For the assignment I attended a Blue October concert at The Back Room here in Austin. My personal favorite musical genre is rock, and Blue October is a Houston rock band. They have a cult-like following and have recently gotten a lot of radio airtime so I was excited to attend. While not technically "Texas music", the band falls into the category of "Texans in music" because its members are Houston natives. The band started out independently and sold more than 5,000 copies of their first CD in the Houston area. They are so committed to this area that after being signed by Universal, during recording in Los Angeles, the band still made the effort to travel back and forth to Texas to play live shows.…
