Texas Hippie Coalition was formed in Denison, Texas by vocalist Big Dad Ritch and former bass player John Exall. The band plays a brand of music that they they call “Red Dirt Metal.” Imagine if you will, that bands could get together and have a Rock n Roll love child. Figuratively speaking, if ZZ Top and Pantera got together they would have bred something sounding a lot like Texas Hippie Coalition.
Texas Hippie Coalition has been on a consistent run, putting out an album every two years since 2008. Pride Of Texas (’08), Rollin (’10), Peacemaker (’12), Ride On (’14), Dark Side Of Black (’16) have all been very consistent in sound, flying the flag high for Texas and that “Red Dirt Metal” sound.
BDR and I talk about the upcoming tour, keeping on track with putting out a new album in 2018, and some fun memories and stories about growing up in Texas. He talks about his dedicated fans. Plus we hear about a brush with greatness that included the late great Stevie Ray Vaughn and Dimebag Daryl.
What’s the Story?
The song “Hands Up” showed up on a Spotify recommendation list for me. Since Spotify had done such a great job in the past with its recommendations, I was game to hit play. I’m glad I did. In that song, I heard a larger-than-life arena rock anthem with southern attitude and heavy guitar aggression that I hadn’t heard since my last spin of a Pantera album. THC are not near as “thrashy” as Pantera, but I think that southern flair mixed with the heavy guitars is what makes me think Pantera a little.
Guitarist Cord Pool, Nevada Romo, and drummer Tim Braun, along with vocalist and founding “MC” Big Dad Ritch, flood the speakers and stages of the world with a “get up and break some shit” attitude. This is what initially attracted me to the band, and why I set out to find out more about this band of outlaws. I knew very little about them, other than the name which I had heard in circles previously.
I reached out to Big Dad Ritch to find out more about this “new to me” band that I had embraced, and I wanted to share with the Growin’ Up Rock audience. What I found in this interview was a dude who is absolutely dedicated to his music and his fans, which in this day and age is refreshing. All bands say they love their fans, but as you will find out, THC practices what they preach in making it feel like one big sweaty rock n roll family.
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One thought on “Texas Hippie Coalition w/ Big Dad Ritch – EP040”
Very heavy rock but I do love the host. Thanks🎉🎉
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