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Interviews

Insurgent Country: Johanna J. Bodde, co-host of the Netherlands radio show Alt.Country Cooking, asked Trussell about Texas Gothic. Interview reveals that the song "Billy Got Bad" was inspired by his "legendary night in jail in Austin." And that "Spanish Girls" was included because his wife insisted on it: "She says it's about freedom. I like it because it's existential and bleak." And that "Across the Great Divide in G" was inspried by a drunken train ride from Los Angeles to San Antonio: "The song is fatalistic, romantic, a picture of fog-bank loneliness."
Hanx.net: Dutch site. Scroll down for English interview, which reveals that the title Texas Gothic was suggested by his wife and refers to the dark subject matter of the songs. "She and I believe there is something unique about the twisted psychology of people from Texas. We are both native Texans and know what we're talking about."

Click press for an English translation of Wim Boluijt's review of Texas Gothic.