Turnpike Troubadours is an American country music group from Oklahoma found… Read Full Bio ↴Turnpike Troubadours is an American country music group from Oklahoma founded in 2005.
The band, whose name is derived from the bumpy Oklahoma toll-roads and their hard lived folk singing heroes, are proof that isolation can be the mother of originality. Cutting their teeth in roadside dance halls and honky-tonks has made a serious impact on the band’s musical style, which walks the line between Woody Guthrie and Waylon Jennings. “Bossier City,” the band’s debut album, is testament to the small towns in which they were raised. It combines Folk, Country, Cajun, and Bluegrass with stories of longing, humor, tragedy, and general life in rural America.
Breaking down traditional barriers between the audience and the stage is something in which they excel. Fast, gritty, and often drenched in beer, the Troubadours perform to both their fans and new audience members with an genuine sincerity about them. They continually gather ground both literally and figuratively as they travel up, down, and across the Midwest.
Their follow-up album, “Diamonds & Gasoline”, was release 2010 with veteran producer and songwriter Mike McClure and legend Joe Hardy (ZZ-Top, Steve Earle). They relentlessly play shows in Oklahoma, Kansas, Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa, and Texas.
Evan Felker - Lead Vocals, Acoustic
R.C. Edwards - Bass, Backing Vocals
Kyle Nix - Fiddle, Backing Vocals
Ryan Engleman - Lead Guitar
Giovanni Carnuccio - Drums, Backing Vocals
The band, whose name is derived from the bumpy Oklahoma toll-roads and their hard lived folk singing heroes, are proof that isolation can be the mother of originality. Cutting their teeth in roadside dance halls and honky-tonks has made a serious impact on the band’s musical style, which walks the line between Woody Guthrie and Waylon Jennings. “Bossier City,” the band’s debut album, is testament to the small towns in which they were raised. It combines Folk, Country, Cajun, and Bluegrass with stories of longing, humor, tragedy, and general life in rural America.
Breaking down traditional barriers between the audience and the stage is something in which they excel. Fast, gritty, and often drenched in beer, the Troubadours perform to both their fans and new audience members with an genuine sincerity about them. They continually gather ground both literally and figuratively as they travel up, down, and across the Midwest.
Their follow-up album, “Diamonds & Gasoline”, was release 2010 with veteran producer and songwriter Mike McClure and legend Joe Hardy (ZZ-Top, Steve Earle). They relentlessly play shows in Oklahoma, Kansas, Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa, and Texas.
Evan Felker - Lead Vocals, Acoustic
R.C. Edwards - Bass, Backing Vocals
Kyle Nix - Fiddle, Backing Vocals
Ryan Engleman - Lead Guitar
Giovanni Carnuccio - Drums, Backing Vocals
Black Sky
Turnpike Troubadours Lyrics
Well, I sure take it with me wherever I go
And you might like to see it but it never does show
Like the wind in the valley that never does blow
Like a grass in the back that you never did mow
It's a black sky forming on the ridge
It's a woman waiting standing on the bridge
It's a price that you pay for walking on the ledge
It's everything you do and nothing that you did
Well, you might see me driving on the wrong side of town
And you might see me shining when the rains come down
Like a diamond that's hiding in the lost and found
Like a coon that's running from a red bone hound
It's a black sky forming on the ridge
It's a woman waiting standing on the bridge
It's the price that you pay for walking on the ledge
It's everything you do and nothing that you did
Well, the wood keeps burning in the old wood stove
And the cows keep going where they done been drove
And the light keeps glowing in Dead Man's Cove
And the loom keeps spinning where the weave gets wove
It's a black sky forming on the ridge
It's a woman waiting standing on the bridge
It's the price that you pay for walking on the ledge
It's everything you do and nothing that you did
And you might like to see it but it never does show
Like the wind in the valley that never does blow
Like a grass in the back that you never did mow
It's a black sky forming on the ridge
It's a woman waiting standing on the bridge
It's a price that you pay for walking on the ledge
It's everything you do and nothing that you did
And you might see me shining when the rains come down
Like a diamond that's hiding in the lost and found
Like a coon that's running from a red bone hound
It's a black sky forming on the ridge
It's a woman waiting standing on the bridge
It's the price that you pay for walking on the ledge
It's everything you do and nothing that you did
Well, the wood keeps burning in the old wood stove
And the cows keep going where they done been drove
And the light keeps glowing in Dead Man's Cove
And the loom keeps spinning where the weave gets wove
It's a black sky forming on the ridge
It's a woman waiting standing on the bridge
It's the price that you pay for walking on the ledge
It's everything you do and nothing that you did
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: Steve Cash
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
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@FRL1344
Alas, you who are longing for the day of the Lord,
For what purpose will the day of the Lord be to you?
It will be darkness and not light;
As when a man flees from a lion
And a bear meets him,
Or goes home, leans his hand against the wall
And a snake bites him.
Will not the day of the Lord be darkness instead of light,
Even gloom with no brightness in it?
@psandlin2000
An old Ozark Mountain Daredevil's song!
@ComedyBros5
Certified hood classic. Gives me serious “Long Hot Sumner Day” vibes!
@tylenolpainrelief3735
My entire body gets goosebumps listening to this song, def a #1 turnpike song imo
@patrickmcfarlandi4319
Quickly becoming my favorite Turnpike off all time, this is how you remake a song!!!
@sidupp9732
So beautifully mixed and mastered!
@ComedyBros5
Hardly anyone does it better than the Troubadours!
@FRL1344
This absolutely bangs lookin at a nice black sky on those mountains today
@carolynpocus
Ozark Mt. Daredevils..the best.
@themachimori
Love it!
@TheUuhhh
Yessss!!!