Two Tons of Steel

Playing

Custom line-up (Create One)

1282 ACL Festival fans added this band.

Add Band

Over ten albums, including 2009’s Not That Lucky, and a decade of frequent performances, San Antonio’s Two Tons of Steel have come to be regarded as “one of the best bands in Texas,” to quote famed producer Lloyd Maines, who always makes time on his busy recording schedule for these guys. The band’s hybrid of country and rock fits the personality of modern Texas, split between country and city, like a glove, and proposes a powerful alternative to the maudlin schlock of mainstream country. Like Bob Wills & the Texas Playboys, Two Tons energize country by bringing it to the dance floor; like the Reverend Horton Heat, they hit hard and rip a mean guitar solo. In Two Tons country, a hit song has a beat and a bass solo, and you can hear an Elvis Costello cover—and maybe even their so-cool-other-bands-have-covered-it version of the Ramones’ “I Wanna Be Sedated”—at the Grand Ole Opry, where they’ve performed at least eight times.

Videos Photos Setlist