The Very Best Songs About Austin, Texas
Discover the very best songs about Austin, Texas. Whether you’re traveling there tomorrow or simply dreaming wistfully of SXSW and Austin City Limits, we have your back. From Willie Nelson to Spoon, from Jerry Jeff Walker to Stevie Ray Vaughan, from Slaid Cleaves to Patty Griffin, we’ve gathered the very best songs about Austin, Texas—all in one place.
Start with our top ten songs about Austin, and then explore by genre – including rock, country, alternative, singer/songwriters, blues, standards, hip hop, pop, hip hop and even some Christmas tunes. There’s even a song about Willie Nelson picking up and moving to Austin. You’ll find all the best songs about Austin, Texas right here.
Top 10 songs about Austin, Texas
- Texas Flood – Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble (iTunes | Amazon) The title track of Vaughan’s 1983 debut album made a big impression on Austin and after his sudden death in 1990 became his anthem
- Sangria Wine – Jerry Jeff Walker (iTunes | Amazon) Jerry Jeff sings about “Austin on a Saturday Night” in this Hill Country classic
- Devil Town – Bright Eyes (iTunes | Amazon) Cover of Austin musician Daniel Johnston’s creepily self-aware classic track became a defacto theme song for the Friday Night Lights TV series, filmed in Austin
- Austin Night – Bastard Sons of Johnny Cash (iTunes | Amazon) These Sons (no actual Cash family relation) sing tell of discovering Austin in this 2005 track
- Sweet Tequila Blues – Chip Taylor & Carrie Rodriguez (iTunes) “And get me back to Austin… Oh damn, I miss that town”
- What Would Willie Do – Gary Allan (iTunes | Amazon) Austin’s patron saint made his home there. But he’s evidently too modest to record a song about it, so Allen created Austin’s unofficial Willie anthem
- Horseshoe Lounge – Slaid Cleaves (iTunes | Amazon) Cleaves’ unassuming song describes a South Austin dive bar to the tee. If you stop in at this joint on South Lamar, you’ll find the track featured in their jukebox
- The Eyes of Texas – The University of Texas Longhorn Marching Band (iTunes | Amazon) Austin’s original music-makers and the beloved alma mater of the Texas Longhorns at the University of Texas at Austin
- London Homesick Blues – Jerry Jeff Walker (iTunes | Amazon) Jerry Jeff yearns to leave the Brits behind and get home to Austin and its (long since shuttered) Armadillo World Headquarters music hall in this classic cover
- Texas on a Saturday Night – Willie Nelson (iTunes | Amazon) It may not be Austin specific, but it is Texas and it is Willie and there’s nothing quite like Austin on a Saturday night
Want more songs about Austin, Texas? Check the list below for more favorites, standbys, classics, and a few oddball selections. Like us on Facebook or check out more top 10 songs for other great cities and destinations.
More Songs About Austin, Texas
ROCK SONGS ABOUT AUSTIN
- Dublin Blues – Guy Clark (iTunes | Amazon)
- I Can’t Go Back to Austin – Doug Sahm (iTunes | Amazon)
- East 11th Street – Jon Dee Graham (iTunes | Amazon)
- Austin – Dan Potthast (iTunes | Amazon)
- Austin Rocks – Patricia Vonne & Rosie Flores (iTunes | Amazon)
- Sixth Street – Common Ground (iTunes | Amazon)
- Austin City Limits – ThreePeace (iTunes)
- Screw You, We’re From Texas – Ray Wylie Hubbard (iTunes | Amazon)
- Austin State of Mind – Lucas Cook (iTunes | Amazon)
COUNTRY SONGS ABOUT AUSTIN
- What I Like About Texas – Jerry Jeff Walker (iTunes | Amazon)
- They Call It The Hill Country – Randy Rogers Band (iTunes | Amazon)
- Stupid Texas Song – Austin Lounge Lizards (iTunes | Amazon)
- Dirty Little Texas Story – Chip Taylor & Carrie Rodriguez (iTunes)
- That’s Right (You’re Not From Texas) – Lyle Lovett (iTunes | Amazon)
- Pflugerville – Austin Lounge Lizards (iTunes | Amazon)
- South of Round Rock, Texas – Dale Watson (iTunes | Amazon)
- Austin – Blake Shelton (iTunes | Amazon)
- Welcome to Texas – Brian Burns (iTunes | Amazon)
- East of Austin – The Vandal Band (iTunes | Amazon)
- Austin Texas – Mat d. and the Profane Saints (iTunes | Amazon)
- Beautiful Texas – Willie Nelson (iTunes | Amazon)
- Lone Star State of Mind – Nanci Griffith (iTunes | Amazon)
- Austin – Pat Green (iTunes | Amazon)
- The Ballad of Charles Whitman – Kinky Friedman (iTunes | Amazon)
- Hill Country Nights – South Austin Jug Band (iTunes | Amazon)
- Old Settler’s Breakdown – South Austin Jug Band (iTunes | Amazon)
- Austin – The Eskimo Brothers (iTunes | Amazon)
- Austin City Limits Sign – Autumn Leaves (iTunes)
- Austin City Limits Tonight – Kevin McCollough (iTunes | Amazon)
- Alleys of Austin – Michael Martin Murphey (iTunes | Amazon)
- Gin and Juice – The Gourds (iTunes | Amazon)
ALTERNATIVE SONGS ABOUT AUSTIN
- Anything You Want – Spoon (iTunes | Amazon)
- My Wish – Twang Twang Shock a Boom (iTunes | Amazon)
- Devil Town – Daniel Johnston (iTunes | Amazon)
- Austin City Limits – Cold Country (iTunes | Amazon)
- Lost in Austin – Mystery Jets (iTunes | Amazon)
- De Carora de South Congress – Cilantro Boombox (iTunes | Amazon)
- Austin City Limits – Stuffy/The Fuses (iTunes | Amazon)
- Austin (Venue Tribute Song for Stubbs BBQ) – They Might Be Giants (iTunes)
SINGER/SONGWRITER SONGS ABOUT AUSTIN
- Kite – Patty Griffin (iTunes)
- Texas Hill Country Night – Falling Rock (iTunes | Amazon)
- Right About Now I’d like to Move to Austin and Buy a Purple House – Drew Blackard (iTunes | Amazon)
- Dry Creek Cafe – Douglas Greer (iTunes | Amazon)
- Barton Springs – Michael Tomlinson (iTunes | Amazon)
- Austin City Limits – Hank & Shaidri Alrich (iTunes | Amazon)
- Congress Avenue Exploration – Zell Miller III (iTunes | Amazon)
- Hamilton Pool – Brian Turner (iTunes)
BLUES SONGS ABOUT AUSTIN
- South Congress Blues – Omar and the Howlers (iTunes | Amazon)
- Austin In My Sights – The Bluescasters (iTunes)
- South Congress – John Christian (iTunes | Amazon)
- Deep Congress Avenue – Shelly Lee Alley (iTunes | Amazon)
- Austin City Limits Sign – The Bart Walker Band (iTunes | Amazon)
STANDARD SONGS ABOUT AUSTIN & TEXAS
- Deep in the Heart of Texas – Ray Charles (iTunes | Amazon)
- Texas Fight – The University of Texas Longhorns Band (iTunes | Amazon)
- Texas Cadence – The University of Texas Longhorns Band (iTunes | Amazon)
- Go Horns Go – The University of Texas Longhorns Band (iTunes | Amazon)
- Deep in the Heart of Texas – The University of Texas Longhorns Band (iTunes | Amazon)
- Los Ojos de Texas – Perez Prado and His Orchestra (iTunes | Amazon)
POP SONGS ABOUT AUSTIN
- Designs on You – Old 97’s (iTunes | Amazon)
- Midnight in Austin Texas – Reneè Olstead (iTunes | Amazon)
- The Yellow Rose of Texas / The Eyes of Texas – Elvis Presley (iTunes | Amazon)
HIP HOP SONGS ABOUT AUSTIN
- Sixth Street – Choszen (iTunes | Amazon)
- Keep Austin Weird – P!nn@cle feat. Mac-Midas and Y.P. (iTunes | Amazon)
- I’m in Austin Trick – LMFAO (iTunes | Amazon)
CHRISTMAS & HOLIDAY SONGS ABOUT AUSTIN
- Christmas in Hollis (Austin Version) – Tee Double (iTunes)
- Merry Christmas from the Family (Live at Austin City Limits) – Robert Earl Keen (iTunes | Amazon)
- Christmas in Austin – Shelley King (iTunes | Amazon)
- My Best Gift Lives in Texas – Ray Dahrouge (iTunes | Amazon)
- Texas Christmas – Dave Madden (iTunes | Amazon)
SUGGEST SONGS ABOUT AUSTIN, TEXAS
Is there a great, good, or not half-bad song about Austin or that takes place in Austin that we missed? Drop us a line or contact us on Facebook and let us know. If it’s a fit, we’ll be sure to add it to our list of the best songs about Austin, Texas.
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