Live Review: Ray Wylie Hubbard @ City Winery — 7/29/22

Posted on August 2, 2022 by Mark Engleson in Live Review and tagged Americana, City Winery, country, Nashville, Rashad Polk, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Tennessee.

Ray Wylie Hubbard performs at City Winery in DC on July 29, 2022. (Photo by Rashad Polk)

“I found out you get more attention burning down the barn than you do taking out the trash,” Americana singer-songwriter Ray Wylie Hubbard told a sold-out audience at City Winery recently.

In his autobiography, A Life Well…Lived, Hubbard writes appearing on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon — his first national TV appearance — in 2010. When Ray Wylie how he should be introduced, he asked to be described as an Americana singer-songwriter, rather than as a Texas singer-songwriter.

Preview: Ray Wylie Hubbard @ City Winery, 7/29/22

Posted on July 20, 2022 by Parklifer in Preview and tagged Americana, City Winery, country, Nashville, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Tennessee.

Ray Wylie Hubbard (Photo by David McClister)

In 2020, Ray Wylie Hubbard made his major label debut with C-Starring, released by Big Machine Records. The legendary country singer returned to the well in 2022, releasing Co-Starring Too. Now, he’s on tour with a show at City Winery DC on Friday, July 29.

Live Review: Ray Wylie Hubbard @ City Winery — 9/19/19

Posted on September 23, 2019 by Mark Engleson in Live Review and tagged Americana, City Winery, country, Dallas, outlaw country, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Texas.

Ray Wylie Hubbard (Photo courtesy Red 11 Music)

You can call it country-rock, outlaw country, progressive country, or Americana. Whatever you call it, Ray Wylie Hubbard, who’s “been doing this a long time,” and calls himself “an acquired taste,” found a receptive, appreciative audience in a sold-out house at City Winery recently. The legendary Texas troubadour, feted lately with a tribute album and a book about his life and music, gave patrons a special live experience, punctuating his songs with conversational asides and injecting good-natured humor throughout his show.

Music Park: Ray Wylie Hubbard @ City Winery — 7/21/18

Posted on July 24, 2018 by Mark Engleson in Live Review and tagged Americana, blues rock, City Winery, country, country rock, Oklahoma, Ray Wylie Hubbard.

Ray Wylie Hubbard performs at Willie Nelson’s 4th of July Picnic on July 4, 2017. (Photo by Maggie Boyd)

Outlaw country musician Ray Wylie Hubbard delivered an evening of great music and stories to a full house at DC’s City Winery on Saturday. “I was not expecting this,” the Oklahoma-born, Texas-based singer-songwriter told the crowd, seeming genuinely pleased at the turnout. Playing mostly crowd-pleasing favorites spiced up with delightful stories and anecdotes from a life on the road, Ray had the crowd at rapt attention.