Leisure Rodeo

Leisure Rodeo is the new album from Scott Ballew, following up 2021’s surprise debut Talking to Mountains. Born in Austin in the early 80’s Ballew eventually drifted out west to California, where he made a name for himself as a film director. At the age of 30 he ended up back in Austin, got sober, picked up the guitar and started writing songs. Most of those songs ended up on Ballew’s debut, but he kept writing and refining his craft, eventually  ending up with ten tracks for a follow up album. Picking up where he left off, Leisure Rodeo  features world-weary vignettes in the vein of Townes Van Zandt and Jerry Jeff Walker set to rustic country-folk arrangements.

Tracklist

1. Tiny Gods
2. Paris, TX
3. Border Kid
4. High Times
5. K Hole Deluxe
6. Convenience Store World
7. Postcard from Paradise
8. Sweetest Friend
9. Blue Eyes
10. Leisure Rodeo