Floyd Tolston
  • Redneck Cheer (Fall Down Drunk)
  • Tailgate
  • Blowin' Smoke
  • Wal Mart Lovers (radio edit)
  • Lookin' Back At Luckenbach
  • Redneck Cheer (Fall Down Drunk)
    Genre: Country
    MP3 (03:50) [8.76 MB]
  • Tailgate
    Genre: Americana
    MP3 (03:16) [7.49 MB]
  • Blowin' Smoke
    Genre: Country Americana
    MP3 (02:33) [5.85 MB]
  • Wal Mart Lovers (radio edit)
    Genre: Country
    MP3 (02:58) [6.81 MB]
  • Lookin' Back At Luckenbach
    Genre: Americana
    MP3 (03:51) [8.82 MB]
Biography
“Floyd is an entertainer and story teller, often times about subjects no one dares approach but we all consider. Whether he sings his songs with deep messages or sings those others just to have fun, it’s a refreshing and unique approach I have enjoyed over the years.”

Justin Frazell
The Justin Frazell Show &
Texas Red Dirt Roads
KFWR The Ranch Radio 95.9, Fort Worth, TX


When songwriter and musician Floyd Tolston calls himself country, he delivers. Fans of true country music without the glitz, glamour, blare and bling of today’s country-pop, listen up. Tolston’s sophomore album Redneck Cheer is what real country fans yearn for--the country back in country music.
The title track and album’s first release, “Redneck Cheer (Fall Down Drunk)” is a song that radiates feel-good vibes throughout. The electric guitar is paired up with the acoustic in unison in a harmonically descending line during the introduction, a hint as to the history between the singer and his subject.
No song grabs the essence of Tolston’s music better than the album’s opening track “Blowin’ Smoke.” This song is a big wake up call to an industry that has listeners wondering what is “real country music, and where did it go?” Thanks to artists like Tolston, the real country sound still exists. Ironically, “Blowin’ Smoke” is the closest thing to country-pop on the album.
However, Redneck Cheer doesn’t turn its back on lovers of today’s country. Tolston’s songwriting talent shines with catchy lines and phrases. The songs go straight to the themes of country music, through bars, dancehalls, heartaches, friendships and failures all set against danceable, sing-a-long country rhythms - the kind that you keep humming long after the party’s over.
In “Tailgate,” Tolston offers the advice of a wise man; life is about living the life you want. This instant get-together anthem embodies a lively energy with its sing-along choruses and arrangements.
Country legend, George Jones once said, “Country music to me is heartfelt music that speaks to the common man. It is about real life stories with rather simple melodies that the average person can follow. Country music should speak directly and simply about the highs and lows of life. Something that anyone can relate to.”
Tolston takes those words to heart. Listeners have compared his music to that of Merle Haggard, Billy Jo Shaver, Kris Kristofferson and Bruce Robison, but all bear the mark of Tolston originality. His upbeat tunes have audiences on their feet, but the songs that have a more emotional toll have those same people thinking deeply. Storytelling is essential to classic country music. Tolston is a storyteller.
“The thing that I think makes most of my songs different from the other stuff you hear, even among Texas music circles, is that they generally tell a story,” Tolston explains. “In order to know what is going on within the thought process of the song, people have to listen to the words.”
In 2007, Tolston drew attention with his debut album, Something Special. The album produced his first nationally charting single, “Lookin’ Back at Luckenbach,” his classic “Wal-Mart Lovers” and “Everybody’s Got’em a Song.” In 2009, Texas honky-tonker Ed Burleson released “Mexico” a cover of “Everybody’s Got’em a Song.”
While attending Tarleton State University, Tolston, Brownwood, Texas native, hit the songbooks along with textbooks. He joined a band, which enjoyed moderate regional success playing local country and folk clubs.
After college, he settled into a full-time career. His songwriting waned. Upon retiring, he seriously resumed his musical pursuits, finishing half-written songs, and writing new ones for Something Special.
Tolston has a gift, and like many artists must have something in life move him to write his next song. “Most of my songs come in the form of a burning bush,” Tolston says. “I’m not one of those guys who can get up in the morning and say, ‘I’m going to write a song today.’ Something has to inspire me, or something has to evoke the feeling.”
With one record under his belt, and Redneck Cheer hitting the airwaves, charts and lives of many, Tolston is sure to become and remain a household name in country music.
Redneck Cheer includes 10 news songs and a radio-edit of “Wal Mart Lovers” from Something Special. Both albums are available from cdbaby.com, lonestarmusic.com and floydtolston.com.
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  • Members:
    Solo
  • Sounds Like:
    Waylon Jennings, Merle Haggard
  • Influences:
    Merle Haggard, Townes Van Zandt, Tom T. Hall, Dave Kirby
  • AirPlay Direct Member Since:
    03/06/08
  • Profile Last Updated:
    08/15/23 14:50:08

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