West Texas Exiles, featuring five musicians who grew up in El Paso, Lubbock and Amarillo, draw upon the wide-open western reaches of the Lone Star State with a wide-ranging, Americana-centered sound. Rising from the embers of the Dirty River Boys, the Austin band features a triple-threat of songwriters in Gutierrez, Daniel Davis and Colin Gilmore, plus seasoned bassist Eric Harrison and drummer Trinidad Leal.