It followed the hunter as he went through the land. It had huge red eyes and appeared to exhale fire from its nostrils. He first heard about them when he was a child and has been interested in them ever since.īert heard one story from a hunter who was stalked by a goat-type creature in The Devil’s Backbone. He has been researching and documenting the area’s ghost stories for years. Or so says longtime resident and historical writer Bert Wall. More than a century later, renegade Confederate soldiers on a doomed quest for gold breathed their last in the area. Among them was a Franciscan monk named Espinoza, infamous for his ruthless ambition. In the 1700s, Spaniards pushed through on the road to conquest.
Its gnarled canyons were once home to Comanche and Apache tribes. History: When it comes to ghosts per square mile, few places short of purgatory can match the 4,700 acres in central Texas known as "The Devil’s Backbone." It is located northeast of San Antonio and about fifty miles south of Austin. Its name comes from the term "Diablo Espinoza" or "Spiny Devil." The area contains 4,700 acres of undeveloped property filled with mountains, ravines, woodlands, ranches, and hunting cabins. The ridge offers an "unparalleled" view of miles of rolling ranchland. It is located along Ranch Roads 12 and 32 between Wimberley and Blanco, Texas. It includes a narrow limestone ridge about twenty miles long, with an elevation of 1,225 feet. Moe agreed and out of that session came Moe's first hit song "I just Started Hatin Cheatin' Songs Today".Description: The Devil's Backbone is an area located in Texas Hill Country in northwestern Comal County, about fifty miles south of Austin, Texas. Baker agreed to produce Moe if he was willing to pay for recording session. In 1972 Moe met record producer Ray Baker on a hunting trip and convinced him to listen to some demo tapes he had made. The Texas singer with twin fiddles and steel guitar in the band kept Texas-style Honkey Tonk music alive, but it wasn't easy. In the mid-seventies when the country pop Kenny Rogers, John Denver and the outlaw sound of Waylon and Willie was at the rage, along came the traditionalist Moe Bandy. Not to mention his years as a sheet metal worker by day and playing Honkey Tonks at night in and around his hometown of San Antonio, Texas. Country music legend Moe Bandy has come a long way from his bull riding days in Texas. Moe keeps one of the busiest schedules in show business.ġ0 # 1 Hits, 40 Top Ten Hits, 66 Chart Hits, 5 Gold Albums, ACM Song of The Year, ACM most Promising Male Vocalist of the Year, American Video of the year, ACM and CMA Duet of the Year. Whether writing, recording new songs or traveling the world performing. Romeo", "You Haven't Heard the Last of Me", "Holding The Bag" And dozens of other chart-toppers.
"It's A Cheatin' Situation", "Just good Ol' Boys", "Barstool Mountain", "I Cheated Me Right Out of You", "I Just Started Hatin' Cheatin' Songs Today", "Rodeo Moe Bandy's long string of hits include "Bandy The Rodeo Clown", "Hank Williams, You Wrote My Life", "Till I'm Too Old To Die young", "Americana",
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Moe Bandy is part of our "Classic Country To The Bone" music series coming to the Devil's Backbone Tavern, get your premium and reserved seating before they sell out!
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