Two Tons of Steel is an American

rockabilly Rockabilly is one of the earliest styles of rock and roll music. It dates back to the early 1950s in the United States, especially the South. As a genre it blends the sound of Western musical styles such as country with that of rhythm and blu ...

and

Texas country Texas country music (more popularly known just as Texas country or Texas music) is a rapidly growing subgenre of country music from Texas. Texas country is a unique style of Western music and is often associated with other distinct neighboring ...

band, from

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, Texas, United States. The band has performed live at

Gruene Hall Gruene Hall, built in 1878 by Henry (Heinrich) D. Gruene and located in the historical town of Gruene, Texas (now a part of New Braunfels), bills itself as "the oldest continually run dance hall in Texas". By design, not much has physically change ...

, and has appeared in the IMAX film '' Texas: The Big Picture''. The band's performance of "King of a One Horse Town" is included in a roots-country documentary that screens continuously at Nashville's

Country Music Hall of Fame The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville, Tennessee, is one of the world's largest museums and research centers dedicated to the preservation and interpretation of American vernacular music. Chartered in 1964, the museum has amas ...

. Two Tons of Steel continues as an institution at Texas’ Gruene Hall, where its annual Two Ton Tuesdays summer series draws 12,000 fans, and as a popular act at Nashville's Grand Ole Opry. They have been repeatedly voted "Best Country Band" by the San Antonio ''Current'', one of its hometown weeklies.

Discography

* "Two Tons of Steel" (1993) * ''Oh No!'' (1994) * ''Crazy for My Baby'' (1995) * ''Ten Dollar Cover'' (1997) * ''King of a One Horse Town'' (1999) * ''Transparent'' (2001) * '' Vegas'' (2004) * '' Live from Gruene Hall'' (2005) * '' Not That Lucky'' (2010) * ''Tangled in Tinsel'' (2012) * ''Unraveled'' (2013) * ''Gone'' (2016)

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Smith Music

Palo Duro Records
{{DEFAULTSORT:Two Tons Of Steel American alternative country groups American folk rock groups