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Ryan Bingham

Hobbs, NM

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Region: Southeast New Mexico / Permian Basin New Mexico Conference: Mountain/Desert Regional Rank: #1

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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

73 location references across 32 songs

Songs & Places

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

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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