Few artists of my knowledge have a wider gulf between their talents and their renown than Falstaff. He's got an amazing Chris Isaak/Dwight Yoakam-style voice and a natural-born Texas drawl. He's a mean guitar-picker and a great showman on stage. Chicks dig his chiseled features and lanky, six-foot-five frame, and he's one of the nicest guys in town. He's not possessed of any serious vices -- he likes his whiskey, but he's a sipper and not a shooter. Greg Wood wrote a song -- "Tall Walkin' Texas Trash" -- about him that was recorded by Jesse Dayton. He's even got a new song on his MySpace page called "Shine" that should be a smash hit Texas country single. Why is Johnny Falstaff not a household name from Brownsville to Dumas, Orange to El Paso?
...John Nova Lomax-"Houston Press"
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