“Honky Tonk Heaven,” named by Billboard Magazine as a Top 5 Must-See music filmĢ017 Western Swing Music Society of the Southwest Hall of Fame Inductee HIGHLIGHTS HIGHLIGHTSĪwards 2000 Academy of Western Artists (AWA) Western Swing Male Vocalist of The YearĢ005 AWA Western Swing Male Vocalist of The YearĢ007 AWA Western Swing Male Vocalist of The YearĢ007 - Billy Mata received the largest number of nominations of any artistĢ008 Sacramento Western Swing Society Hall of FameĢ009 AWA Western Swing Album of The Year - “This is Tommy Duncan, VolumeĢ010 Band was inducted into the Texas Western Swing Hall of FameĢ010 Western Swing Hero Award, Cowtown Society of Western SwingĪmeripolitan Music Awards Best Male Vocalist - Western Swing Nominee 2014,Ģ016 Ameripolitan Music Awards Western Swing Band of The YearĢ016 AWA Western Swing Male Vocalist & Western Swing Group Nomineeįeatured Artist and Band in the 2016 South by Southwest documentary musical, Together, they aren’t just another “human jukebox” on the stage. The Texas Tradition is a handpicked collection of professional musicians from a wide area of Texas who are gathered together by their common interest in Western swing and the opportunity to play with the best of the best. The band has performed throughout the United States, Canada and Europe. The show toured many Texas towns and was an immediate success with rave reviews.īilly Mata and The Texas Tradition’s music is not just limited to Texas. The cast included past Cherokee Cowboys, Dave Alexander, Kristi Kalyn and Penny Gilley. Billy performed many of Ray Price’s classics to eager audiences. This appearance, taped at the historic Lil’ Red’s Longhorn Saloon in the equally historic district of the Fort Worth Stockyards, is to air later this year.īilly Mata was handpicked by Lion of Texas Entertainment, who produced the theater show, For The Good Times, A Tribute to Ray Price. Penny Gilley, host of the Penny Gilley Show (airs on RFDTV), invited Billy for a taping on her television show. This is Tommy Duncan, The Trilogy is now complete. This is the final chapter, covering Tommy Duncan’s return to Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys. This is Tommy Duncan, Volume Three, was release this past January 2018. In 2012, just one year after Volume Two was released, Billy released By Request, a special collection of the most asked for Western Swing and Traditional Country Honky Tonk Dancehall songs at Billy Mata live performances. This is Tommy Duncan, Volume Two, featuring the years of Tommy Duncan’s own band, was released in the Spring of 2011, continuing the Trilogy. Designed to bring attention back to the Bob Wills vocalist, Tommy Duncan, who lived in the shadow of the king, the album was awarded the 2009 Western Swing Album of the Year by the Academy of Western Artists. The first of a Trilogy Tribute to the ‘Voice of Western Swing’, it includes guest appearances by historic patriarch/creators of the Western Swing phenomenon. In 2008 This is Tommy Duncan, Volume One was released. Billy Mata & The Texas Tradition has enjoyed regular rotation on SIRIUS/XM’s Willies Roadhouse and worldwide traditional country radio stations. By the time his two subsequent albums (Traditionally Yours in 2004 and Domino Effect ‘Featuring Grammy Award winner Floyd Domino’ in 2006) were released, Billy was a radio hit. His instincts proved true, with the album winning multiple awards and his music getting further radio exposure. True to his Texas heritage, Billy insisted on recording his 1998 album Keepin’ The Tradition: A Tribute to My Hero’s, with his own stage band to properly perform the music he truly prefers - real Bob Will’s Western Swing and Traditional Country. He has gone on to become the heir apparent to the Bob Wills tradition as the Voice of Western Swing. From there, Billy was invited to perform at the West Texas Western Swing Festival in Snyder, Texas and following that, at the Lincoln County Cowboy Symposium in Ruidoso, New Mexico, where now he is invited to entertain annually. That lead to guest appearances with the Texas Playboys featuring Tommy Allsup and Leon Rausch. He has been named Academy of Western Artists Western Swing Vocalist of the Year three times and has received the Academy’s Entertainer of the Year Award.īilly’s career jump started as a featured singer with Tommy Morrell and the Time Warp Top Hands on Larry Scott’s syndicated radio show, The Lincoln County Cowboy Symposium of the Air. Billy started his recording career in the 1970’s, singing Billboard charted, Top 40 Country music. With over 40 years of music making, Billy Mata & The Texas Tradition bring their authentic Western Swing to dancehalls all across Texas, with true traditional country music.
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