William Beckmann LIVE @ The Hochatown Saloon
Born and raised in the small border town of Del Rio, TX, William Beckmann spent his formative years with a radio dial dominated by the sounds of northern Mexico. Though he’d eventually gravitate more towards classic country and American roots, Beckmann’s early immersion in mariachi and Norteño music left an indelible mark, one that would help shape his distinctive style and guide him on his path to becoming one of the most promising young voices in country music today.
While Beckmann still slips a bilingual moment or two into his live shows, these days he primarily delivers his evocative, literate tunes in the plainspoken English of Townes Van Zandt or Guy Clark. Writing with an old soul maturity that belies his tender youth, Beckmann crafts rich, detailed character studies fueled by loss and longing, intimate portraits of lonely lovers, big dreamers, and hard drinkers. Beckmann felt an immediate kinship with those old country records, and he began infusing his own writing with the sincerity, simplicity, and visceral emotion they exuded.
He sings in a timeless baritone and commands the stage with poise and charm, delivering his seamless blend of vintage country, Americana, and Latin music with a captivating, slow-burning intensity. Take a listen to a track like “Bourbon Whiskey,” which Beckmann wrote at just 19, and it’s easy to see why he’s already managed to catch the attention of elder statesman like Randy Rogers and fellow Del Rio native Radney Foster.
Going forward, Beckmann aims to continue challenging himself and pushing his creative boundaries, with plans to return to the road and to begin recording some of those Spanish language songs he’s carried in his heart since childhood. You can take William Beckmann out of the border town, it seems, but you’ll never take the border town out of him
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