Texas Hippie Coalition - Gunsmoke - CD

A group of five hell-raising and God-fearing mavericks roll into town with guitars and amps in tow, and a party immediately ensues... With drinks poured, fists raised, and smiles wide, TEXAS HIPPIE COALITION (THC) always know how to have a good time. A collective of tried-and-true rabble rousers and dyed-inthe- wool storytellers, the Texas quintet—Big Dad Ritch [vocals], Cord Pool [guitar], Nevada Romo [guitar], Rado Romo [bass], and Joey Mandigo [drums]—spike ass-whopping hard rock with a kick of country swagger and a whole lot of Texas grit and gusto. Gathering tens of millions of streams, logging thousands of miles on the road, and energizing countless fans, they deliver ten anthems tailormade to simmer and scorch on their eighth full-length album, Gunsmoke. In 2024, Ritch and Co. retreated to an Airbnb for a month and wrote what would become Gunsmoke, going on to record in Dallas and at Bell Labs in Northern Oklahoma with producer Trent Bell. This time around, the musicians wholeheartedly embraced their country
and Southern rock stylings as well as a lifelong passion for westerns. “I’ve always been a western guy,” Ritch affirms. “John Wayne is one of my superheroes. You try to model
yourself after people you think have good morals and standards. As a big guy, if I walk in and look like a man who has his act together, it’s like, ‘Here comes this big man’,” he laughs. “‘Gunsmoke’ is me projecting myself at you like, ‘This is what I stand for. This is how I live’.”