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Texas band Two Tons of Steel might be described as equal parts Elvis Presley and Elvis Costello, with a liberal dose of Buddy Holly and a dollop of The Ramones. It's a one-of-a-kind sound that bandleader and frontman Kevin Geil likes to call "countrybilly."
It's also a sound that's boosted the combo to renown as the face of Texas music: with its live performance at historical Gruene Hall of "Two Tons of Steel" in the internationally released IMAX film "Texas: The Big Picture"; its performance of "King of a One Horse Town" in the roots-country documentary that screens continuously at Nashville's Country Music Hall of Fame; its swing tune as part of Lone Star beer's ongoing regional radio campaign; and by becoming Texas music ambassadors to ecstatic fans in Cuba and at sold-out shows throughout Europe.
Two Tons of Steel continues as an institution at Texas' famed 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. For eight years, it's been voted Best Country Band by the San Antonio Current, its hometown weekly.
Called Dead Crickets until 1996, the name changes refers to Geil's restored '56 hardtop Cadillac.
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