The Accidental Band

Stephenville, Texas

Craig Clifford: vocals, acoustic guitar, harmonica

Jim Easterling: vocals, drums

Nancy Easterling: fretless bass

PERFORMING AN ASSORTMENT OF

Original songs by Craig Clifford

Classic Texas singer-songwriter music

Classic country

A few rock & roll and rockabilly classics

A few traditional folk songs

 

       

Why are we called "The Accidental Band"? It was an accident that we came together.  We first played together because we were asked to provide the music for the 60th birthday party of a good friend, Tim Jones.  It worked so well we decided to take the show on the road. We're available for small, medium, or large venues, and private parties.

Upcoming Shows

CONTACTS

Craig Clifford

254-965-6178 or craigclifford@libnecktroubadour.com

 

Jim and Nancy Easterling

254-968-8952 or eastercounty@aol.com

 

 

To order Craig's new acoustic CD, Hard Time in Texas, go to Craig's solo page.

 

 

 

The Accidental Band's second CD, The Music Kept Us Sane, is available in Stephenville at Hastings and GRUMPS and in Proctor at HANDY'S LIQUOR STORE.  Or you can order it here.

 

 

   

 

 

Order direct / PayPal payment.

 

$12.00

 

 

 

Or if you prefer to download the album or singles as MP3s:

 

The Accidental Band: The Music Kept Us Sane

 

MP3s also available at ITunes, Amazon, Napster, and other digital distribution outlets.

 

 

 

The Accidental Band debut album, Living on the County Line, was released in spring of 2009.

 

The songs on this album, all written by lead singer and guitarist Craig Clifford, weave together the people and places of Erath County, Texas. A concept album united by recurring characters and events and the spirit of a place, it ranges from the up-beat rockabilly sound of “Living Wet in a Dry County” to the poignant slice of Texas life in “Three-Quarter Time” to the dark and chilling drama of “The Back Road Home from Proctor” to the Dylanesque talking blues of “The Libneck Anthem.” In the tradition of Texas singer-songwriters like Townes Van Zandt and Guy Clark, Clifford is first and foremost a storyteller inspired by the lives of the people he sees every day. “They are, like all humans, flawed and fated by their circumstances, but their grit and heart make me want to write songs about them,” he says in the liner notes.

 

You can listen to some of the songs at http://www.reverbnation.com/#!/accidentalband.

 

       

 

In Stephenville "Living on the County Line" is available at Hastings, GRUMPS, and THE LITERARY LION BOOKSTORE; in Proctor at HANDY'S LIQUOR STORE; in Granbury at STUDIO 216; and in Tolar at THE LINE CAMP STEAKHOUSE.  Or you can order it here.

 

Order direct / PayPal payment.

 

$12.00

 

 

Or if you prefer to download the album or singles as MP3's:

 

THE ACCIDENTAL BAND: Living on the County Line

 

 

 

Or you can download individual songs at ITunes and Amazon.com:

 

 

Amazon.com

 

 

 

Photos and videos in reverse chronological order

 

 

For photos from the Greenwood in Bluff Dale, May 21, 2011,  click on the photo below . . .

 

 

 

For photos of "Dinner in the Stacks," Friends of the Dick Smith Library, Tarleton State University, Click on the photo below...

 

 

 

 

For photos of preview party for Canadian sculptor Paul Burke, click on the photo below . . .

 

 

 

 

For photos by Mallory Young and Kathleen Mollick from the Greenwood in Bluff Dale, Nov. 20, 2010,  click on the photo below . . .

 

 

 

For photos by Mallory Young from Roots, Nov. 6, 2010,  click on the photo below . . .

 

 

For photos by Mallory Young from Brennan Vineyards, June 12, 2010, click on the photo below . . .

 

 

For photos by Mallory Young and Craig Clifford from the Playin' the Field Outdoor Country Music Festival, Sept. 4-6, 2009, click on the photo below . . .

 

 

For photos by Mallory Young from the Line Camp Steakhouse Backyard Stage, August 15, 2009, click on the photo below . . .

 

 

For photos by Mallory Young from the Line Camp Steakhouse Backyard Stage, June 6, 2009, click on the photo below . . .

 

 

 

For photos by Mallory Young from Grumps, Stephenville, May 2, 2009, click on the photo below . . .

 

 

For photos by Mallory Young from the Line Camp Steakhouse Backyard Stage, April 18, 2009, click on the photo below . . .

 

 

For photos by Mallory Young from the Bluff Dale Vineyards, March 15, 2009, click on the photo below . . .

 

 

For photos by Mallory Young from the Blue Bonnet Road House, Houston, Texas, Nov. 15, 2008, click on the photo below . .

 

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For photos by Mallory Young from the Bluff Dale Vineyards, October 19, 2008, click on the photo below . . .

 

 

For photos by Mallory Young and Craig Clifford from Jim's 60th Birthday Bash at City Limits, Stephenville, Texas, Aug. 2, 2008, click on the image below . . .

 

 

For Mallory Young's photos from the Greenwood Dancehall and Saloon, Bluff Dale, Texas, July 19, 2008, click on the photo below . . .

 

 

For photos by Mallory Young from Grumps, Granbury, June 7, 2008, click on the photo below . . .

 

 

For photos by George Mollick and Mallory Young from Grumps, Stephenville, May 17, 2008, click on the photo below . . .

 

 

For Kathleen Mollick's videos from the Grumps, Stephenville, Texas, May 17, 2008, click on the photo below . . .

 

 

For George Mollick's photos from the Greenwood Dancehall and Saloon, Bluff Dale, Texas, April 12, 2008, click on the photo below . . .

 

 

For Kathleen Mollick's videos from the Greenwood Dancehall and Saloon, Bluff Dale, Texas, April 12, 2008, click on the photo below . . .