Texas Hippie Coalition Stoned Cowboys Review

Texas Hippie Coalition

Stoned Cowboys

Big Dad Records

2026

I’ve never claimed to be a big fan of Southern Rock/Metal band Texas Hippie Coalition, but I got their two recent albums in for review, and my interest is certainly piqued now. Notice I said two latest albums… The band is releasing two albums at once on their own label in a few weeks, which takes a ton of guts and belief in yourself. From my understanding, the albums represent two different versions of the band: the Outlaw Country/Southern Rock side and the more familiar Southern Metal Boogie-Woogie side.

Today, we’re talking about the Outlaw Country/Southern Rock album, “Stoned Cowboys.” Given that I’m not super familiar with the band, this side of THC isn’t something I’ve been exposed to much. Musically, the album leans heavily into Southern Rock, whether the band is going for the Country vibe or not. This is Southern Rock in the vein of Skynyrd, Blackfoot, Molly Hatchet and the Marshall Tucker Band, delivered with the raucous attitude of our Uncle, David Allan Coe.

Is it good? Hell yeah.

Have I heard it before? Yes, ma’am, I have. I was born with a Dixie flag in my hand, born and bred in the red clay of Georgia.

I can’t escape my Southern upbringing, and a good chunk of it happened in dive bars listening to cover bands just like the one I’m hearing here. In my younger days, I was behind the drum kit playing with those same kinds of bands, which is exactly why I absolutely refuse to play that shit now. Not because it’s bad, it’s just not something I want to play anymore. It’s tiring, and frankly, devastatingly old to me. I’d rather fight a bear, butt-ass naked, than play Southern Rock again. There ain’t enough money in the world to get me back on that road.

If it’s your bag, more power to you. I’ve got respect and love for the people keeping it alive. I just ain’t doing it anymore.

That’s not to say THC sounds exactly like every Southern Rock band I’ve heard around Georgia. They don’t. But I’ve heard this style before, and I can throw a rock and hit a band playing something similar around here. I’ve been approached plenty of times with the same pitch: We’re gonna be different, we’re gonna be heavier, people are gonna love us, blah, blah, blah…

My answer has always been the same: no thanks. That’ll probably continue until I move or die.

It’s not that I don’t like the music, I do, and I’m certainly not taking the piss out of THC. I’d never do that. I’m just stating my truth. I’ve heard this before and I’ve participated in something similar, even if what I was playing wasn’t original music. The difference here is that THC really has this shit dialed in. It’s well played, well recorded, and the instrumentation is damn solid across the board. This isn’t some amateur bar band hacking through a set at the local VFW, and that makes a hell of a difference.

Vocally, the album is a mixed bag for me. There’s grit and gravel in there, but there are also plenty of clean vocals, and I’m not sure I can properly describe what I’m hearing. I know I’ve heard it before outside of THC, but I can’t quite put my finger on where. Maybe it’s those strong Southern ties I grew up with.

I’m somewhere in the middle on the vocals. There are moments where I’m thinking, Oh yeah, he’s absolutely on it here, and then others where I’m thinking, Nah, he missed the boat on that one. There is also a hell of a lot of syllables being crammed into some of these lines. Whether that works for you is probably going to come down to how much you dig this style of Southern Rock.

Lyrically, though, I dig the hell out of this album, and I’m damn happy it isn’t loaded with the typical redneck bullshit. There’s none of that “The South is gonna rise again” crap, and that’s a good thing. Instead, it sticks to good old-fashioned Southern subject matter: guns, God, drankin’, outlaw shit, country living and everything that comes with it. That’ll get a Southern fella’s attention every day of the week and twice on Sunday.

If this is how Texas Hippie Coalition sounds when they’re in this mode, I’d absolutely go out of my way to hear whatever they release at least once. “Stoned Cowboys” may not be reinventing Southern Rock, but it’s damn sure a well-played, well-produced record that knows exactly what it wants to be.

Standouts – “Last Of The Outlaws”, “Bring Me The Moon” and “Rope The Wind”.