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Josh Abbott Band

Lubbock, TX

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country Popularity: 50 Established Division

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Region: West Texas / Permian Basin Conference: Texas Regional Rank: #1
Regional Champion — Established (2025-2026)

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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

100 location references across 26 songs

Songs & Places

She’s Like Texas
, TX South Padre Island, TX Austin, TX Dallas, TX Nacogdoches, TX Lubbock, TX
"She's like Texas and she likes me"
She's Like Texas
, TX Lubbock, TX
Screw You, We’re From Texas
, TX Port Aransas, TX , DE Austin, TX New Braunfels, TX Helotes, TX Abbott, TX Fort Worth, TX Houston, TX Bandera, TX San Antonio, TX San Marcos, TX Waco, TX Dallas, TX Kerrville, 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
, TX San Antonio, TX New York City, NY Austin, TX Los Angeles, CA
"There's a girl down in Texas"
The Highway Kind
Fort Worth, TX , ND , AZ
"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 , TX , OK Llano, TX Houston, TX Abilene, TX Port Aransas, TX Corpus Christi, TX Graford, TX West, TX Stephenville, TX Fort Worth, TX Lubbock, TX El Paso, TX
"If you haven't climbed up to enchanted rock"
Texas Women, Tennessee Whiskey
, TX , 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
, TX
Matagorda Bay
Matagorda, TX , 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 , CO , NM
"everybody's gassing up their Fords"
Ghosts
My Texas (feat. Pat Green)
, TX
Screw You; We're From Texas (feat. Koe Wetzel & Larry Joe Taylor)
, TX
She's Like Texas (OurVinyl Sessions)
, TX
Texas Women; Tennessee Whiskey
, TX
Until My Voice Goes Out
Amnesia
Lubbock, TX
Oh, Tonight
Lubbock, TX

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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