Ed Burleson hits the Honky-Tonk Highway with The Cold Hard Truth

Hes spreading his traditional country sound via land, sea and airways.

AUSTIN, TX (PRWEB) April 8, 2004 -- The venues and horsepower may be different, but former rodeo cowboy Ed Burleson is happily riding the tour circuit again, this time in support of his April 24 Palo Duro Records release, The Cold Hard Truth.

Burleson and his band roll into the Longhorn Saloon in Fort Worths Stockyards National Historic District on April 30 for a special album-release celebration and show with fellow label-mate TC Taylor opening.

In addition to the clubs and festivals hell visit this spring, the Denison, Texas, native has been on a tour of radio stations across the Lone Star State behind The Cold Hard Truth, with stops in Dallas, Houston, Kerrville and New Braunfels. This fall, hell perform on Palo Duros Texas Music Cruise.

He wont have a hard time pleasing old fans and winning new ones with his Palo Duro debut, a 14-song collection of honky-tonk and bluegrass tunes delivered with a genuine Texas twang and complete honesty – just like his last release, 1999s My Perfect World (Tornado Records).

The Cold Hard Truth displays Burlesons writing and singing abilities and pays homage to his mentor, the late Doug Sahm, who can be heard introducing a song he co-produced before his death, Heartbreak Highway." Burleson also gives a nod to Loudon Wainwright III with a decidedly different rendition of Dead Skunk," which can be heard in daytime rotation on DFW stations KPLX (The Wolf) and KHYI (The Range).

Burleson showcased the new CD at the annual Country Radio Seminar in early March in Nashville. And March 21 he played KHYIs Texas Music Revolution VIII at the Mesquite Rodeo to a crowd of around 10,000 music lovers. KHYI-FM Program Director Bruce Kidder says, Ed Burleson continues to be what Texas Country music is all about. To all the posers, Ed offers up The Cold Hard Truth, a belly rubbin Texas masterpiece."

Burlesons The Way Youre Treatin Me" will be part of Palo Duros Texas Unplugged compilation, an all-acoustic recording featuring originals from Terri Hendrix with Lloyd Maines, T.C. Taylor, Larry Joe Taylor, Eleven Hundred Springs and others, slated for release in August.

The 2004 Texas Music Cruise(tm), sponsored by Palo Duro Records, rides the high seas October 31 to November 5 on Royal Caribbeans Rhapsody of the Seas, with stops at Costa Maya and Cozumel, Mexico.

For more information, go to www.edburleson.com, www.palodurorecords.com and www.texasmusiccruise.com.

Contact: Jill McGuckin, McGuckin Entertainment PR, 512.478.0578; megjill@aol.com