"

Connected Places

Hobbs, NM Austin, TX Blanco, TX El Paso, TX Fort Worth, TX Houston, TX Laredo, TX Las Vegas, NV Los Angeles, CA New York, NY Pinky's Roadhouse, OK San Anton, TX San Antonio, TX San Marcos, TX Santa Fe, NM Taos, NM Whiskey River Landing, LA
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