HossTheBoss.com

Changing one’s perfectly good name is a weird tradition in radio. I was christened as “Hoss The Boss” in 1992 by one of my radio bosses. By the time I got fired from my final “real” radio gig in 2006, I had a decent little following as “Hoss,” so it just made sense to use that name for this site. (It was either that or try to come up with a few extra thousand dollars to pay to promote the thing at the beginning.)

I often wish I wasn’t Hoss, though.

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I usually don’t get along very well with guys who wear ties. This story I wrote one day a few years back helps explain that. I hope you’ll read it. I think it’s kinda funny. (I just posted a link to a pdf version of it here since the thing is a little too long to fit on one web page.) It’s called The Great Compromise. Was I drunk when I wrote it? You decide. Poor dang bunnies. If you like this story, you should really scroll up a little and become a HossTheBoss.com member.

Here’s an example of why I am an outcast in the music business.

Best in Texas Magazine is regarded, I have heard, as an “important publication” on the Texas music scene. And judging by the names of people who appeared in a recent edition, I understand why: Kevin Fowler, Aaron Watson, Dierks Bently, Cody Canada, Miranda Lambert, Tommy Alverson, George Strait and others. (more…)