The West Texas Exiles will perform live at the Ritz Thursday, May 4, at 7 pm at the Ritz Theatre located in downtown Wellington, 902 East Avenue.

Somewhere along the dusted highways of the Lone Star State, well west of the 100th Meridian, the members of country alt-rock band, the West Texas Exiles, each felt the electric pulse of Austin and headed eastbound, in search of the nostalgic sawdust floors and blinking neon that symbolized the apogee of their musical ambition. Following in the footsteps of musical luminaries and influences such as The Flatlanders and Buddy Holly, these five strangers with a shared dream immersed themselves in the thriving Austin music scene until inevitably finding each other, bound by the chemistry of a shared musical heritage and a yearning to bring back the exuberance of live Texas music.

A three-man singer/songwriter combo backed by veteran musicians, the band released their first single, “New Moon Foe,” to coincide with a dust-blown tour through some of their favorite West Texas haunts in May of this year. Their recently released second single “Hotel Tomorrow” evokes the ghost of southwestern Americana at its snakebit best, but it’s in the titular track “Exile,” from a soon to be released EP, that the group’s intentions are professed perhaps most saliently: this band of outsiders isn’t satisfied with only a waltz across Texas, they are riding into the sunset in search of new musical horizons “while I still got my boots on my feet.”

Tickets are available for purchase at 806.447.0090 or at WellingtonRitzTheatre.com.