Roger Creager

            Roger Creager has not come out with any new music real recently, so this post might seem a bit random, but he is one of my favorite Texas country artists.  His new album “Surrender” is set to be released in January 2012.  I mention him now because on my last trip to Nashville I was able to hear the single “Surrender” and in my opinion it is his best work yet.  Creager is a perfect example of the epitome of a Texas Country artist, with hick songs, songs about drinking, and songs about love and sex, but what stands Creager out from the crowd is his unique juxtaposition of songs on his CDs.  They are not all of one type but appeal to a broad audience containing fun loving, living free party songs and then the next song to play will be a gut wrenching ballad.  Creager demonstrates once again the thing I love most about country music; he knows how to tell a story.  My favorite song of his, which as been stuck on a permanent replay on my computer, is “I Loved You When.”  It is extremely country, as one can see in the blatantly sexual and descriptive intimate moments –

“She got up for a drink, walked naked across the floor…

Looking back at me with that playful smile and I wanted her once more…”

He realizes that music is not all about pretty singing all the time and one can feel the passion and truth which he sings the song in the line “She said tell me you love me” and he roughly speaks in a deep voice, “I love you.”  Give it a listen here:

Live Version: 

Spotify link to studio version:

Roger Creager – I Loved You When

Creager co-wrote every song on his new album “Surrender,” with the exception being his cover of “Redemption Songs,” a Bob Marley classic.   The man that Creager co-wrote his song “Surrender” with is one of the most sought after co-writers in Nashville, and Creager has described this song as the most honest piece of work he has ever written.  Be sure to keep an eye out for it, January 2012 (I don’t know the specific date yet).  I assure you, you won’t want to miss it.

Albums released to date:
1998: "Having Fun All Wrong"
2000: "I Got the Guns"
2003: "Long Way to Mexico"
2004: "Live Across Texas"
2008: "Here It Is" ---my personal favorite.