Rodney Parker, The O's, Kyle Reed
"Rodney Parker & 50 Peso Reward is one of the most intriguing and
insurrectionary bands to come out of the Texas music revolution since
Steve Earle or the Old 97s.
Shaking off the norms of the modern Texas music establishment, Parker
& the Pesos take a more radical approach - a sound that is not any
more southern rock than Steve Earle, and not any more outlaw than Robert
Earl Keen. Like Earle, there are no plinks in their guitar riffs, the
sound moves like a heavy motor across the strings. One writer called the
Pesos the band that "Just might kick Old 97's in the teeth", and
another called the Pesos "Weezer meets Waylon". This may be the best
rock band country music has to offer. Parkers songs are more
introspective and respectful of consequences than the songs of many of
his country music peers. Clever and intelligent, Parker is reminiscent
of Butch Hancock, a brusque and less tragic version of Slaid Cleaves."