San Angelo, Texas

Everything San Angelo is known for

25 songs mention this city 18 artists from here

San Angelo, Texas, a city in the Concho Valley of West Texas, has a notable connection to music. While known for its agricultural heritage as the "Wool and Mohair Capital of the World," the city is also home to a variety of artists and is mentioned in numerous songs. For example, the rock band Los Lonely Boys hail from San Angelo, and country artist Aaron Watson has a song titled "San Angelo."

With 21 songs in our collection mentioning San Angelo and 18 artists calling it home, the city's musical footprint is evident. The House of FiFi DuBois and Blaine's Pub are among the local venues that host live music, contributing to the city's entertainment scene.

Music in San Angelo

Songs About San Angelo

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marty robbins
90%
San Angelo
Aaron Watson
82%
"San Angelo"
Intro to San Angelo (Live)
Ross Cooper
81%
"Intro to San Angelo"
Leaving San Angelo (Live)
Mark David Manders
79%
"Leaving San Angelo (Live)"
San Angelo (1960)
Marty Robbins
77%
"I rode one day to the cow-town of San Angelo"
Swell San Angelo
Ernest Tubb
60%
"Now I have roamed this wide world o'er, but I'll never move no more, for I love you, swell San Angelo"
She’s Had Enough Of Texas
Triston Marez
54%
"Houston to San Angelo couldn't hold that tumbleweed"
Songwriter’s Lament
Cory Morrow
54%
"Well I've got some find memories of San Angelo"
Breaking Up the Band
Kat Hasty
53%
"From Syracuse to San Angelo"
Dallas After Midnight
Ray Wylie Hubbard
52%
"After a high-speed chase we got caught south of San Angelo"
Texas Women
Hank Williams Jr.
50%
"I've got some fond memories of San Angelo"
Cottonfields and Crossroads
Los Lonely Boys
50%
Cassie’s Back In Texas
Luke Kaufman
49%
"Shes out in the bad lands south of San Angelo"
songwriter's lament
cory morrow
45%
one day closer to rain
owen temple
25%
Hey Daisy
Drew Womack
21%
"Wet our feet in the Concho River"
cassie's back in texas
luke kaufman
19%
charlie goodnight
dub miller
10%
Lone Star Love
Red Steagall
7%
"Houston Beaumont San Angelo"
Keepin’ it ’Tween the Lines
Paul Eason
7%
"Got some friends up in San Angelo"

Showing top 20 of 25 songs

Artists From San Angelo

L
Los Lonely Boys
rock Pop: 70
Z
Zo
country Pop: 42
K
Kat Hasty
country Pop: 40
S
Soothsayer
metal Pop: 31
J
J. Frank Wilson & The Cavaliers
rock Pop: 25
N
Nasty Nate
hip-hop Pop: 20
W
War Child
metal Pop: 17
R
Randall Stephens
country Pop: 11
C
Case Hardin
country Pop: 9
C
Cooper Hamilton
country Pop: 6
1
12 Mile
country Pop: 5
A
Avery Peters
country Pop: 1
C
Charles Reyes
country Pop: 1
C
Cade Demere
country Pop: 1
C
Cody Conner
country Pop: 1
J
Jacob Childress
country Pop: 1
J
Jacob Soto
country Pop: 1
W
Will Alvarado
country Pop: 1

Rivers & Roads in Song near San Angelo

Songs written about the waterways and highways that run near San Angelo.

Kickapoo Creek 4 songs Texas Colorado River 6 songs

Musical Heritage

Briscoe RoadyGoat

2020

The Concho River runs through San Angelo, and it runs through Philip Lupton's songs too. He's half of Briscoe — a folk-rock duo he named after his grandfather. He and Truett Heintzelman, a San Antonio kid, met as middle schoolers at a Hill Country summer camp up in Leakey, where they played a John Prine cover in the talent show — two athletes who'd just picked up guitars. They put Briscoe together for real while they were students at the University of Texas at Austin, cut a single called "Sailing Away," and landed a deal with ATO Records — Dave Matthews' label, same roster as Black Pumas and Brandi Carlile. Since then they've opened for Zach Bryan and Noah Kahan and played Willie's Luck Reunion. Two curly redheads out of the West Texas river country. Just getting started.

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History of San Angelo

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Blaine's Pub on West Harris Avenue is San Angelo's original live music venue, open since 1997 and a regular stop on the Texas Country, Red Dirt, and Americana circuit. It's an intimate room: one long bar and a small stage where up-and-coming acts play.

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San Angelo, though a modern city now, owes much of its character to its roots as a frontier town, and specifically to the wool and mohair industry. The story starts with Fort Concho in 1867. The fort brought people, and those people needed supplies, grazing land, and a way to make a living. The dry, rugged landscape around San Angelo, while challenging for some crops, turned out to be perfect for raising sheep and Angora goats. Ranchers discovered that the hardy animals thrived on the native grasses, and the wool and mohair they produced found a ready market back east. The industry grew steadily, and San Angelo became a major wool and mohair shipping center. Fort Concho provided not only protection but also a connection to the wider world, ensuring that local ranchers could get their goods to market. The industry helped build San Angelo into the regional hub it is today. Even now, though Goodfellow Air Force Base is a major presence, you can still see the legacy of the wool and mohair industry in the area's ranching culture, the annual stock shows, and the enduring spirit of self-reliance that defines so much of San Angelo.

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San Angelo has a certain charm to it, a laid-back feeling you don't find everywhere. Maybe it's the altitude, sitting up here at almost two thousand feet, giving us those clear, star-filled nights. Or maybe it's the way the Concho River winds through town, a reminder of how this all started. You know, Fort Concho being established back in '67, bringing folks out this way and shaping everything that came after. Even the Cactus Hotel, that grand old building Conrad Hilton put up back in '29, still stands tall downtown. It's funny to think about all the people who've walked these streets.

Fort Concho

1867

The center of a line of forts extending from the northeastern border of Texas to El Paso. Was also northern point of southern chain of forts extending to Rio Grande, thence along that river to its mouth. Established 1867 (at then junction of Butterfield Trail, Goodnight Trail and road to San Antonio) by 4th Cavalry under Capt. George G. Huntt to protect frontier. By March 1, 1870, fort buildings were (in order of their construction) a commissary and quartermaster storehouse, hospital, five officers quarters, a magazine and two barracks-- all built of sandstone. Among those who commanded post were: Gen. Wm. R. Shafter (later major general of volunteers, Spanish-American War; commanded troops at capture of Santiago de Cuba, July 1898); Maj. John P. Hatch (at one time fort was named in his honor); Gen. Wesley Merritt (first commander of Fort Davis after Civil War; was later superintendent of U. S. Military Academy at West Point); Gen. Ranald Slidell Mackenzie (who led attacks, from this and other forts, credited with defeat of Indian resistance in southwest); and Gen. Benjamin H. Grierson, commander of Negro troops of 10th Cavalry. On June 20, 1889, fort was abandoned as a military post and property passed into private ownership. (1970)

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Metcalfe, Charles B.

1918

Sponsor of 1918 measure to give Texas women right to vote. Born in Lawrence County, Tenn. came to Texas 1872. Helped map town site of Ben Ficklin, first county seat, Tom Green County. Grew first bale of cotton and installed first (water-powered) cotton gin in county; was one of first ranchers to work for law and order, in fencing rangeland. County Commissioner 6 years. Served 1915-1919 in Legislature of Texas. There his amendment to 1918 election bill gave vote in primaries to women of Texas three years before the national adoption of woman's suffrage. (1968)

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Green, Tom, Confederate General

1836

(Star and Wreath) Led 5th Texas Cavalry, Battle Val Verde in Arizona-New Mexico Campaign, 1861-1862. Commanded "cotton clad" carrying Cavalrymen dubbed "Horse Marines" in recapture Galvston, January 1863. Made brigadier general while leading Green's Cavalry division 1863 campaign to save Louisiana. Killed 1864 leading attack at Blair's Landing, Louisiana in Red River Campaign to prevent the Federal invasion of Texas. An ardent Texan, a brave leader, he constantly sought the heat of battle. A memorial to Texas who served the Confederacy. This county was named in honor of Tom Green, 1814-1864. Came to Texas from Tennessee, 1833. Veteran Battle of San Jacinto 1836 manning famed "Twin Sisters" cannons. Fayette County representative 4th Congress. Secretary of Senate, 6th and 8th congresses. Clerk of Supreme Court, 1841-1861. Participated frontier Indian campaigns. Member Somervell Expedition. Officer in Mexican War. Confederate general in the Civil War.

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Cárdenas, María Guevara

1976

María Guevara Cárdenas, Chicana politician, activist, and feminist, daughter of Fernando Guevara and Paz (Manchaca) Guevara, was born on January 20, 1935, in Tivoli, Texas. As one of nine children in a family of migrant farm laborers, Guevara often joined her siblings as field laborers and, as a result, was unable to attend school year-round. In 1945 the family relocated to San Angelo, Texas, where she grew up in the predominantly Mexican American La Loma barrio. She attended public schools there but was unable to complete high school. However, she later earned her GED. At the age of fifteen, María Guevara married Abel Gomez Cárdenas in San Angelo on November 2, 1950. The couple had six children and were divorced in 1977. María Cárdenas spent most of her adult life in the Rio Vista neighborhood of San Angelo, where she first became involved with the community through the local Parent Teacher Association and other neighborhood organizations. Inspired by the rise of the Chicano Movement, Cárdenas’s interests became increasingly political by the late 1960s. During this time, she often wrote letters to the editor of the San Angelo Standard-Times to voice her opinion about the discrimination that minority children faced at school and the city government’s neglectful attitude toward neighborhood improvement. Cárdenas expanded her political activities as a member of the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) and the Raza Unida Party (RUP). In the early 1970s she joined the Rio Vista Consejo del Barrio (“neighborhood council”), a local affiliate of the Education Group Action Project initiated by Texans for the Educational Advancement of Mexican Americans (TEAMA), and later became chairwoman of a statewide advisory board for TEAMA. In 1972 Cárdenas attended the RUP’s first national convention in El Paso as a voting delegate for Tom Green County. After the convention she campaigned on behalf of RUP gubernatorial candidate Ramsey Muñiz. She also associated herself with Mujeres Por La Raza Unida and the Texas Women’s Political Caucus , and in 1977 she attended the National Women’s Conference in Houston, Texas. By the late 1970s she joined the Democratic party and served on the board of the Tom Green County Democratic Club. Cárdenas’s membership with these political organizations provided her an outlet to fight for race, gender, and class equality within and outside San Angelo. Aside from Cárdenas’s political motivations, she realized that earning an education would help her advance in society. In 1975 she enrolled at Angelo State University, where she graduated with a bachelor’s degree in political science in 1983. In 1976 Cárdenas spearheaded a successful campaign to create a single-member district voting system for the San Angelo city commission. The proposed city charter amendment challenged the at-large voting system that the city of San Angelo traditionally used. The change to single-member districts allowed marginalized residents to elect members of their own neighborhood onto the city council. After the measure was overwhelmingly approved by voters in April 1976, Cárdenas was named to a special advisory board tasked with drawing up the boundaries for the newly-created districts. On May 13, 1978, the Rio Vista neighborhood elected Cárdenas to represent District 3 of the San Angelo city commission; she was the first Mexican American woman to serve in this capacity. She eventually served on the city commission (known as the city council since 1979) for three consecutive terms. During that time, Cárdenas pushed for improvements to basic services in her previously-underrepresented district such as paved roads, street lights, and a monthly blood pressure clinic for barrio residents. She was also instrumental in convincing the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development to fund construction of a public housing development for low-income seniors living in the Rio Vista neighborhood. Additionally, in 1981 she coordin

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Fort Concho National Historic Landmark

1867

Fort Concho was abandoned as an active military post in 1889. In 1905 C. A. Broome formed the Fort Concho Realty Company and parceled off lots in his Fort Concho addition to San Angelo. At about the same time J. L. Millspaugh, another real-estate developer who had been a post trader during the fort's active years, attempted to persuade the newly incorporated city of San Angelo to purchase the old fort as a park site. Although Millspaugh's initial efforts were unsuccessful, the eastern third of the parade ground and other pieces of property were donated to the city in 1913. The Pocahontas Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution sought to have Fort Concho designated a state historic site, a goal accomplished in 1924, when a bronze plaque was placed on the parade ground. By 1929 Ginevra Wood Carson had founded the organization that became the Fort Concho Museum. She launched her campaign to save the fort by purchasing, for $6,000, the original headquarters building, built in 1876 by request of Col. Benjamin H. Grierson , who was then the post commander. Over the next thirty years Mrs. Carson spearheaded efforts to develop and expand public ownership of the museum. During that time several projects were undertaken, including the purchase and renovation of the schoolhouse-chapel, the reconstruction of two enlisted-men's barracks in 1951, and the acquisition of the Ruffini office building. In 1961 Fort Concho was registered as a National Historical Landmark through the Historic Preservation Office of the National Park Service. At about the same time the fort was placed on the National Register of Historic Places and designated a Texas Historic Landmark. Then in 1967 Franklin G. Smith, an NPS staff member, submitted a three-phase master plan for long-range development, financing, and interpretation of the site. Under Smith's plan, a museum director was employed, additional staff positions and several new programs were established, and a consistent preservation and acquisition program was carried on. Although local businesses and clubs continued to occupy and use some of the old fort buildings, such as the barracks, the officers' quarters, and the old commissary, the grounds contained seventeen surviving period structures, and the two barracks reconstructions. Some of these were at least partially restored and used for museum exhibits by 1980. In 1980 a new master plan was published by the Bell, Klein, and Hoffman architectural firm in Austin. The old post hospital, which had been damaged by fire in 1911 and subsequently demolished, was reconstructed. It is now part of the John and Sally Meadows Historical Complex. By 1989 the museum complex included sixteen original structures, six reconstructions, and a stabilized ruin, making it one of the best preserved frontier forts in the United States. The Fort Concho Museum contains over 35,000 artifacts in its collections. Equipment and furnishings in one of the officers' quarters and a barracks replicate the interiors of such buildings during the post's active years. The restored post chapel is often utilized by area school children, who relive the days of the McGuffy readers and one-room schoolhouses. The museum maintains an education department and an archive and research library. Conventions are often held in the restored commissary building. The Fort Concho Museum Press produces a monthly periodical, the Fort Concho Members' Dispatch , and other publications. Living-history groups reenact the lives of White infantry and White and Black cavalry units on the Texas frontier. These units can be seen at Fort Concho during Fiesta Frontier Day (third Saturday in June), Fiestas Patrias (second weekend in September), Christmas at Old Fort Concho (first weekend in December), and special events throughout the year.

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Mathis, Jack W.

1943

Jack W. Mathis, recipient of the Medal of Honor, was born on September 25, 1921, in San Angelo, Texas, to Rhude Mark and Avis C. Mathis, Sr. Jack and his brother, Mark, were raised in Sterling City. Jack enlisted in the United States Army on June 12, 1940, and saw duty with the Eighteenth Field Artillery at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. After learning that his brother had enlisted in the air corps, Jack transferred and was assigned with Mark to Goodfellow Field in San Angelo. Both were accepted as aviation cadets, trained as bombardiers, and commissioned second lieutenants. Jack was assigned to B-17s and went to the Eighth Air Force in England, where he was assigned to the 303d Bombardment Wing. He flew fourteen missions. On the last of these he was just starting his bomb run as squadron lead bombardier over Vegesack, Germany, on March 18, 1943, when he was hit by a burst of antiaircraft fire. His right arm was shattered above the elbow, and he received large wounds in his side and abdomen. Although mortally wounded, he dragged himself back to his bombsight, dropped his bombs, and then died at his post of duty. As the result of his courage and determination his squadron placed its bombs directly on the assigned target. He was awarded the Medal of Honor "for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity beyond the call of duty." Mark Mathis was on the base when the aircraft bearing the body of his brother landed. He requested and received permission to replace Jack in the crew of the Harold Strouse . Though this crew returned to the United States after completing its required tour, Mark stayed on and was killed in action when his battle-damaged B-17 ditched in the North Sea in May 1943. Jack Mathis is buried in Fairmont Cemetery, San Angelo.

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