Kevin Fowler two-steps back into Thirsty Horse Saloon

The Amarillo-born Texas country lifer plays NW Military Hwy next Saturday, Nov 14, in the city that has booked him more than any other.

There's a particular sound a Texas dance hall makes about two bars into "That's Right (You're Not from Texas)": boots on the floor, a few hundred people singing the title back. San Antonio knows that sound well, and next Saturday it gets another round.

Kevin Fowler plays Thirsty Horse Saloon on Saturday, Nov 14, at 9pm. The saloon holds around 950, the right size for a show that's half concert, half dance. Tickets are on TicketWeb.

If any city can claim Fowler as its own outside of where he started, it's this one. In our records he has played San Antonio 28 times, more than any other market, and the past year alone has kept him in front of local crowds: a co-bill with Roger Creager at Summer Nights at the Rim in August 2025, then the "Dos Borrachos" pairing with Creager at the San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo at Frost Bank Center this February.

Fowler's route to this kind of night was not a straight line. Born in Amarillo, he settled in Austin and played in the hard rock band Dangerous Toys before trading it in for country, then spent time on the road as Jack Ingram's guitarist before going solo. The songs that followed turned him into a fixture of the Texas circuit. "That's Right (You're Not from Texas)" became a state anthem in its own right; "Pound Sign (#?*!)" gave him his first top 40 Billboard country hit; and "Beer, Bait & Ammo" was big enough that Sammy Kershaw cut it for a 2003 hit of his own. *How Country Are Ya?*, the title track of his seventh studio album, is another crowd regular.

Half concert, half dance, and San Antonio has booked him more than anywhere else.

His catalog now runs to nine studio albums plus a live record cut at Billy Bob's Texas in Fort Worth, a room that put him on its Wall of Fame in 2011. The most recent studio album is 2019's *Barstool Stories*. There's no new album to plug this time around, which is not a knock. A Fowler show is built on songs people already know, and the set tends to work as a long, rowdy singalong rather than an album-cycle showcase.

That's the case for going. Thirsty Horse is the kind of room where you can hear the band, find the dance floor and still get a drink without missing a verse, and a Saturday night with a songwriter who has spent decades writing for exactly that crowd is about as reliable as Texas country gets.

Wear the boots that can handle a crowded floor, and save your voice for the chorus you already know.

Sources: Kevin Fowler at Thirsty Horse Saloon — TicketWeb (ticketweb.com); Kevin Fowler — Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org); Kevin Fowler discography — Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org); Kevin Fowler — Billy Bob's Texas (billybobstexas.com); San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo: Dos Borrachos, Kevin Fowler & Roger Creager, Feb 21, 2026 (entertainment.timeout.com); Kevin Fowler profile — Lone Star Music Magazine (lonestarmusicmagazine.com)