Casey Donahew is from Texas, often sings about Texas and is part of the Texas Country music movement. But now the dude’s gone worldwide, garnering two Top Ten albums in the past four years with recordings titled All Night Party and and One Light Town. You can catch this rising star—albeit for only a couple of hours, but hey stars are hot, you don’t wanna hang on for that long anyway—when he gigs at The Dirty Bourbon Dance Hall and Saloon (9800 Montgomery Blvd. NE Ste. 4) on Friday Jan. 17. As for Donahew’s work, let’s just say that it hews to traditional country tropes while employing that peculiar and persuasive big, jangly Tejas guitar sound that even fans en el Norte go crazy to hear. The Abe Mac Band opens. 7pm • $20 advance, $25 door • 21+.