Austin Allsup
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Austin Allsup

Fort Worth, Texas, United States | SELF

Fort Worth, Texas, United States | SELF
Band Alternative Singer/Songwriter

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"Austin Allsup Performs on Good Day"

His dad is a big name in Lone Star music going all the way back to the Texas Playboys. But Austin Allsup has a sound that's all his own -
- Fox 4 DFW


"Pay Dirt!"

Cryin' Out Loud comprises equal parts tender, lilting melodies and bombastic choruses. Lyrically, Allsup manages to sound introspective but not whiny or plaintive.
- Fort Worth Weekly


"Allsup is a country star in the Making"

Allsup is a country star in the making, and he offers intense, multi-dimentional lyrics and strong vocals that can only be described as a perfect mixture of a Texas country-style Eddie Vedder with the lyrical prose of Lucinda Williams.
- CountryChart.com


Discography

Album: Crying Out Loud - 2010
Album: Intensity - 2005

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Bio

26 year old Austin Allsup is a sight to behold. With shoulder-length golden locks, skinny, boot-cut jeans and tattered rock n roll t-shirts, he fits more into a punk dive in New York City than a honkytonk in Texas. But, with a grin he points out his friends are "all honkytonkers", and he well.... "aspires to honkytonk".

His music, like his past, is a culmination of all things Texas. A nod to Buddy Holly here, a little Waylon Jennings there, and a little Bob Wills in between. These influences have helped craft Austin into a performer who knows no boundaries, much to the chagrin of his father, someone who broke a few in his day touring and producing records with all three music icons.

With his dad on tour with Waylon and Buddy in 1959, a young rising star from California, Richie Valens replaced Austin's dad on an airplane after a coin flip, and Austin has a different take on life than your average garage band musician.

"Music has been in my blood since birth. I didn't know how or why until I hit my teens, but from the begining, I felt drawn to it like a kid to a candy store.

Add a little Red Dirt from the hills of Arkansas, and the men