Song of the Week 07: A Little Farther West

Susie discovered this song when we lived at Canyon Lake, Texas. Americana music radio programmer Mattson Rainer at KNBT-FM New Braunfels regularly was playing the original recording by legendary Texas singer-songwriter Walt Wilkins.

We like the the quintessential American idea that things will be better by relocating a little farther west. Susie believes that the “west” in the song is really heaven. We did attend a performance by Walt Wilkins at Gruene Hall, the oldest dancehall in Texas, and heard him play it live. He has recorded the song on two of his albums, “Fire Honey & Angels” and “A Good Ramble.”

When we started performing as a duo, we recorded it and we’re really happy with the way it turned out. So we named our group and our first album A Little Farther West after the song.