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Walt Wilkins & The Mystiqueros - “Trains I Missed”
Texas songwriter extraordinaire Walt Wilkins and a few of his fellow Texas singer/songwriter buddies formed a band in the last year called The Mystiqueros and recently released their first single, “Trains I Missed,” from their upcoming debut album, Diamonds In The Sun.
“Trains I Missed” is exactly the kind of music you hope to hear coming from artists with the freedom to try things outside the Nashville formula. This is the evolutionary path that country music should be following; not the latest pop oriented flavor. The words, written by Wilkins, are of a man content with where he is in life with no regrets about the choices he has made or “the trains he missed.” The ultimate toast to life and all of it’s quirks. You can’t control it, just live it and be happy.
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August 1, 2007 at 7:21 pm Permalink
Walt Wilkins is the best songwriter in America and I’ll stand on Steve Earle’s coffee table in my cowboy boots and say that!
Steve Knagg
April 1, 2008 at 8:18 am Permalink
Dear Walt Wilkins,Johnny,Bill,Ray,and Marcus.
You are the best band from Texas.
Your music is Wonderful.
We’re so lucky to hear your,
Beautifuls songs.
Greethings from
Veronique
and
Netherlands
LOVE YOU ALL
April 4, 2008 at 3:29 pm Permalink
Dear Walt Wilkins, Johnny, Bill,Ray, and Marcus.
I Love your music,
I listen to it all the time.
I love you guys.
greethings from
veronique
April 23, 2008 at 10:34 am Permalink
THANKS FOR THE DAY OF MY LIVE
IT WAS FANTASTIC TO SEE WALT WILKINS ,TINA, SAM,BILL JOHNNY, RAY AND MARCUS,
IN UTRECHT HOLLAND.
I ENJOYED EVERY MINUTE OF IT,GREAT TO `HEAR WALT WILKINS and THE MYSTIQUEROS PLAYNG, TRAINS I MISSED,
I WAS VERY IMPRESSED TALKING TO THE MAN WAO IS MY IDOL WALT WILKINS.
IT IS A WONDERFUL THING TO HEAR PERFECT MUSIC.
I REALLY HAD THE MOST WONDERFUL DAY OF MY LIVE.
MEETING WALT and TINA IT WAS FANTASTIC.
THANK YOU ALL FOR THE BEAUTIFUL MUSIC.
YOU ARE AMAZING.
HOPING TO SEE YOU ALL SOON IN HOLLAND
THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR KINDNESS.
TAKE CARE FOR ALL TIMES.
LOVE FROM
VERONICA AVIRVAREI
GREETHINGS FROM
NETHERLANDS
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