Texas Music News — September 3, 2026
New Braunfels troubadour Dallas Burrow brings his new album home to Gruene Hall on Monday. Dallas Burrow previews Modern Day Vagabond three weeks before its nationwide release, with West Texas Exiles opening. But the 14-track record won’t hit shelves and streaming until Sept. 25, when it arrives through Forty Below Records. So the Gruene Hall show works like a soft opening, giving hometown fans a first crack at the songs. Burrow also recently visited News 4 San Antonio’s studio to talk about a record that blends country, gospel, and blues.
Dallas Burrow recorded Modern Day Vagabond live at Yellow Dog Studios in Wimberley. The studio sits just up the road from New Braunfels, in the Hill Country. There, Red Dirt musician Mike McClure co-produced alongside Grammy-winning engineer Adam Odor. And the title track carries its own local origin story. Burrow wrote it on a mandolin he bought from Bryan Duckworth, a former Robert Earl Keen fiddler. Duckworth now runs a violin shop in town.
Dallas Burrow Keeps a Family Thread Alive on the Record
The album carries a family thread as well. Burrow’s father, Mike, plays on the record. Before that, he was blood brothers with Texas songwriting legend Townes Van Zandt, after the two met in the 1970s. So that lineage surfaces on the tracklist too, in a cover of Van Zandt’s “Rake.” Flute player Donny Silverman joins in, and he once recorded with Van Zandt himself. Meanwhile, guests across the record read like a who’s-who of Texas music. The list includes Susan Gibson, Kelly Willis, Kelley Mickwee, Will Sexton, Lloyd Maines, Katie Shore, and Kullen Fox.
Gruene Hall itself is no ordinary stage. Built in 1878, it stands as Texas’s oldest continually operating dance hall. Still, its side flaps hint at the days of open-air dancing. And the hall helped launch the careers of George Strait and Lyle Lovett after Pat Molak bought the property in 1975. Now Burrow and his wife, Stacy, also run the Red Bird Listening Room in New Braunfels. So this hometown run feels earned, not borrowed. Modern Day Vagabond follows his 2025 album The Way The West Was Won, and Burrow heads to Europe with the new record, starting in October. For one Monday night in the Hill Country, past and present Texas songwriting will share the same small stage.
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