Performers at the Houston Rodeo

Feb. 25

Toby Keith
From: Clinton, Okla.
Plays: Solo Cup country (red)
Strengths: brawn; big voice; songs about drinking
Recommended if you like: your grandparents, only they prefer Merle Haggard
Try this song: "I Love This Bar"

Feb. 26

Gary Allan
From: La Mirada, Calif.
Plays: Neo-traditional country with a bit of rock and a bit of Bakersfield
Strengths: tattoos; gut-wrenching, slow-burning slow songs about anguish
Recommended if you like: an excuse to drink to good songs about feeling bad
Try this song: "Songs About Rain"

Feb. 27

Alan Jackson
From: Newman, Ga.
Plays: understated neo-trad country
Strengths: perma-stache; jukebox-ready songs; can summon the mullet
Recommended if you like: George Strait
Try this song: "Drive"
Feb. 28

Zac Brown Band
From: Atlanta
Plays: Southern rock/country with international jam-band inclinations
Strengths: skullcaps; expansive definition of "country"
Recommended if you like: Jimmy Buffett & Kenny Chesney & fried food
Try this song: "Chicken Fried"


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