With a night to kill the day before the 2021 Texas Country Music Awards, I drove out to Midlothian, TX to see David Adam Byrnes perform at The Oasis Bar & Grille. The venue was quite the place – it was a smoky biker bar in the middle of nowhere in a big converted barn. When I walked in, a young kid named Hayden Hilliard was performing as the opening act. He was playing mostly covers, but he clearly has talent. He reminds me of a young Parker McCollum and is worth keeping an eye on.
After a short break, David Adam Byrnes took the stage. The Arkansas native intertwined his story about his journey from Nashville to Texas into his set, which was full of his recent #1 Texas hits and then some. The night was a memorable experience full of great music as I further dove into the Texas Country Music scene. Here is David’s set list from the show!
- Too Much Texas
- Old School
- Find a Reason Not To (not sure if this is the title, we couldn’t find any info on it)
- Tequila Salt and Time
- One Woman Man (George Jones cover)
- Going Through the Big D (Mark Chesnutt cover)
- Signs
- Going Nowhere Fast
- I Can Give You One
- Already High
- Workin’ Man Blues (Merle Haggard cover)
- The Jukebox, The Bottle, and Me
- Beer Bucket List
- Ain’t
- Too Much Fun (Daryle Singletary cover)
- In My Arms
- I Ain’t Seen It Yet
- Sweet Distraction
- She Only Wanted Flowers
- Unwound (George Strait cover)
- Neon Town
- Renegades, Rebels and Rogues (Tracy Lawrence cover)
- Two Dozen Roses (Shenandoah cover)
- Chicken Truck (John Anderson cover)
- The Blues Man (Hank Williams Jr cover)