Since the early 1980's Rick Broussard's Two Hoots and a Holler have kicked out high-octane music across Texas, a blast of traditional country spiked with punk fury that's resulted in seven Austin Chronicle Awards for Best Roots Rock Band. San Antonio native Broussard founded the group in 1984, and the trio quickly became a local favorite, going on to rock the socks of off the Southwestern United States. The sound spread to Europe and large appreciative audiences at festivals in France, Sweden, and Norway have cemented relations with this iconic Texas band. Citing influences from Johnny Cash to the Clash, the band’s roster reads like a who’s who of musicians including Charlie Robison, who played with the band for a couple of years in the late 1990s and Jesse Dayton who produced the 2004 release “Rick Broussard’s Two Hoots and a Holler.” Slapping the rockabilly tag on Rick Broussard is kind of like pigeon holing The Clash into punk rock. At the end of the day for either one, they make music that rocks. Period. Even Broussard’s sad songs and weepers carry a rhythmic groove that would make Joe Strummer proud. Broussard can’t help it, after a lifetime of listening to British rock and Texas country and a few decades of banging out a righteous country rockin beat in honky tonks. “Let it Go” (released on Freddie Krc’s Steady Boy label) is the dynamic, all-new original release from Rick Broussard. Broussard and SteadyBoy belong together, since both Ricky and Freddie are equally passionate about their favorite British rock and roll. So much so that they’ve both recorded their most Texana-laced tracks across the pond. Broussard recorded half of Let It Go in Manchester, England with producer Jonny Minge, the other half at home in Austin. “Let it Go” was a musical journey starting in Austin, Texas at David Murray’s studio, traveling on to the Limefield Studio in Manchester, England and winding up full circle back in Austin at Bruce Robison’s Premium Recording studio. Once back in Austin, Detroit-based Jim Diamond of Whitestripes-recording fame, mixed it to monstrous perfection. An odyssey that spanned nearly three years has ultimately resulted in a melodic collection of songs that is irreverently volatile yet thought-provoking. “Let it Go” is Austin music at its finest. The whole thing plays out just like a Two Hoots and a Holler show: a rockin’-surfin’-hula-honky-tonkin’-kick a** night. And, oh yeah, there’s a song called “Kick A** Night,” too. And that’s what’s in store when you play Let It Go. You’ll be airborne like Broussard himself, before you know it. “Rick Broussard is a deeply soulful, hard rockin’ American musician master with a well-worn voice that captures the tough and joyous essence of our musical heritage. He’s one of my favorites whether he’s bashing out a 3-chord rocker or crooning a swamp pop weeper. And, he kicks a**, what else do you need?” –Dave Alvin “Rick Broussard has always made exciting music. He’s like a Texas Nick Lowe, groovy, rockin’, and slightly dangerous, the coolest elements of country meets rock ‘n roll…that combo has always made me a little breathless... –Kelly Willis “Rick Broussard fused roots rock with punk, attitude long before it became a rock-n-roll subgenre. Broussard knows though, that attitude without good songs will only get your so far. He pumps out real songs and revved up Texas rock-n-roll for the kind of sound that makes rock-n-roll matter” –Jim Beale San Antonio Express “Rick Broussard knocks my block off like a godddamn Rock’em Sock’em Robot! If you ever wondered what Joe Strummer woulda been like if he had been born in Texas as the troubled child of Big Momma Thornton and Buddy Holly… well you can stop wonderin’, ‘cuz here he is” –John Dee Graham