anyone know these guys? Been listening to these 2 songs for bout 17 years without ever knowing anything about them.

That's a blast from the past... I had completely forgotten about them

I don't know much about them, but I liked these two songs back when I was really into Texas Country in high school. I don't think I recall any other songs by them

Never heard of these folks.

But I still have my fish spurs.

That song brought a little tear of nostalgia to my eye.

EDIT:

Does this song make sense if you were not in the Corps?

"Shoot me the blood, shoot me the sky"--

In the old Duncan Mess Hall, all the objects and food had their own names, and instead of asking someone to "pass" something, you said "Shoot the ____ " (whatever you wanted). So the speaker is asking someone to pass the ketchup and the water.

Seniors in the Corps wear tall riding boots, the mark of an officer in the WWII-era army; the boots come with silver spurs. Fish made their own spurs to wear prior to the SMU game (their mascot was the mustang). I don't know if they still do this.

The last line of the chorus refers to the standard reply of a fish to an upperclassman who has asked him something the fish does not know: "Sir, not being informed to the highest degree of accuracy I hesitate to articulate for fear that I may deviate from the true course of rectitude. In short, sir, I am a very dumb fish and do not know, sir." The fish said that in my father's day (Class of '44--you can see one of the actors recite it in the WWII movie made at A&M, "We've Never Been Licked"). I still remember that.

The Chicken and the Texas Hall of Fame were not yet in existence during my years.

So that Fish Spurs version of Texas Remedy is not the one I remember. I used to have a boot leg version of the full River West recording, much much better. Can't seem to find another recording anywhere.

OldArmy71 said:

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Never heard of these folks.

But I still have my fish spurs.

That song brought a little tear of nostalgia to my eye.

EDIT:

Does this song make sense if you were not in the Corps?

"Shoot me the blood, shoot me the sky"--

In the old Duncan Mess Hall, all the objects and food had their own names, and instead of asking someone to "pass" something, you said "Shoot the ____ " (whatever you wanted). So the speaker is asking someone to pass the ketchup and the water.

Seniors in the Corps wear tall riding boots, the mark of an officer in the WWII-era army; the boots come with silver spurs. Fish made their own spurs to wear prior to the SMU game (their mascot was the mustang). I don't know if they still do this.

The last line of the chorus refers to the standard reply of a fish to an upperclassman who has asked him something the fish does not know: "Sir, not being informed to the highest degree of accuracy I hesitate to articulate for fear that I may deviate from the true course of rectitude. In short, sir, I am a very dumb fish and do not know, sir." The fish said that in my father's day (Class of '44--you can see one of the actors recite it in the WWII movie made at A&M, "We've Never Been Licked"). I still remember that.

The Chicken and the Texas Hall of Fame were not yet in existence during my years.

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It's for the Arkansas game now.

Haha, fishspurs! What a boof!

One of the guys was from Huntsville. Their record came out in 2001, which was my senior year of high school. One of my friends was dating the brother of one of the band members. They played at Shenanigans in Huntsville that next summer, then I never heard anything about them again.

Great cd.

They actually started out as Bearkats SHSU but with a love of Texas and the TX college scene.Kale Murray the lead singer and a senior at the time grouped up with John Slaughter also from Huntsville Tx and got things going for River West.Love them and Tx country music.An amazing band....have been listening for years!