Ronnie and The Redwoods book the GoldenLight for Jan. 15

The West Texas band brings its high-plains blend of country, blues and folk to Amarillo's longtime Route 66 cantina, and it's a $10 ticket.

There are bigger rooms in Amarillo, but few with more history than the cantina on Sixth Avenue. On Friday, Jan. 15, 2027, Ronnie and The Redwoods play the GoldenLight Cafe & Cantina, starting at 8 p.m. Tickets are $10 through Eventbrite. The show was announced Oct. 23.

Ten dollars for a band that's been touring well beyond Texas is about as good a deal as you'll find on a January Friday. Ronnie and The Redwoods are a West Texas band, and their sound comes from the region: heartfelt lyrics over a mix of blues, folk and country that San Angelo LIVE! describes as shaped by the high plains. Depending on who's describing them, you'll see them called Americana, rock or country. One reviewer put their influences somewhere between The White Stripes, Tyler Childers, John Prine and the Red Dirt scene, which is a wide range for one band, but it fits.

The band's story starts close to home. Ronnie's road began at open-mic nights at the Blue Light, a Texas country venue. From there the band has worked its way out across the country, with shows in Texas, Virginia, Montana and Washington. This year alone it shared a June bill at Jazzbones in Tacoma with Tylor and The Trainrobbers and played The Table at Madeley in Conroe in July. A band that can hold a room in the Pacific Northwest and then come home to play the high plains has earned the miles.

Seventy-plus years on Route 66, thirty years of live music, and a $10 cover.

The GoldenLight is the right room for it. The café has been serving on Amarillo's stretch of Route 66 since 1946, among the oldest restaurants in town, and the cantina next door opened in 1996, according to the Texas Time Travel entry on the Lone Star Music Legacy Trail. In the three decades since, it's become the city's go-to room for live music, booking national acts alongside local favorites. Visit Amarillo credits it with keeping the Sixth Avenue historic district busy with live music most nights. The address is 2906 SW 6th Ave.

That history matters for a show like this. The GoldenLight is where a West Texas band can play to a crowd that knows the territory the songs come from: the wind, the long drives and the small-town bars. The small room means you'll be close to the stage, and at 8 p.m. there's time to grab a burger at the café first.

Ronnie's usual headline room holds about 300, so this is right in the band's comfort zone. Get your ticket, show up hungry, and plan on staying for the whole set.

Sources: Ronnie and the Redwoods (San Angelo LIVE!) (sanangelolive.com); Ronnie and The Redwoods & Tylor and The Trainrobbers at Jazzbones (VenuePilot) (tickets.venuepilot.com); Ronnie and The Redwoods — Live at The Table at Madeley (ThunderTix) (thetableatmadeley.thundertix.com); GoldenLight Cantina — Lone Star Music Legacy Trail (Texas Time Travel) (texastimetravel.com); Amarillo Route 66 Historic District (Visit Amarillo) (visitamarillo.com); The GoldenLight Cafe (Scoundrel's Field Guide) (scoundrelsfieldguide.com); Ronnie and The Redwoods at GoldenLight — Eventbrite (eventbrite.com)